misanthrope86 The LiveJournal thing gets tricky, because if a LiveJournal user comes over here and sees that there icons have been posted but not credited to them, you better prepare for battle to the death! And that has been happening more and more as Fanpop grows. On other sites, I have seen people banned because they haven't credited LiveJournal users. It seems pathetic, I know, but it happens. That was just a random aside. LOL! I talk too much.

heeeresjoyce I hate things with bad/no keywords and no image credit. I rate them low, but if there is a very long long stream of them, I usually just give up and skip over to the properly added images. :p

nandacavalieri I won't spam this saying you are more awesome... you already know that :)

nandacavalieri Thanks for the tip misanthrope86 :) I'm really trying to credit it well, but it's hard to keep up with me... if that makes any sense

Cladra I wouldn't want to livejournal users to come here and see it... some people really don't know what credit is ! I'd hate if the world war III would be going on here :ss

nandacavalieri true Clich... well, I don't care much about the icons I make, if people use them for something and don't rate, but I'm still learning so maybe I would care more if the people used it... I have an idea that maybe will help me to remember where I took them, I'll start it today :D

Cladra : D awesome !

misanthrope86 I always save them in folders and label the folders with the LJ users name. That way I know exactly where I got the icons. Yeah, some people don't care if you credit them or not, but I always feel better when I credit people. That way it shows that I respect the work that they do.

Cladra That's smart !

nandacavalieri This is smart thing to do :) I save them in folders but each folder is a spot... I'm now saving them with the LJ name I respect them so much, really! They do an awesome job!

megloveskyle Awesome article.

Cladra Thanks Meg !

Lucretia Hi Cladra, our queen is back, I missed you.... You did a great job.... Who is giving this medals?????? You know I am a totally obsessed fan, totally crazy but I can`t find the time to do all the things....you know, old woman with a daughter, garden, house....I only can dream of a medal....

Cladra : D the fanpop four give out medals when you have contributed enough.. So by adding those things you will get one ! : D

Lucretia Thanks Cladra, I have one medal....no time....busy....

deedeedot thanks a lot:)

Cladra Hahaha, no problem <:

ebathory Great article! I agree with heaps of stuff you said, I get annoyed with people who constantly don't rate other's contributions and then whine about not having a medal. It's karma people! If you rate other's work, you will get ratings back in return. And I can't stand it when people pass icons they have found on livejournal or other sites as their own! All in all I think the users on this spot are great though, this article is very helpful to new-comers (I wish I had have found something like this when I first joined fanpop!) On a different note, some users have messaged me (not so much from this spot, but from the SVU one) and said that they thought posting heaps of comments would give them medals also. It doesn't, but in doing so you will get more fans, props etc. Just thought I'd throw that out there :)

Celina79 Thanks QUEEN Cladra for that great article!! ;)

girly_girl Great article cladra!! And what you said is sooo true ebathory-Its karma!

Cladra Aww thanks everybody on your lovely comments ! (:

sosultan91 i love bones its my favorite show

antitheft This article is helpful. But for the fanart category, I would suggest saying that people should either upload their own fanart or get permission from the original artist before uploading it. Crediting just isn't good enough. Did you know that all the images here show up in google? People search google, find the images here, and then post them elsewhere, like on deviantArt. So permission from the artists would be a good thing to keep the cycle of art theft down to a minimum.

Booth-Bones THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

asinlove we just have to upload ha.. how to rate..