JohnnyColombia

That's obviously a game changer, I just swung by the GLBT forum and wanted to post an on-topic image relating to GLBT travel. I felt it appeared somewhat discriminatory to not permit the posting of images in the GLBT forum. I couldn't think of any other logical reason for not allowing images, I actually thought "surely it is an oversight"

Now if a GLBT mod is questioning his own forum members' ability to resist posting inappropriate content on FT, then that so far as I can see is a perfect reason to prohibit images in GLBT as being a mod is a thankless task at the best of times and it would be peteropny and not I that would have to be wasting my time cleaning up.

RichMSN

It's really not a game changer as far as I'm concerned.

Individual moderators, IMO, really shouldn't be able to set policies like this for individual forums. If inappropriate images are posted, there are other means of moderating (removing images, removing posters) than shutting it down entirely. Or there can be more moderators added.

karung99

I also support this.

peteropny

The policy was not set by individual moderators - it was agreed to by Randy & the then TB based upon concerns that I raised at the time.

The concern here is not so much having to remove images (and other disciplinary actions) but there are times when mods (even if there are "a lot" assigned to a forum) aren't online very much for a period of time and are not able to quickly remove an inappropriate image.

Lately, TB has a tendency to make issues out of things that are not really concerns of general members. An example is the issue of merging / mega-threads - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...-thoughts.html . We, Hyatt mods, have been a bit concerned with the issue that some of the Master Hotel Review Threads had become too lengthy. We came up with a possible solution to split the threads - however, as can be seen at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hyatt...dded-vote.html the members overwhelmingly voted to keep the threads as is - contrary to the discussion in TB in particular.

Crackerpup

+1 to turning on images in ALL forums.

joshwex90

I'm confused - which forums don't allow images? Also, I posted images that used to post as images, and now only show the link: in the Religious Traveler forums. Is this connected?

lin821

Yes.

Religious Travelers Forum is part of Special Interest Travel Forum. Disability Travel, GLBT Travelers, Group and Event Travel Planning, Travel Health and Fitness, Travel with Children, Travel with Pets & Women Travelers all share the same fate as Religious Travelers Forum since 2009:

joshwex90

What was the rationale for banning images from Special Interest forums?

Also, when I initially posted the images (February 2012,) they posted. It's only now that I notice they're no longer posted. How did they manage to initially post?

lin821

Obviously the discussion happened before you joined FT. Maybe you would like to dig into the old threads w/r/t enabling images on FT?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...cept-omni.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...ny-forums.html

Also there's this newer thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...ll-forums.html

joshwex90

Thanks for posting. But why would the images have posted initially when I posted them, Feb 2012?

RichMSN

Because when the CD researched this, I went and looked at all the forums in Special Interest forums and 3-4 had mistakenly been set up allowing images. The TB had excluded Special Interest forums when originally voting on images a couple of years ago. The next vote only covered OMNI and OMNI/PR. So the CD went and turned off the images in those forums to be consistent with what the TB had voted on in the past. And hence, the motion.

lin821

Why would the answer to your question have anything to do with the topic at hand in TB Topics Forum?

If I were you, I would have either posted that question/s in Technical Issues Forum or send a PM to the forum mod.

joshwex90

I got it. Thanks.

Honestly, because once we were on the topic, I figured someone here might know. And I was right!
I didn't bother posting there cuz it didn't bother me that much. Didn't PM Carol because I didn't see the need for something so small. And didn't PM the forum mod cuz it doesn't have one

GRALISTAIR

I am in favor- I assume bandwdith limitations etc have been taken into consideration. I hope I do not get over-enthusiastic and post too many

cordelli

Images - yes

I would also like to see a size restriction, I hate it when somebody uploads something 3000 pixels wide so that you can't read the board without scrolling left and right. There should be a width limit.