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The unofficial tutorial
_{Also available in: Français: Contacter le service d'aide de deviantART.
Other language? Watch #InternationalFAQ • Can you translate? Please feel free!}

Where to find the Help Desk?

On any dA page, go to the very bottom and click "Help & FAQ" (which looks like this).
To the left, click "Contact the Help Desk" (which looks like this).

And that's it! There are more but this is the simplest way and it works from just about any dA page*.

Some tips

Reporting deviations;

To report someone for submitting art theft, hate art etc. do NOT go here - instead click 'report deviation' on the deviation (unless you're the copyright owner).
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Response speed;

Before sending a ticket, check the status page for known bugs, reasons to expect delay (like holidays) and other relevant topics.
It can be worth going to the #help chatroom to see if there is a helper present - they can give direct help with some (not all) questions.
It should normally take no more than a few office days to get response. Some types of violation reports can take longer.
Adding more info later? Don't make a new report - go to the existing one and add a comment.

Worried?

Need help writing your report or dealing with the situation? The official #communityops group has many guides that may help you.
Remember you'll always get response from a human being.
This also means you don't have to worry if you were falsely reported; no action will be taken against you if you didn't break the rules.

Other contact;

If for any reason you cannot contact the Help Desk from that page, you can email them instead;
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~skrollmon May 13, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

Hello, Thank you for this!

But i have a question, i contacted the Help Desk recently and everything went fine.
But when i replied to a comment i accidently clicked on "solved", and now i am worried that they don't see this message anymore because it was important. Do the Admins still see this message even if the Request is solved?
Can they still reply to me?
Also.. how can i unsolve my request??
I couldnt find any Information and id be glad to know.

Thanks!

$namenotrequired May 13, 2013 Student Interface Designer

You're welcome

I cannot be sure that they'll see it still or that they'll respond if it's marked 'solved' but as far as I know you should be able to simply add another comment (without marking it as solved this time) to say that you did so by accident.

I hope that helps.

~skrollmon May 14, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

oh gosh that helped, thank you

$namenotrequired May 14, 2013 Student Interface Designer

You're welcome

*AkuToSeigi Jan 3, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Oh my! thank you so much!
It really helps because,
I've saw many of my friends complains about the art theft recently
(I'll tell them to report)

$namenotrequired Jan 3, 2013 Student Interface Designer

You're welcome

make sure to use the 'report deviation' button

*AkuToSeigi Jan 3, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I will!

~Novae999 Nov 9, 2012 Student Writer

Thanks! This really helped! i actually needed to find the help desk, too.

$namenotrequired Nov 9, 2012 Student Interface Designer

Good to hear! I'm glad to help, you're welcome

~FinalFlash0 Nov 9, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

For Response Speed:
"Adding more info later? Don't make a new report - go to the existing one and add a comment."

How do you mean~? A normal comment to the deviation~? But in that case what if we want to be anonymous like most of the people~ Or was it another place to comment~? ^^

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