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### Table of contents
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1. [What are the most frequent mistakes when submitting segments?](#1-what-are-the-most-frequent-mistakes-when-submitting-segments)
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1. [I noticed an incorrect submission. What do I do?](#2-i-noticed-an-incorrect-submission-what-do-i-do)
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1. [I noticed an incorrect submission. What should I do?](#2-i-noticed-an-incorrect-submission-what-should-i-do)
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1. [Why am I getting an error when trying to submit a segment?](#3-why-am-i-getting-an-error-when-trying-to-submit-a-segment)
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1. [How exactly is “non-music” supposed to co-exist with other categories?](#4-how-exactly-is-non-music-supposed-to-co-exist-with-other-categories)
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1. [What are some more advanced tips for submitting?](#5-what-are-some-more-advanced-tips-for-submitting)
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* Segments at the very beginning not starting precisely at 0:00, but rather something like 0.02137 seconds into the video. Similarly, segments not sticking to the exact end of the video when they should.
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* Misunderstanding of the intermission category. More often than not, if should not contain any spoken words, and it's not meant for just about anything that users find insignificant, like the creator saying "hello."
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## 2) I noticed an incorrect submission. What do I do?
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The first thing you can do is simply downvote it in the pop-up. If it is just the wrong category but correctly timed you can select "wrong category".
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## 2) I noticed an incorrect submission. What should I do?
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The first thing you can do is simply downvote it in the pop-up. If it's just the wrong category but correctly timed, you can select "Wrong Category". Additionally, when the timing of an existing segment could be better, submitting your own correct segment in its place may reduce the amount of times the faulty one appears.
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If you're on SponsorBlock [Discord server](https://discord.gg/QnmVMpU), feel free to report it in the #incorrect-submissions channel, where a moderator can take a look at it. Even if the video is not in English, you can still give it a shot. Especially if you believe it’s a purposefully malicious spam, we would really like to be notified.
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## 3) Why am I getting an error when trying to submit a segment?
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## 5) What are some more advanced tips for submitting?
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These are some steps to take if you’re willing to spend a little bit more time to ensure perfect submissions:
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* First of all, activate all categories. This ensures that you don't accidentally submit a segment that already exists in an other category
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* When there is a visible transition and a small margin of error, don’t try to get it right with play/pause. Use the "," and "." keys and move frame by frame. Pay attention if the video is 30 or 60 fps. If possible, make your segments start two frames early on 30 fps videos and four frames early on 60 fps videos, so there isn't an annoying bump
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* First of all, activate all categories. This ensures that you don't accidentally submit a segment that already exists in an other category.
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* When there is a visible transition and a small margin of error, don’t try to get it right with play/pause. Use the "," and "." keys and move frame by frame. Pay attention if the video is 30 or 60 fps. If possible, make your segments start two frames early on 30 fps videos and four frames early on 60 fps videos, so there isn't an annoying bump.
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* Segments of different categories that are right next to each other should *slightly* overlap. The reason for this is that every segment should be correct and seamless on its own and make sense from a perspective of a user with only one category enabled.
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* If you submit a long intermission segment on a live-streamed video, take a look at it after some time. Very often large chunks of such videos are removed afterwards with YouTube trimming tool by the streamer, which messes up the submissions and makes it necessary to delete them.
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* When adjusting a non-music segment in the editing box, changing the playback speed to 0.25 allows for much greater precision, letting you place your segment as close to the music as possible without accidentally cutting any of it.
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Note: Your public userID in the database is different than your private one in the SponsorBlock options tab.
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## 7) Can I edit/remove the segment that I uploaded?
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Once a segment is uploaded, it can't be edited, but you can easily remove the ones you have submitted. To remove a segment, skip it and downvote it in the little pop up choosing "Incorrect/Wrong Timing". You can then resubmit it with corrected timestamps if needed.
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Once your segment is uploaded, you can still easily remove it or change its category by clicking thumbs down on the skip notice and choosing "Incorrect/Wrong Timing" or "Wrong Category" respectively. In case of your own submissions, your votes will have an immediate effect.
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Editing timestamps of submitted segments is not possible, so in order to correct a segment downvote it and submit a new one.
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## 8) I think my segment might have been deleted. Why?
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One possibility is that other users downvoted it. If it was removed by a moderator however, possible reasons include:
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* Some other submission in that place was a bit better (even if it’s just tenths of a second, it does make a difference)
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* Some other submission in that place was a bit better (even if it’s just a fraction of a second, it does make a difference)
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* It was against the [guidelines](https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/wiki/Guidelines)
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* Any mistake mentioned in [answer #1](#1-what-are-the-most-frequent-mistakes-when-submitting-segments)
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## 9) How does voting work and what do certain amounts of votes mean?
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Overlapping segments of the same category don't get shown all at once, but instead compete with each other, appearing to users one at a time. The amount of votes determines how likely your submission is to be shown over the other ones. You can read more about the algorithm and grouping similar segments [here](https://blog.ajay.app/voting-and-pseudo-randomness-or-sponsorblock-or-youtube-sponsorship-segment-blocker).
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When a submission reaches the score of -2 or lower, it gets removed and will not appear anymore for users, but can still be found in the database. It also takes two votes to change the category of an existing segment.
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When a submission reaches the score of -2 or lower, it gets removed and will not appear anymore for users, but can still be found in the database. It also takes two votes to change the category of someone else's segment.
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If a segment's vote score equals 10 000 (or is very close to it), it means the person who submitted it is a SponsorBlock VIP. VIPs act like moderators and their submissions are prioritized due to them being trusted.
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The problem with such a category is that it would be highly subjective. Sure, it would come in handy on tutorial videos, but once it's there, people will use it everywhere.
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## 15) Is there any AI involved?
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[NeuralBlock](https://github.com/andrewzlee/NeuralBlock) is a neural network that detects in-video YouTube sponsorships, though current implementation within SponsorBlock is limited to a moderation tool which detects incorrect sponsor segments on English videos. Every SponsorBlock segment you see on YouTube has been made by a human (as far as we know).
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[NeuralBlock](https://github.com/andrewzlee/NeuralBlock) is a neural network that detects in-video YouTube sponsorships, though current implementation within SponsorBlock is limited to a moderation tool which detects incorrect sponsor segments on English videos. Every SponsorBlock segment you see on YouTube has been made by a human (as far as we know).
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