"Free Study VIII" Results Recalculated

07/10/2005 07:31:17 AM · #1

Please note the results of "Free Study VIII" (Challenge 322) have been recalculated due to a disqualification. The entry previously ranked in 278th place was entered in two challenges and was disqualified from this challenge (the one in which it was entered second).

Kavey

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

07/10/2005 07:34:00 AM · #2

I'm surprised it wasn't DQd from both...

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/10/2005 07:43:15 AM · #3

Originally posted by Kavey:

I'm surprised it wasn't DQd from both...

For past violations of this rule, we have disqualified only the later entry, so that's what we did in this case.

-Terry

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

07/10/2005 07:45:02 AM · #4

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Originally posted by Kavey:
I'm surprised it wasn't DQd from both...

For past violations of this rule, we have disqualified only the later entry, so that's what we did in this case.

-Terry

does that mean present and future violations will result in multiple dq's?

07/10/2005 07:48:47 AM · #5

Originally posted by skiprow:

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Originally posted by Kavey:
I'm surprised it wasn't DQd from both...

For past violations of this rule, we have disqualified only the later entry, so that's what we did in this case.

-Terry

does that mean present and future violations will result in multiple dq's?

No -- or at least there is no discussion of whether to change our enforcement policy on this. If a user violated this rule repeatedly we may handle it differently in that case.

Violations of this rule are very rare, and in almost all cases result from a user not seeing this particular line in the Challenge Rules. In my opinion, at least, two disqualifications for what is almost certainly an honest mistake seems excessive.

-Terry

Kavey

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

07/10/2005 07:51:20 AM · #6

MOST DQs result from an honest mistake and an honest misinterpretation of the rules/ oversight of some aspect of the rules, or so it seems to me.

I'm curious why this case should be any different?

blemt

Nikon D70

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon

07/10/2005 07:58:46 AM · #7

Originally posted by Kavey:

I'm curious why this case should be any different?

Because this mistake would result in an automatic suspension for users making that mistake. That seems pretty extreme.

We DQ the second of the two entries when we find this type of issue. In this case, Free Study was the second submission based on image ID. Contrary to popular opinion, we don't actually like DQing and suspending people. So we try to err on the side of caution and moderation. :)

Clara

07/10/2005 08:12:25 AM · #8

Originally posted by Kavey:

MOST DQs result from an honest mistake and an honest misinterpretation of the rules/ oversight of some aspect of the rules, or so it seems to me.

I'm curious why this case should be any different?

It's not any different. Most Challenge Rule violations result in one disqualification, not two, for a single violation.

Look at this another way:

At the time the first photograph was entered, no violation had taken place. The entry of the second photograph created the violation, and that second photograph was removed to resolve the violation.

-Terry

Kavey