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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: ShadySue on January 31, 2013, 10:59
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I was checking some keywords on my own files and found one of my tight animal portraits (cropped right into the face) with the word 'rear end'.
Thinking I must have had a blonde moment when uploading, I went in to correct it and found
(http://www.lizworld.com/Eyes.jpg)
So at least it wasn't my fault.
How on earth does this happen?
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It gets better:
(http://www.lizworld.com/Eyes2.jpg)
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Oh man. If the CV database is damaged, all bets are off.
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It's been like that for a while, it's no more damaged than usual. I just shrug when I see stuff like that and move on (though I admit I did a double-take first time I saw that particular one.
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I have blonde moments all the time, but even on my worst days, I can tell arses from eyes :)
The CV can't keep up with changes fast enough, can't be a comprehensive catalog of everything and everyone on the planet, and its complexity has apparently outstripped the ability of the geniuses maintaining it
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It gets better:
([url]http://www.lizworld.com/Eyes2.jpg[/url])
Just goes to show you, sometimes you gotta have eyes in the back of your head, or in iStock's case, up your A55! ;D
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I find it annoying when I leave a keyword with no box ticked because they don't have the meaning I was after in the database, then I get a keyword rejection based on one of the meanings--- I didn't even tick!
Don't know if it's a bug ticking irrelevant boxes when you leave it blank or what
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Oddly, when I search on gorilla eye, it actually works, even though the keyword on earch of the files I checked seem to be mapped to 'rear'.
Anyway, I chose 'human eye' - what's a girl to do?
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Istock has a keywording forum, I'm sure they would fix that within a day or two if you post your concerns there or send a sitemail to the admin in charge of keywording.
I'm banned from the forum and from SM there.
In former times I was very active on the keywords forum (that's not why I was banned!)
Don't suggest CR - I asked them to pass on another couple of bizarre mappings to Duck on 31st Dec and it's still in my open tickets list.
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Like the guy with a vision impairment trying ti hide it:
"See that cat coming into the room, it has only one eye"
"Errr, the cat is leaving the room"
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Sue, I think that your ban is IS' loss and not yours. The amount of research you do, and valuable information you bring forward is remarkable, and it would help IS a great deal. Its their loss.
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:-[ :)