Chris Pronger Forum

I recently added my first scan image of an early Chris Pronger junior card. It was marked as the wrong card, and I haven't any idea why. Can anybody help shed some light? 

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/221489/cid/13944290

Please SCAN the cards for the card pages. Photos are allowed in the forums buit for the card images.

Scanner apps on phones are still photos and not scans.

They probably meant to mark low quality instead since it’s a photo or not a flat scan. All images should be scans, not photos.

Ok, very good thanks. I did scan using an iPhone so I guess that's it. 

"I took a photo of it on my iPhone and called it a scan"

Let me fill you in on the steps I took:

1) Having found some cards in my collection that don't have images on the site, I wanted to try to be helpful. Figured I'd start with the Pronger card because he's the biggest name of the ones I have that are missing images

2) Understanding that photos are not permitted, I took the time to google how to use the scan feature on my iPhone

3) Having used the iPhone to take the scan of front and back, I tried to upload, realizing that the app saved the scans as a PDF, not JPG

4) Unable to figure out how to convert from PDF to JPG on the phone, I emailed the scans to myself, then googled again how to convert to JPG from PDF

5) Having registered for an Adobe account so I could make the conversion, I then downloaded the new JPG scan images

6) I then uploaded my scan images, to be told it was the wrong card

7) I posted in the forum inquiring as to why, as I want to understand where I went wrong

There was no attempt at deception on my part by taking a photo and calling it a scan. I took every step I could (short of buying myself a scanner) to contribute to the site and add a missing image. 

As a newer member, I find it very disheartening to reach out for help in understanding, only to be mocked by a respected veteran. 

My apologies for whatever infraction it's perceived I am guilty of. 

I have previously enjoyed my experience here with TCDB

Jeff

The lower right corners of each uploaded image have flashes from a camera.

iPhone's definition of 'scan' could be loosely interpreted as 'a picture saved as a pdf'. It's not a true 'scan' and doesn't pick up the detail and even lighting that a flatbed scanner does. This is based on the user not having control of any parameters (holding the phone at different positions, distances, etc).

The problem most new members have with the site (not knocking the OP) is that they want to "do" right away instead of learning the nuances of the database and what works best. I was guilty of this myself in trying to add all sorts of info right away.

Read the FAQs, all of them. Ask questions in the forums. Read the IR listings to see how changes are implemented and why certain functions happen the way they do. Watch how the site works first. Don't just sign up and starting adding images because you think it helps.

When you read this page, what did #6 guideline mean to you?
https://www.tcdb.com/ImageGuidelines.cfm

I did read the FAQ's regarding images. It does not say what equipment is considered a minimum requirement for scanning (FAQ should be updated to clearly state that only a flatbed should be used). If I had known that a scan from an iPhone was not acceptable, I would not have used it. I certainly did not try to take a picture with my phone and pass it off as a scan. Also note that I've been a member for about three months, and this was my first attempt at uploading an image. I didn't just start dumping images for everything I had that was missing.