Thanks .. glad that is the case!

I just edited her profile and it no longer shows her as being nominated for pet spotlight..

But technically this is still being moved out of the winner's queue... and given how long it takes for staff to even look at any of the queues, it sucks to think your pet may have to be moved from anywhere but the winner's queue just because of minor adjustments (which may not even be your fault). This is why we need to know which queue we are in. If my pets have not been looked at yet, then yeah, I don't mind making small adjustments. But once you are in the winner's queue... I have waited 1.5 years. I don't want to have to wait EVEN LONGER to have my pet moved to another queue, looked at again, and then moved back into the winning queue AGAIN where they will likely continue to sit in limbo. If the process was faster all around, fine. But since it isn't... this doesn't really help at all.

So you'd rather leave a bunch of errors? I understand that you don't want to be put into another queue but people already get mad if they feel that a pet isn't "worthy" in their eyes...how are people going to react when a spotlight winner has a bunch of errors? Besides, the review queue as I understand it is much smaller and easier to get through.

I am asking about this. That should not have happened!

Honestly, yes, I would rather have the errors in there then have the nomination/queue process be extended further.

1. The errors were on Subeta's end, and no one should be punished for them.
2. Most people understand that the errors were caused by Subeta (and the drama is another issue entirely). Other pets have won with those same errors. Though, after this long, many people probably figure that pets who were affected wouldn't still be in the queue, which is sadly still the case.
3. Most of us are uncertain that any of the queues are checked regularly. It doesn't matter how small it is if it is never looked at. If I had more confidence that the re-review queue was looked at often, then I wouldn't mind making the adjustments. But even then, if my pets are returned to the winner's queue, how much longer will I have to wait? If they are removed and returned, it just adds time.
4. As [] just had a nomination error occur from trying to do this, I am even more reluctant. I tried to re-nominate the pet, but I got the error for "being nominated in the past 7 days." :C The pet is lovely, and definitely deserves to win!

I am not against a re-review queue for cases like this. I am just going to wait until I can be sure that making those adjustments won't make things even worse.

.. I still wonder about the treasure change then off the nomination spotlight, could you double check on that also when you ask about please?

Subeta Users: point out mayor issues with the waiting time and the judging/nomination/winning process, gives bunch of suggestions and amazing ideas how to solve Staff: adds more waiting time by adding another loop to the process, solves nothing

I don't know if I should laugh or cry, in fact I am just disappointed. This is how the staff deals with the concerns of the users? Just picking a tiny little minor issue, skipping the main issue, once again? And yes, I also would rather leave the errors than waiting again 19 months for my very first, possible spotlight win!!!!!

((PS: I'm writing with my mobile, so I give out an Autocorrect.warning)

What actions will be taken? my pet is sitting in the queue since 19 months. The current system doesn't work at all.

That sounds like it should be great - as long as the denying pets isn't stopped for too long (especially as there's a chance our pets that've been in the queue for months / over a year are still in the first queue)! Personally I'm not fussed about the notification (I check my nominated pets daily :P), but the denial reasons will be really helpful! :D

thanks - that'd definitely be helpful for the queue to be cleared out (once those tags are in place).... if my pets end up being cleared from the queue, it'll be a spur to get on and change their profiles about again laughs :D

We already had a player say in this thread that it took you guys over a year to reject her pet. And that's when staff was actually denying pets. How long is it going to take now?!?

So my pet was sitting in the queue for 18 months and hadn't been reviewed? It hadn't been rejected yet because it was still nominated. Also, the quote is part of the people coding. It's a premade profile that I've seen pet spotlight winners use before. If that's what I need to remove then so be it but I am unbelievably frustrated right now. I didn't edit the treasure either and the pet was nominated 18 months ago so I'm confused as to why got that error (thank you so much for saying that about Emela though ;o; )

I understand the frustration everyone is feeling. But the staff DOES care about our concerns and, frankly, berrating staff and saying they dont get things done is NOT the way to convince them to make changes, especially to work quickly on changes.

There is a lot of behind the scenes stuff that goes on that people dont realize. Rah mentioned this. Subeta is doing their best, they care about the users, lets try to be understanding of their limited staff and resources.

, thanks for your information and I am glad the staff is actively working on this now.

Your TC items are not something you code in, just the box that they are in. That is why I said it does not reset your nomination.

Ahhhh.. OK, thanks for the explanation ! In the mean time I have worked on the original background picture some, checked the storyline etc. and can only hope it will be fine this time.. other then that I await the rules. :)

This...I'm so tired of pets been in the queue for a good year or so and I'm assuming they've already been looked at and then suddenly they are booted. It's happened so many times. And it's very frustrating. At least KNOWING that they haven't been looked at yet will alleviate some of that frustration.

Your frustration is totally understandable, and most of us here feel very similarly. :(

So let me get this straight. Pets that have been nominated since March 2015 (well over a year) have yet to even be reviewed? And now they are not being denied, so we literally have zero idea what is going on? I have two pets from March 2015 as well that have just been sitting in limbo. I want to fix the coding errors, but held off. At seeing 's post, I was considering fixing the errors... but now... There are three possibilities.

1. The pets have been reviewed and are sitting in the winner's queue - I can fix the errors and they are just sent for re-review. If this is the case, then I just have bad luck with the random winner picker to have not won yet.
2. The pets have been reviewed and are now marked for denial, but since denials aren't happening now, I have no idea - If I fix the errors, they are kicked from the spotlight for 7 days before they can even be re-nominated. Not good.
3. The pets have not been reviewed at all - If I fix the errors, they are kicked from the spotlight for 7 days before they can even be re-nominated. This is disgustingly unacceptable.

Why are pets that have been in the queue so long not even being looked at? Most people assume that if the pet hasn't been kicked out after a while, they are just sitting in the winner's queue. I understand that the "not telling people they are accepted" idea was to make it a "fun surprise" when people win, but at this point, the pet spotlight is less about having fun and working hard on your pet, and more about luck. Did you get lucky for your pet to be reviewed quickly? Did you get lucky that they liked your pet? Did you get lucky that the random picker chose your pet? I really hate that I have to sit here and think over the pros/cons of making minor coding edits to my pets because of all this. I feel like I am gambling and need to know the odds before placing my bet.

This board was started because of long wait times as well as the fact that newer nominated pets were winning before older nominations. Maybe the bias here isn't just with the random picker, but with the queue itself. - Does the queue show you oldest to newest? Because I really can't understand why older pets haven't even been looked at otherwise (aside from fanpet issues which were mentioned on another board). I mean, I understand that this website has a small staff and that there is no one dedicated to the spotlight. But over a year for a pet to even be looked at is just not good. Even having pulled a bunch of people on staff together to get through the queue, it seems super odd to have older pets slipping through the cracks like this.

I appreciate that actions are being taken, and that at this point, excuses won't really be used. And I understand that this won't be fixed tomorrow due to resources and stuff. I get that. But after all this time... I just really cannot understand why/how things were allowed to get to this bad...