Styl: I am about to e-mail you........

Adam: I have approved that update for the L-Cars theme, but have sent you an e-mail regarding the other one...

Unfortunately, becoming a popular, respected, or well-known skinner does not preclude 'some' from having minor character flaws that will see them updating 'frequently' purely to boost download figures and ultimately their own 'popularity'.

Call it a flaw of 'ego', or perhaps an over-developed 'ego' gland....

This update-via-moderation applies to all, from Citizen to Admin....there are no 'favourites'.....and all in all it's intention is to ensure that Statistics such as downloads, popularity, etc is fair and equitable to all...

Adam....I think you'll findthat the moderation 'detour' only kicks in when the updates are fairly close together.

I assume your text changes occurred within about 10 days of the most recent upload.  This system has been in place for six months or more...

As for the Info updating....I'll have to get T-Man to give me access to those Info sections and take some of the load off him...and update it.  It isn't 'playing around with the rule book', it's the 'rule book is out of date'.....there's a difference....

Nikos...it's more work for the admins/moderators to have to re-accept these updates, but, it doesn't take 5 days....generally revised works for whatever reason are back public quite quickly.

Giving the moderators the option/capacity to actually be aware of the normally non-moderated works' frequency of updating/revision means that those who may assume they have found a way to 'cook the books' actually will not profit from it.

It's really disheartening to be aware of such happenings....and possibly one of the reasons I personally now do very little in the way of skinning....when I see who and what is going on....it just rankles a little.

The current system is in place to make the site fair for all.

No-one is better than any other....skinning may have 'elders', 'giants' and 'legends', but the real truth is anyone and everyone who skins is a skinner and ultimately deserves our equitable consideration.

One of the hardest things to do is to be in a position of influence and/or authority over others and NOT abuse the privilege/power by/with prejudiced action. 

The heirarchical advancement from visitor/Citizen to Journeyman/Master [and beyond] is in place to assist with the handling/running of the site such as moderation-free uploading, but not everyone may be found entirely suited to respecting their 'freedom' and have been known to abuse the privilege, so effectively all have lost it.

It's not really a big thing to have a short delay in place for updates....particularly when seen from the other side of the fence....those whose works ALL must endure 'moderation', whether new, old, or whatever...

Kona...previously uploaded works require less 'reviewing' as they were accepted once and therefore normally will be again [unless something odd happens].

When they are seen as re-ups they are usually the first to be processed [they are for me, anyway...makes the queue smaller quicker]...

Nikos...if the 'update date' is not selected then the work won't be displayed in the new updates section, so is naturally not a problem as such, but it is also there for the Moderators to uncheck when they see it checked only a day or two since the last 'update date'....which happens.

We're thinking of ways to improve this system...to enhance it further...and make life easier for all, especially with textual revisions...

Just a heads up....the problem of the checked AND unchecked 'update' button which has caused this thread was part of the server crash and restoration problem.....and has been sorted.

In that regard, normal programming has been restored....