Who judges who?

Artist?

Dear community,

 

I found out, that Island Dog is responsable

for new skins- but he doesn´t publish any

own skin, only wallpapers!

He´s not realy in the position to judge the

artistic aspects of uploaded skins!

Please find a person with more knowledge

for this job- I´m working in arts and don´t

want to be judged by a rookie!

 

Gretings!

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Reply #1 Top

I´m working in arts and don´t

want to be judged by a rookie!

You aren't.

Not unless 'rookie' constitutes 20 years of skinning/digital graphics and decades more of fine art/design in professional practice.

OK, so that's just one of the Moderation team, but put together you will have perhaps a century of art/design history and easily a half century of digital 'skinning'...;)

 

Reply #2 Top

How about before you criticize others, you learn how to SPELL!!!!!  :thumbsdown:

 

Reply #4 Top

I never tried job hunting by starting out insulting my potential employer, does it work?

Reply #5 Top

I see now, your wallpapers got rejected, so attack ID, bad form David. I would think if you were an artist, using a cell phone for photography would be considered novice, not artist. When you make a good piece of art. follow guidelines for upload,it will get what it deserves. Some pretty poor stuff makes it through, so yours must have been pretty bad,FYI.

 

I see also no skins in your library!@ Recent rejection there perhaps also?

Reply #6 Top

LOL, wow!

Lets get a few facts straight:

1.  As I put in the rejection email, your "skin" was rejected because it simply didn't work on my PC, and crashed on one of our mods PC's.  Your skin was rejected on technical basis only.  If your skin doesn't work, it's not allowed here.  Simple as that. 

2.  Before you call out my credentials in public you might want to do a bit more research.  I've been creating skins here since 2003 and have created skins in just about every category, along with helping the community as a whole create skins. https://www.wincustomize.com/users/673228/Island%20Dog.  And my wallpapers, many of which are photos have been featured in popular photography magazines, local gallery exhibits, etc.  )

3.  These things are usually best handled in PM, but since you wanted to call me out in public, I'll responded here. 

Reply #7 Top

Island Dog is Stardock's Administrator for this site. When he has time, he still skins. He is a Moderator as well.

Jafo is his assistant. He skinned when it was 1 pixel at a time and still skins very complex objects. He is a Moderator also.

The skins Moderation team is really good. They're volunteers with a huge amount of experience. All were/are skinners and/or graphic artists.

 

When a problem about a submission occurs, it's really best to try and solve it via the Private Message system. You can reach it through the blue nickname at the left of the reply box.

Who should you contact? WOM, Lantec, or Hankers. If one of them can't solve the problem, then Jafo. Let sleeping Island Dogs lie. ;)

 

Ahora, en su idioma, perdóneme (antes de todo) si Google Translate hizo algún error.

Island Dog es el Administrador de Stardock para este sitio. Cuando tiene tiempo, todavía pieles (skins). Él es un moderador también.

Jafo es su asistente. Se peló (skins) cuando era 1 pixel a la vez y todavía pieles objetos muy complejos. Él es un moderador también.

El equipo de moderación pieles es muy bueno. Son voluntarios con una gran cantidad de experiencia. Todos fueron / son peleteros y / o artistas gráficos.

 

Cuando un problema de una presentación se produce, es realmente mejor para tratar de resolverlo a través del sistema de mensaje privado. Se puede llegar a través del apodo azul en la parte izquierda del cuadro de respuesta.

¿A quién debe ponerse en contacto? WOM, Lantec o Hankers. Si uno de ellos no pueden resolver el problema, entonces Jafo. Claro? ;)



Reply #8 Top

Here there are no rookies, only skinners. Before you 'judge' look at the galleries. Go back to the early years. Stardock is twenty years old as a company and before you can create a company such as this you must know what you are doing, emphasis on 'must'. Unless you're an old head like me you have nothing to say. Show us what you got and the Masters, there are quite a few, will be more than happy to show you how its done. One more thing. We have a ranking system.

Citizen 

Apprentice

Master Apprentice

Journeyman

Master

Wizop. The equivalent of a Wise Man. Years of experience with the proof to back it up. Most if not all of the Moderators on this site are Masters in their own right. Think about it.

 

EDIT: You cheated...I typin' over to here and you posted 'fore I did. Wassup with that. :w00t:  

Reply #9 Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 2

How about before you criticize others, you learn how to SPELL!!!!! 

 

wish I was fluent enough to have a second language that I could misspell in.

David350; WC operates on the second Golden Rule, he who has the gold, makes the rules.

Since you haven't posted any skins it is difficult to understand where your concerns originate from. I'm sure that all of us are waiting with baited breaths for you to upload your first skin. You'll receive the much deserved credit that is due you when you do.

or;

David350; WC arbeitet auf der zweiten Golden Rule, er macht, die das Gold hat, die Regeln.

Da Sie keine Skins Beiträge geschrieben haben ist es schwierig zu verstehen, wo Ihr Anliegen stammen. Ich bin sicher, dass alle von uns sind mit angehaltenem Atem warten auf Sie Ihre erste Haut zu laden. Sie erhalten die viel verdiente Anerkennung, die durch Sie ist, wenn Sie zu tun.

I think he's German Doc.

Reply #10 Top

Quoting gmc2, reply 9
I think he's German Doc.

 

While he might be, this was on his profile, hence Spanish.

 

 

 

Reply #11 Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 10
While he might be, this was on his profile, hence Spanish.

maybe he's trilingual, one of his posts mentioned that his home town was Nuremberg?

Reply #12 Top

It really doesn't matter what the language is at this point.  He was responded to.

 

Reply #13 Top

Most members would know this thread is nonsense and it should just go away as fast as it came.

We all know the real situation, rules, and steps that take place during uploads. ID made his reply so give this thread a few hours so the highly talented skinner David350 can see the replies than nuke this thing.

Reply #15 Top

Ciao a tutti!

 

potete chiamarmi "quattro lingual"- ma sono piu tedesco, ci siamo?

Mi dispiace aver criticato troppo la gente capace di giudicare-

ma faccio i disegni con il mio "netbook" del anno 2008 che no

si puo lavorare veloce!

Sto ciercando gente che ci sono reso conto de la mancanza dei

disegni ovvero skins del colore verde natural per publicare mi

opera che gia sono stanco... no gli posso trovare in forum o

messaggi pesonali- voi avete scelto che la moda dei skins debe

essere scuro- griegi o nero... no mi piace!

Sono Io l´unico che vuole vedere un verde e signore Island Dog:

no sei riuscito nemeno abrire l´animazione del uploaded skin?

Ma che vergogna davero!

Ich möchte meine zukünftigen Arbeitgeber nicht beleidigen, das

Gegenteil: wünsche mir Arbeitgeber, die in meine Richtung denken!

Enjoy translating with google!

 

Hasta luego

David

Reply #16 Top

Quoting rlphwshr, reply 14

wow gmc2 your german is as bad as my english thats great

The internet translators don't always work as they should. I don't even attempt to try them as I can have problems with my own English. :rofl:

Reply #17 Top

Quoting David350, reply 15
Enjoy translating with google!

David350, all of Stardock's sites are English-specific, so where possible English is the preferred option, thankyou.

Reply #18 Top

Allright!

if my uploaded .wba file doesn´t work on your

coputers: where to send it to be judged or first

fixed?

CU

Reply #19 Top

Spencer you have another title to add to your list; all hail "Lord Island Dog" :beer: :beer: :pizza: :pizza:

 

first fixed?

yes :thumbsup:

Reply #20 Top

it´s easy: leave the green windows, borders

and change whatever you want to change!

My prefered colour is PA 354... it works with

the wondergarden elements!

Reply #21 Top

Hail!

 

I´d upload the entire wondergarden elements

to given a URL from you if you want to publish

the skin as your work.

Maybe you can pay me two beer and two pizzas too?

Reply #22 Top

Quoting David350, reply 18

Allright!

if my uploaded .wba file doesn´t work on your

coputers: where to send it to be judged or first

fixed?

CU

 

David, you'll want to ask someone here to test for you. Firstly, you may want to make a few friends, so you don't have to ask complete strangers to test for you.

 

You could try testing on a different PC for yourself, or ask a friend to test.

 

Or, like I do, you could test on a virtual machine, so you can test on other OSes.

Reply #23 Top

Quoting DaveBax, reply 16


Quoting rlphwshr, reply 14
wow gmc2 your german is as bad as my english thats great

The internet translators don't always work as they should. I don't even attempt to try them as I can have problems with my own English.

'twas goggle

Quoting David350, reply 18
if my uploaded .wba file doesn´t work on your

coputers:

It generally not the computer but needs to work with windowblinds. Do you have windowblinds?, do you have skin studio?, Have you viewed the turorials?

Quoting David350, reply 18
where to send it to be judged or first

fixed?

think you first attempt has already been judged. your skin needs to be in a condition that works and has been found useable by those that judge them. It's your skin, you're responsible to ensure it works. If you ask nicely, someone may volunteer to check over your skin but it should be in a condition to NOT crash the system.

 

Reply #24 Top

...on my OS it works better than the Diamond- skin and

my animation is better too!

I´m a dinosaur with this equipment- 32bit and 0,9 Gb RAM.

I searched for someone who works with Win8, purchased

the WB8 and SkinStudio, but without success!

Whatever- I´m back on this page Saturday21th and

maybe there´ll be a support for my green skin within

your team... if not, R.I.P. Wondergarden- Skin!

Reply #25 Top

Quoting David350, reply 18
Allright! if my uploaded .wba file doesn´t work on your coputers: where to send it to be judged or first fixed? CU
David350, the actual reason for the Wincustomize.com 'Moderation' process is to give an opportunity for several EXPERIENCED skinners/skin-users to pre-check an upload to be sure it DOES work and does NOT do any harm to the General User. This PARTICULARLY applies to Windowblinds skins because poorly 'created/compiled' ones have the potential to impact on a user's computer, ie. break Explorer.exe. It is not all that uncommon that a novice skinner submission does exactly that. IF and WHEN such an upload is rejected it is the responsibility of the skinner to exact repairs and then perhaps resubmit. One could also seek outside community assistance if others are willing to potentially create issues for their own computers - on an entirely voluntary basis. The Moderation team does NOT necessarily have the time to solve each and every broken skin submission FOR people...;)