U-18Chan

2016-07-26T01:05:26Z

104.237.102.157: Updated site status

{{Infobox website
| title = U-18Chan
| image = [[Image:U-18chanpawastika.png|175px]]
| caption = '''Being rammed by larger ships since 1914'''
| author = '''Site Founders''': Filthy, Jay, Spud
*'''Administrators''': Leonfox, Anon123212321, Marker, Spud, Trapper, Gilbert, Akamaru
*'''Super Moderator''': Virtualfox
*'''Moderators''': Etheral, Doridiand, Kit, Silver, Rick227, MetroSexual Hipster, Caid, Echofox, Rokoji
| url = http://www.u18chan.com/
*'''Twitter''': https://twitter.com/u18chan/
*'''Facebook''': https://facebook.com/u18chan/
*'''Chat''': http://u18chan.com/chat/
| status = Online
| began = June 12, 2009
| ended = Late June/Early July, 2016
| genre = Adult image board
| rating = {{rating-ma-button}}
}}
[[File:Valkyria02.png|right|thumb|200px|Valkyria]]
'''U-18Chan''' was a mature furry [[imageboard]] hosted in Europe. Its name comes from [[Wikipedia:SM U-18|a German submarine]] from the [[W:WWI|First World War]].<ref>[http://u18chan.com/rules#faq FAQ] Etymology of U-18Chan</ref>

==Boards==
The site boards were split into five categories: '''Furry Related''', '''The Basement''', '''General''', '''Indices''' and '''Misc'''.

'''Furry Related'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/fur/ /fur/ - Furries]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/c/ /c/ - Furry Comics]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/gfur/ /gfur/ - Gay Furries]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/gc/ /gc/ - Gay Furry Comics]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/i/ /i/ - Intersex]'''
*'''[http://u18chan.com/scale/ /scale/ - Scalies]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/rs/ /rs/ - Requests & Source]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/a/ /a/ - Animated]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/aw/ /aw/ - Cute]'''

'''The Basement'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/pb/ /pb/ - Post Your Naked Body]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/p/ /p/ - Ponies]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/f/ /f/ - Feral]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/cub/ /cub/ - Cub]'''

'''General'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/d/ /d/ - Discussion]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/mu/ /mu/ - Music]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/w/ /w/ - Wallpapers]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/v/ /v/ - Video Games]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/lo/ /lo/ - Lounge]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/tech/ /tech/ - Technology]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/lit/ /lit/ - Literature]'''

'''Indices'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/ifur/ /ifur/ - Furries Index]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/ic/ /ic/ - Furry Comics Index]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/igfur/ /igfur/ - Gay Furries Index]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/igc/ /igc/ - Gay Furry Comics Index]'''

'''Misc'''
*'''[http://u18chan.com/b/ /b/ - Traffic Data]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/guide/ /guide/ - U-18Chan Guide]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/gp/ /gp/ - Gentlemen Protocol]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/vlkyra/ /vlkyra/ - Valkyria]'''
*'''[http://u18chan.com/rules/ /rules/ - Rules and FAQ]'''
*'''[http://www.u18chan.com/chat/ /chat/ - Chat]'''

The '''lounge board''' was a board for general chatting and random threads, while the '''discussion board''' was for discussions, debates or arguments.
The most popular of the furry boards was '''Gay Furry Comics''', with double the number of threads of any other board.<ref>[http://u18chan.com/gc /gc/ - Gay Furry Comics] Compare the number of pages on /gc/ to other boards</ref>

/r/ - Recent and Search had to be removed after security concerns.<ref>[http://www.u18chan.com/#News U-18Chan News post 28/03/13] Recent and Search Removed</ref>

The '''Indices''' section were simply links to the Catalogues of the first five boards in '''Furry Related'''.

==Mascot==
U-18Chan's [http://u18.virtualfoxdistribution.com/history/media/old%20mascot.png?attredirects=0 first mascot], a cat in SS uniform, was taken from the German imageboard Krautchan. The second and current mascot, [http://u18chan.com/images/mascot/Valkyria01.png a sergal in SS uniform], was drawn by [[Yuuri]] and then named '''Valkyria''' through a competition held by Jay. Further drawings of Valkria have been done by [[SpazzyKoneko]] including different versions for each holiday so far. Every drawing of the current mascot is hosted in full resolution on a [http://u18chan.com/vlkyra/ special page].

==Software switch==
Due to the limitations of [http://kusabax.cultnet.net/ Kusaba X], U-18Chan was forced to switch over to the more efficient [http://imageboard4free.com/ ImageBoard4Free] software, which was provided to U-18Chan by Infinitus of ib4f.com. U-18Chan successfully switched to ImageBoard4Free during summer 2011<ref>[http://u18chan.com/#News U-18Chan News post 28/07/11] 'Things Are About To Get German'</ref> and was able to clean up some of the bugs created during the switch. U-18Chan has worked on new site software in the past but with the departure of the sole coder<ref>[http://jkmittens.tumblr.com/post/46482198434/thoughts-about-closing-u-18chan U-18Chan Owner's Blog] Thoughts about closing U-18Chan</ref> there has been no further progress.

==April Fools==
For April 1, 2012, the website's main page had an upside-down announcement that read "U-18Chan is now hosted in northern Australia. Edit: We have had some reports of the site appearing upside down for some users. This is most likely due to upside down packets coming from ISPs running outdated firmware. Please contact them and ask about Australian compatibility if you are experiencing this issue."<ref>[http://www.u18chan.com/ U-18Chan News post 01/04/12] 'Server Migration'</ref> The site was not actually moved to Australia, but the news post has remained on the front page with the April 1st time stamp and upside down text.

==External links==
*[http://u18chan.com/images/full_res/Valkyria02.png Valkyria] image in high resolution.
*[http://u18.virtualfoxdistribution.com/ Site Guide] Semi-formal site guide written by U-18Chan staff.

==References==
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