A while back I went off the deep end for a bit because I was getting cover scans shot down because they were either a little too dark or maybe not up to par as far as focus was for some people.

The scans below show EDITED: what at one time was in my database. This is why I get so upset sometimes when scans get turned down for those reasons yet scans like the ones below got accepted.

For some reason the enclosed examples WERE good enough and mine were not 

Very confusing to me.

I guess I should have been a little more clear on these. I made a mistake stating that these were the ones currently in my database. My bad.

I can not remember when I actually copied these from the database (it may have been in the older version a while back), but I kept copies of them and forgot I had them.

These are no longer in the online database. The ones in my database on my computer are up to date.

The point I was trying to make is that I have contributed scans that got picked apart (not ones of these particular DVDs) and they get rejected for one reason or another ... yet somehow ... somewhere ... these snuck through the cracks.

Maybe these were from a long time ago. I just wondered how something like these would get okayed and other ones do not. Maybe it is just that the standards have improved.

I am not saying that you would ever see something like this get accepted today.

I am not trying to start a complaint thread ... just showing examples of why I was so disappointed when some of mine got declined when ones like these ... at one time ... got accepted.

Hope this makes more sense ...

I totally understand what you are saying Vega.

I have since calmed down and even spoken with Skip to have him give me some pointers on scanning. He was actually a big help and my scans have gotten much nicer. I was doing them wrong and did not realize how much better they could look until I took Skip's advice and scanned them differently.

I have since contributed over 20 scan and all but maybe 4 got accepted.

My reason for this thread was to try to explain why I got so upset when I kept getting shot down. I had these scans and wondered why the ones I was contributing were getting picked apart and something like these did not (evidently).

I have since calmed down and do not take the criticism to heart like I was doing. I now take it as corrective criticism and try to improve on the scans as I can. I do not always get them right but I can say that my scans today are MUCH better then ones I was contributing a while back.

Just wanted to try to explain why I lost it there for a while.
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Quoting mwkirchner:

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I now take it as corrective criticism and try to improve on the scans as I can. I do not always get them right but I can say that my scans today are MUCH better then ones I was contributing a while back.

This is the main point.  It is hard to step back and not take things personally.  I've only recently started to submit scans and a lot of the early ones had plenty of No votes.  Some of them I accepted as users having crappy and/or non-calibrated monitors but some where specific about what was wrong and taking a step back I was able to see they were right.  I took the advice they presented and resubmitted the scans and every single image scan was accepted at that point.  I might be in a unique position but I can view my images on both a color calibrated LCD screen (my main screen) and a completely un-calibrated default CRT screen (while at work.. because, well work sucks) and see the difference between them.

It's tough not to take No votes personal, but for the most part they're not (some may argue this point).  Look at the reasons why and step back and see if they're right.  You can always disagree and not do anything at all (or edit your Contribution to respond).  I've cursed several people in the past for their votes, but after taking a closer look I almost always figure out they're right.. and then I usually come around and actually thank them for improving upon the original image.