Gallery Commenting

Galleries may be commented on by users, often to provide information or to indicate their likes and dislikes of the gallery's contents. The gallery's description is placed at the top of the comments section and cannot be voted on.

Properties

• Can use the following BBCode:
  • Bold, Underline, Strike-through, and Italic.
  • URL for forums or gallery links only.
• Can be freely edited at any time (see below for limits).
  • Edits made within less than 15 minutes of the original comment will not append an edit timestamp to the comment.
• Listed in the order depending on the user's My Settings choice (chronological, reverse chronological, or power).

Voting

Users may vote (and revote) on other users' comments. Votes and comments are subject to mod power and comments are hidden if they fall below -50. Users may not vote on comments if they have commented on the same gallery; existing votes will be removed upon making a comment.

• Black text means the user has not voted on this comment.
• Blue text means the user has chosen this option.
  • Clicking on it will withdraw the vote. Picking the other option will withdraw the vote and cast a new, opposite vote.
• Red text and no score means the vote is invalid because of a server response error and did not get through.
  • Check the technical issues article.

Limits

• Users may make multiple comments in a gallery but multiple consecutive comments will be automatically appended to each other.
• Like tagging votes, mod power is computed at the time of voting and does not change unless another vote is cast by the user.
• Only the first 13 users will have their name displayed next to their vote to save space. Additional users are hidden (and [votes-13] others...).
  • Casting a new vote or removing one's vote can change this.
• Comments may not be deleted.
• Comments may not be searched (it is possible to use a third party search engine instead).

Hidden Comments

• By default (oldest-first view) only the 45 highest-scoring and 5 most recent comments will be shown. Other settings will show the top 50 comments depending on the setting chosen.
• Comments become hidden if they fall below -50 mod power.

Hidden comments can be made visible by adding "?hc=1" to the end of the URL or by clicking on "There is/are x more comments below the viewing threshold - click to show all." link at the bottom of the comments section.

Perma-Hidden Comments

Comments become permanently hidden if they reach -100 mod power (excluding the gallery's owner downvote). These comments cannot be made visible again.

Tips

Comments and reviews should generally be informative, insightful, or humorous. Plot summaries also are appreciated.

• Gallery uploaders should keep their comments in the uploader field unless the gallery is older than one year.
  • While the uploader comment field cannot be upvoted or downvoted, this prevents redundancy and allows the uploader to downvote unnecessary comments more easily.
• It is advisable to update comments if they become confusing / irrelevant (e.g. Pointing out images that are forbidden content but the owner then removes them).

Examples of good comments

• For all galleries:
  • Do Not Tag notes for cover only artists, guest artists, writers and similar content (see Gallery Tagging) to make cleanup easier.
  • Source information, such as the artist's website or where to purchase the content.
  • Characters and fetish content in larger galleries along with the pages where they appear.
  • Casually pointing out mistakes by the uploader on a fresh gallery (duplicate pictures, missing cover, incomplete, out of order) as this makes the gallery eligible for a superior version replacement.
    • Usually does not apply to old galleries as the uploader is unlikely to replace them. Users should replace the gallery themselves instead whenever possible.
• For anthology galleries: A detailed table of contents.
• For split galleries: Linking to other parts of the gallery. Especially recommended for galleries that exceed 2000 pictures.
• For galleries with alternate versions (such as translated or text cleaned): Linking to all current versions to save time and search queries.
  • Does not apply to newer versions and galleries replaced by others as the system gives messages for both in the gallery and the expunge log.

Examples of bad comments

• Pointless debates or arguments and irrelevant comments to the gallery, regardless of reason. Use the forums instead.
• Highly generic comments such as "I like this" or "Thanks for uploading". While courteous, these generally are redundant and not helpful. More in-depth comments are appreciated.
  • Walls of text about a certain topic are not, as this generally leads to pointless debates.
• Requests for translations, raws, decensoring, torrents, [re-]seeding of torrents, or additional images. Please contact the uploader directly or make a bounty depending on the request.
• Posting about having added a torrent to the gallery. This is already listed on the gallery's information (top-right area).
• Minor comments on nearly every gallery viewed. This can be seen as an attempt at "point whoring" for the toplist and may result in a ban.
• Commenting on any technical issues experienced. These are better handled on the forums.
• Encouraging the upvoting of false tags (or the downvoting of valid tags), false expunges, or false renames in any way. This may result in a ban.
• Posting gibberish or irrelevant URLs. This may lead to a ban.
• Intentionally abusing or harassing other users for any reason. This can quickly lead to a ban.

Repeated misuse of the comment and review system will prevent users from posting comments and may lead to a ban.

Navigation

At the end of a gallery's URL simply add #ulcomment to the end to go to the uploader's comment (aka the description) or #comments/#cnew to go the comments section.

Rewards

Making and voting for comments (as well as having one's comments voted up), along with rating galleries, rewards points towards the Rating & Reviewing Toplist. There is a limit of 10 comment votes per day that award points. Users whose comments are upvoted receive points basically equal to the sum of the votes made on their comment (the user's base power does not count). Short comments receive no points even if they are upvoted.

See also

• Gallery Rating