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This group's settings allow members to post 1 photo per week.
If you tried to post a photo to the group pool and got an error message, such as "you have exceed the number of photos" or similar, this could be for a few reasons:
1. You already posted a photo within the last week and the photo is already in the group pool.
2. You already posted a photo within the last week and the photo is in the moderation queue awaiting acceptance or rejection.
3. The photo's safety level is not "safe" or the content is not "Photo, Images." *See over overview page, and scroll down to "Additional Info to see photo submission types: www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/
4. Your photo is already in more than 60 groups (Pro members) or 30 groups (free members). If this is the case and you'd still like to submit your photo to this pool, then you'll need to remove your photo from another group first.
*See over overview page, and scroll down to "Additional Info to see photo submission types: www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/
To check to see of your photo is already in the pool, you can do either of the following:
OPTION 1:
Go to the the photo page for the photo in question, scroll down below the photo and look to the right. There is a section that shows which group(s) that photo is in:
OPTION 2:
To see ALL your photos in the Less is More... Group Pool, go to the Less is More... Group Pool Page and click Contributors-->select your name, per below screenshot:
*If you've already gone through the above steps and still can't figure out why you're getting an error, post your photo below and whatever other info you can give and we'll try to help you figure it out.
*DO NOT START A NEW THREAD, IT WILL BE PROMPTLY LOCKED AND REDIRECTED HERE.*
Thank you!
If you tried to post a photo to the group pool and got an error message, such as "you have exceed the number of photos" or similar, this could be for a few reasons:
1. You already posted a photo within the last week and the photo is already in the group pool.
2. You already posted a photo within the last week and the photo is in the moderation queue awaiting acceptance or rejection.
3. The photo's safety level is not "safe" or the content is not "Photo, Images." *See over overview page, and scroll down to "Additional Info to see photo submission types: www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/
4. Your photo is already in more than 60 groups (Pro members) or 30 groups (free members). If this is the case and you'd still like to submit your photo to this pool, then you'll need to remove your photo from another group first.
*See over overview page, and scroll down to "Additional Info to see photo submission types: www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/
To check to see of your photo is already in the pool, you can do either of the following:
OPTION 1:
Go to the the photo page for the photo in question, scroll down below the photo and look to the right. There is a section that shows which group(s) that photo is in:
OPTION 2:
To see ALL your photos in the Less is More... Group Pool, go to the Less is More... Group Pool Page and click Contributors-->select your name, per below screenshot:
*If you've already gone through the above steps and still can't figure out why you're getting an error, post your photo below and whatever other info you can give and we'll try to help you figure it out.
*DO NOT START A NEW THREAD, IT WILL BE PROMPTLY LOCKED AND REDIRECTED HERE.*
Thank you!
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Hi, I tried adding the following photo a couple of days ago and it got rejected. Any idea why? I have no other photos in the group pool.
I tried to add a second photo since and it got rejected too without any reason:
I am now considering adding this one as a final attempt before I give up on this group _again_, but I would have really preferred to add the first one because it's a bit different than the photos already entered in the contest. Thanks!
I tried to add a second photo since and it got rejected too without any reason:
I am now considering adding this one as a final attempt before I give up on this group _again_, but I would have really preferred to add the first one because it's a bit different than the photos already entered in the contest. Thanks!
Darren LoPrinzi:Thanks for your answer.
As I said before, I tried to add the photo to the group twice by adding another group (in this case "Less Is More") within the image page itself. There's a link to add the image to more groups at the section where you can see the groups it's already in. No error message was given (I haven't added something here before) and it said then in the list of groups that it will be reviewed. After the reviewing process (I know because new images where added to the pool) this reviewing message was gone but the image was not added to the pool.
A moment ago I did it a third time, but now from the "Less Is More" group pool page by clicking the "add" button at the top. Again no error message but this one: "OK. Dies wurde an die Gruppe geschickt. Sobald es vom Gruppenadministrator genehmigt wurde, wird es im Gruppenpool angezeigt." Translation: "OK. This was sent to the group. As soon as it has been approved by the group's administrator, it will be shown in the group pool." Let's see if it works this time.
fools4tress:After the reviewing process (I know because new images where added to the pool) this reviewing message was gone but the image was not added to the pool.
I am not participating in the reviewing process, so I do not know what is happening. But I can tell you as a group administrator: Your conclusion here is not logically valid. Administrators who are reviewing the queue can "pluck" photos for approval from anywhere in the queue at any time. The order of submission is irrelevant. It is possible for a photo to remain in the queue indefinitely while newer photos are accepted and move into the pool.
fools4tress:Thank you! I just tried submitting my photo from the "Less Is More" group pool page as you described. I was not aware that you could submit a photo that way, so I'll see if this works.
When I previously submitted it by clicking the "Add to group" link on the actual photo page, it was showing as "Pending Approval" for a while and then that message disappeared after photos were added to the pool, just like you mentioned. My photo was a recent upload and I could see that its number of views had not changed at all, so nobody had even looked at the photo, although I guess it's possible that being in the photo queue of a group does not affect the view count.
naturum:Hi naturum,
your photo is in the group pool now. We have about 200 to 300 submissions a day for LiM. With 2 or 3 active admits for the group, there may be delays of a few days for review of the queue. Not of the admins or moderators are paid for it, we admits are just fellow users of flickr, investing some of our time on flickr for this group.
I wish you success with your photo in the competition.
Cheers
zeh_hah_es
art numérique:looks like you have 9 pics in here so far; all great images.
www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/pool/photost...
InnAtElmwood:Thanks very much i'd no idea that many had made it to the pool but i'm glad you like them. That doesn't detract from the fact currently its difficult to post and images do seem to sit in pending. if you can only post one image a week and you've posted and its pending then it shouldn't allow you to post another image.
Any way as I've already said chuck up to admin, thankless task, but no admins no group.
Sylvia's Journee:You don't have any photos in the photo right now, so they were either rejected OR they are still in the queue. We get many hundreds of photos per day, so it takes some time to get through them all. I don't know when you submitted them or what photos they are.
Here is a link where you can see what photos of yours are in the pool, if you want to check at a later date.
www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/pool/1844403...
Sylvia's Journee:I don't see any technical reason for this, such as a Flickr bug or something.,.....it might just be that it was rejected. I personally don't remember coming across it in the queue (although I could have), but it does look busier than a typical minimalist shot, so that is possible. Want to try again with a simpler photo?
luclemieuxphoto:Here are instructions:
www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/discuss/7215...
Or to show a smaller version you can just grab the URL of your photo page (copy the URL from your URL bar) and paste here and enclose in brackets [ ]
Hi 
carlfieler:
no, you aren't blocked for this photo pool. I do not know, which photos you had submitted for the pool, therefore I cannot comment on these. But, I have had a glance at your photo stream. Most of your photos do not qualify as minimal in any form. It may be, that your submissions have been discarded as not minimal in the interpretation of the administrators and moderators of this group.
carlfieler:no, you aren't blocked for this photo pool. I do not know, which photos you had submitted for the pool, therefore I cannot comment on these. But, I have had a glance at your photo stream. Most of your photos do not qualify as minimal in any form. It may be, that your submissions have been discarded as not minimal in the interpretation of the administrators and moderators of this group.
Hi All - Please be patient. As 
mag3737 said, the group is not "abandoned!" We get a LOT of photos in the queue, and it takes time to get through them. We don't have people sitting here 24-hours a day letting photos gush through - nor do we want that to be the case. Much of our work behind the scenes doing moderating work is DELETING photos, whether it be spam or just poor quality photos. At the same time, the last photos that were let in the pool were only 2 days ago!
As far the ones that make it through, our philosophy is once a group of photos are released into the pool they need time to marinate in the pool so they can be enjoyed.....otherwise they will be buried and out of sight almost immediately.
We simply cannot have it both ways - we can't have a pristine quality pool AND photos constantly gushing into the pool in real time with the photos getting their due time in the spotlight.
There are almost 85,000 photos in the pool right now......why not use the group search function and pick out some outstanding shots that you think ought to get a look and post here:
www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/discuss/7215...
Or create a gallery of photos from the pool and share with the group? I'll make a thread for that.
mag3737 said, the group is not "abandoned!" We get a LOT of photos in the queue, and it takes time to get through them. We don't have people sitting here 24-hours a day letting photos gush through - nor do we want that to be the case. Much of our work behind the scenes doing moderating work is DELETING photos, whether it be spam or just poor quality photos. At the same time, the last photos that were let in the pool were only 2 days ago!As far the ones that make it through, our philosophy is once a group of photos are released into the pool they need time to marinate in the pool so they can be enjoyed.....otherwise they will be buried and out of sight almost immediately.
We simply cannot have it both ways - we can't have a pristine quality pool AND photos constantly gushing into the pool in real time with the photos getting their due time in the spotlight.
There are almost 85,000 photos in the pool right now......why not use the group search function and pick out some outstanding shots that you think ought to get a look and post here:
www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/discuss/7215...
Or create a gallery of photos from the pool and share with the group? I'll make a thread for that.
mynature.therapy: You don't have any photos in the pool:
www.flickr.com/groups/minimally_less_is_more/pool/1884482...
So maybe you have 1 in the queue - can you post a link here to which photo you submitted?
Ka Keung Lau:Mr LoPrinzi doesn’t think this is a problem.
Mr. Lau,
Do you have a specific problem I can help you with, or are you here to just complain? May I suggest taking some time to enjoy the nearly 85,000 photos in the pool that your fellow group members have posted, including the hundreds that were added today while you wait "patiently" for yours to make it through the system? Just a suggestion.
Mr. LoPrinzi
*edited to add:
I see you just said you don't have any in the queue. Can you post a link to a photo you are trying to add but get an error?
flexible fotography:Mr. LoPrinzi, if you post "hundreds" at a time each image is effectively already lost in the crowd. would make more sense to me to curate and post fewer images more often than you now do. you could ask for folks to help moderate if you need the help. but the way things are now is really not very good.
Allowing a couple hundred photos into the pool at once is NOT lost in the crowd unless a given member isn't even willing to take the 5 minutes needed to actually see that quantity.
flexible fotography:my suggestion for you is to not bitch at your members who are complaining about the mismanagement of YOUR group. not cool, sir.
There is no mismanagement here....only what is apparently a management style you disagree with. Big difference. Good day, Mr. Flexible Fotography.
tonytracey:I just tried again and got this message. "We can't add that to the group because it's either already in the group, is in too many groups, or doesn't follow the rules of this group."
The photo is not in any other groups and when I drop down the contributor tab I am seeing I have no image posted. Not a criticism, a fact.
Hi Tony - can you post the link to the photo you tried to submit when you got the error? Then I can look into it.
tonytracey:It was in the queue, looks like you added it about 1 day ago. I'm sure what happened is, you added it the first time, and then you tried to add it again and that's when you got the error that it was already in the group, which it technically was since it was in the queue awaiting approval.....but it wouldn't show up in the "contributor's" list yet until it's actually accepted.
Another way to check status of your photo submission in a group is to look at your individual photo page, lower right where it says "This photo is in X groups." I THINK if you have submitted a photo to a queue but it hasn't been accepted yet, it will say "pending," but I'm not 100% sure. If someone who has a photo in the queue right now can confirm that this is correct, that'd be great.