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@ChaserX - my approach is to watch the film in real time. If you think about what the mission of the site is, it's about highlighting and identifying vehicles a normal viewer might notice and wonder what it is. We therefore try to satisfy this conceptual curiosity. If we do, that's job done.
So if a car is noticeable, it's valid. If it's not noticeable ("background") it's more vulnerable. If it's onscreen for a long time, unusual, rare, exotic, surprising, something where the same car keeps popping up in different films, or we suspect might be deliberately included, then it would probably be acceptable. If it's just something accidental and boring which just happened to be there and only briefly seen, forget it.
As for number of pictures added as comments, match this to the number of times it's seen and its role. So for instance a TV series with several episodes where the lead character keeps driving the same car and it's frequently seen (so deserves 3/4/5[*]) - it can get several pictures, maybe as markers for each episode where it's seen. Sometimes this is useful to show substitutions/replacements. Details showing badges, lights, registrations, wheel formats helps pin down IDs. Sometimes cars get damaged and miraculously repair themselves during chases, so it's fun to spot these.
But otherwise don't post lots of comment pictures of ordinary things with minor roles - they don't help anyone, or add value to the site. Instead they just clog it up. So focus on interesting and noticeable, and either discard or only briefly include anything else.
That's been my approach over the years, and no-one's jumped in and told me I'm doing it wrong, so if you do similar, you'll probably be OK. If Antp or other admins want to comment further, that's fine - we are a fluid and friendly collective and try to adapt as we can.
So if a car is noticeable, it's valid. If it's not noticeable ("background") it's more vulnerable. If it's onscreen for a long time, unusual, rare, exotic, surprising, something where the same car keeps popping up in different films, or we suspect might be deliberately included, then it would probably be acceptable. If it's just something accidental and boring which just happened to be there and only briefly seen, forget it.
As for number of pictures added as comments, match this to the number of times it's seen and its role. So for instance a TV series with several episodes where the lead character keeps driving the same car and it's frequently seen (so deserves 3/4/5[*]) - it can get several pictures, maybe as markers for each episode where it's seen. Sometimes this is useful to show substitutions/replacements. Details showing badges, lights, registrations, wheel formats helps pin down IDs. Sometimes cars get damaged and miraculously repair themselves during chases, so it's fun to spot these.
But otherwise don't post lots of comment pictures of ordinary things with minor roles - they don't help anyone, or add value to the site. Instead they just clog it up. So focus on interesting and noticeable, and either discard or only briefly include anything else.
That's been my approach over the years, and no-one's jumped in and told me I'm doing it wrong, so if you do similar, you'll probably be OK. If Antp or other admins want to comment further, that's fine - we are a fluid and friendly collective and try to adapt as we can.