Jafo further explained to me that photos with filters applied are not acceptable wallpaper.

Also tribute walls are more than often declined except if it is a tribute to a holiday or a politically approved theme.

So after jury deliberations the verdict was reached that the wallpaper now has to serve time as the XP menu back instead of a 2.5mb wall.

The email....

Sally...
Wallpapers are moderated...which means that not all are accepted. At the moment, abou 80 to 90 percent are rejected.

As a wallpaper, taking a photo, adding a few filters and submitting it as a wall will rarely if ever be accepted.

I can understand if you 'need' it for the WB skin, whatever....but you can include it with the skin.

Over the year or so, we have had MANY 'tribute' walls relating to 9/11...but virtually none were deemed 'tactful'. Yours at least doesn't have a beheaded eagle bleeding all over a torn US flag with photos of the people jumping/falling....[we DID get one like that]....but as walls go, it's really a 'pic with two filters'....and thus was moderated.

[put it in the skin]

Cheers,
Paul
JAFO

Delicious...many people respond in many different ways to the reality that unless there is some form of limitation on the wall section it would totally dominate the remaining 'skin' sections to their detriment.
Wincustomize.com is a 'skinning site', not a 'wallpaper site'.
The difference is that on a 'skinning site' walls are 'just' another skin 'element' and not the raison d'etre.
I haven't seen the skin in question but I'm willing to bet it has more to it than a 'filtered photo'...the subject of which is essentially irrelevant.

Don't feel dissuaded from skinning simply because a submitted wall was less than successful.
I don't know of anyone on this site who has NOT had a wall rejected either here or previously at skinz.org....

I agree with Jafo on this Sally. I have had walls rejected but I totally understand. Almost anybody with a program can make a wall "meaning being able to size and color" but that does not make art. Next thing you know the site would be filled with cartoon charactors and half naked women.
I had a wall in the background of my last cursor and recieved a bunch of Emails for it.I finally updated to have the wall in the cursor zip. That was flattering enough for me.

Thanks WOM!
I just upload my new cursor and this time included the wall right off the bat. Nothing really special though but it so goes with the cursor.

Delicious, I'am on a 56K and have downloaded those big skins. If I like it I'll download it. Doesn't matter the size. My computer time is not that valuable and besides I can do something else till ity's done.

Just make sure you do the JPEG at maximum setting.

Your welcome Keila. Sorry I didn't mention it before.

Yes, the walls can be in Jpeg form and they will be read.