Just to clarify. DarkWing-Zero has certainly not been banned. She took the decision to move her store to Daz, I expect because the market conditions there were more favourable. Darkscorn and Soulsilver banning has no relation whatsoever to the nudity rules. And these rules - that there should be no nudity in the first page promo or thumbnail - have been in force for all products uploaded since Nov 23rd 2004. The only change now is that we're applying the rule to the older products still in the marketplace - something that the majority of merchants have consistently asked for. "Why can't I show my V3's bum on page 1 when Merchant X has it, just because he uploaded his product a year ago?" RMP management agreed, and hence the announcement was made over 2 weeks ago, in the merchant forum and via email broadcast, that merchants were required to amend their promos and thumbnails to bring them in line with current rules. At the same time, clarification was given on the list of figures considered to be "underage", i.e. that they should not be shown nude in Marketplace promos. Again, this isn't really a change - previously the method was for a merchant to ask "Does this look too young" and generally be answered, "Yes". We're not saying these characters can't be sold, we're just asking merchants to show them in a bikini (the same way that Daz does for ALL figures.) The nudity policy in the galleries has not changed, nor has it for freestuff. Hope this settles a few concerns. Karen Poser Moderator & Marketplace Staff

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