Whats the sourcing approach for exclusive upscaled edits of anonymous works?

billybob166

The context would be basically this.
An anonymous editor from another website makes an edit and uploads it on that website.
Another user sees that edit, makes an upscaled version of it and uploads exclusively on derpibooru.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the upscaled edit is also tagged as an anonymous edit, so there isnt a specific editor taking credit for the work.

In this case, would it still be recommended to add in the source of the downscaled version in source field ?
Im asking that because technically it wouldnt be a backup source since that link would only lead to the downscaled image.
But leaving that field empty would give the false impression that the edit itself originally showed up derpibooru.

Posted 9 months ago Report
Edited 9 months ago because: Forgot an important detail

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Background Pony #8C81

Mere upscales of other peoples’ art is not accepted on Derpibooru. Report them for Rule #6

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billybob166

@Background Pony #8C81
Are you talking about this section of it ?
>Do not upscale or otherwise manipulate images to artificially create a “better” image for duplicate merging.

In the case Im talking about, only the upscaled version of the edit was uploaded on derpibooru, so there wouldnt be any duplicates to merge with.
Although that begs a new question, does the tag “derpibooru exclusive” apply to this ?

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Ciaran

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@siggy164
First, please read the rules for this forum:

@Blossomforth

This board is for sharing resources for uploading images. It is not for questions/issues about uploading. If you have questions along the lines of:

-> Why was my upload deleted?
-> I’m having difficulty uploading an image
-> Can I replace an image I uploaded?

Those questions should be asked in the Site and Policy forum, not here.

But, since we’re here …

Another user sees that edit, makes an upscaled version of it and uploads exclusively on derpibooru.

Please report the image. The copyright and the original artist has a lot to say about what happens next.

In this case, would it still be recommended to add in the source of the downscaled version in source field ?

Yes, please.

Are you talking about this section of it ?

No, they’re referring to Rule #1:

Do not upload edits without either permission or a reasonable expectation the artist is okay with them; by default, before considering their past art/behavior/statements/etc., it’s expected artists aren’t okay with:
- Use of AI to alter the image (changing elements, “finishing” sketches, decensoring, or upscaling)

But, some artists are absolutely ok with these kinds of edits.

So, again - it all depends on the original artist, and what the original image was. For example, if it is PayWalled, that is also a Rule #1.

Moving thread to Site & Policy since that is the correct forum for these kinds of questions.

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Background Pony #8C81

@siggy164, @Ciaran
Well, I was referring to the section of Rule #6 siggy164 quoted, yes. In this specific case, both the Rule #6 “don’t upscale for the sake of upscaling” and the Rule #1 “don’t use AI upscalers on other peoples’ work” apply.

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