http://www.videosift.com/starpower

Edit: Your lone sifted video was dead [I fixed it(edited edit: and so did you)], which probably caused siftbot to Re-probe you. Hopefully that solves your problems.

Thank you -- fixed the video. Is that why I was getting the probation notice?

That's my best guess.

Yup, that fixed it! Thank you so much!

DFT hit the head of the nail on top of itself. You have to have at least 1 sifted video to be free of proby status.

So is it possible to be a probational star member? Maybe you have ten quality Sift Talk posts and no sifted videos, perhaps? I've always wondered what would happen.

^the universe would cease to exist and be replaced with something very, very weird. probably already happened...

^ I think the rules on this changed when removing star point awards from quality comments was changed, though I don't remember exactly what happened at the time.

In other news, allow me to announce my candidacy for least helpful person of the day.