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08/07/2006 12:03 AM

i tried to upload a normal picture of my face but the system keeps rejecting it with 'image contains prohibited conductive materials' is gabriel blocking me or did i just get banned for being too holy?

please help before sunday comes back around

clear the browser cache and disable image scaling in phpbb config

SundayFarewell wrote:is gabriel blocking me or did i just get banned for being too holy?

the server is blocking conductive metal learn2read

SundayFarewell wrote:is gabriel blocking me or did i just get banned for being too holy?

it is not a spiritual ban it is a regex filter matching the hex codes in your avatar file for copper and zinc conductivity sunday you are literally uploading a bitmap of yourself electrocuted and the server is flagging the conductive paths as a security risk clear the cache again and try uploading a jpeg with no metadata because the exif data from your phone camera is probably embedding the voltage readings from the probes you were holding when you took the selfie

Hear Ye SundayFarewell your persistent refusal to adhere to §4.2 regarding the depiction of conductive materials in user-generated content is not only a violation of forum policy but an affront to the sanctity of the visual interface The error message is explicit and unambiguous: 'Safety Violation'. You are attempting to upload an image that depicts hands fused to multimeter probes, which constitutes a direct representation of hazardous electrical contact without the mandatory safety disclaimer or calibration preamble required by §6.9.

I ask you this: Do you genuinely believe that Gabriel Chantayan would endorse the normalization of unsafe electrical practices within the sacred geometry of our avatar space? Or is this merely another act of visual terrorism designed to provoke the moderation team into ignoring the glaring non-compliance of your signature block? The system did not reject your image because it was 'too holy'. It rejected it because it was a liability waiting to happen.

Furthermore, TechAngel_00's suggestion to clear the browser cache is utterly irrelevant to the server-side validation rules enforced by the phpBB configuration. This is not a client-side rendering issue; it is a procedural breach. You must either remove the conductive elements from the image or submit a formal affidavit of electrical literacy as outlined in §8.1 before such imagery can be considered for approval. Until then, your avatar will remain frozen in this state of heretical exposure

FormatKing__88 wrote:The error message is explicit and unambiguous

stop quoting the manual and check the server logs. it is a mime-type mismatch on the jpeg header sunday your file extension says jpg but the magic bytes are still pointing to that fused metal avatar rename the file to .bmp and try again