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I'm honestly surprised it took this long for her to earn a beware given that when I ordered my commission in 2014 she was also having issues with keeping her queue in check. While she has made excellent strides in dealing with it in the past, it doesn't seem to ever significantly get better. Unfortunately, I've unwatched her since she adopted a "no refunds" policy and defended it despite it being highly unethical.

We will stick this as an update to your post!

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Positive reviews no longer require a mod to make a thread. The Rules for Commenting have been updated to clarify that comments also have to be constructive. Trainee Mod role has been added. General Reviews Forum has been deleted as the purpose of the forum was unclear. Do users want a place where they can curate general, neither entirely good nor entirely bad reviews on artists and clients?

Howdy! This is not a question the community at large is equipped to answer. This is something best left to members of the Queue Mod team only when your beware is submitted with all of the supporting information we require. If it feels like a valid case, we will approve your post. If not we will send you a rejection notice. If you have further questions feel free to contact one (1) Moderator from our Staff page.

Moderators can see your registered email address. You are Eylon. Don't even attempt to pull that stunt here. Any further attempts from you to keep up this charade will simply not be approved.

I want to note preemptively that while Kuro is welcome to participate in our comments, if he attempts to post any doxxing or any threads in relation to Kiwi Farms he will be automatically banned. That trash is not welcome here.

I've added their other account to your beware.

The "client" / bewaree (cautionee?) in this instance is so ridiculously incorrect that it hurts. No, they don't just get to toss out a magical "client ToS" and override your copyright. Copyright is granted unto you upon creation, and unless you signed a contract stipulating what rights the client has then it all automatically defaults to you. Filing a lawsuit has to be done in your county with your legal details, which they likely don't have. On top of that, while they could file suit for just about anything this one would be thrown out because there was no signed contract. If they attempt to upload the sketch anywhere file a DMCA notice. If they attempt to get the sketch finished by someone else or violate your Moral Right to it in any manner, please update us and we will upgrade this to a full beware. This is ridiculous.

Positive reviews for dinoPharaoh!

Positive reviews for Skdaffle.

Positive reviews for @vampbyte on Twitter!

That's fantastic to hear! We will update our social media accounts accordingly.

If he hasn't actually given you the final image then it really isn't resolved, unless you're willing to accept what he's given you thus far.

We do not remove posts, but will mark it as resolved.

Changed Resolved to Yes

Changed Resolved to Resolved

Howdy went ahead and updated your post. As a note: users can't delete their own content from our site.

Changed Resolved to Resolved

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Positive reviews for Pornography.

Howdy! Sorry for not dropping back in sooner. We discussed this internally, and would greatly prefer to keep AB strictly professional.