Skill Level on Pics

Blade · Still very bored Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 264

I'm a little confuesd about the whole Skill level on pics (where you choose between beginner, intermediate, and expert) First off, what is the point, how does it tie into the site? Does this have an effect on anything? And these terms are also relative/subjective, One person can think they've submitted an expert piece of work, and to someone else it seems beginner. At the same time, if this has any special meaning people can just spam it and say their 10 second doodles are expert. I dunno. I'm just a little confused, that's all.
thanks.

Trinity_Fire · Forum Stalker Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 1042

Yeah, I agree with Blade. I mean, can you honestly trust these peoples' judgement?
The skill levels are used to 'filter' out good pics from ones that took very little time, or something like that... and something related to site stats perhaps?

Oh, but denis... does selecting a pic as 'advanced' happen to have anything to do with featured pics? Confused

Or do you actually select each of those by hand or somewhat?
Just wondering.

DG-sama · Moderator Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 2294

What the person selects as a skill level has nothing to do with what pictures are featured.

cstdenis · Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:41 am Post subject:

Skill level currently is used for nothing but in the future may be used for filtering or sorting. For now I am just collecting data.

Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

If the approval panel is still working (it is right?) then maybe they should say to wich level each picture belongs to, because any artist will probably want their art to be sorted in expert instead of begginers....
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Brianhjh · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject:

I'd put myself at the intermediate, it's a good thing there is only three levels, not so much room for "er, I think I am..."

Touzoku-joou · Oldbie Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2399 Location: interweb

Yeah, I just say I'm an intermediate artist too. :/ I'm too good for "beginner", which is what most of FAC should be categorized under, but I still have so much to learn. I'm nowhere near being advanced. xD

I still think it would be a poor method of categorization, unless the AP team had a hand in it as well. I know that there are some egotistical fanbrats out there who would classify their InuYasha sketch as "advanced". Either because they have little experience, or they just want attention.
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Sexy-Sky · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: Not sure?

I'd say I'm pretty much intermideate too, but a little into beginner. I think... Confused

And I aggree with Blade, it is kind of confusing, and also judgeful.

Omi · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 72

Maybe there should be a peer way to evaluate one's skill level like a voting system? Of course, it'd be enabled so that only registered users could vote and only once per an image.

That's probably too much coding work though. x_x Just a thought.
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Touzoku-joou · Oldbie Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2399 Location: interweb

[quote="Omi"]Maybe there should be a peer way to evaluate one's skill level like a voting system? Of course, it'd be enabled so that only registered users could vote and only once per an image.
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I doubt that would do much. Some of the worst doodles I've seen, barely even deserving to be called art, have been bombarded my "OMG UR SO GOOD DO U TAKE REQUESTS UR MY HERO" comments on this site. :(
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fallenangel · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

Voting systems never work. Most art sites have gotten rid of them, if they ever had them to begin with, 'cause they always lead to excessive abuse. Even DA's original "like" "somewhat like" and "dislike" was terrible.
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Omi · Member Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 72

Yeah, it seems more and more like a bad idea now. Doh!

Not to mention, artists with lots of friends or with more page views will get better and more ratings.
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Touzoku-joou · Oldbie Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 2399 Location: interweb

In a perfect world it would be a good idea. It's always nice to let the general pouplation have a say in what they like. However, FAC's general population consists mainly of raging fangirls with no artistic eye.

In a perfect world.... Sad

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