Some members of the community have expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that not every "Art Theft" report is acted upon by staff; this article is intended to address the misinformation and inflammatory statements circulating about why this happens.
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CEA UPDATE: Clarifying the Definition of Porn
$realitysquared
reports, July 29
reports, July 29The official definition of “ pornography ” has been modified at several points over the lifetime of deviantART in an attempt to bring greater clarity in the wording used however portions of the community have demonstrated a tendency to be confused on the exact definition and continue to report things which fit their own personal viewpoints; today we attempt to clarify things.
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Break it down easy - Tracing Edition
$chix0r
reports, February 5
reports, February 5An easy break down of the guidelines & policy pertaining to tracing.
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CEA UPDATE 20090130; Issues Involving Copying
$realitysquared reports, January 30
reports, January 30Copying, referencing, painting over, redrawing, tracing; there are many ways that a work can be duplicated and there are portions of the community which revile all of them. Today we clarify exactly where official deviantART policy stands on the matter.
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CEA Update 20090120: Moderation System Changes
$realitysquared reports, January 20
reports, January 20In this CEA update we’d like to announce some changes in the moderation system which the community uses to bring theft and unauthorized use of works to the attention of the staff.
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Effective awareness raising on dA
$chix0r reports, January 13
reports, January 13A guide of how to raise awareness in the most effective way, without breaking policy on deviantART.
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CEA Update 20081119: Lewd and Sexual Commentary
$realitysquared reports, November 19, 2008
reports, November 19, 2008This week we discuss the issue of lewd and disrespectful commentary.
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CEA Update 20080511: Clarifying Mature Content : I
$realitysquared reports, November 5, 2008
reports, November 5, 2008In this update we continue with our series clarifying Mature Content, focusing this time on what Ideologically Sensitive content actually and when it needs to be tagged as Mature Content.
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CEA UPDATE 20082409: Clarifying Mature Content
$realitysquared reports, September 24, 2008
reports, September 24, 2008Over the years we have been functioning with a set of Mature Content guidelines for nudity and erotica in our FAQ which have been extremely general and open to a great amount of interpretation, we hope to clear this up today.
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CEA Update 20080910 Proper Harassment Reporting
$realitysquared reports, September 10, 2008
reports, September 10, 2008This week I would like to discuss proper reporting of harassment issues
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CEA Update 20081119: Lewd and Sexual Commentary
$realitysquared reports, November 19, 2008
reports, November 19, 2008Over the years the CEA Updates have often spoken about prohibited sexual themes. The one constant in our policies has always been the fact that we maintain a zero tolerance response to pornographic content whether it concerns photography, artwork, sexual roleplaying on dAmn, our chat network or any number of other situations.
Today I’d like to address a closely related subject which most often affects those photographers who choose to submit artistic nudes, fetish, or other genres of erotic photography; namely comments directed at their models which are clearly sexual in nature and which show a complete lack of respect for both the model and the photographer.
As we have never tolerated direct sexual harassment of our members we also have never tolerated this type of commentary directed at nude models and while it is more common for the photographer to bear the brunt of this type of disgusting remark than it is for the model to receive it that does not diminish the fact that it is not allowed.
The number of these comments being made has always been a small percentage overall but as our artistic community has grown so have the number of visitors treating the community as a wellspring of masturbatory material, leaving comments describing the sexual acts they would like to perform upon a nude model or otherwise commenting in a lewd and disrespectful manner.
Over the months we have observed that the number of these comments has increased ever so slightly and that many photographers, while outraged at receiving them, often do not realize that they can report the incident to the staff.
We’d like to remind all of our photographers and artists that you do not have to sit idly by and accept these comments as they are most definitely not tolerated by the administration and that you should immediately report the incident to the Help Desk and provide us with the name of the offender and a link to their comment.
This element is not welcome here in our community but we need your reports in order to identify and remove these disrespectful people so please do not hesitate to report any lewd or sexual comment which you personally receive or which you may observe during your daily browsing.
Working together we can rid ourselves of those people who have mistaken our artistic community for their local strip club.
Today I’d like to address a closely related subject which most often affects those photographers who choose to submit artistic nudes, fetish, or other genres of erotic photography; namely comments directed at their models which are clearly sexual in nature and which show a complete lack of respect for both the model and the photographer.
As we have never tolerated direct sexual harassment of our members we also have never tolerated this type of commentary directed at nude models and while it is more common for the photographer to bear the brunt of this type of disgusting remark than it is for the model to receive it that does not diminish the fact that it is not allowed.
The number of these comments being made has always been a small percentage overall but as our artistic community has grown so have the number of visitors treating the community as a wellspring of masturbatory material, leaving comments describing the sexual acts they would like to perform upon a nude model or otherwise commenting in a lewd and disrespectful manner.
Over the months we have observed that the number of these comments has increased ever so slightly and that many photographers, while outraged at receiving them, often do not realize that they can report the incident to the staff.
We’d like to remind all of our photographers and artists that you do not have to sit idly by and accept these comments as they are most definitely not tolerated by the administration and that you should immediately report the incident to the Help Desk and provide us with the name of the offender and a link to their comment.
This element is not welcome here in our community but we need your reports in order to identify and remove these disrespectful people so please do not hesitate to report any lewd or sexual comment which you personally receive or which you may observe during your daily browsing.
Working together we can rid ourselves of those people who have mistaken our artistic community for their local strip club.
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 reports, 1d 22h agoNew deviantWEAR Products are here. Check out our new hoodies, t-shirts and a brand new set of Emoticon Stress Balls. Whether you’re looking to shop for friends or for yourself, deviantWEAR has your devious needs covered. 411 Challenging Yourself to Become a Better Artist`Rahll
 reports, 18h 23m agoBecoming a better artist means knowing how to challenge yourself, and maintaining a positive attitude even when nothing seems to be working out the way you want it to. This article explores how to push yourself to do things you never thought you could do. 73 Daily Literature Deviations - November 21, 2009=DailyLitDeviations
 reports, 1d 10h agoDaily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it. Each day we will feature 5 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you  the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community.58 Daily Literature Deviations- November 22, 2009=DailyLitDeviations
reports, 11h 56m agoDaily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it. Each day we will feature 5 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community.55 Project Comment: 0-5 Comments // Issue 40*ProjectComment
 reports, 1d 2h agoProject Comment is a project that features the generally obscured and underappreciated artists and their art in regular news articles. Our objective is to recognise deviants who deserve more recognition and to feature deviations with less than 10 original comments. The 0-5 Comments Issues feature a deviant as well as 3 deviations with less than 5 original comments from a wide selection of art. Please give your time to  this article and to write constructive comments so that you make a true difference to the artists featured here. |
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