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RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

Problem Adding Images To Groups - Anyone Else Noticing This?

I belong to many groups and administer one.
My usual routine at FAA is to add a one new image a day and submit to whatever groups it is appropriate for.
Lately, my submissions have not been going through to several groups - most ironically, my own.
I know what boxes I regularly check for my images.
Yet my own work is not in the "Female Artists" - my group - queue. And when I go in to edit and recheck,
I am noticing my checks in the boxes for several groups have disappeared.
Abbie, you mentioned something in email about a fix being put in re submission limits...I am wondering if
there is something wrong with whatever was implemented because I am NOT oversubmitting and yet my
work is not appearing in group queues.

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Abbie Shores

8 Years Ago

Im not sure tbh, and your ticket is with Sean so I will not speculate at present :)

 

Travel Pics

8 Years Ago

Maybe there's a limit on how many images an admin can add to their own group.

I wouldn't know, because I adminster my group, not add my own images to it.

Michel
Top Travel Pics Group.

 

RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

No, there's no limit on anyone's images as far as I know.
Today the boxes for these groups have
been unchecked by the system on my image uploaded earlier.

1 A Day AAA Images
Amazing Art and Artists
ART - It Is Good For You
ART ALL OUT
Art Is Art
Artists For Nature
Artwork Manipulated Digitally
Awesome Art
Cafe Art
Creative Digital Art Community
Digital Magic
Digital Touch Mixed Media
Digitally Re-Imagined
Dimensions
Female Artists
First Friday Gallery
Foto Painting
Fractals And Digitally Created Art
Garden of Hope
Glimpses of Autumn
I Wish I Was There
Images That Excite You
International Women Artists
James R Granberry Gallery
New FAA Uploads
Painting Seasons
Peopleless Scenic Landscapes
Photo Manipulation Artistry
Photograph Manipulation
Pleasing the Eye
Powerfully Processed
Promote Your Art
Show Off
T100 Digital Artwork
The Art Shoppe Cafe
The AWE Factor
The Best 30000 Artworks
The Gallery Wall
The Sales Fairy Group
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery
Women Artist

I'd say there's a pretty serious problem here, and since groups are promoted and viewed by many as a major asset of FAA, I hope this will be addressed and fixed ASAP.

 

Nikolyn McDonald

8 Years Ago

Have you tried submitting through the group instead of through your image edit? I know that many of the group administrators have been calling for an end to the member ability to upload through the image edit because that is what allows people to submit more than the group limits on a given day.

IOW

If you submit through the group and the group has a one-a-day limit, that's all the system will permit you to submit in a 24 hour period. (And yes, this also prevents you from submitting if you happen to try on a day the administrator has accepted another of your images and the 24 hours is not up yet - but that's another issue.)

But if you submit through the image edit or upon upload of an image, you can completely ignore the group guidelines and submit 10 images in one day if you want, even though the group limit is one.

Because you routinely only submit one a day to ANY group, RC, even those that allow three or five, you personally have never been a "problem" to any group administrator. Unfortunately, as I understand it, some members do abuse this, intentionally or not. And this means the group administrators have to spend lots of time making sure that the group limits restrictions for their group are honored and enforced.

 

CJ Anderson

8 Years Ago

I have had several members email me over the past week asking where their images were in THE GALLERY WALL and I had to tell them that I never saw them come through pending. One member, who is also an admin, tried for 4 days straight to add the same image (I accept 1 image in a 24hr period) and to date it has never gotten to my group. I made the suggestion of reporting it. I cannot vouch that they did or didn't.

I also need to add that over the past week, images in pending, have been fewer than they ever have been. Normally I receive over 100 and there have been MAYBE 40-50.

 

RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

Nikolyn, even if that were the case I had submitted NOTHING to any groups with limits today but this one image
IF some mechanism has been put in place to work that way, it's not working correctly. I don't believe that is the issue.
I have been unable to upload to Female Artists for a week now. Furthermore, because of the way things are set up
everything here take ages to do already. Is everyone in leisure mode? I do not have time to visit 50 groups to add ONE
piece of art, and I bet most other people don't either.

 

Nikolyn McDonald

8 Years Ago

It was just an idea I had - that maybe the ability to submit to groups this way had been disabled entirely. But you are saying some submissions are going through and others aren't?

 

RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

EXACTLY

 

RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

I just received a link to THIS discussion from a member of Female Artists.
If what is being done is going affect us all in such a widespread manner,
wouldn't the right thing be to tell all members before beginning whatever it is?

http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2799339

 

Terri Waters

8 Years Ago

I uploaded 4 today, only entering one in my groups, Female artists group being one of them and the box is still ticked and it is in pending. Take it this means not everyone is affected.

 

Gail Daley

8 Years Ago

I only belong to two of the groups you listed and my images are posted as they should be. However, the last time I posted anything was on Nov 3rd. Is this happening to just recently posted images or to images that have appeared in the past?

 

RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

It's happening now for me, and for some others too, Gail. I am also having a problem adding within groups. I am getting messages that I have already uploaded an image within the past 24 hours to groups that limit daily uploads - but I haven't.

 

Wild Thing

8 Years Ago

I administer no group...but have noticed that at various times, that I will put a piece into a group like RC's and the next day it is as if I never submitted it. It's not in pending, it's not in rejected. It's back in the unsubmitted group. This has also happened with other groups. It doesn't happen to me every day, or every other day. But it has gone on for days at a time. It has been occurring for the past several months as well. It doesn't seem to have a set pattern, but if it happens, it happens in all groups on the same day. I don't know if this is due to site upgrades taking place or what, but until RC brought it to my notice, I thought I was the only one having this issue. I agree it is a serious enough thing that it needs to be addressed. It's frustrating as all get out.

So, I'm just a submitting artist ...
Wild Thing

 

RC DeWinter

8 Years Ago

To those who suggested going directly to groups, I have been trying that. In every group that has a limit on the number of added images per day, I get the "You must wait 24 hours" message, even though I have not added anything within 24 hours.

 

Mark Blauhoefer

8 Years Ago

Could be related to a wider problem - I upload, leave the boxes checked to post to Twitter and Facebook, sometimes it doesn't post there

That might be something to do on the Twitter and FB end

 

Terri Waters

8 Years Ago

I know this won't help you directly but I've uploaded today and ticked new groups on old images and they have been fine.
It seems it's only affecting certain members so the common link between them must be the problem, e.g. server, country, IP?

 

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