Why isn't my edit and/or photo listed?

A child photo is a second photo of a mineral specimen (a closeup, showing the matrix - backside of specimen, photo that shows some specific point of interest, a photo of the entire specimen). They tend to not be applicable for site and other photos except in rare cases.

May you please check this message about missing locality photos ?

sorry for not appropriate placement, I discovered this topic right now

I have uploaded a photo (twice) of a Palomo mine, Peru specimen of realgar, sphalerite, and quartz with minor chalcopyrite and orpiment, and both times it has completely disappeared. It is not in the directory for Palomo mine, or even in my directory.
Have never seen this before.

Dennis

Hi Dennis
I too are not able to find it. My best guess is that something went wrong under the uploading process. Please try again

I have just uploaded it for the third time, and it is completely gone in less than an hour. I unloaded a second picture that is awaiting approval. I don't think it is my fault as I have successfully loaded over 400 photos with no problem.

Dennis



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2012 11:00PM by Dennis Tryon.

Did/Do you record the photo no.?

I did not record the photo number, I guess I can try one more time.

Thanks for your reply,

Dennis

It appears that it may have worked this time. I have no explanation.

Dennis

I guess that this is improvement, the photo was there overnight, but is now gone. There were two photos, 469519 and child 469520. It apparently disappears during the approval process, as it was there, but not yet approved, several hours ago. The location is listed (Palomo mine) as of now, but I have nothing from there. What is going on??

Dennis

P.S. Checking today (Nov. 8) , the location is now gone from the list.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2012 03:03PM by Dennis Tryon.

I understand Jolyon's first post stating that "not all photos submitted are accepted for the mineral and locality pages - this depends on the quality of the photo and the number of similar photos we already have for that mineral at that region". However, in the case of Desautelsite there are only 15 images, none of which showing a crystal in high resolution as image 466554. I'm not looking for recognition, but just trying to provide a view of the mineral that that provides crystallographic information that is currently lacking in the mineral photos page.

Gene

Gene, thanks for the photo. "not all photos submitted are accepted for the mineral and locality pages - this depends on the quality of the photo and the number of similar photos we already have for that mineral at that region" - this is not the case with 466554. We limit the maximum number of photos of a mineral/locality pair to the top 10 photos (you can see the rest by clicking on the link to display all the photos)

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Additional Photos
+ We have only shown a small selection of photos on this page to make this page easier to browse.
Click here to see all photos of Desautelsite from Artinite pit, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA.

We base which 10 photos are shown by manager votes, user votes, and the number of times the photo has been viewed. This does put newly loaded photos at a disadvantage, but hopefully quality will eventually win out.

Photos from full members are automatically made available on locality and mineral pages.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2012 11:59AM by David Von Bargen.

David,

Thanks for the explanation. Photo quality is one thing, and we all strive for it, but for me the scientific importance of an image is in how much information it conveys. The photo in question certainly isn't of the highest quality. But IMO, it is the only one, so far, that illustrates the morphology of the crystals. I hope that I didn't stick my neck out so far as to seem pretentious.

Gene

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is (now?) approved site-wide. I have cleared the cache of the locality and the mineral photo count jumped from 43 to 44.

And, it's a great photo, Gene! It's now the head photo for the Desautelsite page.

Hi,

I have uploaded three pictures (471384, 471385, and 471387), who appear in my home page.

These concern the Boucherville site (235882), but they do not show in this site's photos.

I searched for unapproved or questionable photos on my home page, and there are none.

I know they're out there somewhere, but... where ?

The cache of the locality had to be cleared. Now they are visible.
Can you please add a scale or size info for photo 471385?

Hi Amir,

Thanks for the prompt action !

I had not included a scale as this is a site photo, but you're right : the average size of the crystals appearing in the picture should have been provided, for the members' interest.

Correction gladly made !

Hmmm. Unusual. I am doing barytes, by locality; for some reason Meikle Mine number 482261 won't show on my home page photos under sort by date added. It shows everywhere else -- that is, in the gallery, my photos when sorted by locality.... I tried editing it to see if submitting it again would fix that. Not important, but perplexing.

Bill Dameron

Yes, strange since I see it there.

Hi,

I've just conducted a search for unapproved photos in my Home Page, and found 10.

Two were uploaded yesterday, and it's understandable they are still pending approval.

But the others date back to weeks or months, the oldest having been uploaded May 22nd of this year.

Guess someone has to manually clear the cache for each locality, alas...

Business as usual. Any volunteer ?