Stratadrake

Do you have to wait for an approval to upload your artwork on your page? Why is that?  I've been gone for a couple of months... 

Yes and no.  The approval system is selective (and has been for some time), so some submissions require manual review while other submissions do not.

Did the website just update?

hows you today XD or what not am i keeping you guys busy >.> working on ads 
so would you guys help me out little ?

so me and my gf did a picture / video stuff up on here and say we didn't make it ? 
ID: #853195

Ah, yes, I remember processing that one.  The description seemed a little odd at first, that's why I gave it closer scrutiny.  And you did say "done by my gf" implying she was the one who produced the drawing, right?

she drew it and i edit it as a team as in we upload together as one 
its team art 
i have been on this site for years now XD i mean no harm just doing my job as bf and posting with her even if she drew it and i edited 
some camera men have editors and editors post on there sites as refs to 
i feel so unloved by you sometimes XD 

Ultimately, the fact is we don't have a policy on the matter of group/shared accounts.  At all.  It's uncharted territory for us; the implied rule has always been that FAC accounts are personal (limit one user) accounts and this kind of issue has basically never been raised or discussed before.  (By the way, thanks for taking time to discuss this.)

But a general rule of thumb (from our perspective) is, if you're allowed to upload work created by basically anyone, how is that different from any other image-hosting site?

no rudeness but thats kinda bull crap cake making up the most dump stuff just to be right 

Um....No, that has been in the ToS for years, Strata isn't making anything up simply to be right. Fact of the matter here is the matter of shared accounts and actually Strata is mistaken and this has been discussed on one previous occasion many years ago. One of the primary debated elements was the fact of abuse potential. Sudden shifts in user style and skill level is one of the preliminary flags in abuse checks on this site. Having a user with regular shifts in style will cause issues with our screening process. Another issue is...well....the event of a break up. Yeah, that produces a plethora of problems with shared accounts so I am not going to go into details on that one. As for display of familial imagery, like things drawn by siblings, spouses ect who do not have accounts, it was decided many years ago that this was not permissible and that cases like that, the creating artist should create an account of their own.

However, there are concessions in the ToS for collaboration works which is what this event sounds like. Collaboration works are permitted however they need to be appropriately credited along with documentation of what part the submitting user played in the creation of the work. In this case the description simply states "above art done by my gf " which constitutes work done by another artist under the ToS and is not permissible.

Long and short, you need to document collaborations clearly in the description box provided.

XD omg i seen all kinds of other people do it back in the day now i get all the hate oh well thats what i get for trying to be nice 
im not a troll guys please don't treat me like one

Battou was not being mean there.

felt like it but i think im done with this subject XD i do like seeing you guys working hard on things like this 
even if i don't like it or not you guys are still just trying to do your job 

Battou and I sometimes joke that I'm the "good cop" and he's the "bad cop".

But yeah, I agree that it's never a bad idea to take a break from a conversation and let things cool off.

put some ice on my over heating MacBook air 
XD 

As a site, it is our right and privilege to set rules for what we will or will not allow for submission.  And the core underlying rules for our submission policy (the wording of which may be outdated, but nontheless) have basically never changed: Your work only, no photos, no porn, cite specific sources as used.

i dont do porn stuff XD maybe ops up some times to time but guys don't forget i am just human like you are 

http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/thingy/748691/devimon
i put this up years ago cuz my bro asked me to and you guys didn't say no back then so whats up 

I don't have any information about that piece, for all I know it was not actually processed by site staff.

However, in the case of #853195 I can verify it was held for review based on the category you submitted it to (Tutorials).  I would have rejected it for that reason alone (but with the ability to resubmit), however I got confused as I read the description.

can i do a contest on here like the old days or is that a no too ? i would love to get people on here again and make this place really cool
btw i did want to thank you and your other staff people incase you didn't know this is where i found my gf and we live together now so 
thats why i love this site so much fac made my dream gf come true <3

Why do you think contests might not be allowed?  Users are always free to post ideas for other users to compete over.  Our forum layout has always included a section for this (though, due to IPv6 related bugs not everyone can necessarily access the forums).

omg yay but would you guys host it on the main blog thing on homepage ? i have a idea in my head for the other sites i belong to even youtube 
i want to get maybe 100 people on it and stuff to this site <3 i am sorry about typos btw i have nerve damage and it messes with my typing

My laptop keyboard has some accumulated grit under it, so my typing gets messed up too.

my z key i think has bubble gum under it i keep trying to fix it but fuge 
so if i were to do a big contest would you guys help me get it out there on fac ?
i want these nice users to have some fun ^_^ and i will make time to draw the winners what ever they want or a shout out on other platforms 
ads the site 
i will think of better prizers XD i hope 

Hey Strata...my Username used to be Vhee and I've come back@ Problem is I can't login to the forums. I get this:

phpBB : Critical Error

Error creating new session

DEBUG MODE

SQL Error : -1 ERROR: value too long for type character(8)

INSERT INTO phpbb_sessions (session_id, session_user_id, session_start, session_time, session_ip, session_page, session_logged_in, session_admin) VALUES ('cba9ddf7d7517b4f74508f9166aa92b8', 121959, 1484873992, 1484873992, 'a2a000000', 0, 1, 0)

Line : 187
File : sessions.php

Unfortunately this is a known bug in the forums coding and we simply have no fix.  It seems related to users browsing from an IPv6 address (which you seem to be).  The forum software is supposed to be IPv6 aware, but it's really coded around IPv4 and from the SQL dump you may notice it is attempting to log an IPv6 address in a field intended exclusively for IPv4.

And how do I fix this?

One option is: you might be able to configure your wireless adapter to only use IPv4 protocols (most routers are configured to use both).
-- http://forums.fanart-central.net/viewtopic.php?t=43230

That worked thank you :)

It depends on the original image that was edited -- e.g. there is no rule against editing something YOU created yourself -- your work your right to do that.

This being said, editing/plaigarizing an image that was taken off somebody else's work (especially commercial work, such as anime/cartoons/etc.) is definitely not allowed here, but if you are going to report a user then we need to be able to identify the source material that was borrowed/edited from.

Okay, I understood. I will stop bothering him.

In the meantime, I have made a private staff topic to discuss the user with our other admin.  I have removed your other comments on this thread but don't worry, they are still there (and as an admin I can still see them).

Okay.

Hey this is Angel88 I had to create a new account because my old account got erased or deleted or whatever I don't know but I would like to know why my account was deleted or erased

I was trying to login to post some more pictures I did and it keep telling me that this page has been deleted or band I never got a notice about my artwork being banned before

Well, it does not appear to be an explicit ban, but I don't have any further information.

So there's nothing you can do to get back my account

Unfortunately, no, we don't have any tools built to do that.

hey how do you upload some art..

When you are logged in (and you are), near the upper right corner of the screen, next to your username and avvie there is a button labelled 'submit'.  Hover over it to see the options.  Note that our submission process is designed with desktops/laptops (keyboard and mouse) in mind and as such may not necessarily be tablet/smartphone compatible.