The American Way: A 2016 Election Game. (Sign Up/Rules/Discussion)

[Lumine]

(Posting this on all active games, not singling out anyone or any particular game yet)

Friendly reminder that the policy regarding image posting must be followed on the games, there was already an announcement on the board and it is followed by this. Watermarked images are out of the question, and posted images must be attributed in terms of origin (even in footnotes at the end of the post so as to not break the illusion).

To give you a useful example taken from a player in Atlasia (I hope he doesn't mind):

(Image in question)

^{Note for mods: Image taken from Wikipedia's article on Pittsburgh}

And one from Dave himself:

(Image in question)

President Bush Nominates Henry Paulson as Treasury Secretary 2
Shealah Craighead [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

For the time being I'll be removing the watermarked ones, and from this second announcement on pictures that are not attributed (that comes with an infraction). I get that it will take some effort to adapt at first because it changes how pictures are used within the board, but it is necessary to make such an effort.

(Please don't make me use the flamethrower)

[Lumine]

Holding up a policy like that makes me less willing to continue this game or anything on the election games board. A truly terrible rule that breaks the flow and feel of the game.

Are you just going to delete images that people haven't marked?

Well yes. I very much regret the impact it may have on some players but sadly, the policy is necessary if Dave and the site are to avoid legal issues, and not a random act of fascism. So yes, I will have to delete images that are not attributed.

In all seriousness, it's not really optional for Lumine or Dave. If Dave wants to continue running the site he needs there to be some rule of law, and if people keep on posting copyrighted images then there is a large liability for the site to get shut down. I just really hope more people see where they're coming from as I don't want to see people get banned or the site shutdown.

Indeed. Would I wish it was optional? Yes, but it isn't and there are good - or at least compelling - reasons for it.

Why don't we just make it to where if we used images that are labeled for re-use, then we don't have to hyperlink them, but if we get ones that aren't labeled for reuse, we then have to cite them?

I'm afraid I don't follow, could you ellaborate a bit?

[Lumine]

Heads up, I considered what jakobisgood argued and unless the images policy is further specified I will allow it, just as long as the image is still attributed and has no watermarks.

(Coincidentally, jakobisgood has been banned from this board for unrelated reasons)

[Lumine]

Thank you for starting to adapt! (I would urge to add the attribution as well, not just the link)

Image source: https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/03/04/video-jim-webb-jumps-trump-train/

[Lumine]

Heads up, I considered what jakobisgood argued and unless the images policy is further specified I will allow it, just as long as the image is still attributed and has no watermarks.

(Coincidentally, jakobisgood has been banned from this board for unrelated reasons)

When will jakobisgood be allowed back on the election games board?

90 days.