It's happened to me once... and with a photo of an item I know for 100% certainty wasn't an issue; The company has been out of business for years.

Oh well... like the bogie on a train car, ya gotta roll with it.

And what would that have been?

my train & car pix darn it

How exactly would that be a violation?

dunno

So what was removed? Was there any explanation given?

no I hafta remove them to scraps

Hasn't this whole thing already been discussed when the AUP changed their rules? Last time I remember, photography was considered a form of art and there was no rules on where to put it.

Well, the problem is that it included a marvelously-vague prohibition on 'manufactured items' without giving any examples of what such a thing could be. Now, I understand that it was meant to prohibit main-gallery shots of toys and other commercially-produced items, but there was a scare that overzealous and/or idiotic admins might go far beyond that category, to prohibit even artistic photography of any 'manufactured item'. For instance, here are some pictures of such 'manufactured items':

http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4757702/
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/3683548/
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/5778804/
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6249386/
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/6658603/

Now, whether any of that qualifies as 'artistic photography' is, of course, a subjective assessment. I submit that I at least come close.

Without a citation of precisely which part of the AUP you violated, you are under no obligation to do anything.

I agree.

Otherwise, it's just some admin somewhere being a twat.