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Agency Based Discussion => Shutterstock.com => Topic started by: PZF on April 07, 2020, 08:10

Title: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: PZF on April 07, 2020, 08:10
So many lately. Maybe their AI (Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Idiot) review system flags this up every time it meets a word it doesn't recognize eg a place or town name.
I'd be even more irritated if they were still selling as well as before. Now I tend to just sigh and move on....
But crazy.
PS If they don't reject for Title they reject for Editorial. A picture of a road bridge for heavens sake.....
Beyond the pale......
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: jackboy on April 07, 2020, 08:12
Same thing for me today
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: k_t_g on April 08, 2020, 17:20
Try again but after Easter or a month later. Too many have this virus scare and Easter celebrations on their minds right now. ☹️
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: SuperPhoto on April 11, 2020, 23:28
So many lately. Maybe their AI (Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Idiot) review system flags this up every time it meets a word it doesn't recognize eg a place or town name.
I'd be even more irritated if they were still selling as well as before. Now I tend to just sigh and move on....
But crazy.
PS If they don't reject for Title they reject for Editorial. A picture of a road bridge for heavens sake.....
Beyond the pale......

quite possibly it wasn't in 'east indian' english. much different then british, american, canadian or australian english.

you need to write it in proper east indian english, something like:

"super vech much gooder phto of toiwn in place somewhere, thankyou come again".

then that should help get you approved.
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: marthamarks on April 12, 2020, 20:55
So many lately. Maybe their AI (Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Idiot) review system flags this up every time it meets a word it doesn't recognize eg a place or town name.
I'd be even more irritated if they were still selling as well as before. Now I tend to just sigh and move on....
But crazy.
PS If they don't reject for Title they reject for Editorial. A picture of a road bridge for heavens sake.....
Beyond the pale......

quite possibly it wasn't in 'east indian' english. much different then british, american, canadian or australian english.

you need to write it in proper east indian english, something like:

"super vech much gooder phto of toiwn in place somewhere, thankyou come again".

then that should help get you approved.

Thanks for the good laugh! I'm sure we all appreciate it these days.  :-[
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: SuperPhoto on April 12, 2020, 22:48
So many lately. Maybe their AI (Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Idiot) review system flags this up every time it meets a word it doesn't recognize eg a place or town name.
I'd be even more irritated if they were still selling as well as before. Now I tend to just sigh and move on....
But crazy.
PS If they don't reject for Title they reject for Editorial. A picture of a road bridge for heavens sake.....
Beyond the pale......

quite possibly it wasn't in 'east indian' english. much different then british, american, canadian or australian english.

you need to write it in proper east indian english, something like:

"super vech much gooder phto of toiwn in place somewhere, thankyou come again".

then that should help get you approved.

Thanks for the good laugh! I'm sure we all appreciate it these days.  :-[

lol yeah... funny thing is - after I wrote it - I started thinking hmm... WHAT if... that ACTUALLY WAS TRUE??!?

For example, take rejected titles like:
"Two Olympic Figure Skaters performing dance routine on ice" [SHUTTERSTOCK: REJECTED! TITLE NOT IN ENGLISH!]
And replace it with:
"2 girlee girls doing dancee thing like swirlee swirls" [SHUTTERSTOCK: APPROVED!]

Or...
"Happy family with husband, wife and son having a picnic in the park" [SHUTTERSTOCK: REJECTED! TITLE NOT IN ENGLISH!"]
With:
"Happiest Manly Boy Man in Woman In Parking In Eating Time" [SHUTTERSTOCK: BEAUTIFUL! APPROVED!]

Or...
"Government Employees Enforcing Quarantine Orders in City District" [SHUTTERSTOCK! REJECTED! NOT SUITABLE FOR EDITORIAL FOOTAGE]
With:
"Buildings very missing with no peopls with very much not so official official" [SHUTTERSTOCK! OMFG! ACES! TOP OF THE SEARCH RESULTS FOR EDITORIAL FOOTAGE!]

Whats something YOU can come up with? :)
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: rushay on April 13, 2020, 04:17
Just had a bunch of images declined for wrong location and incorrect english titles that's written in english.
Title: Re: Rejection for titles not being in English.....when they are!
Post by: Uncle Pete on April 13, 2020, 11:59
Just had a bunch of images declined for wrong location and incorrect english titles that's written in english.

I haven't had the not English rejection, and unless that has changed, isn't there more to that rejection?

Title must be descriptive and relevant to the subject matter and must be in English. Titles cannot contain special characters, spelling/grammar errors, or repeat words/phrases in excess

Or have they changed it again? If the above is the actual rejection, there are more possible reasons than just being in English? I have had one rejected, and after I looked, it was just a bunch of words, no subject and sentence. I changed it and the image passed. Verbs and adjectives, with some punctuation helps.

As for location, I've considered putting one in and decided against that.  :) I saw where someone else had the SS software add the location from the Description and it was rejected for wrong location. Why should I bother if they are going to be insane and unreliable about location rejections? Maybe in a year when they have it fixed?