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Ripplinger · 11-09-2015, 10:23 PM

I think it's a very reasonable size as well for inline images. The problem is that most people are oblivious to the image rules and don't take the time to read the Guidelines. This seems to be the most broken rule here, even if unintentionally.

The thread won't be useless since the original poster should return and correct their error (and even if it was useless, it's not the moderator's fault, it's the OP's fault). And if they're one of those who posts questions and never return for an answer, it doesn't really matter that there are no answers. And if they're too lazy to repost it, I'm not really worried about them not getting an answer in that case. But it's not the moderator's responsibility to fix these, they have enough work to do they're not being paid for on a forum of this size.

A warning that would appear on both the quick and full reply layouts should alleviate how frequently this happens, preferably in red, about max inline image size of 600 x 600 pixels. I admin several gaming forums, and I know I've added mods into forums that resize images to the max we wanted to allow for signatures, maybe there's a way to do it for inline images. Or that just refuses to post an inline image larger than the specified size. That would probably catch their attention quicker that something is wrong and to find out what. Or maybe something like every time an image tag is used within the post, when you hit the post button, a warning first pops up to verify that the image is smaller than 600 x 600 or it will soon be deleted. Finding a way to avoid the problem in the first place would be less work for the mods.

I'll admit I get annoyed at the oversized images, especially because they could post one much larger if they didn't do it inline. But it's annoyance at the original poster, certainly not directed at the mods for doing their job. Just like I get annoyed when someone can't be bothered to correct the image orientation before posting.

But all of these suggestions to alleviate the problem wouldn't be necessary if people could be forced to read the Guidelines.

11-09-2015, 10:23 PM	#4
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I think it's a very reasonable size as well for inline images. The problem is that most people are oblivious to the image rules and don't take the time to read the Guidelines. This seems to be the most broken rule here, even if unintentionally. The thread won't be useless since the original poster should return and correct their error (and even if it was useless, it's not the moderator's fault, it's the OP's fault). And if they're one of those who posts questions and never return for an answer, it doesn't really matter that there are no answers. And if they're too lazy to repost it, I'm not really worried about them not getting an answer in that case. But it's not the moderator's responsibility to fix these, they have enough work to do they're not being paid for on a forum of this size. A warning that would appear on both the quick and full reply layouts should alleviate how frequently this happens, preferably in red, about max inline image size of 600 x 600 pixels. I admin several gaming forums, and I know I've added mods into forums that resize images to the max we wanted to allow for signatures, maybe there's a way to do it for inline images. Or that just refuses to post an inline image larger than the specified size. That would probably catch their attention quicker that something is wrong and to find out what. Or maybe something like every time an image tag is used within the post, when you hit the post button, a warning first pops up to verify that the image is smaller than 600 x 600 or it will soon be deleted. Finding a way to avoid the problem in the first place would be less work for the mods. I'll admit I get annoyed at the oversized images, especially because they could post one much larger if they didn't do it inline. But it's annoyance at the original poster, certainly not directed at the mods for doing their job. Just like I get annoyed when someone can't be bothered to correct the image orientation before posting. But all of these suggestions to alleviate the problem wouldn't be necessary if people could be forced to read the Guidelines.