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Add Optional Contributor Showcase Pages for Approved Media

šŸ“‹ Summary

Add an optional way for LaunchBox Games Database contributors to create a shareable showcase page of their approved media submissions.


ā— Problem

Media submissions to the LaunchBox Games Database are anonymous, which is valuable for privacy and should remain the default.

However, some users work together on community media projects, such as clear logos, translated logos, fan translation artwork, or other curated media sets. When recruiting collaborators, it can be difficult to show examples of approved work without manually finding and sharing old local files.


šŸ’” Proposal

Allow users to opt in to a public contributor showcase page that displays their approved media submissions.

The showcase could include:

  • Approved images submitted by the user

  • Game title and platform

  • Media type, such as Clear Logo, Box Front, Screenshot, etc.

  • Optional filtering by media type or platform

  • A shareable public link

  • A profile setting to enable, disable, or hide the showcase at any time

By default, submissions should remain anonymous unless the user explicitly chooses to make their approved media visible on their showcase page.


🧩 Use Cases

  • Share examples of logo work before joining a community project

  • Browse a contributor’s approved media submissions

  • Recruit artists for themed media projects

  • Avoid manually digging through old local files to find examples


šŸ“¦ Benefits

  • Helps community media projects organize and recruit contributors

  • Gives contributors an optional way to showcase their work

  • Preserves anonymous submissions by default

  • Makes approved media easier to reference and share


āš ļø Considerations

This should be fully opt-in, with clear privacy controls. Users should be able to disable their showcase or hide specific items if needed.

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
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    Jul 29

    Pinned

    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

    • SMASHINGblargharghar

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      Jul 30

      That is much better phrased than my original proposal. Great work, thank you. Yes, that’s exactly what I would like implemented. Hopefully others see the value in this too!

  • SMASHINGblargharghar

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    Jul 29

    Optional Showcase for Submitted/Approved Media

    I would like the ability to compile and share my approved Launchbox DB media submissions. Launchbox submissions are anonymous and that's a good thing. However, if a user chooses to, it would be very helpful to have an optional shareable page of approved media.

    There's many of us in the forums who work together to create categories of media - a good example would be the clear logo project. I'm personally working on translated logos from Japanese to English for fan translated games.

    Before recruiting others in a project, I'd request to see examples of their work. A shareable showcase of their media submissions would be very helpful in choosing the right people for the job.

    Can this be done? It would be a lot easier and more efficient than having to dig up old files on my computer.