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Oct 12, 2025 9:52 AM UTC
Question

A rejection letter for a dragonfly marked "Illustrative Editorial Issue"

Hello! Rejection marked "Illustrative Editorial Issue." Is this an acceptance error or am I missing something?

 

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
Oct 12, 2025 7:46 PM UTC

1) A dragonfly doesn't qualify as Illustrative Editorial content. Looks like you checked the wrong box. 

 

Read your Stock Contributor Guide for more details about what Illustrative Editorial content means & is used for. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/illustrative-editorial-content.html

 

2) Fix the quality issues and resubmit your dragonfly for regular commercial use. 

Good luck.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Oct 13, 2025 5:46 AM UTC

Thank you for your help, friends. I won't send it again, there are already a lot of my dragongants there 😁😉.

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Jill_C
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Oct 12, 2025 3:15 PM UTC

Did you accidentally tick the Illustrative Editorial checkbox instead of the Gen AI checkbox?

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daniellei4510
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Oct 12, 2025 3:21 PM UTC

I'm pretty sure that's what happened to me. I've caught myself almost clicking it in the past.

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daniellei4510
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Oct 12, 2025 2:51 PM UTC

That happened to me. Resubmit.

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RALPH_L
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Oct 12, 2025 10:17 AM UTC

It maybe. Often the wrong rejection reasons are marked. Did you have Metadata that pertains to a current event?

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Known Participant
Oct 12, 2025 10:26 AM UTC

Yes. It was a series of photographs of various dragonflies in grass and water. More than half were accepted, but one was rejected with this strange wording.

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