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roadstead
Apr 17, 2012, 6:50 PM
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"Hello David Stephens,
Your photo:
Title: Sport Climber
that was submitted on 2012-04-17 has been rejected
for the following reason:
No icons or images allowed for avatars / profile pictures. Only actual photographs allowed, preferably climbing-related.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Kind regards,
Gabe O
Photos Editor"
this is a link to the picture on another site. http://www.mountainproject.com/v/107555053
He looks like a Sport Climber me, what do you think?
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carabiner96
Apr 17, 2012, 7:59 PM
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Well that's a stupid rule.
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curt
Apr 18, 2012, 4:10 AM
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He's certainly a couple of ham sandwiches short of being a trad climber...
Curt
(This post was edited by curt on Apr 18, 2012, 4:11 AM)
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dr_feelgood
Apr 18, 2012, 5:18 AM
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noob. It is common knowledge that gabe hates fun.
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chadnsc
Apr 18, 2012, 1:01 PM
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That's odd my avatar is no photograph and it defiantly isn't climbing related. 
Oh no the green is gonna' drop the banz hammer on me! Well nice knowing you all. 
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roadstead
Apr 18, 2012, 3:52 PM
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curt wrote: He's certainly a couple of ham sandwiches short of being a trad climber... Curt
What you sayin, he would look just like me...if I wore a helmet!
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gogounou
Apr 18, 2012, 10:29 PM
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Completely agree.
This is my profile "photo" on pretty much every other site that I use, but it's a no-go here:
Chimpanzees are excellent climbers, and everyone knows that tuxedos only increase their powers.
J
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bill413
Apr 19, 2012, 12:42 PM
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gogounou wrote: Completely agree. This is my profile "photo" on pretty much every other site that I use, but it's a no-go here: [image]https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/129332227/monkey.jpg[/image] Chimpanzees are excellent climbers, and everyone knows that tuxedos only increase their powers. J
Yeah, but smoking?
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xmesox
Apr 19, 2012, 2:18 PM
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This has been a site rule for the past 3 odd years, at least. Any exceptions that were let through since then, were done so by a slip in moderation.
It's a policy that exists on the sister sites as well and is enforced equally there.
One of the reasons for this is that the submission of a profile picture goes to a separate category of profile pictures in the photos database, and we don't want that category to be filled with cartoon avatars. Especially since one is only allowed 1 instance of a photograph. So you can't upload an image to 'bouldering' for example and then upload the same image as a profile image. Or we have 2 identical images next to each other on the photos page.
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gogounou
Apr 19, 2012, 5:09 PM
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You must be mistaken. Clearly that's a nut tool.
J
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cracklover
Apr 19, 2012, 5:25 PM
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gogounou wrote: You must be mistaken. Clearly that's a nut tool. J
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
GO
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gogounou
Apr 19, 2012, 5:32 PM
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cracklover wrote: gogounou wrote: You must be mistaken. Clearly that's a nut tool. J Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. GO
Set up. Knocked down.
J
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dr_feelgood
Apr 19, 2012, 9:37 PM
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xmesox wrote: This has been a site rule for the past 3 odd years, at least. Any exceptions that were let through since then, were done so by a slip in moderation. It's a policy that exists on the sister sites as well and is enforced equally there. One of the reasons for this is that the submission of a profile picture goes to a separate category of profile pictures in the photos database, and we don't want that category to be filled with cartoon avatars. Especially since one is only allowed 1 instance of a photograph. So you can't upload an image to 'bouldering' for example and then upload the same image as a profile image. Or we have 2 identical images next to each other on the photos page.
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xmesox
Apr 20, 2012, 10:53 AM
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My avatar was not created using a profile picture, sorry to inform you. It was put in through the back end interface and thus doesn't show up in the profile picture category that we are trying to keep clean.
You are free to go look through both my profile and the profile picture gallery, you will see unlike regular site users, my avatar does not show up in any categories.
So your attempt at an argument is void.
If you are able to create your avatar without having it feature in any of the categories of the photos, then by all means, change it to what you want. But alas, you can't.
Edit to add: Apart from that, my image is not a cartoon, it is a photo. So feel free to submit a picture of your dog as your avatar, while climbing related photos are preferred it is a no cartoon avatar rule.. Not a no non-climbing related photo rule.
(This post was edited by xmesox on Apr 20, 2012, 11:01 AM)
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dr_feelgood
Apr 20, 2012, 6:22 PM
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xmesox wrote: My avatar was not created using a profile picture, sorry to inform you. It was put in through the back end interface and thus doesn't show up in the profile picture category that we are trying to keep clean. You are free to go look through both my profile and the profile picture gallery, you will see unlike regular site users, my avatar does not show up in any categories. So your attempt at an argument is void. If you are able to create your avatar without having it feature in any of the categories of the photos, then by all means, change it to what you want. But alas, you can't. Edit to add: Apart from that, my image is not a cartoon, it is a photo. So feel free to submit a picture of your dog as your avatar, while climbing related photos are preferred it is a no cartoon avatar rule.. Not a no non-climbing related photo rule.
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granite_grrl
Apr 24, 2012, 6:13 PM
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I'm just not sure if I see how a few cartoon images clogging the RC.com image servers are any worse than, say, some girl riding a jackalope.
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roadstead
Apr 25, 2012, 5:08 PM
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xmesox wrote: This has been a site rule for the past 3 odd years, at least. Any exceptions that were let through since then, were done so by a slip in moderation. It's a policy that exists on the sister sites as well and is enforced equally there. One of the reasons for this is that the submission of a profile picture goes to a separate category of profile pictures in the photos database, and we don't want that category to be filled with cartoon avatars. Especially since one is only allowed 1 instance of a photograph. So you can't upload an image to 'bouldering' for example and then upload the same image as a profile image. Or we have 2 identical images next to each other on the photos page.
xmesox wrote: My avatar was not created using a profile picture, sorry to inform you. It was put in through the back end interface and thus doesn't show up in the profile picture category that we are trying to keep clean. You are free to go look through both my profile and the profile picture gallery, you will see unlike regular site users, my avatar does not show up in any categories. So your attempt at an argument is void. If you are able to create your avatar without having it feature in any of the categories of the photos, then by all means, change it to what you want. But alas, you can't. Edit to add: Apart from that, my image is not a cartoon, it is a photo. So feel free to submit a picture of your dog as your avatar, while climbing related photos are preferred it is a no cartoon avatar rule.. Not a no non-climbing related photo rule.
I can smell stench of hypocrisy even over the web!
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