Question. Was this picture deleted because the rule that duplicates must be deleted has been reinstated?
If so, I follow that rule from now on.

Lower resolution duplicates have been always deleted.

Thanks for the answer. So what you mean that is that the Checkmate’s instructions in post #714768 have been retracted?
Is it official?

(This question isn't for undoing the deletion. It isn't necessary to undo that, because I want to know the future rules.)

hiroimo2 said:
Thanks for the answer. So what you mean that is that the Checkmate’s instructions in post #714768 have been retracted?
Is it official?

No, I was taking care of the moderation queue and it's not always easy to know if the parent is a paid reward.

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DON'T FLAG SMALLER VERSIONS IF PAID REWARDS ARE UPLOADED, COMMENT OR DM ME IF AN UNDELETE IS NEEDED.

Thank you.
In addition, I have turned off "Show in Index" for this picture.

To clarify on the deletion I have summarised my understanding.

1.Prohibited acts to be deleted.
- Posting of images less than 1.6M pixels.
- Posting duplication later (include with low resolution or quality).
- Posting cropped image later.
- Posting of variations over 10.
- Posting of AI-generated or asisited.

2. Cases of acceptable to delete
- When the contributor can delete the image himself/herself.
- When replacing photoshoped with a fixed version. (Picture with mistakes)

And If the same image of high quality is posted later, the previous image isn't deleted and switched so that it doesn't appear in the index.

[Update May 20, 2023]