Thanks for the reply and I do think that forwarding this to the admin would be in order, considering that you chose to curse at me. And I was very calm, about this and I do apologise that you have to spend your time responding to emails such as this, don't worry, you won't have to respond to ANY more from me. Didn't mean to infrindge on your time....though as a Mod at this site, I thought it was part of your responsibilities.....
IF Pinchecl and I wanted to create a joint account, we would have done so. As for the error.....it would seem that there are several errors very simular to this.
And I feel more than put out that if you take the time to review the uploads individualy, then perhaps you could at least get it right the first time, but more than anything, perhaps if there was a copyright/distribution issue with the CP Suites....especially considering that there are 2 already available, then perhaps Pinchecl or someone else would have contacted the admin about this....but it would seem than no one but you have a problem with this.
Thanks for you time, don't bother to respond, you have less than nothing I want to hear.
Oh and thanks for being so polite about this, it's a shame that there wasn't a way to work this out.
I did try, but it would seem that you are too busy spending "a damn sight more than 30 minutes responding to issues such as this."
Enjoy...
Paul Martin wrote:
>Arlinda...
>What say you calm down.
>
>The 'suite' system is intended for an individual skinner to upload his
>OWN skins as a suite.....all the skins are his own and therefore remain
>under his own 'control'. If a skin by someone else is to be 'included'
>then it is supposed to be by being linked-to so it loads with the
>others.....in that case it's a 'theme' file.
>It appears that confusion has reigned over this section...and any
>existing 'suites' that contain actual files that do not belong to the
>person uploading them will be removed.
>
>If, for example, you wish to be 'partnered' with another skinner to
>create a composite upload then you will have to create a joint account
>name, as is the case with Pixtudio or Skinplant.
>
>This is a copyright/distribution issue where no-one is appraised of any
>collaboration between owners of an upload.
>
>There are a dozen or two current uploads that will be addressed and
>removed for this reason.....certainly NOT 'favouritism'....and to
>suggest such is beneath contempt.
>
>Several incorrectly formulated suites were accepted in error, nothing
>more, nothing less.
>
>
>Either you link to existing uploads for ALL works not your own, and
>that includes ALL works by Pinchecl, or both you and he create a joint
>account, both with access to it so that the true skin 'owner' retains
>control over it's/their distribution.
>
>Neither T-Man, nor I were aware that your huge upload was to contain
>files that were not your own, otherwise the appropriate 'alarm bells'
>would have sounded then, rather than later.
>
>As for spending 30 minutes typing links etc, spare a thought for the
>site admins who must spend a damn sight more than 30 minutes responding
>to issues such as this.
>
>
>There's no need to forward this to other admins, etc, as I am keeping
>them up to speed with all these emails, etc.
>
>Cheers,
>Paul Martin
>Jafo
>Admin Wincustomize.com
>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: TNBrat!
>Sent: Sunday, 10 October 2004 6:12 AM
>To: Jafo
>Subject: Re: WinCustomize: Upload Notification
>
>Well, this is down right ridiculous! There are currently 2 other Suites
>sitting in my library that don't contain files that are my own property!
>
>As a matter of fact, I was having such a hard time uploading the CP32
>Suite that I contacted T-Man (Patrick Ford) and he raised the file size
>accepted for Suites for me to be able to submit it! Cliff Pinchetti, AKA
>
>Pinchecl, and I have been working together on the Suites and he prefers
>that I upload the Suite!
>
>It would seem that in this case that the "guidelines" wouldn't be a
>factor for us. Have you not seen the work that Pinchecl and I have been
>doing? I have specific reasons for some of the files to be linked and
>some to be included. Why were the other 2 CP Suites accepted? The 32
>Suite is ALL included ...no links at all. The 35 have several files by
>Pinchecl that are included!
>
>Pinchecl is expecting me to send him the link to these 2 Suites so he
>can update the links for his files...The files contained in 36 & 37,
>that aren't mine, are his, and it's ok with him that I upload the
>Suites...as a matter of fact....when we finished submitting all our
>files for CP32, someone asked, in his comments, for that set to be put
>together as a Suite, Pinchecl contacted me and asked me specifically to
>put the Suite together and upload it.
>
>Would they be accepted "as is" if he wrote you? Or someone else at
>WinCustomize? Or does he need to write a special permission? I know that
>
>he's not interested in uploading the Suites, because it took me over a
>month to get the 32 Suite to upload, and since his skins are
>automatically accepted, I asked if he'd like to upload it and he said
>that he preferred me to, but IF T-Man wasn't able to help get my Suite
>to upload he would upload it...but only until they were able to fix what
>
>ever the problem was....T'Man fixed it and I uploaded it...it was
>accepted....
>
>I apologize for the start of this email...I was a lot more upset than I
>am by now, but for one thing we have been waiting several days for these
>
>to be accepted...I spent 30 min or more to type each of the
>descriptions...including ALL the links...I've had 2 other Suites
>accepted that do not fall under your "guidelines"...and there has been
>several other times some of my other skins were accepted....then a
>similar skin was rejected for guideline issues....It would seem that you
>
>guys aren't always following the same set of guidelines....obviously
>depending on which Mod gets the skin that's the factor on weather or not
>
>it gets accepted....or maybe it depends on how a particular Mod is
>feeling when he gets the skin....or maybe it's that the Mods sometimes
>pay attention to the skin and sometimes he just lets them go....
>
>But what ever the case...I feel that it is bad business that sometimes
>the skin is accepted and sometimes it's rejected. This is the specific
>reason I've chosen NOT to subscribe to WinCustomize. Like I've said this
>
>has been a an ongoing issue for me there...And don't get me started on
>the favoritism there either....but I do know that Pinchecl does
>subscribe and though he hasn't bought Object Desktop, I have....and then
>
>he and I have both spent the extra money to buy CursorXP Plus and
>ObjectDock Plus...and I also know that he only bought CursorXP Plus to
>be able to make skins to submit to WC and only bought ObjectDock Plus to
>
>be able to test the Tab Backgrounds I've made to submit....and I bought
>both programs specifically to be able to make skins....I don't even use
>Object Dock, but bought Plus to make skins for submitting to WC...
>
>For me, if there hadn't been some skins available, I wouldn't have
>bought ObjectDesktop and subquiently the additional programs....I
>realize that WC isn't just a site for people to share skins....someone
>owns it and someone is making money somewhere...or it wouldn't be there,
>
>so doesn't that make Cliff and I customers?
>
>I'm not saying that your guidelines are wrong or that we should be
>treated special, because WC has a LOT of customers and I understand that
>
>you can't please all the people all the time, but what I am saying is
>that perhaps certain skins, in this case the CP Suites, be judged on a
>case by case basis? It's not like I've collected skins from a bunch of
>different authors and uploading it as my own...or uploading is as
>their's but in a Suite...this is a collobrative effort between Pinchecl
>and I. Other Mods don't seem to have an issue with me uploading the CP
>Suites...Obviously because 2 have been accepted and no one has said
>anything about it...
>
>I look forward to hearing back about this. I'm going to forward this
>also to Pinchecl...is there anyone else I should contact about this?
>
>Thank you,
>Arlinda
>
>Jafo wrote:
>
>
>
>>Dear TN Brat!,
>>
>>Thank you for your recent upload of your CP37 Suite for Suites.
>>Unfortunately your upload has not met our guidelines
>><
