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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 26, 2022 16:12:07 GMT -8
I am wondering if the source you are using to post your photos (for some reason) only posts the photos "temporarily"; then deletes them.
Some sources do not have free photo posting -- they exact fees for the service.
I use (imgur.com) and as yet have had
NO problems as all with my pictures staying around.
You might try contacting Wollastoni (Olivier) to get his opinion of what may
be going on.
Strange, that I have seen you post pictures on the forum and I have even taken pictures of those pictures.
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Post by exoticimports on Feb 28, 2022 5:27:18 GMT -8
My final observation on procedures for editing others' authorship:
I am no stranger to edits. I've drafted well over 1000 papers, briefs, textbooks, guides, etc. 80% of them were peer reviewed, and that inevitably means "edited."
Two years ago I compiled and published a guide and had 200 copies printed. I did not solicit for peer review. The first expert that got his hands on it pointed out a glaring omission. You bet I was mad- at myself.
Editorial procedures vary. For most journals, such as LepSoc, the edits are done without collaboration with the author. I presume most are acceptable, since we don't hear about those; however, there seems to be a trend with LepSoc to publish corrections, which could have been avoided. Further, last year an arbitrary and biased edit was noted, one for which if I were the author I'd have told LepSoc to stick it, and subsequently published elsewhere.
InsectNet.com rules, as copied from a different, recent post:
< please respect our rules (no politics, no religion, no insults, no commercial announcement on the forum) or your post WILL be kindly edited/deleted by the moderation team.
These rules are easy, they are the same for all, and we only have 2 or 3 members who have difficulties accepting them.
The challenge with edits is two-fold: first, selecting what is inappropriate; second, how the edit is accomplished.
On the former, personal biases are inevitable; we are human. The most successful website forums are very restrictive of moderator edits, thus avoiding personal biases. Too, personal biases run the risk of unequal treatment of members' posts, which I've observed to be THE MOST significant factor to the loss of contributors- when people feel slighted and treated unequally, they leave.
On the latter, the most successful website forums all require editors to note any changes in another's authorship. That may include <snip> when content is removed, or "post deleted", and the moderator identified. If a moderator has time to modify authored works, the moderator has time to indicate why and take ownership. Never should a moderator edit a post to change words, as in doing so attributes false statements to an author.
I don't know why so many significant contributors have left over the years. I can say some portion left because of biased and over-edited moderation. It would be interesting to survey the departed and seldom-contributing members to understand why.
Signing off.
Chuck
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