Photo Limit: LeeLau and Amar's

My 2 cents.

Existing rules regarding 3 initial full size, but allow 2 full size photos in a follow up post or reply.
Keep thumbnails at existing limit.
Enforce rules equally w/ no exceptions unless poster has asked for permission for a significant event/descent..
Limit text to 3000 characters ( I like Silas's suggestion)

The photo posting policy here is fine the way it is. Ruffling feathers, disingenuously or not, is an appropriate activity on occasion, and some are clearly more productive at it than others. But if the point is to "..hope that all are treated equally", I find no fault here for I feel the best definition of equallity involves the equal opportunity to tell a great story. And again, some are better at it than others ~ and some adventures are more spectacular than others. The concept of moderation does not need to pigeonhole every eventuality and should retain some flexibility. Everybody recognizes a killer TR when they see it, and we all would hope and expect that it gets a bit of elbow room if needed for the sheer joy it brings us.

Routinely, however, I'm thinking I'm not inclined to scroll through twice as many photos, an increasing percentage of which may be pedestrian, in order to find the poetry beneath. By all means, set the table with your finest, then link the rest to your offsite album. In the short while I've been around here I've come to appreciate the sensibility, information sharing and genuine stoke the TAY community supports.

As for Mr Scotsman, annoying or not, my hat's off to him ~ He's been accorded, here, an increasingly greater length of rope and has yet managed to avoid putting it to productive use.

btw, LeeLau's cut photos were nice... And I would prefer no limit on text - don't see a real need

I think the rules are fine the way they are for the most part. I would prefer to have all thumbnails myself...more consistent. And no limit on text. I think my last story on the Ptarmigan was 8000 words, so wayyy over 3000 characters. If a story is worth reading, people will read it.

It would be interesting if at some point, since I don't think it can be done now, to write some code that allows a photo for every 500 characters, then the balance of words and photos is struck  without any moderation.

It would be interesting if at some point, since I don't think it can be done now, to write some code that allows a photo for every 500 characters, then the balance of words and photos is struck  without any moderation.

Rules are a necessity in large anonymous environments (or anything where money is involved). Guidelines and moderator judgment work well in a community. Likely the best answer is that the moderators, exercising their judgement, need not be governed by the hobgoblins of foolish consistency. The moment you have fixed rules, then people immediately turn to how they must literally conform with the letter of the rules, and calling out people who don't, rather than focusing on the spirit and purpose. It becomes like the computers I program for a living: literal, unforgiving, unimaginative -- too much like work.

Sure wish I was skiing in stead of posting, dee diddle diddle diddle, just 381 characters left until I can post a photo, now 356, getting there, just a few more characters ...

As for Mr Scotsman, annoying or not, my hat's off to him ~ He's been accorded, here, an increasingly greater length of rope and has yet managed to avoid putting it to productive use.

Well again, thanks for the critiscm and I'll consider it with all the others I'm getting( There's a line) . I'm always willing to self-analyze.
I was and still am bothered by the inequality of cutting someone's pictures but allowing others based upon perceived journalistic value. That is my opinion and I expressed it and then argued it . That is called a debate and learned a few things from it and it even changed my view so some degree( I hate to use the word "moderated my view" given the circumstances). It was productive for me!   You have a different view and thats great and I'm glad you expressed it .

Just because I have some dissenting views and crtisicm of the status quo around here, I've been told I should go elsewhere or shut up.
The tyranny of the majority.

Travertine,

LOL, you got a point. I was kinda kidding with what I said there. This subject tends to crop up about once a year every since the site began.

Okay, I really should be skiing. Time to go mount my new skis and think about where to go.