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The image did not look significantly retouched and I couldn't find anything on your profile that suggested you retouched an AI-generated piece which is why I tagged that with AI-generated (independent of the Approver's decision to delete those posts). Even now personally looking at the image slider I can't really see any significant retouching; I only see very minor changes (such as colour changes) when comparing both of the results. Minor retouches do not qualify for AI-assisted.

See ai-assisted approver:any for examples of what retouched pieces that are up to Danbooru standards look like that have been accepted.

bottlecup said:

@Diffusyaga

No, you did not change the image to the point of being "very different".
Changing color of clothes of an ai-generated image is definitely an "extremely minor retouching", which does not qualify as ai-assisted.
Generally, ai-assisted posts were generated from a somewhat refined sketch (and then drawn over it again to the point of it not being just a minor edit) or have hand-drawn characters with an ai-generated background.

What you did was an "extremely minor retouching". That is why it was deleted.

I understand the "hand-drawn" part, and if it would be an answer from mod/approver, then so be it.
But you are completely wrong about "minor retouching".
Maybe it would be easier to see if I posted the comparison like this: https://imgsli.com/MjcwMTI5
It's far from simple recolor. I guess you just opened an imgsli link, but didn't check the deleted posts.
Not to mention that the "after" image is 4x larger with a lot of post-processing applied.

GarbageUploader said:

The image did not look significantly retouched and I couldn't find anything on your profile that suggested you retouched an AI-generated piece which is why I tagged that with AI-generated (independent of the Approver's decision to delete those posts). Even now personally looking at the image slider I can't really see any significant retouching; I only see very minor changes (such as colour changes) when comparing both of the results. Minor retouches do not qualify for AI-assisted.

See ai-assisted approver:any for examples of what retouched pieces that are up to Danbooru standards look like that have been accepted.

Well, I checked them and you probably need someone to distinguish between major changes and just sepia applied to an untouched AI (not all of them, but there are some funny cases).
https://i.imgur.com/ewEJNgV.jpeg
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7549679
But it's your website, you do you.

As I already said, that imgsli was a just a showcase of an original generation. Here's comparison with the finished work:
https://imgsli.com/MjcwMTI5

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barney123 said:

I am new at uploading to boorus. why was this not approved? I am guessing its because it doesn't have enough tags?

It is undertagged, but I'd guess the problem is not just the tags! The lines are very rough and the color doesn't stay cleanly within them; it looks like a sketch, not like a finished art piece.

malachite_reaper said:

It is undertagged, but I'd guess the problem is not just the tags! The lines are very rough and the color doesn't stay cleanly within them; it looks like a sketch, not like a finished art piece.

Is this true? Quality means if colors are within the lines?

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https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7647437
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7665724
these two are genuinely good uploads

https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7331744
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7347803
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7331707
these are dupes from a different source, which approver uploads are allowed yet mine aren't.

https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7666830 (the child post already got approved and this one is more complete)
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7669134

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malachite_reaper said:

It is undertagged, but I'd guess the problem is not just the tags! The lines are very rough and the color doesn't stay cleanly within them; it looks like a sketch, not like a finished art piece.

Don't give poor advice. Tagging isn't important for approvals, even if some approvers prefer to approve good tagged uploads. Also, sketches are fine, it simply depends on how good the image is. Rough lines and color outside of it is not really a problem. Anyway: @barney123 you should still tag your uploads better. Check howto:tag for more information about better tagging.

minnazzo said:

https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7331744
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7347803
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7331707
these are dupes from a different source, which approver uploads are allowed yet mine aren't.

Don't upload worse versions of existing posts.

As help:upload says,

> If your image has already been uploaded, only upload if you have a higher quality copy.

Usually if there is a pixiv/png version, you shouldn't upload a twitter/jpg version of the same resolution, as it is strictly worse.

Hello, any feedback on why these post wasn't approved? Regarding the first post I uploaded a few other things from this artist and they got through. The second post I rather like that one, and am currently not spotting any errors compared to the approved posts in this set that might keep it from getting approved. Also for me the quality is very good.
post #7116329

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It's not the first time I upload art from incase's Twitter and never gets approved (incase status:deleted).
Just the other day I have spent all my slots to upload his recent illustrations for the Journals of the Hunter series (pool #22268).
The only picture uploaded by me that got approved is his 1 sfw panel (post #7662266). I now feel disincentivized in uploading and tagging anything else.

Is there a reason for approvers skipping incase's art? Or are they just understaffed?
Isn't incase one of the bigger names?

lotrus28 said:

It's not the first time I upload art from incase's Twitter and never gets approved (incase status:deleted).
Just the other day I have spent all my slots to upload his recent illustrations for the Journals of the Hunter series (pool #22268).
The only picture uploaded by me that got approved is his 1 sfw panel (post #7662266). I now feel disincentivized in uploading and tagging anything else.

Is there a reason for approvers skipping incase's art? Or are they just understaffed?
Isn't incase one of the bigger names?

He's a western porn artist, and this is a site for weeaboos. His art is going to turn off a lot of people.

nonamethanks said:

He's a western porn artist, and this is a site for weeaboos.

Why not nuke all his posts then?
pool #22268 is rather recent and has a bunch of approved posts. If incase posts can't get approved this is a dead pool and should be removed.

Arguably, his drawings appeal to weeaboos and nothing in help:upload_rules says a Western porn artist can't be on this website. Being a westerner does not warrant the off-topic status. There are plenty more Western artists that get posted nonetheless, and there are Eastern artists who post straight-up realistic art pieces and get approved.

This whole thing seems just too arbitrary. Approving some incase art pieces but not others is just confusing
Approvers not leaving any notes on the deleted posts does not help either.

nonamethanks said:

His art is going to turn off a lot of people.

It's not gore, loli, weak art style, some generally off-putting or over-specific fetish art.
Mostly monster girls and an occasional futanari. That's tame by weeb standards in my book.

A post being deleted doesn't mean that it breaks the rules or is banned, it just means no approvers liked it enough. Deleted posts aren't removed from

lotrus28 said:

This whole thing seems just too arbitrary. Approving some incase art pieces but not others is just confusing
Approvers not leaving any notes on the deleted posts does not help either.

That's because it more or less is arbitrary. Approvers here like anime-style art not and don't seem to favor Incase's art style.

lotrus28 said:

Why not nuke all his posts then?

Each individual post must stand on its own merit. We're not going to delete posts from a specific artist just because some of them were not approved.

Also, it only takes one Approver to approve a post. That means even if a majority of Approvers don't like it, it still has a chance. On the other hand, if only one or two are willing to approve it and they don't see it or are not logged in while it's in the mod queue, then it will of course be deleted.

lotrus28 said:

pool #22268 is rather recent and has a bunch of approved posts. If incase posts can't get approved this is a dead pool and should be removed.

As gfz was trying to say (I assume), deleted posts aren't removed from the site. Even if all of the posts were deleted, it wouldn't warrant removing the pool since it's still a valid series.

The posts aren't rule-breaking, so you can keep uploading those posts to complete the series if you want as long as you accept that your upload slot max may take a hit. You can also try appealing your deleted posts. Maybe the user that approved the others will see it.

There's also the possibility that whoever approved your SFW post has NSFW material blacklisted, meaning they wouldn't see those posts.