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Subject: Re: TOPIC OPEN for DISCUSSION: What is Custom and what is exif/no
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 05:02:12 +0000, yank wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:19:42 -0500, LuckyLu wrote:
>
>> First off let me say;
>> I feel rather strange doing this, without Collector, Weener,
>> Katyalover,
>> Wintermute and all of the other major contributers around I am not sure
>> if I have the right. On the other hand it is something that I feel
>> needs to be addressed. In the past many sets have been labeled Custom
>> because they have no logo and the exif is present. They are apparently
>> a slightly higher quality photo. At my age and with my eyesight. I have
>> to take others word on that. Collector in his and Katyalovers index,
>> lowered the status of many of these sets to no logo/exif.
>> In my personal effort to keep header space and filenames to a minimum
>> (an old habit) I have taken that and changed it to xf while custom's
>> get a cs in the file name.
>> So the point is, what makes a photo set "Custom" rather than just
>> "xf"
>> or no logo/exif if you actually prefer that. I would like to leave
>> this out for discussion. I would like to open a discussion on this
>> and get some suggestions. I will leave this open until Sept 1st 2016.
>>
>> If no one is interested I will take it upon my self to set a guideline.
>> That would be A) was the photo shoot special ordered by a customer B)
>> does it extend the regular photo set by a substantial amount. I think
>> anything over 5 extra photos would be substantial or maybe it should be
>> based on a percentage. I will leave this open until Sept 1st 2016. At
>> that point who cares, but I will do as I have stated in all of my posts
>> and in re-issue of an updated index.
>> Lucky Lu
>
> Hi LuckyLu,
>
> First I'd like to say thank you in advance for your ambitious project /
> post. Many years ago a poster named Tatiana began pulling sets from an
> anonymous BBS and posting them here. I'm thinking this was in 06 or 07.
> Anyway, many of the sets we're duplicate sets that had the xif and no
> logo. So after many months of debate the decision was made to rename the
> sets as custom. For example; say y012-olga-027 had 2 versions one with a
> logo and one without, the one without a logo would be named y028-olga-
> custom027. Unfortunately I don't remember the exact convention that was
> decided upon,
>
> Just to make things more interesting, some of the non-logo sets had
> extra pictures that we're not included in the "normal" sets. It was
> believed that these sets we're pre-release and while on the server were
> never published for general consumption. My personal opinion is that the
> convention of calling sets "custom" when they aren't causes confusion.
> However, for collectors, renaming files and or changing the naming
> conventions will only bring chaos. I recommend that you use the naming
> convention that was adopted by the group as this will make it easier for
> other posters to fill in the holes and support your efforts.
>
> Sincerely,
> yank
OOPS! Just saw a typo: y012-olga-custom027 not y028-olga-custom027.
Apologies for any confusion,
yank
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