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Why do my contributions keep getting declined?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantscottiew
Registered: March 13, 2007
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I try my best to contribute accurate info with better cover scans than were before and yet i can't see any reasons or anything as to why they keep getting declined.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantDr. Killpatient
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You should also be presented with a reason why they are declined.  What does it say?

Keep in mind that when submitting updates, you need to provide the source for your updates.  If submitting new cover scans, make sure that the UPC matches the profile and that it's clearly a significant improvement.
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i don't see any reason or at least i do not know where to look for reason. i just see declined and the # of voted declines. the cover scans, especially "The Orfanato" is from my personal collection. my scan, upc i get from the actual case...
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Not all reasons it programed into the system.... so if you do not see the reason with your list of contributions... do you have any no votes? That could tell you what is wrong too.

If you don't have any no votes... and no reason given... then I would guess the only one that could tell you for sure is Gerri as she does most all of the screening from what I understand.
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If you click on the red/green yes/no counts on the contribution page, it'll give you the reasons why people voted no.
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Scottie to put it bluntly you are submitting badly substandard images, do as Doc mentions and learn.

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wow. people on these forums can be real unfriendly persons. simply flabergasted.
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registranticefyre
Registered: August 16, 2007
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I'm pretty new to contributions myself but thanks to the help of forum members, I am having little to no problems with any of them. Read the contribution rules, make sure you are uploading to the correct UPC on the profile (most dvds have multiple profiles with multiple UPCs)

Make sure that the image is actually better than the one you are uploading, is unmarked and undamaged.

EDIT: I posted before your last reply. If that is going to be your attitude, i'd suggest not asking for help here. People are genuinely trying to help you.
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el orfanato is a perfect scan of my dvd and it got declined with 0yes and 0 no's. the others i can see, but at least i was submitting something resembling the actual steelbooks. the ones on their now are not even the right editions. talk about wow! simply wow!
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registranticefyre
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out of curiosity, did you state all of that in your notes when you contributed?
Invelos Software, Inc. RepresentativeGerri Cole
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Registered: March 10, 2007
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Your contributions were declined for a variety of reasons. These include the fact that you did not indicate any sources and your scans had the wrong UPC on them. Or the scans were very small. Most of the declines do indicate the reasons why they were declined.

-Gerri
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Contributing cover scans is one of the hardest areas to get stuff accepted.
When you do get voters, some of them are very fussy about scans, and after that you have to persuade the screeners that there is a "significant improvement" in your scans.

I notice you've resubmitted your El Orfanato covers, and one thing I've noticed is that your notes don't explain why your scans are the right ones and what improvements you've made. You have to remember the screeners don't physically have the DVDs to compare the scans to. So even if it seems obvious to you why they're better, you still have to explain why in your notes.
Also your cropping seems a bit off - you can see the rounded corners of the case at the bottom, but not at the top - that should be fixed ideally.
Finally, your front cover shows a different image to what's already there. I've just had a quick look at a few online shops and they also show the current cover. Was this released with a number of covers? If so, you need to explain that because the screeners may think you have a re-release cover.

Edit: see Gerri's post - she's the boss! 
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I just looked at that title in question from the data base and your own library and I can see how terrible the existing scan looks over the second one posted here,, I don't know where yours would fall into this as I never saw the contribuiton, BUT as I admit I don't know any thing personal about this title.. Two things comes to mind here., One is the the second image ( better one) was released 1 week before the first image ( title). -April 1 2008  over  April 9 2008 ., and also the steel book edition may have been overlooked by the approval staff..   





oops edit,, by the time I put all this in two more posts came thru ...   
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registranticefyre
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Well I seem to have almost no problems anymore in submitting covers so long as you stick to common sense and make sure you're following the guidelines.
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Quoting northbloke:
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Contributing cover scans is one of the hardest areas to get stuff accepted.
When you do get voters, some of them are very fussy about scans, and after that you have to persuade the screeners that there is a "significant improvement" in your scans.

I notice you've resubmitted your El Orfanato covers, and one thing I've noticed is that your notes don't explain why your scans are the right ones and what improvements you've made. You have to remember the screeners don't physically have the DVDs to compare the scans to. So even if it seems obvious to you why they're better, you still have to explain why in your notes.
Also your cropping seems a bit off - you can see the rounded corners of the case at the bottom, but not at the top - that should be fixed ideally.
Finally, your front cover shows a different image to what's already there. I've just had a quick look at a few online shops and they also show the current cover. Was this released with a number of covers? If so, you need to explain that because the screeners may think you have a re-release cover.

Edit: see Gerri's post - she's the boss! 

i did explain just that. that this was 1 of 3 different versions sold in Spain. the existing is one and the one i submitted is mone and another. i clarified all that.
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Invelos has given you reason here in this thread above....

Quoting Gerri Cole:
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Your contributions were declined for a variety of reasons. These include the fact that you did not indicate any sources and your scans had the wrong UPC on them. Or the scans were very small. Most of the declines do indicate the reasons why they were declined.

-Gerri
Pete
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