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Regarding the invisible author field: That is a known issue. We are working on it, but there are many other higher priority items being worked on first. See also https://opengameart.org/forumtopic/uploading-other-authors-works

If you are uploading the work of another artist (not yourself) in the meantime, just follow these steps:

1. Make sure you actually have the author's permission and/or their explicit choice of license.
2. Select the author's preferred license on the submission page.
3. on the art submission page, under "Is this your own work?", select "yes". 
4. If possible, add the author as a collaborator in the "collaborators" box.
5. In the description, clearly indicate this work is the work of the author's, not yours. Provide links to the author's page and the origin of the artwork.
6. In the "copyright/Attribution Notice" section, provide the Author's preferred attribution, name, url, instructions, etc.

Regarding chat issues on #opengameart: IRC is not the best place to get technical help with the website. It is a very asynchronous method of communication. If no one is paying attention, you're unlikely to ever get any help on your issue. The feedback forum (as you've discovered :) is the best way to get issues resolved.

There has recently been a slew of IRC spam lately. The channel may have some new settings like "registered nicks only" or other heavy-handed anti-spam measures preventing your messages from being submitted. Is snowdrop a nick registered with freenode?