Stratadrake

Hi I would like to report harassment from a user here who blamed me for something entirely unprovoked. I only commented on their profile and apparently I am being accused of 'terrorism' for that.

http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/TeeJay87/864300/Donkey-Jihad
As you can see from the thread this attack doesn't make much sense and comes across as threatening.

You do realize you are dragging me into a conversation with no context, meaning first I have to dig through your history to figure out where this started?

Also, do you happen to know people by the name of "TeeJay97" and "SaemusJarman"?

Never mind. Clearly no one here wants to moderate the place so I'm done.

Were you not "done" back in July, or October?

(Feel free to deny what I'm not speaking out loud here.)

Look at this from my perspective:  If I'm a cop and some random person on the street runs up to me claiming I have to go arrest someone, someone who seems to be doing nothing unusual or threatening (outside of your interactions with them), what am I supposed to do?  If your expectation is that I should immediately draw my gun and go shoot them based on nothing but your word, THIS is why our country gets criticized for police brutality.

Speaking of which, I've spotted another suspicious user http://www.fanart-central.net/user/RichardJordanson/profile - joined on 10th November 2021, last visit was on 13th November 2021 (as I'm writing this comment) :

- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/CRwixey/864324/Leoeon-2021-Redesign strange comment;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/CRwixey/864325/Virgeon-2021-Redesign - doubtful grammar;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Falconlobo/864328/OH-Come-ON-Really - another strange comment;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Chila/864322/Emotions-of-Confusion - non sequitur comment, also suspicious;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Falconlobo/864333/A-Random-Boglin-In-A-Santa-Hat - troll-like grammar;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Grok/864313/Bae-bae-white-lamb - troll-like grammar take 2;

Plus today's check - for I don't have another fitting suspect:
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/TeeJay87/864335/Delilah-Cadian-Veteran-raw-sketch - yesterday it had vote score 2, now it has vote score 1, I believe not coincidentally;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/TeeJay87/864283/Yvonne-at-Port - as above;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/TeeJay87/864231/The-Heroine-of-Planet-Catopia - yesterday it had vote score 3, now it has vote score 2;
- http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/TeeJay87/864116/Team-Pussycats-Mech - yesterday it had vote score 1, now it has vote score 0.

A random user without previous experiences wouldn't leave such evidence as listed above.

There is actually not much need to link specific comments, staff have a tool that can pull them up in a heartbeat (including from multiple users, with various grouping options - I know, because I built it).

We could probably use some kind of tool to analyze votes (likes/dislikes) by users but I would consider that not a high priority, as votes are generally (not strictly) confidential.

We shall see what happens, then -- be mindful not to over-react.

For example, the following screenshot does not reveal any information that wasn't already visible/inferrable from posted comments: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eFKTBfx22am0IV9xzANTnflNE-2RYc6S/view?usp=sharing)

The tool can also fetch comments from multiple users simultaneously.  Ordinary users technically had access to a limited version of it (restricted to their own comments) but a link to it was not included in the UI like it is for staff members.

It's good to know such tools exist, it'll make dealing with troublesome users easier.

As for voting - I've noticed that certain users abuse this feature by downvoting one picture from sockpuppet accounts, to avoid being spotted.

There is no context. That's the problem. I asked the guy what his drawing was and he accuses me of being a horrible person so I'm not sure how else to feel about that.

TeeJay87: "I see you also support the Taliban government and beating women in countries with Sharia Law."
 
This is just a baseless accusation out of nowhere.

I saw it, but alone it is not enough.  And I need to hear (from him) how he's involved in this argument too.

As I wrote below the picture - perhaps I did over-react, though this would've never happened if "awoljee" dressed his original comment in less offensive words.

The comment was written "What is this" - it can be interpreted as a trolling attempt, as it sounds quite aggressive (like a call to start a comment fight). I understood that "awoljee" wants a fight, so I replied as I felt appropriate and blocked him.

Did you by any chance sign up on this site just to impersonate another user and harass them in turn?

I have to give you a warning about that.  (which might be the only warning you get.)

The impostor surely did - FANDOM blocked it for abuses https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Special:UserProfileActivity/Atlakvitha and now, it trolls people here. I can provide you contact with the FANDOM Staff member, who blocked the troll.

And now I wonder if they already registered under a second username....

I'm sure this individual has at least two accounts here - he did on FANDOM https://corpseparty.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User%3AAtlakvitha - as the local admin reasoned "Abusing multiple accounts".

Hello. I was showing a few of my friends this site and when they were on we all noticed nothing would load. Is there an issue with multiple users using the server at 1 time?

I replaced my other artwork and the thumbnail won't enable to change. http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/SailorSeiyaDigiJem/855825/My-first-time-posted-tradit...

Hello, I have a problem with the thumbnail from my artwork. http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/SailorSeiyaDigiJem/855883/Orange-Skull

What exactly is the problem with the thumbnail?

Ambiguity is the Number One Problem with the average bug report -- unless it's something that's patently obvious (which is always rarer than you think), we really don't know what we should even be looking for, until you give us a summary of what you expected to see and how it differs from what actually happened.

In the case of your submission:  I see a drawing of an orange skull centered on the page, occupying roughly 30% of the image's width and 50% of the image's height, and there appear to be some shaded lines radiating outwards from it (otherwise the background appears relatively blank); I do not have any reason to suspect that this isn't what the drawing was intended to be.

So, your turn to explain.

The thumbnail looks different from the artwork that I posted here. I replace my artwork from digitally edited artwork to an unedited cropped version of my artwork.  I don't want to be too click baity but I want my artwork looks exactly like the artwork that I posted here.

Just wanted the thumbnail looks exactly like the artwork that I posted here. 

Again, I have the issue that if the thumbnail (and/or resized versions) don't represent the original artwork, I don't know what the original is supposed to look like at all.

On the other hand: did you upload a different version of the file but the thumbnail didn't change to reflect it?  THAT would be a sufficient summary of the problem....

Yes, I replaced it because I realized there is nothing wrong with original scanned artwork and it cropped by Instagram. 

Now, given other people can't read the parent comment here, consider this a quick FYI.  Since FAC does not have a built-in notifications system, how quickly I can reply tends to be limited by how often I check my email.  Which is unfortunate, but regardless, never assume that if I don't respond quickly I must be ignoring someone.

Hello. I can't change my avatar. Halp. 

You help first -- are you receiving any specific error messages?

Just saw this. It's able to change. Got a little distracted 

So I'm not sure who else to contact or if you're an administrator or not and I was just taking a guess, but I noticed that my recent and only submitted picture has been in queue for 2 days now. I'm just wondering how long do I have to wait for it to be approved for submission? I could send the ID number if needed. 

You're correct on all counts.  I recently changed my password and have been having some trouble remembering it.  The approval queue got a little backed up for 2-3 days, but by now it's cleared.

Okay. Thanks for telling me. 

I'm not exactly sure how many violations they count for, but certainly no good can come of that account.

I've also spotted this account http://www.fanart-central.net/user/JaymonFalling/profile - the username implies it was created to troll JaymonRising http://www.fanart-central.net/user/JaymonRising/profile

maybe or could be they are related 

Maybe, or maybe not, but we will know once they start actually using it.

Hello! Just wanted to ask what's up with animations on here. None of my old animations are loading anymore and I'd be fun to watch them since I did them as a kid. :o

Can you give me a URL of an affected piece?

i keep doing something wrong XD idk what is it its not letting me post anything cuz you guys put me on that one thing 

Are you referring to submission #856354 (Skully Commission) ?

You should have brought this to my attention earlier (as suggested by every reject notice I filed for it).  NOBODY has given me any information yet about this 'missing category' bug and it's literally impossible for me to research (much less fix!) the problem WITHOUT INFO to go on.

Anyway.

According to your latest description of it, you were picking the category "Cartoons > Other not listed" at submission time?

The bug is that certain categories (this likely among them) are not appearing on the approval CP at all, the field is literally blank (and attempts to mod-edit the submission show it having no category at all either).

Aside: There is no need to add that to your piece's Description to comment about the approval process -- in fact I never even noticed it until now because it was rejected on ground other than its description.

I really need to start diving back into the FAC codebase again because now that I have a testcase I can start figuring out what the heck is going wrong.  I already checked the category info on its own terms and didn't see any problems....

In the meantime, I've given the piece an approval, but I still need more info from you:  Edit the piece and select the category again.  Does it stay when you go back to view the submission?  Whether it does or not will give me clues where the problem is actually occurring internally.

Yo it’s me again xD art trade yet ? Been busy with other sites need to on here more but I go where money is . seems health care cost a lot when your getting closer to 30 :P 
Plus love messing with you guys ^~^ so mess back little to 

Need to still fix a few things 

Hey Strats.

It's been a while since I popped in here for any reasons, but I am an old-time user of this site and wanted to ask if something was possible. I figured anything is possible if you are hosting and backing up information from the site. Although, this would have been so long ago, I wouldn't be surprised if what I am looking for would have been purged long before now.

Back in the day, my username was quake0099, and for some reason, I deleted that account a long time ago. For nostalgia purposes, I am looking to re-access some of the things that were on there. I have tried the Internet Wayback Machine with no luck, so I was wondering if it would be possible to re-activate a profile or to reclaim some of the data from it.

Shoot me a reply when you get the chance.

Thank you.

No, we do not currently have any functions (even at admin level) for re-activating a deleted account or un-deleting submissions.

Thank you for spamming.  Have a week off, courtesy of site staff. :)

Keep it up and the next stop is permaban, sorry.

Hi there,

A bug I have just recently noticed regarding the forums is an inability to login when already logged in on the main site. It proposes a SQL query issue - not sure if that's your game, but it could be considered a bug.

By the way, I've not been an active user on this site for ten years - it's interesting to see that you're still in practice as admin.

This is, unfortunately, a known bug which is mostly related to the use of IPv6 addresses (such as yours).  There is no fix.

I believe this is one of those where there is no rule against it technically, but it is generally frowned upon to do it much.

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.

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.

Hello I'm new here. I have uploaded a Drawing & it still pending approval, this is taking a whole day now what is wrong with it?

http://www.fanart-central.net/users/pending?username=MrSquiggles1993
http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/MrSquiggles1993/852086/Happy-Mummy-and-Baby-Liam

Naturally, the approval panel relies on FAC staff actively reviewing it from time to time.  We currently have just two users doing this (myself and Battou), and between us we probably review it maybe 5-6 times a week.  So while we can generally process something within the same day, sometimes things pile up for longer before we review the queue.

For your submission #852086, I've processed it for now but I will warn that image files exceeding certain sizes (such as width, height, and/or total megapixels) are always held for manual review by AP staff, even if it would otherwise have been processed automatically.  And while the exact threshold varies depending on the nature of the image, who is on duty (and how lenient we feel) at the time, in general, if your image file exceeds 4-5 megapixels you can expect to receive a rejection message about it.

Generally speaking, it is not good practice to submit original-full-resolution scans/photos of your artwork to the Internet -- you should keep those on your personal storage (local backup or private cloud storage) and compile secondary copies that have been resized smaller so that they can be viewed at 100% size on a typical display resolution (usually less than 2000px wide).

Oh okay I understand now.
Whoops, I didn't know that was a big one. I thought I put the small one up, sorry about that.
Next time I'll make a small one.

Hey! How come Ajsuper can't post his artworks on FanArt-Central?

I actually do not know what you're talking about.  I just checked the queue and there was nothing from him on it...

Sorry to bother you. I guess he don't know how to submit his artworks to Fanart-Central.

May I request something? I was wondering if you could put a 'recent blogs' thing on the front page so people will see them. I was requesting because I put up a blog to help fight racism.

I like the idea of "recent blogs" in the front page but blogs are not available to comments(In my opinion, I find it pretty meaningless)

Hey sorry to bother you but? Is this ok if I am allowed to upload Base art?

What do you mean?

sorry for the late reply :(
Like these base dolls here http://bloodytwin2.deviantart.com/favourites/54040744/base-Doll if i am allowed to upload some bases that i did and sorry i uploaded The Susan, Man and Vanessa base :(.

So to make sure I'm understanding this correctly, you mean artwork created from/using said bases?

For a quick compare-contrast, we do not allow 'generator' or 'dollmaker' type submissions -- defined by the generator providing most or ALL of the components/resources present in the final result, with no actual artistic effort (i.e. production) from the end user.

If you have (i.e. can cite) permission to use a base image/work to modify and create a work of your own from, it does not matter whether the base image is traditional or digital in nature.  Conceptually, this is no different from an explicit collaboration between two (or more) artists, therefore the same ground rules apply -- which is basically to cite a URL to the page of the original image.  As long as we can verify that, it's usually pretty easy to tell when the artist created that image with this purpose in mind.

I think so and alright.

On an aside, I myself have three pieces in gallery that are traditional colorings of lineart created by other artists. :)

she meant are base related arts allowed on here

I liked the comment that he "hasn't been banned yet".  Give it five more seconds, and....

Stand by just in case he tries to get past the IP block through the millions of computers from the computer business that he owns as he brags. Hope he enjoys giving those computers viruses by downloading those proxies.

awww there was fac drama and i missed it >.< dam me 

update i have two wifi i run on my 5 ghz doesn't let me do the forum but my 2.4 does XD so guessing ppl with the 5 other than me so next time someone asks it could be that simple simple fix

The steps posted in the forum topic are not in reference to your wi-fi hotspot but the wi-fi settings on your computer and OS.

strange i didn't have to do any computer settings there wifi to fix it 

Exact steps will vary according to your operating system and whether you have the needed level of access to them.  Out of curiosity, what OS do you run?

right now os ducky 10.3.2 
i do my own stuff but its pretty much same as the os el whatever its called apple got them weird names 

your update gave me sign of good hope I'm back to posting here and to make all the users super happy omg thank you hugssss 

its k if i try to do a contest with the people that are on here .. i love making them smile with free art for everyone XD 

On a tangential note, I see you have an IPv6 address.  Are you able to log in to the forums?

it gave me 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 ('bac0d0a734e4eb8ceaab09c8215c2369', 94336, 1464138776, 1464138776, 'a29000000', 0, 1, 0)

Line : 187
File : sessions.php

Yeah, I was afraid that would happen.  I posted a topic about it here since it seems to be happening so much.  You might be able to configure your network adapter to ignore IPv6 addresses and communicate via IPv4, which solves the issue for some users.

other than that  strata drake hows the admin life, things getting better on here ?seems like more traffic to me witch is cool 

I took notice you left a post in site news! 
Thank you for the update! It is greatly appreciated. 

Yeah, we haven't been keeping up on news.  For a long time it feels like there's been no 'real' news to update with....

If that image is accurate, that could qualify as a copyright infringement ... however, if that is the case I would definitely need a link to where it was posted on FAC and not just a screenshot showing a side-by-side comparison.  I already checked Lucifer's gallery and found only three images, none of which are relevant.

She hates the fact that I have used a parody known as memes on my deviantart. My meme's are usually backed with facts of her past attitude and judging from the looks of how this is going, she really hasn't learned much from the past. you're not the first or the only person to have told her to just block/ignore me (not only myself but other people who have made parodies of her as well) but she will make double accounts just to harass the people who parody her and her artwork. I don't post these things here on FAC, because I understand that she has a problem with parodies and I know that it's risky business to begin with, hence why my piece that I actually drew depicting a parody of her entire attitude and her character was taken down. So I don't really post any of those things here on the website.

So I've noticed that Erin/Elizabeth is still wishing to harass me by making this journal:
http://www.fanart-central.net/user/Elizabeth-Fan/blogs/17054/MESSAGE-TO-LUCIFERSTARDUST
and made a list of her enemies where apparently I've been name dropped
http://www.fanart-central.net/user/Elizabeth-Fan/blogs/17045/List-of-My-Enemies

These are things you have on your dA account?  What happens on dA stays on dA.

Yes they are indeed on my deviantART account since I didn't wish to get into anymore trouble or disturb the princess with my rights as a human being to draw, but seeing as how one image I made sent her off the edge and a mod removed it since it appeared to be causing an issue, not that I'm mad or displeased with it, I know you guys have a job and rules to apply, however just disappointed in the fact as to how far Elizabeth is taking it and claiming that I should repent to "atone" for my sins, despite of her own sins where she titles everything in a curse word and makes journals either to harass people like myself or send death threats.
I'm so sorry that you're just another pawn to Erin/Elizabeth that she thought she could use against me to take away my freedom of speech in an attempt to stop me from doing parodies of her and the behavior she displays. This is just one of the many reasons why she has an E.D. page. Although the article is filled with satire, her behavior and the evidence of it is all based on events that took place either on deviantART and/or other websites that she's displayed them on. Thank you for being as patient as you have been within this situation, there should be more people like you and again, I'm sorry that you had to go through all that. Take care and have a good one~

What did I ever do to deserve to be your enemy?...Stratadrake can clearly see the comment Lucifer made without your screenshot, as no one here has the power but Stratadrake to hide comments the comments on their profile, so it looks really childish of you to spam such nonsense. Also you're starting to cuss people out, right on a moderators profile, which will be easily seen as an offense of harassment, as for the journals you made, they are targeting and name dropping journals. Which I have high hopes that they will be removed. plus you're posting in the public, so you trying to tell people to "buzz off" isn't going to happen so easily, especially since you are causing unnecessary drama that needs to be taken care of on DEVIANTART not on FAC, seeing that Lucifer has stopped posting here and you forced them to come back, because you harassed them.

This is clearly your own fault and your own undoing. You are even sending them death threats using the links that you provided in your journals. I'm sorry Erin, but after discovering what you've been doing I have decided that I no longer wish to help you draw anything. I will do what the wise people have mentioned that I should do and that is to block you.

That is 100% correct.

So what prompted you to post that link on her pages multiple times?  I'm still trying to gather information about what exactly is going on here....

Not a valid reason.  Good day.

Hello, I haven't been here in a while..But could you please tell Elizabeth-Fan to stop posting stuff on my profile. She's already made a hate list of users from various websites and posted it on here, It's becoming an annoyance and it's becoming border line harassment. 

Judging by comments from other users it seems to have gone well beyond crossing that line.

Yeah...Erin tends to take things beyond too far. She always does this whenever she comes to a new art site. She's been permanently banned from dA, Weasyl, SoFurry, Fur Affinity, Scratch, the Wiki website, and probably other sites. I was surprised by how long you managed to keep calm with her.

It had been a while since the last conflagration.  If she wants to put that behind her and start over on a second chance she needs to keep the past IN the past.

Strata, people have tried time and time again to help her or advised her to do that. She never listens, hence why she got banned. She feels the need to make people suffer over childish things and demands to get her way.

You reported this before, but our stance on the matter hasn't changed any.  If she drew the artwork, it does not qualify as (and cannot be reported for) image theft.  Likewise, if she properly credited the character's creator/owner, then it does not qualify as character theft/plagiarism.

And ... IIRC, you reported this piece before for basically the same reason, which usually means you'll just get the same answer all over again.  If there haven't been any new developments, you won't get a new verdict.

Elizabeth wanted to that artwork because artwork is mocking of her OC paired with Rouge XD

Real mature, Elizabeth. 

I don't even touched your OC but favorite it. 

http://www.fanart-central.net/user/Elizabeth-Fan/blogs/17054/MESSAGE-TO-LUCIFERSTARDUST

I think Erin is taking this too far.
This journal is a target journal

No, because this needs addressing Erin.

Grow a pear. You're the one in the wrong here. Face the facts and just drop it.

Unfortunately we basically can't help with this.  The version of phpbb we run the forums on is so old nobody will offer support for it anymore.  It is SUPPOSED to be IPv6-compatible, but without actually taking a look at the code the site forums actually run on (which was slightly modified from stock phpBB2 already) we can't really investigate it ourselves either.

For what it's worth, your comment was indeed posted from an IPv6 address and that seems distinctly related to the error.

Belated reply, but assuming you meant that you logged out of FAC and then viewed your profile page, then it saying you are "offline" IS the correct thing to do, because logout = offline.

You've had such a history of account name changes that I have a hard time taking it seriously.  But, thanks for telling me all the same.

Hello Stratadrake. I've encountered an error when trying to log into the forums. Here is the error:

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 ('705786b02e35d6977528545a2ede2d36', 88093, 1455662267, 1455662267, 'a29000000', 0, 1, 0)

Line : 187
File : sessions.php


(Web browser used is Google Chrome.) I also tested this on IE and yielded the same results.

Hmm, I haven't encountered any problems personally ... is it still happening at this time?

Yes. I tried to log in again and I still get this error. 

I wonder if it has to do with your IPv6 address...

It's odd cause I've never had or seen this problem until just yesterday. I figured it was a something to do with the forum itself but, you mentioned something about an IPv6 address, how would that potentially cause this error? (Still have no access due to this error continuing to pop up.)

IPv6 addresses are 4x as long as IPv4 addresses.  If phpBB2 doesn't recognize IPv6 properly and attempts to force it into a database field built for an IPv4 address only, error.

I see. Interesting. Well it seems I'm able to log in now. Whether it was just random luck that let log in again or it was fixed by either you or Denis (which thanks is in order if that's the case.) So, thanks if that's the case. Hopefully it won't occur again.

Was this in the same session as that comment?  Because I notice it has an IPv4 address where your previous comments on this topic were from an IPv6 address.  Hmm....

That's... really odd. When I checked again for an IPv6 it's almost nonexistent. It's does indeed tell me I'm running IPv4. How strange. I wonder if my ISP provider had something to do with this.

Been somehow unable to log in to the forums even though all my info and that was right, so I think it's labelling my account as inactive. But why I'm trying to is it's that one person I reported again who won't leave me alone because I refused to do a commission.

http://www.fanart-central.net/user/AntiMTSS/profile

I've noticed the "Who's Online" tab has been missing for the last few days. Is this a glitch, or a deliberate alteration? 

That widget has been removed.  (According to cstdenis, it never worked right anyway.)

Thanks for letting me know. I remember the Who's Online widget occasionally stating someone was online when they weren't, but didn't realize it had never worked properly. 

I had someone leave two comments on my comment section which you alone can read but they said they wanted me to remove a picture? Last I checked I wasn't an admin. I mean I do come in occasionally and check on things but I'm not a staff member. Hopefully things are going well for you considering the situation at hand.

Also I got to go to a ren faire after how many years since grade school. I happened to see a dragon puppet that was blue with gold trim like a certain icon of yours. Sadly he was pushing $500 otherwise I would have gotten him and sent a picture to you. Afterall the way he was sculpted reminded me of your artstyle.

Ah, I see those are two pictures I am aware of currently.  I am still not sure whether to draw the line -- as I said on one of them, if it's judged to be hate/attack art then it is getting removed; if it's not, it falls under artistic speech and can stay.

Given the situation at hand, it's disguised as artistic speech but it is attacking someone. I would say remove the picture and all signs of the fight to keep it from escalating and put them both in a corner. Also keep in mind to onlookers I'm a neutral party. I'm not taking sides I just want the fight to go away. There's something called the block button folks, use it.

Guys, if I may point out that posting images on your profile page is NOT governed by the same terms as your gallery submissions are required to follow.  A.k.a. claims of "art theft" do NOT necessarily apply here, users are generally allowed to post whatever images they wish.

This being said, the image in question is clearly causing some issues with other users, so I am going to remove it for now.

This is just an FYI -- as you can see from the posts below, I've taken the liberty of culling several comments from my page here. I can still access them (via staff tools) when I need to. The situation surrounding them is not considered resolved, however.

Autism isn't one specific disorder so much as an entire class of disorders.  It has degrees and variations and so forth.

And, unfortunately, learning disabilities (of any sort) and short tempers seem to coincide with each other.

Ya know if ya want people to believe you, maybe you could try taking a picture of your medical records.

Just a thought.


(I am not whiteknighting btw. I honstly think the "PE013 Fiasco" is a dead topic)

Its OK that you lost your temper and did bad. You don't have to say everything was an accident. Just be like "Yeah man, I got pissed and did some dumb things, my bad." Everyone does from time to time. No shame in admiting it.

That actully makes a lot of sence! I'd have to agree with drake, though. Don't break the rules of the site over it. Maybe you could confide and vent to a friend instead? Or air greivances is a less intrusive way then spam? 

I know now first hand it can be hard to wrap your mind around a neruological disorder and controll it at time. I think that being able to vent to someone could help.

Yeah, you do seem pretty quick to go hot-headed.  Sometimes it can help to just put the computer down and walk away for awhile, then return to it later (such as the next day) with a cool head.

In my case, it probably helps I was born the middle child in my family, a social position that favors being calm and cool-headed.

As for the subject of autism ... I personally believe the condition is over-diagnosed and over-medicated, but that's not important because I have no practical use for the lay opinion.  And heck, I probably meet half the criteria for some degree of it myself....

Why aren't people simply blocking her? Some of these people actually knew what she was like before she came on here, so like me I blocked her right away. Are people actually waiting for her to make the wrong move so that they have an excuse to get her banned? I'm not sticking up for her, I know what she's done and it's disgusting, but it doesn't seem right to just let her comment on something or someone's artwork, knowing what will happen down the road. By blocking her, she can't express her anger at all towards anyone! Maybe it will help her cool down eventually, I don't know. 

Everyone has their good and bad days.  While I was looking through her comment history there I did find some comments that did not provoke arguments, and a few comments that were even positive in tone (and I'm talking "top-level" comments, not replies).  I made sure to review each page to catch the context/conversation in which they were posted, too.

Ultimately, the matter of blocking is a personal preference.  Some people are quick to block, sometimes you block someone pre-emptively, and some people (like me) prefer to avoid blocking.  (And I'm not saying that just because I have a mod/admin position; my blocklists on dA and FA are virtually empty too.)

Well, for me, blocking or disabling the comments prevents hate speech. Not necessarily because of bashing on my content or me. I can handle that. But it’s to prevent hate speech against individuals in the comment section, especially if it’s a child. Some person might come along, say something mean, and then I’m liable for it because I should’ve been there to stop that from happening. Now, there’s an emotionally scarred person that might commit suicide or something and that could get me into trouble. There have been cases of that, too. That’s just one of the reasons why I would block somebody whom I’ve seen multiple times say things that cause people to lose their heads (not in a literal sense). I don’t know, I’m just being cautious. But, in all honesty, I hope Erin grows into a better person

Heya! I'm a new(ish) member of the site!

I actually have a question about... well.... "cursing"

It automatically censors, right? Because I have the WORST habit of doing it and it is pretty much uncontrollable for me now. I'm afraid I'd forget I'd have to censor it and recieve a flag which would suck because so far this site has the BEST ADMINSHIP I have EVER seen.

Taken care of, we did not initially catch that this was a direct edit/trace, which per submission rules is not allowed.

Hello sir i understand that you are investigating a certain someone ahem (princesselizabeth013) but i would like to inform you of some evidence i have against her. i hav equite a lot and if you would contact me personally that would be great.

Hello. I understand you must be getting fed up with the amount of comments about Erin on your profile, but I feel this needs to be adressed. She is trying to get a user to report me and two other users. I saw this and left a comment to the other user explaining what exactly had happened between me and her to which she verbally attacked me for it. Please can you do something about it?

http://www.fanart-central.net/user/Charade/profile - where you can see the comments

Hi there

i have a question 
i make jewelry may i post it up here on this site? 

hello there 
How are you doing?
 

Hello, just wanted to clarify that I'm a woman, not a man. And I did send in a report about Princess Elizabeth..But it was through an email that I found in the Fanart-Central forum. I wasn't sure if that was the right way to handle it, but if needed, I'll gladly send in the report to you VIA messages.

When a picture is queued for approval it means just that -- it'll be processed whenever a staff member logs in and checks the queue.  We try to check it every 1-2 days, but it is a manual system....

Hello, I have seen on Elizabeth-the-hedgehog-fan's profile that you have sent her a message regarding her comments. http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/theAmyboom/846082/Elizabeth-x-Rouge-Parody This is what she has said today. I think the picture content is unneeded, but the message in the description is what I think matters. 

On the one hand, parody is a protected form of free speech and is NOT subject to claims about copyright violation.

On another, we do not want to encourage "hate art" in galleries.

And, of course, there is also the claim that you provoked this with your own behavior, in which case it's safe to call it comeuppance.

I don't like complicated decisions like this.  (Not that doing a mod delete is a complicated action, but the decision of whether to take that action at all is another matter.)  For now, I'll confer with our other staff first.

Hello here, I have a question regarding a resizing issue, I need to resize a picture to make it less grainy but when I go to edit the submission, there's no option to resize it, what can I do to resize it? Thank you.

You have to resize it using a program on your own computer (Photoshop, GIMP, etc.) and upload the resized file when you're done.

hey strata what happened to fanart its got little to no traffic when i get on it used to be a big site

I know, right?

how does one get you to reply do i troll or something ?

I do still receive email notifications about comments on my pages, but as for the subject in question ... I don't really have much thought to give on the matter.

can u atlest fix some things on fac like the  resize picture thingy or u just waitng for fac to die off i sent like 50 spam ads for fac only got like 7 to rejoin or relog in 

maybe hold a contest or something show u still love the users who stayed around ?

Yes, FAC definitely does need some active code/feature development again.  Unfortunately I've been out of the coding loop for a long time, and the current codebase was implemented solo by cstdenis (for now I can only assume it's stored in the SVN repository where I can check out a copy sometime), which means a lot of learning before anything significant can be done.

no reply so i well do what i can to get ppl on here without ur yes or no seems the admins dont care but im thingy and i cant watch it stand by and be zombie zone or dead zone

What happen to fac :( I leave from having broken arm stuff I come back it's a dead zone here 

all I can do is do my ads for this place again maybe help 

Merry Christmas!

I don't like the new text box either.  Takes too long to load and I prefer typing bbCode over WYSIWYG. (At least the latter you can toggle on and off with the 'source' button.

Hello. I was wondering if you knew what the issue is with not being able to delete profiles?
I've tried to delete mine several times and it's still up.. how do I remove my account??

I also tried to delete the other 2 before making this one. If it helps the other 2 that are mine are:
xKittyx
KureiGirl18

Any help appreciated, thanks.

I tried doing what Lucky did. Clicked "Delete my Account" closed the window and everything, didn't touch the site for a few hours. I came back to see if account had been deleted and it's still here. :(

I sent you a PM. 

As stated by other members, "Delete My Account" does not truly delete the account. I just made a mock account, tried to delete, and I could log in like normal. However, when I look up my mock username on Google with "fanart centralm" there are no results. Usually, I can at least see one link linking to a fanart central account. Maybe deleting makes your account hidden from the other world but not within Fanart Central? 

Scratch that; I just tried logging into that same mock account NOW, and it said it was officially deleted. 

I tried once again to delete one of my other accounts and it still didn't delete

Hey, I know I haven't been active here lately. (Getting engaged and planning a wedding will do that.) But when I submitted a piece of artwork, I noticed something strange; It's pending approval! I haven't had to wait for submission approval since the first week I joined the site. What gives?
^K_Pepper

Do you know the answer for this?

The simplest explanation would be submitting to a monitored category.  "Games > Other Not Listed" (along with several other "Not Listed" type categories) are currently set to require stricter (or mandatory) staff approval.

=13pxHi Strata,

=13pxNot sure if this is a bug, glitch, or something that's only happening to me, but when I click "Submit" to reply to a comment, nothing happens, and clicking "Preview" displays a "Bad Request" message. 

Hi Strata, sorry to bother you again.
Recently I've been unable to reply to comments left under my own pictures. I can leave comments on profiles and other users' work, but when I click on one of my own images I appear to be logged out. When I try to log in from the same page, I get this message: "The CSRF token could not be verified". I've tried changing my password but this didn't make any difference. 

Well, with the new codebase there are a lot of new bugs showing up.  I've relayed this to our forum topic.  In the meantime, just know that steps like changing your password almost never help the issue at all.

Ok, thanks for the reply. 

=13pxHi Strata, I hope you can help. 
I edited my Profile recently but afterwards found I had made a mistake and went to re-edit, but can't as the Profile=13px Text box is now blank, and doesn't respond when I click an icon or try to type in it. 
The same thing has started happening with the image description boxes as well - what can I do to fix this?  

Hello I'm having a bit problem for the description for creating a chapter and such. I put at least about 99 words up but theres a word limit that goes up to 255 an it won't accept the length of it. so i did shorten it down a bit but still said it was too long. so I got annoyed and said it was a fic. I hopefully you have an idea what's wrong with it or it might be a bug. TT_TT  Thanks. 

It's actually a character limit, not a word limit -- a.k.a. no more than a total of 255 individual letters, spaces, and/or punctuation.  (If the average word is 5 characters long, this effectively means 50 words or less.)

Oh okay Thank you ^^

Strata, do you know why Denis disabled him comments on his profile? I sent him a PM, and I need to remind him to check it (he had not been on the main page since Jan. 26. 2013). 

He's had it that way for years - ever since we installed that feature.

I am not really hip with this stuff, am I?

Well, new question. How frequently does he check his PM? 

Taken down.  A profile blurb is a place to say something about yourself, preferably in text form.  It is not intended as a place to post random images.

Hey Stratadrake. I have a question. I joined FAC originally back in.. idk about 2006 maybe? With my original account "Bombgirl" and I'm almost positive you had banned it for something.. I don't remember why. But I had all of my drawings on that account that I don't have physically anymore. I was wondering if there was any way you could un-ban the account just so I can get my pictures off of it. It would mean a lot to me if you could. Or somehow get them yourself off of the account and E-mail them to me? I'm not too sure what exactly you can do but it would mean a lot to me if you could try to do something.

If that username (Bombgirl) is correct the account is marked as deleted (not banned) and there are no lingering picture IDs (much less actual submitted pictures) still associated with it.  Can't help you at all, sorry.

Remember, you are the one ultimately responsible for securing/retaining backup copies of any material you submit to websites.  If stuff happens ... then stuff happens.

I understand. I used to keep them all in a Binder, but everything I owned was destroyed in a house fire. Oh well. Just pictures I guess. Thanks anyway. (:

Sorry to hear about the fire.  (I actually lost some of my highschool art when somebody set the art room on fire.  Been a much longer time though, can't remember exactly which ones.)

Awhh ): I'm sorry. It really sucks losing things you put a lot of effort into. 

(Test comment.)

Hey Stratadrake, on certain pictures I can't reply to comments or post any comments myself. This problem has been around since this new version of FAC was put up and hasn't been fixed. Any idea when that may happen?

Comments can be enabled/disabled on a per-picture basis (though the page should tell you when this is the case).  Do you have any specific page URLs I can check?

I do, but first can I ask if there's a new limit to comments? Or if there's too many comments on a picture, does it mess with the ability to post more comments?

If it is not too much trouble.  GET RID OF THIS VERSION OF FAC!!!!!!!!  It is hellishly annoying to work with.
Everything was fine the way you had it.  What ever happend to the expresion "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", cause this whole place has become a total mess.  Please, could you return FAC to the way you had it before this... disaster.
I'm aware that site have to 'update' to keep things running.... but this is, I'm very sorry to say, a total pisstake.
I hope to hear from you all soon

No going back, sorry.  The new version is pretty much a complete rewrite of all the internals, which was badly needed.

We're aware that there's only one theme right now (the 2.0 Silver) and it's missing the blue (3.0 Zellers) theme - we may bring something like it back in a future update as a visual theme only.

We do have a forum topic available to discuss the matter, provided you can keep things civil:

http://forums.fanart-central.net/viewtopic.php?t=42839

Strata, why do Popular works have only 3 pictures displayed? (sometimes, it has two)

Currently it only picks from within the last two weeks (this keeps them rotating); if there just aren't many submissions to the site, there aren't many to choose from.

Does the Popular Works only accept submissions that have reached a certain number of favs/views? -Because I have approved much more than 5 pictures over the past 2 weeks, and not even those show up as the lowest popular work.

I don't remember the specific algorithm, but it does:
- sort by a rough combination of # faves and votes (which needs refinement)
- exclude Featured pics (they'll become popular anyway, by virtue of being Featured)
- limit 1 most-popular per user (avoids flooding by one popular user)
- reflect individual content filter levels
- limit last two weeks

...the last is really just a hack to prevent it from taking too long to generate the list.

hi

I didn't know who to ask so I'm going to ask you.

I keep trying to upload a GIF for my avatar but every time I do its just one frame. Do you know why?

An animated GIF, correct? Well, for starters please ensure that it does not exceed the maximum avatar size (64x64), because our avvie-resizing code has a tendency to remove animations.

WOW. thanks for the help -____-

whats going on with the stupid errors? it's freaking annoying

Hi Strata. I logged on not too long ago and [url="http://i47.tinypic.com/2sb0tg1.jpg"]found this error.[/url] Also, the gallery section is not working because of this error. I'm not sure if it's happening to me only, but just to be on the safe side can you check to see what's up? Thanks.

It's not just you hun. It's happening to everyone it appears. xX

How old do you have to be to have a account?

"Reporting" means PM'ing a site staff member with exact URLs and/or usernames to be examined. Otherwise it's just rumor and hearsay.

K. I'll PM you then.

OMG I HAVE THE SAME CAT ON MY PROFILE THINGY ON HERE!

There have been a lot of these and I've been keeping count. I have a feeling that most of them previous ones are still active.

If you want, I cant PM you the still active account and the one the current user is using if that helps.

Yes, I'm interested in seeing a list.

I've only seen one account. I'll try and find more later. I'll PM you.

I have a question,
Are you able to make back up accounts and still be able to use the one you're already on while the new one is still up and running?

One account per user is the rule. Creating "alt" or "backup" accounts is not recommended, for historical (mostly troll-related) reasons.

Alright thank you because I've been witnessing multiple accounts by the same user on here. But thank you for answering my question.

I'm curious who. If they are causing a problem we will terminate the duplicate names.

It's the fact that the accounts aren't deleted but they're still up. I mean I find it annoying.

Well, if they're only "still up" and not actively being used then technically that's against rules, but it's not a priority like if they're actively using them to exploit the system (get around blocklists, etc.) .

More specific, please? Which button on which page?

On your submissions log page, there is an option for "undelete" but it was never implemented, not even for staff/admins.

Yes, that is correct. Unfortunate, but correct.

Hey I'm scare cause what if Aren or Zepeda come back and start threating me again and I thinking that wants revenge and they wants me gone I'm don't think I'm safe here but I don't think that you don't remember what happen two years ago in 2010 that Aren trick me and pretending to be Zane and Zepeda threating me and call me names and stuff.

i remember that it was a bad time withthe troll war that got a lot of people to stop coming here

Sorry, I do not do unsolicited requests, too busy.

However, if you want to post a request in general, please stop by the forums - we do have a forum section specifically for posting requests!

sorry to ask but could you do another resync thing on the category script again it's not working again...

Strange, I am not experiencing any troubles on my end (meaning, I don't know if that is even the cause).

hello um sorry to ask but im having trouble getting in the PMs

Fixed.

thank you

umm I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I have tried to add some artwork and the category box says error and then click to retry which I did a few time I even reloaded the page a couple of times but it won't let me add any fanwork due to the error in the category box, can you help?

That would be caused by a failure to initialize the category box. Try checking your browser's Javascript console and let me know if there are any warnings/errors that occur when loading the submissions page.

alrighty, thank you I will be sure and do that and then check back with you :)

I checked it and everything seems to be working now thanks for the help! :D

I barely even did anything. Just a hard resync on our category script....

well thanks anyway :p

You kow the featured pic you have on the topof the page? well mine will not show for some reason an I didnt press anything to make it change? Can you assist me

Hey man, sorry to bug you...but dennis has decided my email isnt vailidated because there is something causing my profile to say its banned "at my request" even though I was able to post. The only thing ive done is have an email sent to attempt to change my email address. can you activate me for the forums or whatever it is you do?

You already do.

Could you please delete this account, I don't like this username could you delete it so I can make a new account?

If you wish to deactivate your account you should be able to find the relevant option from your "Edit Profile" section.

Hello, may i ask you why my picture is in pending? its #814101 .

The "Internet Comics" category is monitored to make sure people don't try to use it for self-published (original) comics. As for the picture itself, Spy vs Spy actually isn't an Internet based comic (but we don't have a category for it yet), so as noted use the Other Comics heading instead.

Hey Thingy again um I can't seem to be able to upload stuff the submit page restarts when I hit the submit button

The account's email address reports that it is still not verified, therefore it cannot send a password validation mail.

Error? Please copy/paste the error text.

I hate that error message. No context. The error message means exactly what it says though -- the validation URL didn't work.

Oh, I know what happened. I reset my e-mail account and its treating me like a new user...hahaha oh ok. Please re-activate me. Smart way to prevent the trolls though.

hi, i was told i have to ask you for forum access?

Hi Stratadrake. Can I have access to PM please (:

I joined FAC a week or so ago and I am un-able to acces PM why cant I?

Currently, forum/PM access is not included by default when you sign up. You need to ask a staff member to enable it first.

can it be enabled then?

I've just received two emails stating BlueSerperior has replied to the comments I'd left on the following submissions:

http://www.Fanart-Central.net/pic-812506.html
http://www.Fanart-Central.net/pic-812554.html

I've checked both links but no replies seem to have been added. Is this a glitch, as it;s never happened to me before?

Thanks for your time.

The comments were posted, but later deleted.

Thanks for the reply.

I thought at one point "comment deleted by user" or something similar used to be displayed where a message had been deleted - or was that from an earlier version of the site?

its letting me add stuff now! :D

May I please have access to the forum?

I have a bit of a problem...

I keep trying to post a new story, and every time, after I hit the Let's go add a chapter button, it says there is an error...

Is it just that I can't post from an Android tablet?

Thanks,
Hana

If you're going to report an error message, always, always copy/paste the actual message text; simply saying "I got an error" isn't enough.

Sorry, it's hard to copy with an android.

The message was Catagory Results ! =1? CID:0

I selected a catagory for it, and it let me proceed.

Oh, that one. Not supposed to happen.

Ah. Well, stuff happens.

how do i do that?

How come there aren't any site updates? The last one seemed to be the 18th of sep. I know im whining but I think it would be a great Idea to update once a month at the very least. Things like artists of the month or just news would be a great motivation for people on the site and newcomers. I know your propably busy but I just wanted to give a suggestion xxxx

it just goes to a 404 page with no url whenever i try to add anything

Can you give me a screenshot?

hi, i was told you could help me. whenever i try to upload a pic i get a 404 error...and i tried to go to the forum to get help but it said my info was wrong D: does this stuff happen alot?

A 404? That's ... not supposed to happen. What URL do you see when the error occurs?

What's the bug?

I wonder if the story-comment notifications are broken again. Can you drop a test comment on one of my old stories?

I have a question. I've been on here since about 2008, and I've always been able to access my PM. I left for a little while, and now I can't access it anymore. Is there a way I could get it back? It says it's deactivated.

Quick question. How do you get the statuds of "Site Helper"? I'd like to help around here.

Hi

hello there this may be a stupid question but I was wonder how does one get featured? do you have to draw amazingly or do some sort of thing to enter to be featured or what? just wondering, thank you :3

"Featured" works on the main page are suggested by users and picked by site staff.

oh, okay thank you :)

Not as long as you're using a throwaway email address. (Or do you have "something" to hide?)

...The fact that you are even aware of that particular phrase implies you've trolled our site before. AMIRITE?

I've sent an email to Fanart Central TWICE about shutting down my account. It's been a few months, and my account still exists. Can we please delete my account soon?

If you edit your profile info, you can find the option to self-terminate your account from there; emailing a staff member is not actually necessary anymore.

I can't login to the forums

Email needs verifying.

ID: #809528

This flash has been in pending for two days, going on three. I submitted some stuff here before, most of the time it was a single day.

Any reason why this is taking so long? Not that it really matters, I'm not too concerned with submitting it to FAC.

Even with auto status, sometimes a picture will get sent to the AP queue. In this case, it's because of the image's very large height (questionnaire memes tend to be that way).

Um.......I keep sumiting some pics on my profile, and well I cant relly get a skech book (I do have one but its for pestels). and i resently bought some trasing paper. but I berly get an alowens It would take me a month to get a good enuf skech book. and I done know how to us pohtoshop, and I cant take the lines off, So I would Aprehest some help, PLZ.

Since you have a computer, if you can snag a few blank sheets of paper from your printer then that will do fine. (Printer paper doesn't have the same texture as drawing paper, but you won't even notice a difference.)

Myself, I used to use the backs of whatever sheets the teacher handed out for the previous week's class, often folding/cutting/tearing the sheet in half so I could have "two" sheets to draw on.

Access the forums for me, whelp.

Get a real email address first.

I'm not able to log-in on the forums, I have registered, and I am not banned, and I can't figure out how to log-in? I've followed the instruction in the FAQ, so I came here. Please help?

Ehem...excuse me but i tried to submit a picture (i don't remember it's ID number now since i didn't think it would be needed) and i waited for days to be accepted but now when i looked it wans't in my gallery OR in the pendling submissions tab, why is this?
It was not a stolen image, it was no "adult" material. a far as i know it didn't break any rules so why wasn't it accepted?

According to the other pages in your submissions log, #807687 was processed and rejected on the grounds of a large image size (1100x1600). This is a fairly common (and minor) thing; it's generally good practice to size your image so that it fits within a typical screen resolution at full view.

ah ok. thanks for explaining

Can you activate my PM box? {:

What was the name of the Spambot account? Just out of sheer curiosity.

The account name was LovelyKiryuu.

Hi, I reported a stolen link about three weeks ago and I haven't heard back. I was wondering if it was going to get resolved possible soon? I know as the administration, you guys are very busy, but if you can just take a quick look at my issue and give me an quick answer; I'll be happy =) Thank you =)

I never received such a report myself but let me search your comments history for a moment ... let's see, you appear to be talking about picture #710816, right? We have exact same image dimensions (almost proof enough in and by itself), and the dA original dates back to July 2007 (FAC submission, September 2008). Okay, looks clear cut to me.

Yes,Thank you so much! I've actually been sending the report to abuse@fanart-central.net. But thank you so much!!! =)

I'm just saying, an audio drop off would be great for musical artists. I'm aspiring, and have original content to put out and would love for my friends to hear it.

It would be quite cool, think about it!~

~koda<3

Hello. It appears that my forum account has been marked as inactive. Could you please change it to active?

This is currently the default when registering on FAC; forum access must be granted by an admin.

Hello, May i ask why not remove the fan work validation system and replace it with new submission review system?

Like new submission is instantly uploaded like old times, and staff members review them in "newest submissions" tab or something like that ^^

it's painful to wait days or even weeks before my piece of art gets validated

It is a matter of principle, about whether or not the submission itself should be publically viewable (and commentable, fav-able, etc.) before site staff have had a chance to review it.

then i think the staff needs a bit of "Motivation" if you wish to say it that way XD

Maybe like a footnote that says Reviewed and Validated by Staff ______

that will make a better connection between the staff and the artists =3

No trouble, the approval queue had been backed up almost a week.

No, "Popular" submissions are automatically selected based on # faves and/or votes.

can i request pm access?

Hi I just joined, but when I tried to login to the forums it would not allow me access. I thought maybe I had typed in my password wrong, so I tried to get it re sent and then it said my account is inactive.

How can I re activate my account? Do I need to register again with a new user name?

Very confusing

Chebbo

hello there :)

my friend told me my art should be submitted as a featured picture or something like that...

i was wondering how that process worked? or who decided who the featured artist and featured pictures and stuff were?

thanks

We have a thread on the forums for that. Featured works are picked by site staff occasionally when we review the thread.

ok thank you.

also, when i try to log into pm's it tells me my password is incorrect? i was wondering if you could fix that for me?

thanks so much :)

That is a "stock" phpbb2 error message, and it does not clearly say why the login was refused. I'll take a look at it.

I know once a comment is left on a page, it's there forever, no matter if it's deleted. And only you can view it.

But is the same applied to deleted profiles? I mean, as in the pictures and stories still archived, but us not able to see it. Or is it simply gone forever? Even to you?

I believe pictures and stories are also soft-delete. Why?

I was curious about a certain story which I read a long time ago. 2005, I believe. It was well written and one of my favorites. But the user deleted his profile, and the story was lost. I believe it was called "Don't Leave Me Alone" by the user Leviathin

I remember reading that one too a LONG time ago in like '05 when I was still a lurker. It was probably the first fanfic I ever really read. If you find any information on it I would also be interested^^

Can i please have PMs and Forums? when you get time

Sorry to ask this but can you fix the pms?I'm not able to sign on

Hey the online thing is broken, mind fixing that? :D
also what software is this?
or is it all hand programmed?

While the forums run on a version of phpBB2, the mainsite is pretty much hand-coded in PHP.

Sorry, im new here in fanart central and i have problems login in in the forum.
it says that my account its inactive ...
and in the FAQ you said something about that:
'' * Inactive forumside account - Site administrators have the ability to mark individual accounts as either "active" or "inactive" on the forums. However, only a site administrator has access to this setting, which is another reason you'd need to contact us. ''
So if you can help me to active my account i would really apreciate it.

Thanks for your time.
LB

At present, forum access must be explicitly granted by admin.

No idea if you noticed but something has gone crazy with the who's online function. My profile, and any one else I visit, says user status unknown.

Just thought I'd let you know in case you didn't

Yeah I was just coming to this profile to report the same thing..... Stratadrake, can you tell us what's going on?

omg! mine too! D8 Its so annoying...

Same here...

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this problem, but every picture I've viewed in the last few days has "0 views" even when it has obviously been commented on several times.

Thank you for activating my PMs :D I really appreciate it!~

If you recently changed your email address, all you should have to do is validate it.

It's probably because you registered a new account. Forum/PM access no longer comes automatically included with registration.

My mistake. Changing email would do it as well, because one of the earlier anti-troll measures was linking forum access with email validation.

Would you mind maybe giving me forum access? I don't care so much for PMs but forum access would be awesomeness:)

Less than one in ten users actually use the forums, having more people interested in it would certainly be awesome.

you have a guy trolling you

Gee, imagine that.

And before I forget: I do have comment notifications, so I do witness firsthand when somebody's attempting to troll my page.

Being an admin means I may have a large bulls-eye painted on me in the eyes of trolling, but the flipside is they get banned with zero tolerance for, ahem, "bullying a dragon".

Have I mentioned that your use of TVtropes is awesome?If not,I am now.It is awesome.

Hey,just a head's up,you've got a new impersonator:

http://www.fanart-central.net/profile-Stratadrakee.php

I was going to tell him the same thing.

Hey, how's it going?

The above comment is probably the only one I've seen which doesn't ask you for something.

yeah-huh.

Can you actavate my PM c:?

Hello. I was looking through the emotions listed on the blogs (quite a bit!) but I was wondering, where's the "Bloated" choice?

No, seriously, I would love it if you added that.

I'm serious. (I actually am, I think it would be hilarious)

It used to be a text field, but was changed to a dropdown list because people were abusing it. (It's still technically possible to assign a custom mood ... if you know how)

Can you try to make a Mobile Version of Fanart? It would be really cool, thanks in advanced.

Could I get some forum access up here? =D Thanks in advance Strata =D

you should try to make an mobile versoin of this site

Heres the link, its not to good but i'm proud of it.



http://www.fanart-central.net/pic-728339.html

Ookay, so if that is the original then which one is the rip?

Please note that we cannot prosecute 'coincidental' similarities between pictures, we do need proof that there is some sort of infringement involved.

Could you give me forum access? Thanks :]

Done.

Hey can i report someone for trying to copy write my own drawing that i put on in 2008? thanks for the help, please reply on my profile.

If it's a submission here, you can simply give me the URL.

If you don't want other people to see it, you can also hit the Delete button on the comment -- staff members will still be able to view it.

Hay Strada if you like wright songs and you whant to post them do you post them in story or jurnal

do ppl who troll trollers get intouble ?

quick easy question from thingy

It is not recommended to go toe-to-toe with a troll. That's precisely what they want (more attention), and harassing them back only brings you down to "their level".

thanks you one more thing idk if u no me much on fac but im not the best typer english is not me, im polish and now i live where english is like everythingy . my point is sometimes i make mistakes in my typing it has upset ppl in the past could my mis spelling get me introuble ?

Hello.Um...I don't know if I'm doing this right,but um...can you help me with the color option?It only worked once.Well,at least I think it did.

Eh, I don't know what you're talking about.

Um...the thing that allows you to change the color of your font?That's what I was trying to say.8X

hello im new hope to meet new types of fanart and people

Well, hello. The site's seen better days, I wish I didn't have to be suspicious of half the new people who come to my page just to say "hi".

Also, I'm certain many of the figures in the picture were copied - yet no references were cited.

Offensive content for artistic purposes is (within limits) permissible so long as it is flagged as Mature Content. For this one, it is the matter of copyright and failure to cite references that I have to take issue against.

Can we start a group on here called "the awesome extreme troll eradicator FTW task force?" Naturally I wouldn't be willing in any way to help or particpate or even acknowledge its exsistence, however I may subconsciously find it amusing. I don't even think there are any trolls left on here... just goblins...and mermaids...

I sorry to be mean but.. Please mind ur own buseness. Ty. I just need your help. plz don't go off topik

If there's a troll involved, then it is my business. I couldn't help but notice you share your IP address with someone I recently banned, and you were barely online whatsoever during that person's stay here. I have to ask myself: Is this just a coincidence?

May I have pm and forum access? Please?

May I please get PM access? LuaJake and DoomLord1234 brought me on here and I just registered.

You're such a liar. you sent a link to one of your pics and you said you believed I could relate to it. =/ Don't lie.

Was this an FAC submission?

If it qualifies as "hate" or "attack" art then it's considerd a violation of site rules and can be removed.

It didn't say that. You linked the picture to my profile and said "I think you can relate to it" I don't see why you can't just admit to it. And there is nothing funny about the picture honestly, it's highly offensive. And just because I defend myself and don't find the picture funny, does not make me a troll. And indeed, you ARE the real fire starter here.

Me? A troll? You're more of a troll than I am. At least I don't put up pictures on FAC and then send the link to certain users saying "Hey, I think you can relate to this"

Again, you lie. There was nowhere that said you thought I would find the picture funny. Stop lying. And the picture was indeed offensive.

Yes, it was a FAC submission, it's his most recent one, and the comments on my page are still there, I never deleted them if you wish to see for yourself. But, he did submit a picture and he did send the link to me and he said he thinks I could relate to it. He never asked for my opinion on the picture.

lol u gaiz

just get along, it's the internetz.

Hello Strata, I was wondering, could you do something about the user Terran? He seems to be nice to certain people and harassing to others, including me. Is there something that can be done about him?

Who is the webmaster? of this site?

cstdenis is the webmaster.

Let me see what I can find in our logs. First, let me get these out of the way....

1 - If your profile page blurb was changed then unless it was cached or stored somewhere else (like a search engine), the previous contents are strictly non-recoverable. We do not keep any "edit history" logs of profile pages.

2 - If someone else has gained login access to your account, changing your account password should be a priority. Even if they get a login cookie, changing your account password will break it.

At this time, all I can dig up is that between 7:30 and 8:30 today, there were seven comments posted from your username, from an IP address not otherwise associated with your account. All of them wrapped in bold/italic/color tags and definitely of trolling nature.

3 submissions for a contest I am holding have been holed up in the submissions que for five days. They haven't been rejected, deleted, or even undeleted, and I'm really confused. My contestants are waiting on me for them to come out.
IDs: "Knight tablet" 799023, "Knight tablet example," 799024 and "Contest!" 799027.

I also have three other submissions I submitted a day after, (I haven't been on this site for a spell, and made a few submissions since then)

IDs: "Gay marriage?" (Sx minor) 799065, "Darkrai! <3" 799073, and "Darkrai lines" 799074.

I hope you can help soon!

You're right the submissions queue has gotten backed up again. Looking into it now.

Hi, I am not sure if i got forum acces, if you got the time could you give it a look?

You do.

Taken care of.

What story? I spent the last four weeks writing a story of my own.

Hello!

I was wondering if I could get permitted to post in the forums.

Thank You!

Happy thanksgiving fac adm

is there any way we can post more than 3 pics? D:

No. The 3-per-day limit is part of the site's configuration, and only the webmaster has access to changing it.

oh ok. thank you. :)

hey i have a question when you have the time. thanks. :)

That isn't your question already? Don't ask whether you're allowed to ask, just ask.

Well I was wondering when it comes to putting up pics that we use as our avatars, why is it that GIF images that we use as avatars have to be a certain size in order for them to show the animation on the image such as movement, etc.?

Images larger than the size limit will be resized by force; if the file was an animated GIF, the resizing process destroys its animation layer.

Oh. I see. Thank you.

Fine strata, ignore me.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

It appears as if I have been hacked, as my password has clearly been changed without my permission. Is it at all possible for anyone to send me my password? I tired sending it via Firefox, but any email has yet to come.

Y'know, if your password really was changed then you would be unable to log in to your account and even tell me in the first place. Start from the beginning: What were you doing that made you think it was changed?

I made the site remember my password on Safari, so it's never really "logged me off". It's really confusing, I know... I do know that some loltroll hacked me though, cause he put something in my favorites that wasn't there before.

Actually, we do have a log that records changes in email/passwords, we just need a tool to review it....

Nope, I still don't buy it.

If somebody succeeded in changing your FAC password, then any "remember me" login cookies would become immediately invalidat, and you would be unable to log in to your FAC account at all. Do you understand?

Have you already attempted the password recovery feature?

What's up with the forums? Won't let me log in.

I bet you're glad you opened your profile to All Comments. :D

I try to keep it that was as a personal policy.

(Usually if I get spammed it's by someone doing it to everybody, so they wind up ... well, you know.)

Wow, is your opinion of drugs ... on drugs.

Besides, I see you are also throwing around the word "autistic" as if it's the new "gay", as if "gay" is the new "stupid". Where ever did you learn such talk? You're not contributing to the community with this and you've been blocked by almost a dozen users within your first week here. If that doesn't spell "trolling" with a capital T, it at least spells "harassment" with a capital H.

Your right to free speech ends when used to insult or harass other users, and we have zero tolerance when it comes to alternate accounts registered by proxy for repeat trolls.

If you do not contribute to the community, you should have asked whether it was worth your time to register here in the first place, or if another site would be a better venue for it. If you came here looking to cause trouble, you will find yourself kicked out, and the door slammed in your face.

Eh, sure. Whatever you say.

When I wondered about your artistic skills I was actually thinking something along the lines of traditional media. You can't fake that.

I cannot take any action on matters that I either do not witness directly, or are simply never brought to my attention in the first place. What exactly is going on?

... I have personally seen no reports from Doomlord1234.

Oh, just last week. So how long exactly has this been going on?