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Why is "pornography" on the list of categories?

"Artworks are organized in a category structure, including photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications, operating system customization utilities, pornography and others, along with downloadable resources such as tutorials and stock photography. Additional features include "journals", "polls", "groups" and "portfolios"."

Porn is actually not allowed on DeviantArt and posting such material can get you suspended or banned. It says so in the rules.

-Anonymous User — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.178.51.4 (talk) 13:16, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was made aware of this and I edited it out. This also serves as my WP:COI notification if my user page disclosure isn't enough: yes, I am a DeviantArt employee, and I normally don't edit articles where I have a conflict of interest unless I absolutely have to, which in this case is completely justified. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 00:36, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

People post porn to DeviantArt all the time though and they never get banned for it. 12.17.177.164 (talk) 19:11, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The mobile version of Deviantart was rated M, despite that it has Art made by "kids" and "teens", Unlike Swearing. I didn't even know why esrb looked at the art and said "Ok its filled with those Adult arts and your "basic" Fan arts" MissingWikia (talk) 18:18, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mention of DeviantArt Eclipse backlash or no?

The complete replacement of the old site layout with the Eclipse layout has received a continent-sized backlash, so it's no wonder a user keeps adding the bit about that to DeviantArt#Eclipse (Version 9). I keep removing it because of lack of reliable sources (and the user keeps adding it back in), but observations of the backlash (as a DeviantArt user) have made me ponder this choice. PrincessPandaWiki (talk) 20:16, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Highlighting this due to a recent edit war on this article. PrincessPandaWiki (talk) 00:43, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's certainly created a backlash, but you're right, it needs a legitimate citation to warrant a mention. Bkatcher (talk) 03:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Before I thought of checking the Talk page, I added a mention of the backlash with a reference link to dA's "Discover the New DeviantArt" newspost, where they proudly announced Eclipse was now the One True Way, and promptly received negative feedback for them to ignore (within a week there are 24k comments, most of which negative, for around 600 likes and 100k views). Medinoc (talk) 15:52, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:UGC, user reception and comments do not count, unless noted by a reliable source. PrincessPandaWiki (talk) 17:33, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So we need a "reliable source" that considers dA notable enough to report on? (and which will base its finding on that very same newspost and comments...) Medinoc (talk) 06:45, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Per Wikipedia standards, to report such backlash, we need a reliable source, most likely a reputable news article, that reports the user backlash towards Eclipse. User comments do not count as reliable due to WP:UGC, and using them to cite your observations may run afoul of WP:NOR. You may disagree with these guidelines, but Wikipedia needs them to keep a high, encyclopedic standard.

(FYI, here's the Verge's article on Eclipse which has a small bit about user reception) ❤︎PrincessPandaWiki (talk | contribs) 17:06, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are we saying Wikipedia can only report on user backlash if it comes from a news article? What about the mountains of DeviantArt threads from DeviantArt itself (such as the Eclipse announcements from @HQ)? That's arguably more reputable than anything second-hand.

Lacking in citations

In DeviantArt#History, there's a paragraph on the geoblocking of DeviantArt in Syria and a paragraph on hijacking of user accounts. The only citations are posts submitted by individual users, not DeviantArt admins, which may not be reliable per WP:SPS. Are those paragraphs worth keeping or should be removed for lack of citations of reliable sources? ❤︎PrincessPandaWiki (talk | contribs) 16:36, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The source cited for the Syria geoblocking does link an official response to the issue. Would that count? ❤︎PrincessPandaWiki (talk | contribs) 21:45, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Why did they name that with “Deviant”?
That means “departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior”.
2001:569:517B:EE00:CD68:FE99:CF36:8055 (talk) 23:16, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why ask us? Ask them... --OuroborosCobra (talk) 15:14, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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