Try to acknowledge the fact that some people end up waiting a lot longer than you.
Funny you should mention that sheet, because, as of today, I have an
active submission that's been on the forums for 48 days longer than that.
Not everyone has all day to check sheets. The updaters will appreciate it if you're a little more patient.
I understand that. However, it's clear to me that, whatever the time is available to everyone is, it's not being allocated very fairly among submitters. Now, I do expect some disparity, but what bewilders me is the
level of disparity that exists. For example (I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation), since my second submission on March 20, 2017, I've kept both of my submission slots full at all times. I counted 16 regular, nonthematic updates to the site since that date, for a potential of 32 submissions. Now, I doubt I would have been able to submit quite that many sheets; I'd expect this number to be around 15–20. But that's not how many of my submissions have been accepted. So far, I've managed to have
six of my sheets uploaded to the site. One the other hand, if we take Latios (again, for example; I'm confident he's not the only one with numbers like this), I've counted 72 sheets that were accepted since the very same date (March 20, 2017), excluding collaborative works, of which 37 were from "special" updates, and 35 were from regular updates. I understand that not all of these sheets are very complex, but then again, the same could be said for several of my submissions, and it's not like I'm making it hard for anyone—my writing is sound, my formatting adheres to the site rules, and I generally reply to any comments within a few days at most. Again, I'm prepared to see
some disparity, but not
this much of it.
I've worked on projects that I haven't chosen, and arranged for projects that weren't my favorite. The important thing is getting quality content on site no matter who arranges it.
I admire your determination, but since I'm neither a member of the staff or getting paid, I shouldn't have to work on a project I dislike out of a sense of responsibility towards the site, and this shouldn't be my only option for getting sheets accepted in a timely manner. I agree that uploading quality content should be a priority, but I do believe the "no matter who arranges it" clause isn't being respected: rather, it seems to me like it's been replaced by "if the arranger is a staff member, or if it's part of a project initiative that befits the staff members".
