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[[Image:Wizarth YiffChart button.png|right|300px|OzFurry YiffChart promotional graphic]]<br />
[[Tursiae]] has created a chart of [[yiffing|sexual activity]], past and present, within the [[:Category:Australia|Australian furry community]].<ref name="YiffChart">[http://ofyc.thelair.org/ The OzFurry YiffChart℠ Project] - Tursiae (May 3, 2007)</ref><br />
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The <span class="plainlinks">[http://ofyc.thelair.org/ OzFurry YiffChart]</span> was first announced on Tursiae's LiveJournal late last month,<ref>''[http://tursiae.livejournal.com/99457.html The Furry Graph of Doom]'' (April 24, 2007)</ref> and promoted on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet IRC]] channel #[[ozfurs]]. Individuals were invited to submit lists of prior relationships under terms of confidentiality.<br />
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Recent updates have resulted in charted individuals being coloured by state, except for those residing in low-population states which might cause them to be identifiable.<br />
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{{q|This project started as a joke about how incestuous the Australian furry community is... and it just went downhill from there.<ref name="YiffChart" />}}<br />
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This YiffChart is similar to a study performed in 2004 by Peter Bearman of [[Wikipedia:Columbia University|Columbia University]] and James Moody and Katherine Stovel of the [[Wikipedia:University of Washington|University of Washington]], who created a map of sexual relationships in a US high-school.<ref name="MSNBC">''[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6862058/ High-school relationships untangled]'' - Robert Roy Britt, [[Wikipedia:MSNBC|MSNBC]] (January 24, 2005)</ref><ref>''[http://www.soc.washington.edu/users/stovel/Chains.pdf Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks.]'' (PDF) 2004. Bearman, Peter S, James Moody and Katherine Stovel. American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 110, N1: 44-91.</ref><br />
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Unlike the "chains" described in that study, the YiffChart shows a more closely-woven net of relationships, perhaps reflecting the lack of limits on the age of prior relationships. It does have a few clusters roughly correlated by location, but also contains nodes linked to ten or more other individuals, often linking these clusters.<br />
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When asked, Tursiae denied borrowing the concept, stating that he "needed to learn [[Wikipedia:AWK (programming language)|awk]]", and that:<br />
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{{q|The chart was not inspired by any media articles, just the common belief that 'furs are sluts!'<ref>#[[ozfurs]] IRC conversation (May 6, 2007)</ref>}}<br />
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A [[News:UC Davis posts furry survey results|recent online survey]] found that over 75% of furry fans in relationships are involved with other furs.<ref>''[http://studyf3.livejournal.com/1383.html Furry Survey Results]'' - UC Davis Study group F3 LiveJournal (May 4, 2007)</ref> About half reported being in a relationship, roughly equivalent to the US average.<ref name="MSNBC" /><br />
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The code used to create the graph is available on request, though those wishing to obtain it are cautioned to "ask nicely, and promise not to laugh."<ref name="YiffChart" /><br />
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