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[illyria]

yeah, i'm just wondering when createblog.com became stuck-up. or rather, controlled and administrated by such stuck-up people.

StanleyThePanda Skin Submission Rejected, Sep 22 2005, 10:41 AM

Group: Myspace Staff
Posts: 2,299
Joined: Jul 2004

Hi,
I'm sorry, but your skin submission has been rejected. By all means, this does not mean we hate you, or you're not welcome here, we just feel that the skin doesn't meet our minimum quality standards at this time. Don't be discouraged by this - everyone has to start somewhere. Keep on creating and submitting new skins - all the while refining your skills - and one day, with perseverance, I'm sure we'll see your skins in the database soon enough! 

excuse me but i've been a member since april 2004. and, i don't need to be treated like a child being given "advice" about "one day, with perserverance... [my] skins [will be] in the database." i already have 5 skins in the database. and, the two i submitted were damn good. what? is createblog.com simply an anime skin site now?? you know, some people don't like anime. you would think since the forums are now overflowing with anime layouts, you'd mix it up a bit so other people would have different choices.



okay, granted, this one is a bit plain but, some people like that!! instead of all the cluttered things on some skins, some people just like it simple. you would think that createblog.com would be trying to appeal to EVERYONE not just anime fans.



and this one, maybe it wasn't accepted because it is about gay people and maybe you're a little prejudice towards gay people but, straight, gay, lesbian and bisexual people like queer as folk. it's not necessarily geared towards gay people. it's a really good show with a very big fanbase and again, it should've been approved to try and appeal to everyone's interests.

and that last one is anything but plain. so please do not insult my skins. and do not treat people like children. i used to love this site because everyone was welcome and accepted but, now it's changed. everyone used to be able to submit a skin. if ppl didn't like it... then they didn't have to use it. it's not that difficult of a complex to understand. i strongly suggest that you broaden the horizon of the types of skins you accept. because a skin that you might hate, someone else might absolutely love.

[*disco infiltrator*]

1. I highly doubt Kara would have rejected your skin because it was about gay people.
2. Most of the moderators have been designing just as long (if not longer) than you, so I wouldn't be so stuck up about your own skins either.
3. Yes, standards have gotten much tighter since more and more people design and each person keeps getting better. Why not let only those skins we think are exceptional in?
4. Just because our skins aren't of the greatest standard doesn't mean we can't reject skins that also aren't. It's our job to reject skins we don't think are good enough for the current standards, not to judge skins based off of our own ability.
5. We can't personalize the PM. We reject a skin, and it sends it automatically. Sorry. Oh well. We can't do anything about it.

Personally, I would have rejected the first because it looks like a default-layed-out Xanga with altered colors and a banner, pretty much. That's not quite up to par with the many div layouts submitted nowadays, imo.

I can't see the rest of the second so I wouldn't know, but from the looks of it, I would have accepted it.

You can't always expect your skins to get accepted just because you think they're good enough. It's the moderator's choice. If they reject it, then that's too bad. Try to improve it and resubmit it.

I'm sorry for being so blunt, but after modding for over a year, I'm sick of people complaining about their skins being rejected. All of us went through the same thing.

[illyria]

1. I highly doubt Kara would have rejected your skin because it was about gay people.
2. Most of the moderators have been designing just as long (if not longer) than you, so I wouldn't be so stuck up about your own skins either.
3. Yes, standards have gotten much tighter since more and more people design and each person keeps getting better. Why not let only those skins we think are exceptional in?
4. Just because our skins aren't of the greatest standard doesn't mean we can't reject skins that also aren't. It's our job to reject skins we don't think are good enough for the current standards, not to judge skins based off of our own ability.
5. We can't personalize the PM. We reject a skin, and it sends it automatically. Sorry. Oh well. We can't do anything about it.

Personally, I would have rejected the first because it looks like a default-layed-out Xanga with altered colors and a banner, pretty much. That's not quite up to par with the many div layouts submitted nowadays, imo.

I can't see the rest of the second so I wouldn't know, but from the looks of it, I would have accepted it.

You can't always expect your skins to get accepted just because you think they're good enough. It's the moderator's choice. If they reject it, then that's too bad. Try to improve it and resubmit it.

I'm sorry for being so blunt, but after modding for over a year, I'm sick of people complaining about their skins being rejected. All of us went through the same thing.

please don't apologize. i like constructive criticism. and honestly, i know the first one is plain and i didn't really expect it to get accepted. but, i didn't really understand why the second one was rejected. but, like you said, it's all up to the moderator so there's nothing i can do about it now. i do feel like creatblog.com used to be nice and cared and now, since there's so many people, everyone's kind of blunt and uncaring. when really, if it wasn't for the users, this site wouldn't be so popular. and i'm not saying accept everyone's skin because that's unrealistic, and i'm sure there can't be a pm sent to everyone who's rejected. it'd just be nice to actually feel like the moderators care. but, maybe they're not supposed to. maybe they're just here to do what their name suggests, moderate. it doesn't mean moderate nicely or moderate like you care about the people so that's fine. i just miss the way it used to be.

and to Spirited Away. an accusation is ACTUALLY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF SOMETHING. i "suggested" that the reason might've been because it was about gay people. having "maybe" in that sentence does not make it an accusation.

to put it in a pretty basic, yet disturbing, example: "when you accuse someone of rape you have to say 'you raped me' for it to be an accusation and for it to be tried in court. you can't say 'maybe you raped me' and have it considered an accusation."

we're bickering over small technicalities here. you think it's an accusation. i don't. i think it was a possible reason of why my skin was rejected. i NEVER ACTUALLY SAID THAT WAS WHY. honestly, i'm sure that it had nothing to do with that, but you never know now-a-days and incase it was, i've already stated my reply. and, i also wanted to let people know that queer as folk is not just a gay/lesbian show. its fanbase includes all kinds of people with different sexual preferences. i wanted to state that as well incase it wasn't approved because someone might've thought it was just directed at gay/lesbian/bi people.