Suggestions

[Petie]

This might sound like kind of a weird idea but ...

I see a lot of people coming into the forum and posting along the lines of "hey why isn't my submission getting approved" and the responses often site the fact that sheets without icons submitted with them tend to take longer to be approved due to the fact that the mods actually have to take the time to actually create said icons.

And that got me thinking, what if there was a way for miscellaneous registered users to see the sheets waiting in the queue and be able to submit their own icon suggestions in order to assist in speeding up the approval process?

I don't know how many people would be interested in helping out in this manner to make it worth it, though. I imagine if just a handful of dedicated users did like ten a day it would help considerably. Just an idea.

I've thought about doing something like this but in the end, it seemed like it would be more work than it was worth given how few people would actually wind up using it. It's not something I've written off entirely but it's not currently on the table either.

I actually mentioned this before myself, but from a realistic perspective, the icons shouldn't be optional, since if someone has the time/energy/resources to rip something, they should have all the same means and capability of creating an icon for it. This suggestion was rejected, however. I felt like bringing it up, though, because it is relevant, and actually the proper way for this kind of issue to be handled. At least, that's what I believe.

On the surface, I agree with your logic here but there's one thing that isn't so obvious - not everyone, even those with the time, energy and resources to rip from a game, have access to (or is comfortable with) software that can handle transparency. Yes, there are a number of free programs out there that do transparency just fine but requiring people to download and install software they don't know in order to submit would only wind up reducing the number of people willing to submit to the site which is much worse than having delayed submissions while staff makes the icons for those who can't or don't want to.