Rutra, the image was in the contest before I entered the staff, so I cannot comment about it. It does not look like fresh wounds to me, more like paint, but of course you may disagree. But please take in mind that the violence rules are made for living creatures, a dead body, even when bloody, isn't violence.

About the other image - where would you draw the line? Remove things for everything what could be blood? The person on the image does not look wounded to me. But that's not really the point.

I really understand your point of view. But the banners are usually part of the previous year's winner images, and so they obviously were not only found acceptable but were good enough to please many of the viewers. I would have problems to remove them, if they even got a vote majority.

If you want different rules for violence, fine. Make a suggestion in the Community forum, maybe even with a good wording proposal for the TOS. Find some people who support your point of view. If we have stricter rules, the staff will follow them. 

 

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