Patrick Cooper Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Yea I'm puzzled as to why some people do this. There's another stock agency that I submit to which features a photo with a caption that reads something like: "Koala sitting on a tree on Kangaroo Island." The actual photo is an underwater image of a sea turtle swimming amongst fish and coral. Certainly no koala and no tree to be seen. And by the way, we don't get sea turtles or that kind of coral on Kangaroo Island - looks like the photo was taken somewhere tropical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 8/30/2017 at 05:57, Colblimp said: The worst example I've ever seen on Alamy is a picture of the Irish Army captioned and keyworded as the IRA. Scandalous! that is an outrage and should be taken down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 28 minutes ago, losdemas said: There's plenty they can do, they just choose not to. Rescind his archive upload privileges until he does respond, for one. agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Just now, Foreign Export said: agreed I thought it was an entire agency, with different contributors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, MariaJ said: I thought it was an entire agency, with different contributors. We're talking about the single contributor JAAT75. The agency JB485G is equally as bad. Truly appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 OK, I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 10 minutes ago, gvallee said: We're talking about the single contributor JAAT75. The agency JB485G is equally as bad. Truly appalling. Maybe alamy and the agency are somewhat related. Their webpage looks very similar to Alamy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 yes here he is again - needs to be hauled to account who knew that this image JABABD is in Kiama, and Canberra and Nambucca Heads and oh its actually a kangaroo ridiculous and needs to be stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 JABC4C last one - same bloke again- would be funny of it wasn't so pathetic here is an image which simultaneously manages to be in three different australian cities, is the Mily Way, is a Kangaroo, is in Kiama, is a waterfall and best of all is a sunrise and a sunset what a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, Foreign Export said: JABC4C last one - same bloke again- would be funny of it wasn't so pathetic here is an image which simultaneously manages to be in three different australian cities, is the Mily Way, is a Kangaroo, is in Kiama, is a waterfall and best of all is a sunrise and a sunset what a joke He's got tons and keeps uploading. I found his website and as Alamy is refusing to do anything, I am sorely tempted to contact him. Thing is that I am so angry that I know I won't be polite and I'm old and wise enough to know that you don't get through to people while angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I have a question which is somewhat off topic: What is the correct thing to do when one happens to notice that a fellow contributor has innocently misidentified something in their collection? Do you write and say something (privately), or would that be considered rude so you leave it alone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, DDoug said: I have a question which is somewhat off topic: What is the correct thing to do when one happens to notice that a fellow contributor has innocently misidentified something in their collection? Do you write and say something, or would that be considered rude so you leave it alone? I think most of us would be grateful for a polite correction - everyone slips up at one time or another Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 a polite correction is appropriate - whether the error is deliberate or innocent i written Alamy from time to time to point out errors For more serious cases I would contact the contributor directly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Thing is in this case, it's a contributor who's in the process of uploading a large portfolio with way off the mark tags. Spam is not strong enough a word. In this particular case, it's not a mistake. If it's a one off genuine mistake, I would let it go. Yes, we all make mistakes. I'm sure I have the odd typo or error myself. Also, there is no longer an PM facility. Why am I so upset about this particular contributor is that he's uploaded tons of images with location 'Kiama' (where I live) which were taken several thousand kms from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 20 minutes ago, Alex Ramsay said: I think most of us would be grateful for a polite correction - everyone slips up at one time or another Alex Thanks, Alex and Martin. In this case, I'm quite sure it's an inadvertent error. The photo is of an antique American vehicle and the contributor is British. The differences between models would be subtle to someone who is not familiar with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 After browsing through this post this morning, I did a random search. Cat ornament and clicked new. The first page was enough to put me off searching through anymore but actually laughed out loud at one particular image, towards the bottom of the page and the keywords attached. See if you can guess which one. I thought maybe just a mistake, which lets face it we all do sometimes, but looking further I am not so sure. Are we supposed to highlight this sort of thing to Alamy and also where images are uploaded twice, once by the photographer the again by an agency? I see alot of these duplications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 14 minutes ago, funkyworm said: Just to give the benefit of the doubt. During the week I had to rekeyword all of a batch after LR applied all the keywords of all of the images to all of the images. Even the keywords with asterisks next to them which shows that that keyword doesn;t apply to all of the selection. Maybe perhaps possibly these people didn;t catch the gremlins . sorry - what we have been discussing relates to contributors who deliberately falsely keyword images including with locations, cities and towns - its highly improbable that this is an error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 How well - or badly - other contributors keyword their pix isn't something I'm concerned about. I'm hoping that contributors who spam with inappropriate keywords will quickly fall down the rankings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, John Morrison said: How well - or badly - other contributors keyword their pix isn't something I'm concerned about. I'm hoping that contributors who spam with inappropriate keywords will quickly fall down the rankings... but they don't fall down the rankings on a "new" search or in circumstances where there are only a few image for a search it also does nothing to enhance the reputation of Alamy - and we all want more buyers to visit Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 17 minutes ago, Foreign Export said: but they don't fall down the rankings on a "new" search or in circumstances where there are only a few image for a search it also does nothing to enhance the reputation of Alamy - and we all want more buyers to visit Alamy OK then... are you going to police the Alamy archive? No, me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 8 minutes ago, John Morrison said: OK then... are you going to police the Alamy archive? No, me neither. why leap to the far end of the spectrum with that comment - a little petulant don't you think we are having a discussion about an issue that concerns some contributors i don't like Donald Trump but i don't intend to become an american citizen and run for President but i can have an opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 In the case of the German agency the problem may well be the automated translation. The Cat for a Hangover image gives a vital clue: Hangover is Kater in German and Dutch. Which is Cat in English. Let's hope Alamy uses a different process to automate the translation. Or our images would look just as daft in those languages. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, Foreign Export said: why leap to the far end of the spectrum with that comment - a little petulant don't you think we are having a discussion about an issue that concerns some contributors i don't like Donald Trump but i don't intend to become an american citizen and run for President but i can have an opinion Petulant? No. I'm just expressing my opinion too (smiley face 'n' all). Other people's poor or misguided keywording is just 'one of those things'. Alamy are obviously aware of the shortcomings in their vast archive, while realising they can't do much to improve matters. They've created a monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, John Morrison said: OK then... are you going to police the Alamy archive? No, me neither. We're not talking about archive but about a certain contributor who is in the process of uploading masses of images with totally spurrious tags and locations. I check regularly what is being uploaded for Australia in the 'New' tab and see his portfolio growing rapidly. His images might well sink after a while but how long will it take? In any case, as already pointed out, ranking does not apply to the 'new' tab. Surely, it would be easy for Alamy to block any further upload until spam is corrected. This would benefit everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 hours ago, DDoug said: I have a question which is somewhat off topic: What is the correct thing to do when one happens to notice that a fellow contributor has innocently misidentified something in their collection? Do you write and say something (privately), or would that be considered rude so you leave it alone? I don’t take ID lightly. I do my research. But mistakes happen to everyone. If anyone sees a plant or insect I’ve got wrong, I’ll bake you a pie if you steer me right. Since we can’t message each other now, a shame, but a polite nudge is appropriate. What’s bad about that is that we don’t always see every post made, even the forum furniture. Whereas we would see that we have a message waiting. I guess we can email CR and ask them to pass the message on. I’m sure they’d just love that. Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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