Viewing post #932039 by vitrsna

dirtdorphins said:Close--
There is only one main thumbnail for each plant. There is not a thumbnail for each gallery.

The thumbs thing is very simple.
Photos appear beneath the plant entry in the order in which they are submitted.
If people like a photo and give it a thumb, it moves up within the list of all photos beneath the plant entry.
The photo with the most thumbs becomes the main thumbnail.

If there is only one image it is the main thumbnail.
If no photos receive any thumbs, the first one entered is the main thumbnail.

manipulation? sure
corruption? what the? I mean, no, I don't think that is the point at all.

Thank you for clearing up the "main thumbnail for each plant; not gallery, dirt. I thought "gallery" did not make sense but that's how i read it.

There is only one purpose for a database and that is to provide data and the obligation is to provide correct data. I see manipulation as a form of corruption of data in this case. So they go hand in hand, thumb in thumb. From my perspective, the thumbs add politics to the database in the form of leaving it open to manipulation (aka corruption of data). I don't believe this aspect has any place in a true database. If a database leaves itself open to manipulation (for example if someone wants to change the main thumbnail), then it is not a credible d/b. I think it is fine to be able to give thumbs and/or acorns to the database photos. I don't think it is fine that the thumbs and/or acorns are used to select the main thumbnail or the positions of the photos in the gallery.