October 2008 Desktops

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Brodel

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I really think there should be a policy where if you don't post details your post gets removed. The amount of times people ask the same person for a wallpaper or theme etc and they never reply distracts from the topic. It's also frustrating going through the entire post to see if they have ever replied and getting to the end and finding that they haven't.

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I really think there should be a policy where if you don't post details your post gets removed. The amount of times people ask the same person for a wallpaper or theme etc and they never reply distracts from the topic. It's also frustrating going through the entire post to see if they have ever replied and getting to the end and finding that they haven't.

So true man, i stressed that last month or something and no body cared, not even the mods!!

?nd that:))

really nice wall:DD

same here:))

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How do you guys get a preview of only your wallpaper?

We are just uploading our wallpapers for others to use.. It isn't just a preview of our wallpapers. Unless you mean something else like the very small preview pics, and if so most of those are done using photoshop, or psp, or another program like that.

There used to be a ss program that did the minimal preview like those, but I can not for the life of me remember the name of it.

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I really think there should be a policy where if you don't post details your post gets removed. The amount of times people ask the same person for a wallpaper or theme etc and they never reply distracts from the topic. It's also frustrating going through the entire post to see if they have ever replied and getting to the end and finding that they haven't.

What if people forgot where they got their wall/mods? They shouldn't post then?

It might be better to PM a person because they might not see your reply, its not like there is a popup that says "someone has replied to your post"

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Brodel

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What if people forgot where they got their wall/mods? They shouldn't post then?

It might be better to PM a person because they might not see your reply, its not like there is a popup that says "someone has replied to your post"

Not necessarily, if you don't know it just say Wall: Unknown or be willing to upload the picture or something.

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I really think there should be a policy where if you don't post details your post gets removed. The amount of times people ask the same person for a wallpaper or theme etc and they never reply distracts from the topic. It's also frustrating going through the entire post to see if they have ever replied and getting to the end and finding that they haven't.

Yeah, you've got a very good point here, and I'll do this in the future. I've just been too lazy not to do it because no one else does.

I should also say that with my desktop, although I didn't reply in the thread, I contacted the person who requested the wallpaper via PM.

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Yeah, you've got a very good point here, and I'll do this in the future. I've just been too lazy not to do it because no one else does.

I should also say that with my desktop, although I didn't reply in the thread, I contacted the person who requested the wallpaper via PM.

No problem, I've done the same too and it's not directed at anyone in particular. It's just something that bugs me when I'm after something I've seen on someone's desktop or if the thread is broken up by a lot of people asking for the same thing or quoting giant pics.

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