Meta: grandfathered content (locked)
Posts approved before various guidelines changes, which would be up for deletion under current policies.
Reuploads or replacements of existing grandfathered posts is acceptable so long as a superior version of the post is being uploaded.
Major Guidelines Changes
- From 2011 to 2013, various rudimentary upload policies were introduced which restricted content such as...
- Screen captures.
- Low-quality/low-effort memes and image macros.
- Starting January 2015, human-only content was subject to regular deletion.
- In May of 2016, the uploading guidelines were added which restricted content such as...
- Photographs of people, animals, fursuits, sculptures, toys, tattoos, etc.
- Poorly-shot photographs of traditional artwork.
- In March of 2023, the translation guidelines were added which restricted content such as...
- Non-English translations embedded in a post by third-party editors.
- Low-quality translations embedded in a post by third-party editors.
- Low-quality image/video edits made with the intent to add translations.
Other Changes
- In August of 2024, Fiddleafox's character Averi was added to the Avoid Posting list. Images uploaded prior to this addition were kept, due to the unprecedented nature of adding a character (as opposed to an artist) to the Avoid Posting list.
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