Sometimes logons are rejected for simple reasons. Like you forgot to include a preview picture (or it was to small). It is possible something ike that happened......

no 2of3...........same size picture as the first......and it works great on my machine....a lovely crystal clear picture

I've checked the logon.

It suffers on two different levels.

As a photo it's out of focus.

And as a logon/skin/wall for public use it's actually more particularly appealing/relevant to the pet's owner than anyone else.

I hope your cute little hamster never PO's you.  The poor lttle thing will never survive.

jafo, so its only appealing to us because its our pet? so i assume you will now remove the following:

1/ flower themes (they are only appealing to gardeners)

2/ space themes (they are only appealing to astronomers)

3/ car themes (they are only appealing to car owners)

4/ basketball themes (they are only appealing to americans)

5/ halloween themes (its an american custom only)

i will not hold my breath

Why is there always one?

The submissions are open to the interpretation of the moderators and Stardock staff. While you are upset about the decisions that have been made here it is much better to discuss them with the moderators rather than in the open forums. In private the picture can be discussed and modified to fit the guidelines of acceptance for the Wincustomize community. We are not heartless nor are we going to single people out.

Bringing an issue to bear in this way while insulting both Wincustomize and Stardock will do nothing positive, nor will it give you the desired out come. No one save the owners of this website have the right to post their work here. That said if you are still interested in putting up your work please take the discussion to private message conversations with any of the moderators and they can assist you can clarify the situation for you.

The flame war and the name calling is starting to get out of hand. I am locking this post as there is simply no need for this nor will anything be gained by it. Please do not attempt to continue this in another thread.

Rejection is a possible outcome for any submission. You are (understandably) emotionally vested in this submission and you'll agree (I hope) not objective about it and I'm not saying you should be.

The reviewer (I assume) probably tries to view it with objective criteria (focus, color, topic etc.) and subjective ones. They're only human, after all.

A separate issue in this thread is anger and consideration. You demonstrate alot of anger towards people trying to do their job and be considerate at the same time. They don't deserve this kind of anger, even if they are "mistaken". You can protest a rejection in a private and civil way (there goes that word again).

I paln to start photographing in the future and might submit. I understand that these pics might be rejected and that won't make me feel good, but I plan to learn from rejection as well as success. I don't intend "to flame" the folks looking at the work.

You can always post your submission to your gallery by yourself (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Anyway, hope you don't give up and hope you learn to deal with rejection in a more constructive manner. I would have sent this to your email but I think the people you named deserve a fair shake.