Rule Questions - Ask Admin and AA

[Lacuna]

Regarding the new rule added today, would any contests offering real money as prizes that were made before the rule be allowed to come to completion?

If there are already entries and the only prize is real money, yes. If there are not the contest should be cancelled/the prizes should be changed immediately. If there is an option stated for CS prizes or other website prizes those should be used exclusively instead.

So celebrity pictures are allowed without permission? for example my sig and avatar are a couple of my favorite artists.
as well as my new picture in my tarot shop
Forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4405310
i took this myself and made the bg transparent, is it ok?

Yes, those types of celebrity gifs are fine! The image in your shop is also fine because you own it.

-snip-

These concerns are being addressed privately.

re: dA points

You may sell Oekaki art/adoptables for ... and dA points

10. deviantPOINTS cannot be used, Transferred, sold or otherwise traded outside of the Site and any such activity is strictly prohibited.

wouldn't this be still classed as a violation in some cases, even if it's art?

I cannot claim insider knowledge of dA’s policy, but it has always been my understanding that dA allowed points to be traded for art. As almost all art sold on dA is done on an outside program, I don’t see how art on CS would be any different. If you have concerns about violating their policy I would suggest keeping your commission sales hosted on dA itself. However, CS mods will not take action against users offering or requesting dA points for art on CS.

[nickjr]

This is one of the most minor things ever, but I wonder if there should be clarification on when people can remake threads. I tried finding source posts for the old Rule Index but had trouble finding nice source posts. It doesn't appear to be as big of an issue now as it was in 2011, but I think having something official about it could be nice.

1. New threads should be made soon after the current thread reaches 900 pages.
2. New threads should not be made until the current thread reaches 900 pages. Threads cannot be remade in advance. (unless there's a specific reason like new ownership with permission or something)
3. I also found some talk about public vs private threads (public threads can be remade by anyone, private threads cannot) but I have not seen any official mention of that in either my memories or in search results. Might just be a user-/community-defined thing.

[Lacuna]

This is one of the most minor things ever, but I wonder if there should be clarification on when people can remake threads. I tried finding source posts for the old Rule Index but had trouble finding nice source posts. It doesn't appear to be as big of an issue now as it was in 2011, but I think having something official about it could be nice.

1. New threads should be made soon after the current thread reaches 900 pages.
2. New threads should not be made until the current thread reaches 900 pages. Threads cannot be remade in advance. (unless there's a specific reason like new ownership with permission or something)
3. I also found some talk about public vs private threads (public threads can be remade by anyone, private threads cannot) but I have not seen any official mention of that in either my memories or in search results. Might just be a user-/community-defined thing.

We will have to discuss this, right now I'm thinking it may belong in the spam guide!

"Oekaki drawings may contain political or religious themes in non-editable boards only with no discussion of those themes on the Oekaki thread."

I saw an editable with a heap of pride flags, and a blm flag, would that be against the rules?

No, as the intention of those types of editables is for users to celebrate their own pride/identity (we allow users to state their sexuality and/or gender in signatures as well, where they would not be allowed to make political statements). We separate both statements of personal identity and support for human rights from politics because they are inherently different.

"“Candy gore” where the only difference between your image and real gore is that the blood color has been changed or that a creature with skin/fur has had their exposed organs/entrails turned into candy is not acceptable."

Before this rule was in place, I had a character with a missing tail, and instead of having a tail they had some gummy slime, would that be okay?

I cannot say for sure just from a description, but we also state, "If a limb or head is severed (including for reference purposes) there should not be detailed muscle shown or blood coming from the area," if that helps clarify anything. If the slime exists as a living appendage and moves like a limb instead of just dripping away from a missing tail stump, though, that would likely be fine.

[Seasonal]

Liddi stop ninja'ing me

[venti]

We were contacted regarding a gap in the rules and have now added the following section in the rules regarding art sales:



You may not sell premade designs or create custom designs for any type of payment that are based on copyrighted media/someone else's intellectual property. This includes creating new or fusion designs meant to exist in someone else's unique universe (example: Pokemon).



• This does not apply to generic creations such as natural cat or dog adoptables attributed to a specific universe, as those concepts are not unique enough to be protected by copyright of their own accord.
  
  
• You may accept paid commissions to draw someone else's already existing character that is based on copyrighted media as they are paying for the art, not the design.

Thank you Lacuna! But does it mean you can't profit designs that you didn't make? (e.g. Flareon x Squirtle, UFA for real money!)

[Celozon]

We were contacted regarding a gap in the rules and have now added the following section in the rules regarding art sales:



You may not sell premade designs or create custom designs for any type of payment that are based on copyrighted media/someone else's intellectual property. This includes creating new or fusion designs meant to exist in someone else's unique universe (example: Pokemon).



• This does not apply to generic creations such as natural cat or dog adoptables attributed to a specific universe, as those concepts are not unique enough to be protected by copyright of their own accord.
  
  
• You may accept paid commissions to draw someone else's already existing character that is based on copyrighted media as they are paying for the art, not the design.

Thank you Lacuna! But does it mean you can't profit designs that you didn't make? (e.g. Flareon x Squirtle, UFA for real money!)

Correct, you can't sell a Flareon x Squirtle design for real money, or any kind of profit. It is fine to create it for yourself or give away for free, but since Pokemon is covered by copyright, you can't make profit off of their designs.

[Draconica2014]

hi! so i'm not sure if i didn't retain something but i was a little confused, I believe certain curse words (c**p, h*ll, a** and d*m*) could be used [if not i'm sorry that would violate the rule with the censoring, so if so we can pretend that says carp, hill, ant and demo]... if so, could they be used written on a piece of art in the oekaki forums? like for example if i were to draw a silly character (a PG character though don't get the wrong idea) and have the word a** written in really fancy letters below it? just clarifying because it sounds kinda cool if it's allowed. if not i respect that.

[Seasonal]

hi! so i'm not sure if i didn't retain something but i was a little confused, I believe certain curse words (c**p, h*ll, a** and d*m*) could be used [if not i'm sorry that would violate the rule with the censoring, so if so we can pretend that says carp, hill, ant and demo]... if so, could they be used written on a piece of art in the oekaki forums? like for example if i were to draw a silly character (a PG character though don't get the wrong idea) and have the word a** written in really fancy letters below it? just clarifying because it sounds kinda cool if it's allowed. if not i respect that.

That would be alright! As long as they aren't directed at another user, using those 4 words is fine. You don't have to censor them either.

[Lacuna]

If you allow the word a**

does that mean you can say the word a**whole? like can you draw a character with a tshirt saying it?

No. That is a different word and generally considered more offensive. For example, it is censored on TV in America where just "ass" (along with the other words we allow) is not.

[Lacuna]

If you allow the word a**

does that mean you can say the word a**whole? like can you draw a character with a tshirt saying it?

No. That is a different word and generally considered more offensive. For example, it is censored on TV in America where just "ass" (along with the other words we allow) is not.

Well, I personally think that a** shouldn't be on a kids website, as it can be used in a sexual nature.

Users are allowed to talk to other users and say things like "nice a**" and that's inappropriate. - shrug -

The usage we see and expect is more along the lines of "my homework is a pain in the ass" or one character speaking to another in an RP saying "I'm going to kick your ass." We do not allow curse words directed at other users, even in a positive context. Regardless of whether the word ass is included making comments about another user's appearance beyond "your fursona is cute" or something is creepy and should be avoided. In general, the word ass really doesn't come up that much on CS, but it's not something we want to warn for when it does in the contexts we do allow, because it is overall harmless.