I think you made a slight mistake, youâve linked to this thread. Thanks for the help though 
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I communicated and gave full feedback but Iâve never been gifted them.
I also havenât removed anyone from my testing.
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I always finished with full feedback given. Ribblr have confirmed they remove everyone after pattern test so thatâs why i have no tab and no access to any of the patterns I helped with.
I was unaware of this too and thought my testers who were left on would have access. I had no idea that could be revoked without my knowledge.
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No, Ribblr does not remove anyone. Itâs designers who do. If the designer says they didnât remove you please have them send a screenshot to our team so they can investigate further. Thanks!
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I donât do many tests because of time constraints lately. I just assumed they would gift the pattern, for testing it and journaling about it as you tested, for helping them. That they wouldnât is surprising to me. Maybe Iâm just naive?
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I havenât gifted any of mine since they are free and assumed if i left on testing theyâd have continuous access if they didnât want to mess about getting it again.
Iâm not sure you can gift free patterns but will need to look otherwise when my testing is done, everyone who trsted would have to search it out themselves.
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I understand the confusion! To clarify- it does not get removed by Ribblr. Only by the designer.
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I wouldnât think gifting it, if itâs a free pattern would be necessary, because they can go down load it for free ;). The ones that will cost money I assumed they would gift at the end of the testing as a thank you.
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Ok so its not after its complete? I assume this had meant when turning the patterns live the trsting period ended closing out the testers but I assume this is just an error in wording?
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Oh my bad! I had meant to share the link to this topic, I must have not click out of the post though and ended up replying to it lol
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Yeah, just without gifting, the pattern will disappear from their library and I suspect most people wouldnât be bothered hunting it down again.
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No worries always good to have people trying to help
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You did fine! I merged the two topics.
To conclude- designers have the control to add or remove you from testing. Ribblr does not add or remove people on othersâ behalf. We always recommend they gift patterns to testers who completed the test.
There isnât a bug with testing currently, it just means youâve been removed and therefore you cannot see your testing tab.
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Just for some reference:
-I have 18 patterns in my testing area.
-I have completed 16. For whatever reason, the designers have not âturned offâ (not sure how this is done so Iâm not sure the actual wordage) the test, or removed the test?
-9 of the 16 have been published by the designers.
-I do have numerous gifted patterns as well from other completed tests.
I think, I can say, patterns are not automatically removed once the test is done, even if itâs been published by the designer. Only the designer can remove the pattern, whether thatâs after itâs been completed or before.
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Okay, thanks for the info! Also, thanks for letting me know for the topic comment, I was wondering how I accidentally wrote the wrong reply to the wrong topic lol 
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Thank you for confirming.
The wording made me think you had added this new feature but it seems the designers have just removed me from testing without gifting. I presume they are unaware of this being a suggested thing.
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nvm, thanks for the help!
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Well removing the pattern and not gifting you said pattern sucks.
People, you testers, the ball is in YOUR court. The designers basically have nothing to offer you. Youâre the one spending the time to decipher said pattern, provide feedback on said pattern, provide the yarn for said pattern, and the TIME making the pattern.
If they have promised you a pattern in the tester call and then remove it, you need to report it.
If they say nothing about giving you the pattern for testing, then ask them. â Will you be gifting the pattern after completion of the test?â
If they donât answer your question directly, MOVE ON. This person doesnât deserve your time.
Also, tester calls for patterns to be conducted on another platform (facebook, Instagram) is UNETHICAL as well as fishing for testers who have no intention of publishing said pattern on Ribblr.
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I would also like to add the advice for testers
DO NOT WRITE THE PATTERN FOR THEM
I have seen several examples of Tester calls for absolute garbage and once the pattern is published its a completely different pattern and really cute.
Stop giving your skills away. If a pattern is garbage, say it needs to be rewritten and move on. There is nothing that special about working that hard for a pattern being âgiftedâ to you that you wrote
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