discussion PLEASE READ Posting your pictures in other people's threads.

[Guest]

I still don’t see how it would be disrespectful unless you intend it to be. Could be that cultural differences mean that what I (being Dutch) consider to be a helpful comment, you (being British) consider blunt and disrespectful, of course, but even given awareness of this, I still can’t get my head around people being offended or complaining to moderators about something like this (unless, as I said before, it’s clearly intended as an insult to their efforts).

Wrong.
It is one thing to be helpfull by posting an illustration of your work to show/advise on a technique. But it would not only be disrespectfull but rude and unhelpfull to post an image of your latest AirTamDrag latest offering on other peoples blogs. If you (not you personally) did that on one of my blogs I would rip into the latest shine in your eyes model in the worst manner possible. I like most on this forum accept good criticism as a way to go forward, and if I have made a mistake or missed a point as has happened in the last few days, then I welcome that. But to just show off your latest on anothers blog where is has no real meaning to the subject then that needs no cultural interpretation, it is just plain bad manners.

 

[Guest]

That's fair enough. I never realised that people could get that upset over the practice - I must be a particularly insensitive brute!
Dave

True, you never sent me flowers for Valentines you brute.... :disappointed:
Mike.

 

[Guest]

It’s a rule that isn’t in any way automatically apparent, though — as witnessed by the existence of this thread :smiling3:


Maybe it's just my not being English, but why is it bad form to post a picture to clarify what you’re saying without asking for permission first? Do you also, in a real-life discussion, ask “Do you mind if I draw what I mean on this scrap of paper?” when you’re trying to clarify something, or do you just take the paper and say, “Let me draw it for you”?

What you are saying is in the sense of helping is correct, but the issue is that some have been using it to show off their work when the subject is not the issue.

 

[minitnkr]

Rules is rules & I thought the original post was clear & the elaboration also clear. Oh my, I'd forgotten entirely, so sorry. PaulE

 

[PaulTRose]

rather than post a pic id say 'i did it differently, if you want to see how i did it theres a build thread on here somewhere'

 

[Guest]

to just show off your latest on anothers blog where is has no real meaning to the subject then that needs no cultural interpretation, it is just plain bad manners.

I addressed that already in my first reply in this thread, and there’s no disagreement from me in this. What I don’t see is the need for this rule on the forum, on the basis that it’s not something that appears to happen anyway.

 

[yak face]

Just to clarify things

1. its not a ‘rule’
2. We’re not saying you CAN’T post pics on other peoples threads.
3. it was a request to only do so if it is to illustrate a point and help the original poster and not to show off your own builds

If any clarity is needed see the first two posts in this thread , thanks

 

[Guest]

What this is about is when people start a thread on a particular subject and someone comes along says, 'Here's one I did a couple of years ago' in large format (a thumbnail wouldn't be as bad) with no other helpful information, the intention being to highlight their own efforts at the expense of someone else's thread. There are definitely cases where threads are hijacked in this way as a means of showing off.

It's something that used to happen to me on another site. I'd start something, posting thumbnail sized pictures as I went along, usually begin to struggle, then suddenly, someone who knew full well that they were a better modeller than I, would post a huge picture of their own work with the comment 'Have you thought of doing it this way?' followed by a treatise on exactly how they did such an amazing job. What made it even more humiliating was the fact that people would then start commenting on his work and not on the job in question.

I don't want it to appear that I am over-precious about the content of my threads, but examples of the above behaviour are obvious and just plain bad manners.

 

[Guest]

I did not write dont do it at all. It says a clear as day if you are not posting as a reply to a particular problem.

My apologies Ian, I somehow managed to miss that clear distinction. I blame the new glasses :nerd:

 

[BigGreg]

I posted pictures in others posts... l hope i did not offend anyone...
have a nice evening you all

 

[prichrd1]

I posted pictures in others posts... l hope i did not offend anyone...
have a nice evening you all

I too have been guilty of this sin - but not to show off. Only to try & illustrate something.
Admittedly I didn't ask the original creator of the thread - but nobody said anything about
them being detrimental or upsetting - if they had told me I would have removed them.

My work is no where near as good as most on this site!!

I have now removed the pictures that I know I posted.

Won't bother again -

Paul.
:sad:

 

[SteveH]

Just read this one, sort of a ""public information"" type post.

I really haven't finished anything much worth posting for years, but if I have offended anyone by posting in their blog, I do apologise.

I got so paranoid I checked all my post history, I need to apologise to Mr Peter Day.

It appears 90% of my posts are to you, Peter, SORRY.

I have had several PM exchanges with several members and would use that as a vehicle to explain something and add photos, as I don't want to embarrass myself with my work as it really isn't as good as most of the chaps here on the forum.

I really don't get the ""feeling"" that anyone , in any of the blogs I have read, are bragging, but I don't read everything, there is just so much to read and never enough time.

I guess if the moderators have raised it, then it needs to be nipped in the bud.

Regards

Steve H

 

[outrunner]

As far as I am concerned, even if someone posted a picture and said, look at this, mine is way better than yours, I would not care a jot, but rules is rules, and I for one will obey them.

Andy.

 

[Guest]

I think people are still confused about the issue here. It's the very rare instances where someone hijacks a thread by posting pictures of their own work with the intent of stealing the thunder of the thread's author.

I too, despite what I've said above, am not that bothered, but I have seen cases where the confidence of the original poster has been severely dented by the usurper.

Steve has nothing to apologise to me for. He had been incredibly supportive of my efforts over the years and I'd really miss his insightful comments. I regard him as a good friend.

 

[AlanG]

Right i think we can all agree on how to go forward from this now. No need to go back through your whole history and start deleting pics.

Just be aware of the OP's thread and if they have asked for help then i personally can see no problem with posting a picture showing a work around/technique of said issue. If they have not asked for help then offer it firstly before you post a pic.

If you are just posting a pic to say 'hey look here's one of those i built earlier' then i would say don't. Send it in PM if it is that important to you.

As Peter has said above. Some OP's can have their confidence dented, especially if you do not really know the OP that well.

 

[grumpa]

If one would like to share technique or other aspects of a particular build or subject with another member
including pics, then just go the PM rout and all is golden....Jim

 

[John]

I think people are getting too hung up on, it’s a rule, it’s not, I don’t see anywhere in Ian’s post that said it is, it’s FYI, it can be very off putting if someone posts a picture basically saying look what I did, and what is even worse that I have seen is pictures with trophies and medals in the back ground, I think most of us model for pleasure not to win plastic cups, but that doesn’t stop people posting pictures for example highlight fit problems.

I would never discourage anyone from posting but I would discourage any showing off, and this isn’t aimed at any one person, it is just a general comment.

 

[Guest]

Like all things in life a bit of sense goes a long way.

For me not worried what ever any body writes or wants to paste pictures they are welcome.

Certainly show they have taken interest in my topic. Plus in the way they want.

For me this is just life.

Laurie

 

[PaulTRose]

im just grateful when someone writes in one of my threads!