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Namehage
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11:55 am, May 1 2009
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It seems like there have been a lot of (repeated) threads lately which users request to know where the same specific images are from.

I thought it might be useful to have a pinned Locked thread where only the mods can post the images and answers to the commonly sought images (particularly credits/requests pages of scanlation groups) to say where they're from.

It would typically remain Locked so that random people couldn't post to it to ask where to find images. In other words, it would be a thread to consolidate the answers only from other "I'm Looking For" image threads.

This thread would not be intended for images from users avatars or sigs, though. People can use the Avatars and Signatures threads for that. It's also not intended for random manga images that only one person is likely to be looking for. The "answers" wouldn't be added to this thread unless multiple people are likely to be looking for this same image.

Just an idea. It will be easier to point people to a single thread to look through than to try to find the random "Where's this image from?" titled topics in which those answers can be found currently.

Last edited by Liria at 12:09 pm, May 1 2009

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Post #283549 - Reply to (#283545) by Liria
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12:11 pm, May 1 2009
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I already stated that I support this idea, but I'm confused with one thing. O.O

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I thought it might be useful to have a pinned Locked thread where only the mods can post the images and answers to the commonly sought images (particularly credits/requests pages of scanlation groups) to say where they're from.

I don't quite understand this part. Members have to go through the mods in order to have their image posted in the thread? Wouldn't that be problematic? As I see it, if this were to be done it'd be better to have the thread open. Chances are more than one person will know where exactly the image is from, but one may be wrong. :/ And sometimes I am able to identify images from clues that other members post, such as the mangaka, or the genre of the manga..

Ah, but what if a user has more than one image they're looking for? As seen in this thread, it'd be helpful to leave the thread open for others to post their response.

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This thread would not be intended for images from users avatars or sigs, though. People can use the Avatars and Signatures threads for that.

Well some people don't really visit all sections. Usually people that post in the "I'm Looking For" section barely visit the forums. I know I've seen one or two threads where they are looking for the series their avy is from since they don't know how to post images. Of course they could just read the rules. But yes, you are right on that part. smile



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Namehage
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12:45 pm, May 1 2009
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The idea is for people to work out where it comes from in one of the other "I'm looking for..." threads, and then once the answer has been decided, the mods would post the most common images and their answers in this thread. So, yes, the mods would decide what belongs in this thread, not us.

That way this thread doesn't get cluttered with the "I think it's from X." "I think you're smoking something. That looks nothing like X." type of back and forth. I don't think the thread would be as useful if it was cluttered with that sort of discussion.

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4:44 pm, May 1 2009
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One thing that most dont realize is that most people that are even 'qualified' to answer that are in the 'new post' thread. If you are an asker,it would be faster to get an answer if u post a new thread rather than bumping an existing thread, besides new posts, I doubt its easy to sift through for threads u would want to answer...

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How can you just decide what images most people are wondering about? I don't think it'll realistically work because you can't exactly predict what images people are looking for (and then they'll just make a new thread anyways, which doesn't solve anything)

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6:51 pm, May 1 2009
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The idea was never about keeping the number of threads lower. It was about making the answers easier to re-find/point other people to.

There are certain images that are asked about relatively regularly compared to others because they're used by popular scan groups, but it would really be up to the mods to pick what would be most useful to have fast access to.

I was trying earlier to find some of the threads that would initially populate it, but it's taking me a long time to sift through all of the "help me ID this pic" threads.

Anyway, it was just a suggestion. =)

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Quote from Liria
There are certain images that are asked about relatively regularly compared to others because they're used by popular scan groups, but it would really be up to the mods to pick what would be most useful to have fast access to.

I was thinking about that too, but that's a different ball game. Maybe then, it may be a good idea to have a pinned thread the mangas scan groups use in their credit/filler/etc. pages. To keep bandwidth down, you don't even need images. It would basically be a big lookup table: someone posts about an image, someone else remembers it's from a group, they go to the thread and find the group or point the asker to the thread.

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That would work too. Whatever's simplest but still allows us to find a groups credits-type images easily.

It would rely on the scan groups to remember to do such things as opposed to the mods.

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