mattmar wrote:
I don't mind if photographs are going to be deleted but I am sick of Admins sending me an email saying a photograph will be deleted for whatever reason and then by the time I go online (In the last case within 15 seconds of receiving the email) and the photograph has already been deleted!
Will implies it is going to be sometime in the future.
Next time please use HAS and save me the effort of wondering what the photograph was!
Hi Richard
Yes it does seem to be a 'strange' situation when you are notified about something that may happen but in reality has actually happened.
I recall the days when Admins would simply delete a photograph if it didn't cut muster against the Site Standards. This led to a lot of complaints from disgruntled members and as a consequence the 'Deletions Process' was devised (following the 2008 Rotterdam Meeting) to introduce some transparency to the proceedings.
Do the Admins not send a thumbnail of the proposed deletion to the member so that they know which photograph is under consideration - I thought that was the system - can one of the Admins confirm please?
Of course the current site software does not allow for a photograph to be replaced, i.e. through the edit function, so if a shot was 'poor' then it couldn't be replaced as it could in the past. However it would save a lot of time if the shot was displayed to the member.
Would a 'better' system not be for the 'offending photograph to be left in the Deletions Category for say 7 days so that the member could establish and recognise the shot in question?
Regards