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|Please spend some more time refining the writing in your upload. It can be hard to quantify what makes good writing, but it's also quite clear when writing isn't up to standard. Work on making your writing flow easily, make sense, and have good enough, and enough, content to catch and hold the reader's interest. Please also doublecheck your spelling and grammar - not only to make sure that it's technically correct, but to ensure that your writing is easy to read.
 
|Please spend some more time refining the writing in your upload. It can be hard to quantify what makes good writing, but it's also quite clear when writing isn't up to standard. Work on making your writing flow easily, make sense, and have good enough, and enough, content to catch and hold the reader's interest. Please also doublecheck your spelling and grammar - not only to make sure that it's technically correct, but to ensure that your writing is easy to read.
  
You may find some useful tips for improving your writing in How to write a good story (http://www.modthesims.info/article.php?p=2429990). Some aspects, such as the tips on picture taking, don't apply; but there is plenty of information that does.
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You may find some useful tips for improving your writing in [http://www.modthesims.info/article.php?p=2429990 How to write a good story]. Some aspects, such as the tips on picture taking, don't apply; but there is plenty of information that does.
  
 
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|DO NOT mark everything as made by you just to speed up the process! If you do this and you did not make the content this is grounds for instant rejection.
 
|DO NOT mark everything as made by you just to speed up the process! If you do this and you did not make the content this is grounds for instant rejection.
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All links entered into the Custom Content screen on the Upload Wizard should be accurate links which lead to the proper site, creator, or upload thread. "Unknown" or gibberish entered into these boxes is not sufficient.
 
All links entered into the Custom Content screen on the Upload Wizard should be accurate links which lead to the proper site, creator, or upload thread. "Unknown" or gibberish entered into these boxes is not sufficient.
  
See our Upload Wizard FAQ (http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=222665)if you need more guidance.
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See our [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=222665 Upload Wizard FAQ]if you need more guidance.
 
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|Please take the time to review the MTS Creator Guidelines.
 
|Please take the time to review the MTS Creator Guidelines.
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If this is your first time uploading, do not take this as an offense. The guidelines are there to show you how to upload correctly to MTS.
 
If this is your first time uploading, do not take this as an offense. The guidelines are there to show you how to upload correctly to MTS.
  
If you have questions or need clarification regarding the Creator Guidelines, please post in our Creator Issues Forum (http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=492) before reuploading.
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If you have questions or need clarification regarding the Creator Guidelines, please post in our [http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=492 Creator Issues Forum] before reuploading.
 
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For TS2: To remove content from a sims2pack, you use Clean Installer to open the sims2pack file you want to "clean." Uncheck the items you want to remove from the file, and then save it with a -new- filename (do not overwrite the original as there is a bug with that). Link to the items that you removed and make sure you note prominently that they are essential but not included. If downloaders go and get the removed file(s) and also install your sims2pack, your creation will show up with that removed content when they go to use your creation in the game.
 
For TS2: To remove content from a sims2pack, you use Clean Installer to open the sims2pack file you want to "clean." Uncheck the items you want to remove from the file, and then save it with a -new- filename (do not overwrite the original as there is a bug with that). Link to the items that you removed and make sure you note prominently that they are essential but not included. If downloaders go and get the removed file(s) and also install your sims2pack, your creation will show up with that removed content when they go to use your creation in the game.
  
For TS3: You can use CUSTARD to check a sims3pack to see what custom content has been included and remove content that you do not want/can't include. Store content CANNOT be included, but MUST BE linked/credited. If you would like to upload a lot with no Custom Content see this wiki page: MTS2:Creator_Guidelines/Sims_3_Lots_and_Houses#Packaging_Lots_with_no_custom_contentwiki
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For TS3: You can use CUSTARD to check a sims3pack to see what custom content has been included and remove content that you do not want/can't include. Store content CANNOT be included, but MUST BE linked/credited. If you would like to upload a lot with no Custom Content see this wiki page: [MTS2:Creator_Guidelines/Sims_3_Lots_and_Houses#Packaging_Lots_with_no_custom_contentwiki]
 
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Revision as of 00:00, 16 August 2011

A handy little page under construction by moderators. This will help in understanding what moderators are looking for, what changes required (CR) messages you might get, and what the reasoning behind rejections are.

Do NOT edit if you are not a staff member. Thank you :D

NOTE: ** denotes links need to be properly formatted still.

Contents


Introduction

Nearly everyone has had an upload marked with "changes required" or has been rejected at one point or another. Most of the time, these reasons are due to people not being careful with information in their posts. However, uploaders are often surprised when they get, what appears to be, an automated message tagged onto their submitted upload. This page is made specifically to tell you all of the things we look for while moderating. Think of it like the creator guidelines, but from the moderators viewpoint. Now that you can see all of these reasons for rejecting, we hope that there will be a lot less confusion on your end when we say "You need more info in your post" or "This needs a bit more work."

Before Reading this Article

This article is created as a complimentary part to the "Creator Guidelines." The information in here will be next to useless if you have not read the rules first. So, to fully understand what these boxes really mean, make sure you read the Creator Guidelines for the section you plan on uploading to.



General Reasons

This section contains information that apply to any upload in any area of the moderation queue.

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