What's the problem then? I haven't been spamming, ignored or breaking rules (apart from calling Big Pawn by his nickname, lol) and I'm not trying to hide who I am. So please be so kind as to say here what's wrong with the username?

<Daniel> good heavens I did a double take, having read the last few posts in this thread earlier today.

One I submitted twice, and even wrote emails (and reminders) to <CG>, in addition to the blog posts written to keep track of submissions.

And yet it's still not been utilized by <CG>:

Ellen E Strong Gilbert (kibitz #12)

I know the illustration isn't the best, in one sense, yet it's the best batgirl herself could find - so it just might be the (worldclass) best.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

She was the "Queen of Chess", once.

<zanzibar> Like PGN submissions, photo submissions are halfway on hold for the time being as we make a more robust way to insert new photos. Frankly I want to convert all of the photos into a format such as

<pid>-<version>-<size>.[jpg|gif|png]

and stop using stupid file names like magnuscarlsen.jpg

That functionality will probably arise with the new system where photos can be directly uploaded, perhaps with some sort of vetting process, which could even take place automatically. (E.g. the server would reject a graphic that's 100 pixel wide.)

Is this remark directed towards me?!

I think you're confused, I've never sent you a photo with the name "magnuscarlsen.jpg".

But even if I did - what is the problem with the filename, if the needed information is otherwise included?

I sent you Gilbert's photo back on Aug 8, 2015 - that's about 2 years ago.

The Subject was

<Z-photo -- Ellen E. Strong Gilbert>

the message had her photo embedded (I believe at your request - vs. as an attachment) plus this text:

<Sci. Am. Suppl v4 (Sept 1, 1877) p1390>

Back then I remember you explicitly told me that just the name was good enough.

If you do split off the embedded image, it shows up with this name:

<Mrs. John W. Gilbert - Sci Am Suppl v4 (Sept 1%2c 1877) p1390.png>

OK, the filename might be a little confusing - she was a married women, but it isn't such a stretch to figure out Mrs. John W. Gilbert is really Ellen E. Strong Gilbert.

Especially if one looks at the subject heading.

Given a period of many months without action, and a reminder email I can't locate at the moment, I was prompted to make a blog post with all of my photo submissions:

https://zanchess.wordpress.com/2016...

Mrs. Gilbert's picture shows up about 1/2-way down, as does an explicit link to her <CG> player page.

I tracked the dates on the blog as well:

<submitted 2015-08-08>

The blog post was made on

<March 25, 2016>, about 7-months after Gilbert's submission.

I would say I've had the patience of Job, in this matter.

And I think <CG> owes someone apology - or maybe several apologies, i.e. to players like Junge and Gilbert, for the neglect.

Needless to say, it's far more work than necessary from the submitter's pov. And as a result <CG> has missed out on many, many historical figures getting their due.

<First, about uploaded photos, you are right that the process needs to improve.>

chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #25610)

Especially when, as I noticed, many much more minor chess players got their photographs displayed during the interim. (And perhaps even too prominently, e.g. over-sized photographs.)

Oh, and should I also mention that I've been fairly available over the interim period should any question have arisen needing clarification?

First let me say that it's a fine illustration and we're not denying you for quality reasons.

The situation is that many users, yourself included, have inundated my mailbox with hundreds of perfectly plausible photos. A few might be copyright issues (although I think fair use applies in our case) — but moreover, most, like yours, are before 1923 and therefore public domain.

So to process one graphic, I have to take the graphic, usually bring it into Photoshop to fix minor issues and/or rescale it, save it *very* carefully with the exact name of the player as it appears in CG, and upload it. And move it to the right directory. And make a little text file for it, sometimes. And test it. In the worst case it can take a good 15 minutes.

This situation is untenable. Therefore, I have a plan to first rename every single graphic into a format that contains the PID of the player instead of their spelled out name. Ideally, I want to make it possible for multiple photos to exist for the same player. But moreover, I want to allow users to upload their own graphics, perhaps with a vetting process.

So in the meantime the 500+ photos are being not ignored, but placed on hold. If you are really keen on getting this specific one online ASAP I'll do it for you as a courtesy.

I almost forgot to mention, perhaps you did not know this but on your Preferences Page there is an option (that only appears for premium members) that reads <Do not display sidebar advertisements.>

If CG was the only site you ever visit, I'd suggest using that instead of Adblock, since Adblockers can occasionally break or hide legitimate content. But I imagine you visit other sites and you'll enjoy the ad-free experience in those places as well.

Anyways. I want to use my new username and so far this is what's happened..

Created username and tried to post on a chess game with my first post. Couldn't because I was on people's ignorance lists which is 100% BS because no one knew who I was, I'd just created the username and it's impossible.

Tried again and it said I was flooding the forum.... That was on my 4th post.

Left it a while, filled out my bio and I couldn't post because it says I'm on ignore lists.

Kept trying. Same thing.

Posted in forums with no problem.

Last night it said I was flooding the forum AND on too many ignore lists!?

best, morf