You can still upload progress, but you would have to bundle a few of the smaller builds together. Also, small builds can be very elaborate, but that's usually an exception. Those builds could either be bundled together, or have more details around them, for example, if it's a really elaborate detailed house, make a few more houses around or add landscaping and paths. Also, if you want to show sneak peaks you can use wall posts. The build section should be reserved for mostly completed builds.
Also, the reason for this suggestion does largely involve quality, but the builds won't filtered by quality, they'll be filtered by size, so it's not like mods are judging the quality of your build or anything.
Status: Closed
Opened by LightlySaltedBuilder
Add a Minimum Size Requirement For Builds
I think this would be helpful because it would get rid of small projects that have very little content. You would still be able to make small builds, you would just have to make it in packs, essentially creating more content per post, and leading to higher quality. Also, the size isn't final, I just chose 50x50 because it seems like a good size to me.
Landscaping can also be considered part of a build, so if you have a 20x20 house, but 70x70 blocks of landscaping, then it would be allowed. However the landscaping must make a significant and recognizable change to be qualified as part of the build, meaning you cannot leave the default terrain and call it part of your build. Also, any sprucing up of terrain, such as adding custom trees, small details, bushes, etc. counts as landscaping. Basically default terrain or flat land cannot be counted as part of the measurement.
If a build seems to small then a Moderator can request the build's measurements or measure it themselves. Moderators get to decide whether it fits the requirements in the end, but member are allowed to contact another moderator and ask their verdict if they think the decision was unfair. If the build is deemed large enough to fit the requirement, then the build gets back up, and should also get a bump to make up for the unfair removal, since a removal might have hurt their views or diamonds.
In response to everyone's comments:
This will not completely get rid of smaller sized builds and sneak peaks and stuff like that, which you seem to like. First off, it's not necessary to upload the beginning of your build it it's too small, and in the end I think most people would rather look at a completed or mostly complete build, rather than the start of one. So uploading your incomplete build as sneak peaks is not necessary.
Also, you can still upload smaller builds, but you would have to bundle them, like a car bundle or tree bundle or house bundle. You can still give pre-releases, because if your build is complete enough to have something to look at, then you might have already reached the minimum. And lastly, you can still give sneak peaks. Just use the wall post feature, it'll notify your subs, who are the ones your doing it for, without cluttering the projects section with incomplete builds.
With all due respect, just because something's a practice doesn't mean it's a good thing to do. An example of this is the raffles in the skin section which were relatively recently banned. It was allowed and practiced, but was still gotten rid of because it shouldn't have been allowed. Not that we should ban pre-releases or sneak peaks, but I think we shouldn't have too much of them.