https://e621.net/comment/show/1360234

Already tried to get an admin to comment on this but was rebuked for the ticket instead. Toh made several other comments that got downvoted, most of them are similer.
so can someone explain it to me?

Wow 22k edits and still not knowing why sourcing is important . . .

edit: Oh, TWYS drama, I see now that I checked the pic in question lol

As far as I know, using source is for linking to the artist's gallery if any user wants to see more of the artist, maybe commission him/her or cooperate in uploading more posts here.

When I ask to upload their art, they ask me if I can give them credit and source the image back to their page. It makes the artists happy. For viewers, some want to go to their FA, DA, etc to possibly commission them for something. That makes the viewers happy. The source makes everyone happy

Well, we can hardly slap them around for not adding a source.

Changing the source or deliberately giving a bad source is punishable but not giving no source.

...

People don't put source on their posts?

Wow.

NotMeNotYou said:
Well, we can hardly slap them around for not adding a source.

Changing the source or deliberately giving a bad source is punishable but not giving no source.

Sourcing should be mandatory (IMHO) like having 4 good tags. At least if a real source is at all possible.

Maybe a "source_request" tag if it's left blank? I dunno, I may be spouting nonsense. I am tired :P

Esme_Belles said:
https://e621.net/comment/show/1360234

Already tried to get an admin to comment on this but was rebuked for the ticket instead. Toh made several other comments that got downvoted, most of them are similer.
so can someone explain it to me?

Just Pm another admin to make a comment and stop the tag vandalism

NotMeNotYou said:
Well, we can hardly slap them around for not adding a source.

Changing the source or deliberately giving a bad source is punishable but not giving no source.

Well there is a tag vandal problem, user keeps removing tags like gay male, and putting dickgirl/herm because the source image is tagged with herm and dickgirl , mind stopping that with some admin ruling comment?

CamKitty said:
Sourcing should be mandatory (IMHO) like having 4 good tags. At least if a real source is at all possible.

Maybe a "source_request" tag if it's left blank? I dunno, I may be spouting nonsense. I am tired :P

That sounds really cool in theory but what if someone finds it on paheal, 20pc.org, 4chan or on their harddrive? Do you want to force users to go search High and low for a picture that doesn't even have to be on the rest of the internet anymore?

What if the artist uploads it from his HDD to us directly? Hit him because he can only source "me"?

It's just not feasible to do.

NotMeNotYou said:
That sounds really cool in theory but what if someone finds it on paheal, 20pc.org, 4chan or on their harddrive? Do you want to force users to go search High and low for a picture that doesn't even have to be on the rest of the internet anymore?

What if the artist uploads it from his HDD to us directly? Hit him because he can only source "me"?

It's just not feasible to do.

I figure. I do think it should be heavily emphasized though. Not enforced or whatever.

On the flip side, I think sources like 20pc or 4chan should just not be used, not really useful info :P.

Odd issue, I guess . . .

*shrug*

Conker said:
Well there is a tag vandal problem, user keeps removing tags like gay male, and putting dickgirl/herm because the source image is tagged with herm and dickgirl , mind stopping that with some admin ruling comment?

You mean the one two days in the past?

Mind making sure your information is up to date?

Yes well here toh seems to be doing it just because they got their undies in a bunch because they cant tag how they want to. Is being belligerent on the rules?

Edit: I say this because apparently they know the source but refuse to add it

NotMeNotYou said:
You mean the one two days in the past?

Mind making sure your information is up to date?

Who said it wasnt 2 days ago?

I just mentioned it as the user made a comment 1 day ago telling people to stop changing it. Its most likely to be changed back soon if no admin comment is left :v

Esme_Belles said:
Yes well here toh seems to be doing it just because they got their undies in a bunch because they cant tag how they want to. Is being belligerent on the rules?

Edit: I say this because apparently they know the source but refuse to add it

It seems toh used to tag images with sexs not in the image, soo perhaps its because of that?

Conker said:
It seems toh used to tag images with sexs not in the image, soo perhaps its because of that?

Yeah, I had to fix his mistagged genders so often that I eventually had to report it after he ignored my PMs about it.

I'd try to see if he's still repeatedly mistagging genders, but 1 page of tag history, so yeah.

When I source my images, I copy/paste the link to the page that image is on, is that basically how you do it?

Ryuzaki_Izawa said:
When I source my images, I copy/paste the link to the page that image is on, is that basically how you do it?

Basically, although to the artist's gallery or where it is on said gallery is preferred. But ya, just where you got it on the internet, failing it not being their art page

CamKitty said:
Basically, although to the artist's gallery or where it is on said gallery is preferred. But ya, just where you got it on the internet, failing it not being their art page

No it isnt, where the image is uploaded is prefered, not some 500 image gallery where we cant find the image at.

Conker said:
No it isnt, where the image is uploaded is prefered, not some 500 image gallery where we cant find the image at.

I've used a bad source (image board) to find a good source. Something is better then nothing. I did see a real one is preferred

CamKitty said:
I've used a bad source (image board) to find a good source. Something is better then nothing. I did see a real one is preferred

Thats not what I said. Your comment said "their gallery is preferred" which is false, the source where the artist uploaded the image aka example if they uploaded it on fa, that page is preferred than a gallery thats too big to find the image there.

Conker said:
Thats not what I said. Your comment said "their gallery" is perfed, which is false, the source where the artist uploaded the image aka example if they uploaded it on fa, that page is prefered than a gallery thats too big to find the image there.

Conker said:
Thats not what I said. Your comment said "their gallery" is perfed, which is false 

Conker said:
"their gallery" is perfed, 

Mmhm :I

TheHuskyK9 said:
Mmhm :I

u wot m8?

And this is why we have a request for multiple source lines, so we can do a direct link to the image's page as well as to the gallery in general for the artist (which would be nice to be auto-added by simply adding the artist tag to the image, depending on what sites are listed as theirs)

Annnd....apparently,

toh Member 58 minutes ago
I'm sure they have enough commissions, they don't need more.
+1

post #107165

post #266642

post #121893

Finally.
Case closed, still ticked me off good -.-

123easy said:
And this is why we have a request for multiple source lines, so we can do a direct link to the image's page as well as to the gallery in general for the artist

It's already in the next update.

tony311 said:
It's already in the next update.

mhm! Just waiting for the update. :3

Hey if you upload the image from a URL shouldn't that be auto-sourced if they didn't already put a source? It's better than no source, right?

Moon_Moon said:
Hey if you upload the image from a URL shouldn't that be auto-sourced if they didn't already put a source? It's better than no source, right?

Well, you actually use the source box to download an image *shrug* dunno whaddya mean

I actually get pretty sad when I see a picture I really like, go to check source so I can follow/watch on whatever site they use, and see nothing there. Makes me cri evrytime. :(