It has recently come to my attention that some people in the dolling community on dA have no idea how to deal with art theft, frankendolling, lack of base creds and miscategorised work.

Your first point of call.

This is ^ShoneGold



She is our Gallery Director. It is her job to deal with this stuff. If you're not watching her or do no know who she is then please go there and watch her now.
She is in charge, what she says goes, and misconduct goes through her. And because she is in charge her journal entries can be important information about changes in our gallery. If you care enough to post here you should care about what goes on here.

If you come across a piece of work that you believe violates any kind of dolling netiquette, for example base credits or frankendolling do not deal with it yourself. Do not get people to spam the accused, this is called harassment, and this is a quickfire road to getting yourself banned from dA all because you decided to be 'clever' and deal with it yourself.

There is a little link on the side of the comments that is called "Report Deviation" This lets the people upstairs know that this deviation is in a breach of artistic conduct.

FAQ #155: How do I report a submission which I think breaks the rules?

FAQ #192: What evidence is required when we report stolen material?

Here are two other FAQs that can be useful to the dolling community on dA

FAQ #557: Can I submit pixel dolls which I have made using 'Base' dolls created by someone else?

FAQ #502: Can I submit 'Dolls' or 'Characters' which I made on certain websites?

I hope this has cleared some things up for the dollers on DA, and just about DA in general however please remember ^ShoneGold is human not a supercomputer, she can't fix everything overnight, be nice to her.

The Dolling Guide

This is also a useful site for both beginner and seasoned dollers. I suggest you go and have a read through, don't be prissy because you think you know better, have a read.