Making a rule for Gfycat

[Rikimarox2]

Good morning.

As some of you may know, gfycat has started using a new bot that detects if said Gif is SFW or NSFW. Due to this, the bot will sometimes label SFW evidence in our profiles as ****, and sends it to its sister site, redgifs.

The problem with this, is that redgifs is specifically made for ****. If you click a redgif gif, then the site you will be sent to will be filled with ****. Obviously, that is a problem.

As such, I propose we make a new rule for it. All the gfycats that are used in the profiles should stay, as long as they aren't labeled as ****, but it should be against the rules to use gfycat in the future due to the chances of bot labeling it as ****.

There are simply much safer options out there, such as imgur.

Tl;Dr Gfycat sometimes labels SFW posts as **** wrongfully, we should make a rule against using it in the future.

 

[manu_zarri]

Agree

 

[Emirp sumitpo]

I think this is reasonable

 

[Bernkastelll]

Yeah I agree

 

[PrettyFearMachine]

I'll reserve my opinion on the proposition for now, but the issue does seem important.

 

[KLOL506]

I think I'll just stick to using YouTube in the future from now on. But the anime stuff might be a bit tricky due to bullshit copyright laws, especially considering that you can't go frame-by-frame on imgur.

FFS I should have uploaded my vids on YT as a backup first all those years ago

 

[Antvasima]

This seems like a good idea to me.

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What do you think?

 

[Elizhaa]

I am fine with a rule against using Gfycat.

 

[Andytrenom]

I'm fine with this

 

[StrymULTRA]

Dialga's profile will be affected from this. Shall I make imgur vids for the scans with Gfycat?

 

[Ogbunabali]

I don't mind this.

 

[Antvasima]

Dialga's profile will be affected from this. Shall I make imgur vids for the scans with Gfycat?

That is probably a good idea.

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

I agree with this; Imgur has always been safer to posts scans on.

 

[JustSomeWeirdo]

I agree

 

[Soldier_Blue]

There are simply much safer options out there, such as imgur.

Tl;Dr Gfycat sometimes labels SFW posts as **** wrongfully, we should make a rule against using it in the future.

Regular Imgur user here. I agree with using this site for our image hosting needs. Another option is to simply upload the required gifs to vsbattles itself and use that link. It's what I do with all images/gifs I use in profiles that I edit/make.

 

[Antvasima]

Regular Imgur user here. I agree with using this site for our image hosting needs. Another option is to simply upload the required gifs to vsbattles itself and use that link. It's what I do with all images/gifs I use in profiles that I edit/make.

Agreed.

Is somebody willing to write a draft for an Editing Rules text?

 

[Wokistan]

It's a pretty funny problem but yeah probably shouldn't use gfycat if it's gonna do that

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Weird problem but yeah, this seems like the only real solution. I agree.

 

[Soldier_Blue]

Agreed.

Is somebody willing to write a draft for an Editing Rules text?

Due to issues with Gfycat, we recommend users instead upload images & gifs to the image hosting site Imgur (link), which has proven to be a reliable image hosting service, and then use the URL of the uploaded media in the needed profile or blog or thread. You can also upload the images & gifs on VS Battles Wiki itself (link) and then use the URL of the uploaded media in the profile you are making or editing. Note: We especially recommend using images & gifs hosted on Imgur or VS Battles Wiki for use on threads on the VS Battles Forum rather than other sites which may prove unsafe or unreliable.

 

[Antvasima]

Soldier Blue's suggested wording mostly seems fine to me. Thank you for helping out.

However, Fandom seems to have prevented hotlinking to their images from other sites such as this forum, so maybe we should modify the wording and add another rule based on that in conjunction?

 

[Soldier_Blue]

Soldier Blue's suggested wording mostly seems fine to me. Thank you for helping out.

No worries.

However, Fandom seems to have prevented hotlinking to their images from other sites such as this forum, so maybe we should modify the wording and add another rule based on that in conjunction?

Well, that's a bummer.

Here:

Due to issues with Gfycat, we recommend users instead upload images & gifs to the image hosting site Imgur (link), which has proven to be a reliable image hosting service, and then use the URL of the uploaded media in the needed profile or blog or thread. You can also upload the images & gifs on VS Battles Wiki itself (link) and then use the URL of the uploaded media in the VS Battles profile or blog you are making or editing. Note: Due to Fandom seemingly preventing hotlinking to their images from other sites, such as this forum, we especially recommend using images & gifs hosted on Imgur for use on threads on the VS Battles Forum rather than Wikia sites or other sites which may prove unsafe or unreliable.

 

[Starter_Pack]

No more Gfycat is okay by me.

 

[Antvasima]

Due to problems with Gfycat, we recommend users instead upload images & gifs to Imgur (link), or other reliable image hosting services, and then use the URL of the uploaded media in the needed profile or blog or thread. You can also upload the images & gifs to the VS Battles Wiki itself (link) and then use the URL of the uploaded media in the VS Battles profile or blog you are making or editing.

Thank you. I am rather dizzy due to overwork and too many things going on at the same time at the moment, but is it fine if I add the above modified text to our Editing Rules page?

Due to Fandom seemingly preventing hotlinking to their images from other sites, such as the VS Battles Forum, we recommend using images & gifs hosted in Imgur, or other reliable image hosting services, for use in discussion threads there, rather than Fandom wikis or other sites which may prove unsafe or unreliable.

I can also add the above rule to our Discussion Rules page.

 

[AKM sama]

Yeah, this looks fine.

 

[Antvasima]

I have updated our editing rules:

Editing Rules

The VS Battles Wiki presently consists of 34,442 pages, most of them listing the statistics of characters across different fictional franchises. However, there is a tremendous amount of work involved in maintaining the accuracy of statistics and upholding a high quality for the profiles. In...

vsbattles.fandom.com

I also updated our already existing discussion rule for the relevant subject:

Discussion Rules

VS Battles Wiki is a site where the members attempt to index the statistics of characters across different fictional franchises. These efforts lead to much discussion about certain feats, statements and calculations regarding their validity, reliability, etc. However, certain topics keep popping...

vsbattles.fandom.com

 

[Rikimarox2]

Great! This can be closed then.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. No problem.