January Desktop Thread (SFW)

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December 31 2010 18:16 GMT

A year's gone by, and many pretty pictures have been shared and traded. Here's to twelve more months of that delightful activity!

Once again, we’ve got some ground rules to follow. HOWEVER, the list of rules has been updated. Lemme repeat that, so you guys can see it:

THE RULES HAVE BEEN UPDATED, SO PLEASE CONSULT THE LIST AGAIN!

1) Post your sources for your desktops, please! It does no good to anyone if that awesome desktop you posted doesn't come with a source! If you've forgotten the source, use a website such as TinyEye to identify the source (or to find a higher resolution of the image). That extra 30 seconds you take to post a link to the source means something to everyone else, so there's no reason not to.

2) Remember to use the "Upload Image" function on the top-right corner of your posting box when posting your wallpaper (as displayed in the following image). If you don't, your image may be cut off and will not be fully displayed. The Upload feature resizes the image to follow TL's format. It's easy to do and makes everything more legible. + Show Spoiler [Upload Image location:] +

3) When posting multiple wallpapers in a single post, please put them in spoiler tags to save space. You may have a bunch of desktops that you think are super cool, but it gets drastically less cool when people are forced to scroll down for five minutes to see other posts. Common sense, people.

4) Many people like to use the Rainmeter program to customize their desktops. While it's not required, if you have a particularly awesome Rainmeter setup, it'd be great if you explained how you got that setup, since odds are you'll be asked about it anyway. For those who don’t know what Rainmeter is, or would like to use it for their own desktops, please follow this link to reach the Rainmeter website.

5) This is the big one. Many people have shown distaste at some of the female-focused wallpapers in previous threads, due to the suggestiveness they present. Most of the complaints stem from wallpapers with anime or manga girls on them, and I agree that some cross the line. However, I feel this also applies to the various wallpapers with real-life women on them, since to discard the anime while preserving the real is hypocritical at best. Therefore, I am declaring this and subsequent threads to be loosely SFW. This means that any wallpapers that exhibit excessive bare skin (defined as bare breasts, asses, or any other sort of pornographic exposure) or risqué poses (defined as convenient censoring of the genitals, blatant panty shots, or similar things) are forbidden from being posted.

This doesn't mean that you can't post girl wallpapers; I'm not a prude by any means, and I'm sure that all (most?) of us are adult enough to handle stuff like that. However, please show some restraint for what may and may not be appropriate. It's fine to post girl pics, but ensure that they aren't overly sexual. If you do choose to post those images, but cannot determine whether yours are acceptable, take the time to be courteous and use spoiler tags. Best to err on the side of caution.

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