As I was perusing "old 'new images," an idea came to me. Currently members rate images in the voting both and also have the opportunity to rate them selectively on the image pages. Yet, from what I've gleaned from discussions to date, neither the c-index or selective votes determine whether images are placed in the main "permanent" galleries. As we've all seen, some images with relatively low c-indexes have made the transition, while some images with relatively high c-indexes have not.

We've been told that, ultimately, it's the call of the fine moderators here to determine which images are placed in the main galleries and which are archived. I can see the reason for this, but wonder if members might have a bit more of a voice in this regard by actually NOMINATING images for placement in the main galleries. It could involve a simple checkbox on each image page that members click if they believe the image is worthy of such a distinction. Such nominations would not guarantee placement in the main galleries, but moderators might refer to the number of nominations images receive as one consideration in their evaluation process.

Just a suggestion....<G> Wen