decided to revive this oldie not because i want to complain again but because i made a small discovery based on a suspicion.  after this original thread and with mat's help the ducks i was waiting 5 months to be reviewed were reviewed and approved (probably, i didn't even care anymore but they are no longer in "in review").  at almost exactly the same time i also uploaded some images of a bridge.  these images are currently waiting to be reviewed for 10 months.  they were uploaded, tagged and submitted 10 months ago.  i have about 100 files that are stuck on 3+ months along with them.  they are not amazing images but a smaller, less famous bridge that isn't well covered in the agencies.  images like this don't sell a lot but do get a few sales here and there.  in fact these images have sold on other agencies already in the last 10 months since no agency lets images sit that long without review and the other agencies accepted them no problem.  about 3 or 4 months ago i uploaded the same images again with the same metadata.  they are also stuck.  a few weeks ago i uploaded them again, a 3rd time but wrote the minimum number of words in the metadata fields.  they have been reviewed and approved.  my suspicion was metadata caused some of these files to get flagged and put in the "we'll get to it in 10 years" pile.  in this particular case i used specific name places (like the name of the county, etc) that this bridge is located in.  if you have images stuck forever try re uploading with minimal metadata and fill it all in once they get reviewed.  as for the original images... it seems i will soon find out what comes after "1 year ago."