Guide to Classifying Photos [Archive] - ScanLover Forum

zefram_c

12-13-2004, 09:04 AM

OK,
I've been rating pics for some time now (almost at shaman! I'll have a big party on the upload pics forum when I do)
and I wanted to ask everyone for a certain standard to stick to when rating body parts....

I would check off this as a "overall body" only picture:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/airi-niiyama-airi_000443.jpg
I would not check off face, breasts, tummy/waist, legs at all. I just feel that this picture basically just shows off the entire body....

I would check off this with "overall body", "breasts", "tummy/waist"
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/airi-niiyama-airi_000458.jpg

Why? I dunno! That's the problem I'm having..... I just feel that the 2nd pic shows off the breasts and tummy/waist much nicer and should be noted.... but what's the difference between the amount of flesh revealed in the 1st from the 2nd? None!

I would check off "overall body", "breasts", maybe "legs" and "tummy/waist"
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/sora-aoi-sora_003807.jpg
This pic is just too nice to ignore the breasts!

What would you check off for this pic?
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/hikaru-hozuki-hikaru_003725.jpg
I would check off "breasts" and not "overall body", would anyone argue that "tummy/waist" should be checked off?

I hardly ever mark off "face" unless it's something like this:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/gao-yuan-yuan_002470.jpg
(Ok, Gao Yuan Yuan is one model that can only be marked "face" for all her scans....)

Definate "face" only pics:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/kyoko-fukada-kyoko_003361.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/izumi-morino-izumi_003497.jpg

I only check "face" if the pics are like the above 3

Sometimes, I find that people are check off almost "ALL" body parts in a picture like this:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/senna-kurosaki-senna_003799.jpg
Which really make a lot of sense and also no sense at all! I mean, yeah OK, all the body parts are in this pic (breasts, waist, hip, legs, pubic, face), but really... what is *noticable*? And in an advanced search, I don't want this picture showing up when I'm looking for "breasts".. I would want the following pics:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/izumi-morino-izumi_003505.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/rina-sawaguchi-rina_003611.jpg

These are samples of pics that I would not want in a "breast" search:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/kaori-shimamura-kaori_003016.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/nao-oikawa-nao_003599.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/rina-sawaguchi-rina_003623.jpg

These are just my personal opinion, I dunno what other shamans are doing in this area.

scanlover

12-13-2004, 10:17 AM

Thank You! T_T

I've been meaning to make a post like this, but lack of time (and overall
laziness) got to me.

I've been deleting quite a number of bad classifications recently,
and if I really get pissed I swear I'll make the offender go back to
being a sheep and eat grass again.

I advice all serious classifiers to read this post very carefully.

adenqua

12-13-2004, 09:46 PM

Good insight, thanks for posting this!

The way I have been rating is based on what is considered "notable" about the picture; even if her face is the only part shown in a photo, I don't check "face" unless she has a particularly pretty face, or very nice hair (since Scanlover noted to consider "face" as "face/hair").

There are many images where none of the notable attributes have been checked--doesn't mean those body parts aren't present, just that they aren't "notable" in my book.

That's all subjective, of course, but then again, isn't all rating?

Curious to hear input from other serious classifiers, too.

crazyzero

12-13-2004, 10:04 PM

If you make them go back to being a sheep, make sure they are repeat offenders (no pun intended). Maybe if you could somehow keep a log or something of how many times they made a bad classification. For me I've been improving on my classifications. I also think the same rule (as mentioned above) can be applied to smiling. It says to be descriptive and click if the girl is smiling. I think there should be comments on the difference between notable body parts and what someone wants to search for. Like a girl can have a notable face because its ugly, but would people want to search for that? Or the photo has a notable body part but is not good enough to be worthwhile searching for.

zefram_c

12-14-2004, 05:06 AM

I would suggest all newbies to this site to really try to understand the concept of "classifying" a pic. Let's start from the basics:

1) Imagine that you are looking thru tens of thousands of pictures. Each picture should be quite "on the dot" when you do an advanced search. Don't try to classify as fast as possible (just for the sake of MANA and shaman status), but take a step back and think.....

2) If you played the scanvanger hunt game a while back, you will understand the concept of the "advanced search". Let's say we want to find an adult picture of a girl with a nice butt, young and sexy! Ok, go to the search engine and try it out! Go the "Advanced Search Page" and check off:
"Yes" for Adult Pics Only
"Nude, Wearing Nothing"
"Nude, Wearing Something"
"Butt/Hips"
"Young/Teenage", "Sexy/Turn On"

Here are good examples for that type of search:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/rika-hosawa-nana-hosho_002620.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/hitomi-hayasaka-hitomi_002963.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/yui-kawai-yui_002226.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/sayaka-hijiri-sayaka_000356.jpg

These are pics that shouldn't turn up at all for this search:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/vivian-hsu-vivian_002219.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/aya-uehara-aya_002696.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/hitomi-hayasaka-hitomi_003006.jpg

Ok, let's review each of the above 3 "wrong-pics"
a) God knows how that got in there..... no butt at all!
b) It's a mixed picture, but the "butt" is not *notable*, overall body would be a better classification
c) "Back of Body" would be a better classification

3) Just try to imaging if you where in a race to find an awesome picture for your horny buddy from scanlover.com. You say to him "Dude! Awesome site, I can find anything you can think of!". And he replies "OK, I want nude pic of a really young cute girl with a lot of crotch showing..", you reply "OK, you twisted pervert, here we go!". Go to the adv. search page and try to find it for him..... Go ahead try it....

What do you think? See the bad ones and good ones right off the bat?

Here's some of the wrong ones I see:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/rika-hosawa-nana-hosho_002585.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/rika-hosawa-nana-hosho_002586.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/arisu-ogura-arisu_002646.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/yinling_001273.jpg
Here's some of the "on the money" pics I see:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/yuna-aoba-yuna_000895.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/miko-hayama-miko_003183.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/hitomi-hayasaka-hitomi_002981.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/mihiro-taniguchi-mihiro_003126.jpg
Here's some "maybees" and should be ok to classify under pubes/crotch without getting you eating grass again:
http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/mihiro-taniguchi-mihiro_003119.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/mihiro-taniguchi-mihiro_003153.jpghttp://scanlover.com/pics_tn/madoka-ozawa-madoka_002305.jpg

Are you starting to get the picture?......

Again, thanks to the webmaster (kiss up so I can reach shaman status without going to 500~600 classifications) for providing such a fun site, and thanks to all the hard working classifiers out there!

Alpha Beta

12-14-2004, 06:54 AM

I would only check off a picture as having characterstic X if characteristic X was the dominant and central feature in the picture, or if I thought that if I searched for pictures with X, I would want to see that photo in the results.

For example, I would only check "face" if the face was the dominant and central feature in the picture, like if the photo was notable for a really beautiful closeup face.

As another example, I wouldn't check "butt" if a flat and uninteresting butt simply showed up passively and uninterestingly in the photo, especially if it was part of an entire body being displayed. However, I would check off "butt" if there was a lot of attention on the butt in the photo layout and if I thought that if I searched for "butt", I would want to see that photo.

For example, I don't think I would check off "butt" in the photo below, since I don't think I the butt is notable enough that it should show up in a search for "butt":

http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/kaori-shimamura-kaori_003016.jpg

However, I would definitely check off "butt" for these two:

http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/rika-hosawa-nana-hosho_002620.jpg http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/hitomi-hayasaka-hitomi_002963.jpg

This one is kind of borderline, since I don't think the butt is fleshy and prominent enough in the photo:

http://scanlover.com/pics_tn/yui-kawai-yui_002226.jpg

wavelet03

12-16-2004, 03:57 AM

crazyzero

12-16-2004, 05:52 AM

If the picture has a nice beach or swimming pool, you could add those. Or add background if it has a beautiful scenery. You could also type in pose because some pictures have a sexy and unique pose. Like the pic below.

Alpha Beta

12-16-2004, 07:24 PM

On a similar note, are there any advice on what words to enter in the "more descriptions" line?

Now I enter things like "outdoors", "kimono", etc. but so far haven't had many other good descriptions besides these.

any suggestions? thanks. [/list]

Depending on what strikes me as notable about the picture, some of the terms I've used in that box are shoes, feet, tongue, airbrushed, boots, black hair, brown hair, blond, blonde, basketball, boxing, saxophone, hands, bikini, hat, sombrero, kissing, laughing, arms, orange hair, lips, panties, lingerie, piano, pineapple, thong, weapons,

anal, anus (for pics like this: http://scanlover.com/showpic.php?id=560 )

lesbian, lesbo (for pics like this: http://scanlover.com/showpic.php?id=2605 )

army, soldier, gun, guns, military (for pics like this: http://scanlover.com/showpic.php?id=3269 )

One minor issue I noticed and that I think people should be aware of is that when I enter a two word term like "black hair" and then search for "black" I get all the pictures for which I entered "black hair".

atomsk

12-28-2004, 12:10 AM

Ah, very informative. Thanks for these very sensible guidelines. This will definitely help me make better classifications.

angelicdemise

01-08-2005, 06:30 PM

when a girl is in the bath(or has the shower-hose thing) does that count as a prop.. or would that be more of a 'more descriptions washing'

and another one is robes.. when a girl is just wearing just an open robe.. is that covered under 'wearing something' and if so.. is it 'normal' 'underwear' or 'more descriptions robe'?

edit: a few more..

is fully clothed just not fleshy, i always got the picture that fully clothed meant normal clothes, but not like bathing suits or underewear(even if they arent flesh).. and what about those little undershirt/camisole type things.. are they also considered normal.. or underwear

another one is seethrough.. would see through be 'adult - yes, not nude fleshy, whatever they are wearing(normal clothes if its wet-tshirt, or bathing suit or lingere otherwise(on that note.. has anyone had trouble determining whether something is bathing suit or underwear... i dont usually but a few get me)

also, if you are worried about people ticking everything instead of 'body' then perhaps instead of 'click all that applies' you should instead put 'click no more than two'

the thing i dont get is when people click body and then go off and click everything else also.. the only option i can understand that with is for face.. i dont always consider face to be part of the overall body, but since i am more of a face man.. i dont always trust my own judgement there :naughty:

a_red_dragon_01

01-20-2005, 11:59 AM

Regarding nude/not-nude and adult content...

http://1.vidlover.com/pics_tn/haruka-nanami-haruka_002854.jpg

Would this be considered adult content? Or similar pictures? While she is nude, nothing explicit is shown. Even on TV, full rear nudity is occasionally allowed, as is side nudity, and breasts (as long as the nipple isn't showing).

So, how should we rate it?

Also, the opposite of that; a girl who is clothed, but doing something that appears sexual (like groping herself or something). Should we rate that as adult, even though there's no nudity?

songkaiwen

02-05-2005, 01:31 AM

chuppa

03-05-2005, 02:52 PM

thanks for the post! like red_dragon, i came across alot of pictures that had touching, or sexual hints to it and i didnt know how to classify it

Takamiya

03-06-2005, 03:43 AM

Hi !

I was falen in love when I discovered scanlover website
:thankyou:

And now, I help the community to classify some pictures. I read this topic very carrefully, but I want to clarify a thing...
I'm not from the country and classification has got some terms which I don't understand like "Miscellenous Props" ??
What is it ?
Can we have an exemple ?
I know, I'm a dumb :/
But I need to understand to improve in english ^^

Would this be considered adult content? Or similar pictures? While she is nude, nothing explicit is shown. Even on TV, full rear nudity is occasionally allowed, as is side nudity, and breasts (as long as the nipple isn't showing).

So, how should we rate it?

Also, the opposite of that; a girl who is clothed, but doing something that appears sexual (like groping herself or something). Should we rate that as adult, even though there's no nudity?

We should consider prude nudity like no nudity, I think. And so are not glamourous pictures if it doesn't contain some explicit nudity...

This is just my opinion, I'd classify these kind of shots like that...

koczkaz

03-08-2005, 12:16 PM

Hi,

THX for giving some idea to Classifying Photos. I just started to "help" with classifying pix recently but after I read this guide, I do believe that I didn't really do it well or simply I did not get the point... till now.
:thankyou:

So from now-on I do it in a different way what I hope that can make this site even better somehow. 'cause I really enjoy visiting this site 'cause of it's great style... and 'cause all of these excellent pix about the "more beautiful site" of Japan. :amazed:

So THX again for some advise... :thankyou: :thankyou: :thankyou:

gundam1

03-27-2005, 02:44 PM

RandomSeed

03-27-2005, 08:23 PM

Hi,
I've recently clasified several pics. It is hard, however, to distinguish between Cute and Pretty. That's the main reason I gave both once or twice. I hope it won't be a big "oh no!" for everyone. ;) Anyway - there are two things that strucked me during classification.

The first one is: what should I do if I decide that my classification was inaccurate or just bad (I believe I user Nude for not nude picture once)?

And the secon thing: there is a big selection of pictures with cat-like props (ears, nails, colar and so on) so I believe there should be some dictionary (forum is a nice place for that) for this kind of big groups of similar pictures. Anyway - I commented them 'cat'.

Osgood

04-17-2005, 07:47 PM

where's the link to classify pics? I see the commentary thing but not any classification stuff.

RandomSeed

04-20-2005, 09:36 PM

Help Classify Pics - top right of every scanlover.com page (but not forum.scanlover.com). You'll get to the pic with Classify link under rank line (1-5).

ktzk

04-23-2005, 09:40 AM

I can't join scanlover.com using my user name ktzk, how can i help classify pictures and get promoted at the same time?

RandomSeed

05-05-2005, 10:02 PM

Your username has to be 5 letters or longer. Try ktzk* or _ktzk_. ;)

Miso-G

05-12-2005, 10:16 AM

Classifying pics - I've just started helping out with classifications. How do I check up on how I'm doing and how many I've classified. I like to know I'm making a difference. :)

Konnekted

05-12-2005, 12:18 PM

Go to the scanlover page (http://scanlover.com/main.php) and look at the table in the left bottom corner. There is something like "Reviews 11 / 99" - that means you did 99 classifications so far (11 today). Mana = how many pics can you access today (1 classification = +3 mana), rank = ... rank. :D

ozipo

05-20-2005, 09:46 AM

my "classify" option is gone.....

Konnekted

05-20-2005, 11:10 AM

It means that there are no pics which need to be classified. Every photo needs about 50 classification I believe, before it gets 'closed for classification' status.

amdzor

06-02-2005, 02:40 AM

Just had a quick question and thought it may belong in this Thread.

*EDIT* reposted question in new thread topic in forum *EDIT*

gekko

06-03-2005, 02:20 PM

I had recent qualified several pictures and i think it is difficult sometimes to make the right qualification. But after reading this post it will definitely help me make better classifications. Hope to be a grunt soon! ;)

lgm

06-12-2005, 12:09 PM

Hey

I am new to the forum and to scanlover.com, I was just wondering about classifying pics - I tried to classify a few pics - in the help to classify link - but the same massage kept appearing everytime I clicked on 'classify' when the picture was shown - it read - 'session expired - please log in again' - but i was logged in - I checked several times - is this just because all of the picture's have been classified or that there's something wrong with my tiny mind or my browser?

Thanks

Oh another query while i'm here is that - do you have to have 2 seperate accounts for scanlover.com and forum.scanlover? And how does the ranking system combine the two?

Thanks :roll:

lgm / lgman

iamfenris2

06-15-2005, 09:22 PM

i think if the nipples arent showing.. it shouldnt be classified as nudity. i mean.. in the US.. even on TV shows.. they do show some portion like you said if you know what i mean.

I would classify pictures as nudity only when the lower part is seen or when the nipple is showing as well

Hi, newbie here! Just found the site today -- it's great! I think the 4 levels of nudity provide a pretty fine grain of resolution. Maybe the nipple/no nipple issue can be used to decide whether it is adult content or not?

On a separate note, like a fool, I typed in a bunch of captions in the "More descriptive words" section :oops: And I'm a guy who used to pride myself on reading READMEs fully :(

BigBrother

06-16-2005, 08:13 AM

I think iamfenris has got it in one! Great site...and now sifting through to figure it all out - I think I would agree with the nipple/no nipple suggestion!

jiggaman

06-16-2005, 11:31 PM

wow, classifying is hard work. I'm always second guessing myself. It's a great idea though, b/c I know that sometimes I wish I could find some specific kind of photos.

DTW

06-19-2005, 12:56 PM

http://scanlover.com/ is "under construction"?
what the? :shock:

ghet1

06-27-2005, 05:14 PM

finally, some good instructions on how to seriously review a pic! thanks for the outlines!

thunderstick

07-09-2005, 11:47 PM

what is really bothering me is seethru like wet shirt, where nipples is clearly visible but not bare. In that case should i check adult content yes or no?

underhill0007

08-06-2005, 07:52 PM

We are all different in judging what is beautiful and sexy. It is nearly impossible to come up with a specific way for classifying these pictures that meets all our indivisual expectation. I think the important thing is to have a large amount of ppl, such as ppl in this community, to all contribute as a group, and thus making the unpopular judgments having less effect. And the end result will speak for the majority of ppl.

my 2 cents
:roll:

beastie_boy

08-28-2005, 06:00 PM

Qwerk

09-08-2005, 05:04 PM

This forum has lots of good advice on classifying ... thanks all who have put their thoughts, it's been very helpful.

Is it possible that this info could be compiled into an FAQ?

megahamea

09-27-2005, 11:35 AM

Hi,

I'm a new user and have a lot of questions about classification.
Please excuse my bad english, I speak french.

Rate the picture:

Should we rate the picture or the girl? I mean, should we choose the best pictures for each girl, or just the best girls?
For example, if I don't like a girl, should i rate between 1 (bad picture, bad pose, bad expression) and 2/3 (good picture, but 'still don't like the girl!) or between 1 and 5 (5 will be my favourite between 10 pictures of the same girl, 1 the worst, and no matters my opinion about the girl).

Notable body part

If the girl has small breasts, shall we consider that this part of her body is not "significant"?
It's my conclusion after seeing the examples on this topic!
No problem if the picture is a closeup on breasts. But when the entire body is on the pictures, it appears that many people add "breasts" only if they're big!
(i haven't any problem with that; i like big breasts too! I just want to make things clear! lol)

In this one for example:
http://www.ImageShippers.com/images/buD20440.jpg
I'll score "face", but what about "breasts"?
For me, it's clearly a "significant" part of the pictures, even if this breasts are not very attractive (small breasts can be sexy, but these ones are not!).
So, shall I score "breasts" or not?

Descriptive Words

First, can we leave this part blank if nothing seems to be OK for a picture?
Second, I have a problem between "Cute, Innocent" and "Pretty, Sweet".
In French, cute ("mignonne") and Innocent ("innocente") have nothing in common... Cute is nearly a synonym of pretty, and Innoncent is near young/sweet...
Can someone show me some pictures with a "clear" (i know it's difficult) difference between cute/innoncent and pretty/sweet?

Now some general questions:

-Why the classify picuture's window remains open and unchanged after submitting a classification? It's a little bit disturbing.
-How many classifications are necessary to add a picture in the "normal gallery area"?
-Can we see the classification of other people? Maybe not before rating a picture, but after, to compare his opinion with others?

megahamea

10-01-2005, 05:00 PM

Ok... I'll choose my own way...

gemini_w

10-08-2005, 01:25 PM

I don't understand like "Miscellenous Props" ??
What is it ?

But I need to understand to improve in english ^^

There are tons of online dictionary to help you out
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

"props" are accessories, misc. means "diverse, any" in this case (so you don't have to describe them all)

Gw

mercenery

10-28-2005, 09:36 PM

Hi! I finally found the right place to ask about classifying photos. I'd like to classify..but:

WHERE (which site)? is it http://clean.scanlover.com/main.php ???

..coz i went to that site..but i do not know where to go on from there..

when i clicked on some of the pictures..all i could do was rate the picture from 1 - 5. Also, I did not see any method for me to type any captions for the pictures

Then also I see this "Classfy|Bookmark (Login to access these function) Link Here....
...which I clicked, but it brought me to a site where there are Forum codes & HTML codes...

WHAT does all this mean???

Please help. THanks

wert668

11-03-2005, 07:11 PM

My take a very long time to understand what the single Classify mean, it take me around t 10min to translate all off classify but I think I understand that fast, thanks for your help.
If this wasn't take any sense, sorry, I wasn't good in English.[/b]

edggy

11-08-2005, 03:51 PM

As I tried to upload some pictures, I had this message:
Sorry, Pic upload is disabled for the moment, to allow older pics to get more exposure and classifications.
Thank you for your past contributions!

Is there a way to know which pictures have not been classified yet ?

darthbeandip

11-29-2005, 07:25 AM

I'm fairly new to this site, but I like the idea of having members help with the classification.

One thing I noticed no one has brought up and is bugging me,
How exactly are classifications figured? Do all classifications submitted get averaged? If 10 people say a pic is breasts, but 11 say no what happens? Is the last classification all that counts?

Also, is the advance search an exact match only? What if I do a search, and a pic almost matches, but it has one more item ticked than I ticked on my search, will it still come up?

Also, while I think ticking only the main feature of a pic is a good guidline, I find that most full body pics should have one, and usually only one, other feature. It seems to me if the full body is shown, but the eye is drawn to the breasts, then it should be both.

Off topic a bit, I just wanted to say that a free site where access is based on how much you participate and help out is a great idea, and I love the RPG type stats. Wish there were more sites like this.

zoor

12-07-2005, 07:42 PM

Some of the pictures are easy to classsify, some are not.
Some pictures just don't belong to any of the classificaions.

I think if you are not quite sure, it's better to leave it blank.
People want to see search results that match the criterias clearly,
not those that sits on the boundry.

If a database contains all well classified picture, it would return good
results. The search engine user would be happy.

My comment is: Keep the database well classified, if you are not sure
whether you should tick the box. Leaving it blank is better than ticking it
and ruining the well classified database. People don't want to see search
results that sits on the edge.

Thank you for the guidelines, zefram_c.

:grinno: :bounce:

hi there. me a newbie here and just start to classify the pix. i've tried a few already and found indeed some pics are not that easy to classify. all the instructions and suggestions in this thread are very useful, and i think this idea from songkaiwen will really help me when there is all the fuss. just one thing bear in mind: do you think this pic should show up when people do an adv.search and then are happy to see this one in the result?

StreetDog

01-05-2006, 05:27 AM

I got a question: If I want to reset my classifications, is that possible?

Because, now that I get to see this post, I am kinda feeling that I made some mistakes, and I want to correct them.

Or the forum mod will just take care of them? :oops:

Edit: After looking again at the thread, I just want to understand one thing, while classifing the pictures, we should only use the noticeable parts of the model only?

For example: if I see the body, as a whole, then I use the overall body option only? no matter if the breast at (for example) large or define a lot the picture? I am so confuse... :oops:

rhasta84

02-09-2006, 02:17 AM

nice guide

mickster

03-02-2006, 06:37 PM

been classifying for a little while and reading this thread tells me just how subjective it is. On page 1 zefram_c shows his 3 good and 3 bad classifications. I disagree with one. Bad pic 3 has an execption butt for my tastes as well as the back of her body and I'd check off both when I classify. No big deal either way--just my preference. If I'm looking at a full body pic with a great set of abs I'll check front and tummy. The smile/happy and moody/cold are the hardest for me. I think I've checked smile everytime I've seen one but will take a good look from now on. Only hope that everyone on the site reads this thread and takes the time to be as thorough as zef and others. It' a huge help in finding just the right pic :beer:

iamfenris2

03-28-2006, 05:56 PM

<rant>If you don't know (or can't make out -- it can be hard sometimes) the difference between lingerie and a swimsuit, please leave them both unticked!!</rant>
There! I feel much better now.
In general, if you're not sure if a certain category applies, don't tick it! You don't get extra points for checking as many boxes or something -- make sure that each box you check really applies to the picture. Of course, what is "pretty" for one is "cute" for another and "beautiful" for a third -- that's subjective. But lingerie vs swimwear? Objective, dudes, objective -- only one right answer! :)

hitomi

04-01-2006, 08:00 PM

when only can get grunt?
i have review so many.. some were tricky to review @_@
:roll:

migraineboy1975

04-03-2006, 04:15 PM

iamfenris2

04-03-2006, 05:50 PM

I was classifying several pics earlier and i noticed that my mana rating is already up to 86 but after a few moments it went back to my starting rating of 25? can anybody explain this for me? is this a limit for the number of mana that i can accumulate for a day? thanks very much

That question doesn't belong in this thread. Will one of the mods make a new one for it?
I'll answer it anyway, since it looks like the 60-day purge got rid of some of the info threads.

To cut to the chase and answer you, migraineboy, there is no imposed limit on the amount of mana you can accumulate on a given day, but it will reset once a day to the default level. For the long answer, read on.

On scanlover.com, the bottom left of the screen shows your stats. It looks like this:

User Guest/Some_Guy
Rank sheep/peon/grunt/shaman
XP $XP
Mana $MANA
Views $VIEWS
Ratings $RATINGS
Reviews $R_TODAY/$R_TOTAL

Going over the fields:
User: That's the user name. D'oh! Guest if you are not logged in.
Rank: This is peon, grunt or shaman. Grunt generally requires a minimum of 100 reviews, but promotion is not automatic. Shaman requires 500 reviews, again promotion is done manually by Scanlover. Rank is sheep if you are not logged in.
$XP : Experience points. Accumulated for views/ratings/reviews etc.
$MANA: A measure of how many pics you can view that day. Default mana levels are:
$MANA=10 for peon (not sure, correct me if I'm wrong)
$MANA=25 for grunt (not sure again)
$MANA=100 for shaman
You lose 1 mana point for each full-size picture you view, you gain 1 mana point for each 1-5 rating you perform, and you gain 4 mana points for each classification (also termed a review). $MANA resets to the default level once a day (presumably when a new day dawns for Scanlover's servers). As you can work out, if you don't rate or review, your mana drops to zero and you can't view any more till it resets for the new day. You can also work out that if you view and rate, your mana stays constant, if you view and classify, mana goes up by 3.
$VIEWS: How many pictures you've viewed today. Today is defined as for $MANA. Default value is 0 at the start of the day.
$RATINGS: How many ratings you've performed today. See above for today. Default value is 0 at the start of the day.
Reviews: This is expressed as two numbers -- $R_TODAY is the number of reviews/classifications you've performed today, today defined as above, while $R_TOTAL is the total number of classifications you've performed on the whole. The default value for $R_TODAY is 0 at the start of the day.
$MANA, $VIEWS, $RATINGS, and $R_TODAY will reset between days to their default values, while $XP and $R_TOTAL will retain their values between sessions.

Note that these ranks and numbers have *nothing* to do with the forum ranks so don't even get started on that, already!

excmask

05-08-2006, 05:19 PM

i also involve in the same condition. thx for the explaination

TonyTiger

07-19-2006, 08:04 PM

Thanks for the insight. I have been classifing some pics wrong. I apologize and will do better from now on.

Obscura

08-08-2006, 02:54 PM

I feel like an idiot but I'm trying to figure out how to classify photos and could use some help...

The FAQ on classifying photos didn't mention this but I had assumed all along that I could classify images from this forum. I see in this thread that I do that from Scanlover.com - now I get it, but...

as someone else asked earlier when I try to login to scanlover.com using my same username and PW for the forum is say's login fails. If I try to register is says username/password already exists.

What am I doing wrong...I have a few posts here and I didn't want to start over if I could help it. Suggestions?

Thanks!

dvdflow

11-21-2006, 04:20 AM

Just recently joined, but I've done a butt load of classifications--looks like much eating of grass in my future. I was hoping for some guidance, many times clicked on "Read me first" next to "submit classification" but always got "web page not found" in reply.

So I was very happy to find this thread which has done much to clarify issues as well as pointing out that some things are not well defined at all; i.e. adult content and nudity/non nudity.

Much sage advice here, although the examples given as practical application of said sage advice sometimes had me yelling at the computer--"Are you daft, man, a sweet backside like that and you'll not be checking off butt/hips?". Nonetheless good advice. Thank you, one and all.