Ask the mods anything

@ArmadilloEater  
>:>

I just wanted to ask how I achieved these bans. I did not post anything, did not comment. I suppose this is some kind of mistake or error, because the ban for “1000 years” sometimes ends and after it begins the next. How can this be caused, and what can I do to continue using the site without restrictions?  

@Octavia_synch  
Hi, that right there is an IP ban. I’m guessing you’re using a VPN, and someone used that IP to evade a ban, making it unavailable. If this happens your best bet is contacting staff through our IRC chat, or via our discord channel.

@ArmadilloEater  
Yes, I’m living in a country where access to this site is prohibited.  
My ban id is usually the same, the second one. Can I count on the unban for this id? This would completely solve the problem

@Octavia_synch  
I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen to you again, don’t worry.

@ArmadilloEater  
Thank you very much.

How do we get the new “Notoriously Divine Tagger” (Moondancer) badge? I am guessing from what I read on the badge thread that it is given to people who tag and source images well when they upload them.

@Starry Mind  
The mouseover description for it is as follows:  

@SuperSupermario24  
I can’t hover a cursor over text because I almost always use a phone. Thank you for helping me.
 
I guess that I will never get this badge, as I don’t upload a lot.

@Starry Mind  
You can still access the cursor by tapping the badges and holding for a minute.

@Zaknel  
I actually didn’t know that, but I tested it, and it worked. I normally get a link instead of mouseover text, and I never realized otherwise.

Who’s on first?

@TheMultiBrony21  
Correct

@Joey  
(You got the reference!)

There were 3 uploads of a certain webm and this one >>1844447 (merged) lags at the first second. Why does this one stay and not the one uploaded by the Background Pony?

@some-guy
 
I accidentally merged the wrong way.

@Mildgyth  
Ah, okay.

Is there a tag for gender swapping?
 
The tag “rule 63” is not for gender swapping, as it is for gender swapped characters. Also, “transgender transformation” is for “transformations of both species and gender”.
 
Is there a tag for the actual act of gender swapping, without species swapping?

Could you guys really merge image >>1845742 (merged) into >>1827580? The former really IS a dupe, I checked it in an image editor. It has been mirrored, JPEGged and then PNG’d again and downscaled, and it also lost its transparent background in the process.
 
I’m doing it this way, because you can’t report an already reported and rejected image.

Never mind.

Yes I’m trying to post commission info but I have no clue how to put in my prices. Please help. Thank you.

@Hickory_Switch
 
For the price range to work, you have to add items to the commission listing. for example, put in a image as a example and a base price and the range will show up in the listings.

I take it this site isn’t doing an 8th year anniversary art event like last year?
 
 
Or an event for 35th anniversary for MLP as a whole?

@ArmadilloEater  
Speaking of bans, I’ve been curious as to whether or not mine can be revoked!  
Considering that I have apologized for previous actions and even apologized towards the victim, and we’ve been on cool terms ever since - even though I haven’t spoken to him in weeks!  
I’d also like to point out that I have felt foolish for the first two; but apparently one of the mods decided to re-post the image I made anyway - I’m not sure out of spite or just because of that letter I made months ago.  
I’d also like a name change, as I’m not comfortable with the one I have atm - as it was more of a name to view how others see me.
 
 
^{%Like seriously, what do you all want from me?! I’ve been holding this guilt for MONTHS!%}

@Pencilfag  
There’s nothing to revoke - your ban has already expired.
 
Your past ban history is private and no one besides you and staff can see it (unless you take a screenshot of it and share it with others, as you have), and as it is historical information we don’t delete it.
 

 
You posted that image, not a moderator. You asked us to delete it but we decided not to.
 
We don’t often “out” people for sockpuppeting as you were doing, but when we ask someone to stop, as we asked you do to, and they keep doing it, as you did, then - yes, we do sometimes out people for sockpuppeting.
 

 
If you open your Account settings (under your Profile icon in the upper right corner) you can change your user name once every 90 days.
 

 
We want you to not send people death threats any more, and we want you to not sockpuppet, and we want you to follow our rules.
 
Thank you for doing those things, in general, but we see that you are still sending antagonistic PMs to people even as recently as a month ago, so … there’s still some room for improvement.