spacecadet Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: Yikes, I've got 5 stars too! And now I've thrown my shoulder out patting myself on the back. We 5-star wonders must be getting an automatic pass from QC? 😀😀😎😀🙂 I'm getting all jealous now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspics Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Just checked and mine is 5 star now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 So is mine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 4 hours ago, LawrensonPhoto said: Don't worry I think they will do you tomorrow, they have started off with the good looking people first 😎😆 Plonker 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Five stars for me, but mine are gold... and sparkle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 22 hours ago, spacecadet said: Sorry to disappoint, but that's one star. My three are all black. I know it is one star Mark. I was replying to the posts which say they see five stars. Still I don't mind only having one star. It is better than none.😃 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 😲😫😔😖☹️😳😵🥵😵 So that is why I am still a one star general. Last upload failed. Still 9 days left to upload again. Pity because I had a good image in that upload to do with the upcoming general election. (Aside:- Is that when they elect new generals?) In 9 days time it won't be worth uploading it. The sodding image that failed was not worth uploading anyway and has been removed entirely from my system. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Mine's still 3 black stars. 😪😪😪 John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 16 hours ago, LawrensonPhoto said: Don't worry I think they will do you tomorrow, they have started off with the good looking people first 😎😆 they must have moved on as i have my 5 stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, Stokie said: Mine's still 3 black stars. 😪😪😪 John. Just passed QC from a submission at 18:30 yesterday - and my stars have gone up to 5!!!🤸♂️😁 Many thanks Alamy!! John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Stokie said: Just passed QC from a submission at 18:30 yesterday - and my stars have gone up to 5!!!🤸♂️😁 Many thanks Alamy!! John. Hah! Likewise. Still 24 hours though. Better put some up. Edited November 28, 2019 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, spacecadet said: Hah! Likewise. Still 24 hours though. Better put some up. Whizzer! I had to go back to the Filezilla log to check I hadn't put them through archival by accident but no- less than 4 minutes. Ed's right- we're going straight through. Edited November 28, 2019 by spacecadet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 2 hours ago, LawrensonPhoto said: Upload another right now and be amazed! Somewhat, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 So I'm 5 stars now, hurrah! Thank you Alamy. (It is quite strange that they haven't said anything about it isn't it?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Just now, Pekka Liukkonen said: I´m only worth three pitch black stars... Upload something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 minute ago, spacecadet said: Upload something. I hadn't actually uploaded anything, their system is just probably just working through - but who knows what criteria they are using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) I noticed I'd got a five star rating yesterday. I just (8pm) uploaded a submission and it passed INSTANTLY. As soon as I clicked Finish upload, the screen refreshed and said Congratulations you've passed QC. There were no other submissions in the queue for me, so it hasn't "piggy backed" on an earlier submission. Looks like 5 star QC ratings may come with privileges (= bypass QC), or is it just an Alamy "glitch"? Mmm.... now I've got more keywording to do than I expected... Mark Edited November 28, 2019 by M.Chapman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, M.Chapman said: I noticed I'd got a five star rating yesterday. I just (8pm) uploaded a submission and it passed INSTANTLY. As soon as I clicked Finish upload, the screen refreshed and said Congratulations you've passed QC. There were no other submissions in the queue for me, so it hasn't "piggy backed" on an earlier submission. Looks like 5 star QC ratings may come with privileges (= bypass QC), or is it just an Alamy "glitch"? Mmm.... now I've got more keywording to do than I expected... Mark I notice that I'm now a five-star general as well. Same experience as yours today. No rest for the wicked, I guess. Edited November 28, 2019 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 It makes total sense to give a quick pass to contributors who are constantly submitting images that have been passing QC. After all, there are bound to be some images on Alamy with flaws . . . since they have never had a policy of checking every single image. It is a pleasent shocker though. Remember when we had to mail images in on a disk? Edo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 19 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: It makes total sense to give a quick pass to contributors who are constantly submitting images that have been passing QC. After all, there are bound to be some images on Alamy with flaws . . . since they have never had a policy of checking every single image. It is a pleasent shocker though. Remember when we had to mail images in on a disk? Edo Yes, it was an expected but welcome surprise, plus it does make sense. However, I imagine that with the promotion comes additional risks and responsibilities. It will probably be quite easy to get demoted to a one-star general if one fails in one's duties. I do remember the days of the disks. My first submissions were on DVD's, maybe even a CD for the first one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Went up to 5 stars today, woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 9 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: It makes total sense to give a quick pass to contributors who are constantly submitting images that have been passing QC. After all, there are bound to be some images on Alamy with flaws . . . since they have never had a policy of checking every single image. Edo If this frees up some QC inspectors, maybe they can start looking at keywording quality instead?? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) Just had another batch go straight to AIM. This is going to change the philosophy a bit- the thinking time about tags during the QC wait is no more. Pretty nifty though. I'm sure everyone will be repaying the compliment by maintaining the standards😉 Edited November 29, 2019 by spacecadet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 It's very welcome, images available for sale after the next server update and of course I'm sure we will maintain our standards, it does raise some questions though. Is it just an experiment? Do you need to maintain 3 stars for a certain period of time (a year perhaps) to get elevated to this status? What happens if you should be found to have transgressed? Will the standard progression from 1 to 3 stars stay the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) It would be nice if Alamy told us about this and why it is happening. I upload almost daily and always pass. I did have a fail a few months after I started nearly three years ago while I was still getting used to things. Maybe that’s against me. Edited November 29, 2019 by Sally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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