Basil Lion

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[[File:BasilLionFursuit.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Fursuit by Basil Lion]]
'''Basil Lion''' (born August 14, 1979)<ref name="BasilFSD">[http://db.fursuit.me/index.php?c=viewuser&nick=Basil%20Lion Basil Lion's profile] on [[the Fursuit Database]]. Retrieved September 12, 2014.</ref> is an [[Wikipedia:Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[fursuiter]] and [[furry fan]]. He lives and works in [[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]],<ref name="BasilFSD"/> married to Ukrainian [[furry artist]] [[Belo4ka]].

Basil often portrays himself as a [[lion]]. He is one of the oldest active members of Ukrainian [[furry fandom]], is chairman of [[WUFF]] (formerly UA Furence), is a senior staff member of [[Eurofurence]] (dealing with the [[fursuit lounge]]), and runs a local furry-oriented website ([[furry.org.ua]]). For a long time, Basil has actively participated in [[Rusfurrence]] (an annual furry convention held in [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]]), and attended [[ČeSFuR]], [[Gdakon]], and Eurofurence.

==Fursuits==
Basil Lion is a [[fursuiter]], having built fursuits of his own. His main [[character]] is Basil Lion<ref>[http://db.fursuit.org/index.php?c=viewsuit&id=1481 Basil Lion] on the Fursuit Database. Retrieved September 12, 2014.</ref>, a generic full-body [[cartoon|toony]]-style lion built in 2003, which made his first appearance at Rusfurrence in 2004.

In 2010, in collaboration with [[Sorrow]], Basil built '''Sofia''',<ref>[http://db.fursuit.org/index.php?c=viewsuit&id=2345 Sofia] on the Fursuit Database. Retrieved September 12, 2014.</ref> a lioness. Sofia was built for Belo4ka, and she first appeared at [[Eurofurence 16]] in 2010.

Basil has built a number of suits, all of them on a non-commercial basis.

==Interests==
Basil Lion is fond of ''[[The Lion King]]'' and other [[Disney]] animations, and was an active member of the TLK fan club of Russia. His first appearance at [[LionKing.ru]] meetings was in January 2001. He is a great fan of ''[[Chronicles of the Pride Lands]]'', a Lion King-based [[fan fiction]] by [[John Burkitt]] and [[David Morris]].

Outside the furry fandom, Basil is best known as a UNIX system administrator, freelance PHP programmer and digital [[photographer]].

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://furry.org.ua/ furry.org.ua] furry website maintained by Basil Lion
* [http://basil-lion.deviantart.com/ Basil Lion] at [[deviantART]]
* [https://inkbunny.net/basillion Basil Lion] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/basillion Basil Lion] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://vkontakte.ru/id6863368 Basil Lion] at [[W:VKontakte|VKontakte]]

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WUFF

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[[File:WUFFPaw.jpg|right|200px|WUFF]]
'''WUFF''' (previously '''UA Furence''', '''UAfurmeet''' and '''UkrFurence''') is a winter/spring convention held in and ruining [[Wikipedia:Ukraine|Ukraine]] each year at a different time and in different place.

The first instance was held from 30 December 2005 to 3 January 2006 in [[Wikipedia:Lviv|Lviv, Ukraine]], with only 11 attendees; five from Russia and six from Ukraine. There were no special program or set events, but a lot of snow and fun on the frozen lake. As of 2012, the event is led by [[Basil Lion]] ([[Koya]] was also an early organizer) and has 164 attendees. It was renamed to WUFF in 2012.<ref>http://furry.org.ua/wuff2012/ Retrieved February 23, 2012.</ref> Since 2008 this convention was held in [[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]].

==History==
[[File:MicroUAFurence2008.jpg|right|100px]]
[[File:WUFF12.png|right|100px]]
[[File:WUFF14.jpg|right|WUFF 2014 logo|100px]]
* 30.12.2005 - 02.01.2006 '''FurMeet New Year 2006''' ([[Wikipedia:Lviv|Lviv, Ukraine]]) attendance: 11
* 31.12.2006 - 03.01.2007 '''FurMeet New Year 2007''' ([[Wikipedia:Lviv|Lviv, Ukraine]]) attendance: 13
* 09.05.2008 - 11.05.2008 '''[http://furry.org.ua/umf2008/ UA Furence 2008]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 62
* 09.05.2009 - 11.05.2009 '''[http://furry.org.ua/umf2009/ UA Furence 2009]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 67
* 08.05.2010 - 10.05.2010 '''[http://furry.org.ua/umf2010/ UA Furence 2010]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 95
* 07.05.2011 - 09.05.2011 '''[http://furry.org.ua/umf2011/ UA Furence 2011]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 150
* 28.04.2012 - 02.05.2012 '''[https://wuff.ua/2012/ WUFF 2012]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 164
* 09.05.2013 - 12.05.2013 '''[https://wuff.ua/2013/ WUFF 2013]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 219
* 07.05.2014 - 11.05.2014 '''[https://wuff.ua/2014/ WUFF 2014]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 260
* 06.05.2015 - 10.05.2015 '''[https://wuff.ua/2015/ WUFF 2015]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 121
* 04.05.2016 - 08.05.2016 '''[https://wuff.ua/2016/ WUFF 2016]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 116
* 03.05.2017 - 07.05.2017 '''[https://wuff.ua/2017/ WUFF 2017]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 154
* 08.05.2018 - 12.05.2018 '''[https://wuff.ua/2018/ WUFF 2018]''' ([[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]]) attendance: 209

==2015==
[[File:WUFF2015Logo.jpg|right|150px|WUFF 2015 logo]]
[[File:WUFF15-logo-by-belo4ka.jpg|right|200x290px|WUFF 2016 flyer]]
WUFF 2015 took place over May 6-10, 2015, at the Gintama-Briz hotel in [[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]].<ref>[http://wuff.org.ua/2015/venue When and where] on the WUFF 2015 website. Retrieved May 4, 2015.</ref>

There were 67 attendees.

The staff were:<ref>[http://wuff.org.ua/2015/staff Staff] on the WUFF 2015 website. Retrieved May 4, 2015.</ref>
* [[Basil Lion]]: [[Chairman]], Payment
* [[Izi Jeevas]]: Vice chairman
* [[CheetahPaw]]: [[Registration]], Tech Team
* [[Taysha]]: Hotel
* [[belo4ka]]: Art Team
* [[Argy]]: Event Team
* [[Perihelion]]: Security Team
* [[VUFox]]: Photo Team
* [[Topcat]]: Logistics
* [[Derill]]: Finance

==2016==
[[File:WUFF2016Logo.jpg|right|150px|WUFF 2016]]
WUFF 2016 took place over May 4-8, 2016,<ref>[https://twitter.com/uafurence/status/597337399014912000 Tweet] on the WUFF account on [[Twitter]]. Dated May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.</ref> at the hotel "Sofiyevsky Posad" in [[Wikipedia:Kiev|Kiev, Ukraine]].<ref>[http://wuff.org.ua/2016/venue 2016 venue] on the WUFF website. Retrieved December 6, 2015.</ref>

There were 100 attendees.

The staff were:<ref>[http://wuff.org.ua/2016/staff Staff] on the WUFF 2016 website. Retrieved March 18, 2015.</ref>
* [[Basil Lion]]: [[Chairman]], [[Registration]], Payment
* [[Izi Jeevas]]: Vice chairman
* [[Taysha]]: Hotel
* [[belo4ka]]: Art Team
* [[Daemon]]: Tech Team
* [[Argy]]: Event Team
* [[B1o4m]]: Security Team
* [[Blacklion]]: Media Team
* [[VUFox]]: Photo Team
* [[Topcat]]: Logistics
* [[Derill]]: Finance
* [[Ksan_shie]]: [[ConOps]]
* [[Bodya]]: Legal Affairs
* [[Zephid]]: Fursuit support
* [[Royen]]: International guests support

==2017==
[[File:WUFF2017Logo.jpg|right|150px|WUFF 2017]]
WUFF 2017 took place over May 3-7, 2017.<ref>[http://wuff.org.ua/2017/ WUFF 2017 website]. Retrieved November 3, 2016.</ref> There were 142 attendees in the hotel, and 35 fursuits.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Royen4eg/status/861140002260099072 Tweet] on the WUFF account on Twitter. Dated May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.</ref>

==2018==
[[File:WUFF2018Logo.jpg|right|150px|WUFF 2018]]
WUFF 2018 took place May 8-12, 2018,<ref>[http://wuff.org.ua/2018/ WUFF 2018 website]. Retrieved February 24, 2018.</ref> at the Hotel "Platium" in Kyiv, Ukraine.<ref>[https://wuff.ua/2018/venue Venue] on the WUFF 2018 website. Retrieved February 24, 2018.</ref>

==2019==

WUFF 2019 was scheduled for May 7-11, 2019, at the hotel "Pushcha" in Kyiv,<ref>[https://wuff.ua/2019/hotel Hotel] - WUFF 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019</ref> but was postponed to 2020 due to concerns over the safety of at the Ukraine border:<ref>[https://wuff.ua/2019 WUFF 2019 website]. Retrieved February 6, 2019.</ref>
{{q|Friends!
We have an important announcement for all of you - we have decided to postpone WUFF till 2020.
It is a tough decision, but we are making it to protect all of you from difficulties you may encounter on the country borders.
We want all of you to feel comfortable and relaxed at the convention, but current situation, sadly, is very tense and mass media makes it even worse. We apologize to all of you, who already planned their trips and prepared to have lots of fun at WUFF 2019, but there are some things which are out of our reach.
We will continue to work really hard to make WUFF happen in May 2020 and hope that situation in the country will stabilize by then.
If you will have any questions, please, send us an email or contact us in social networks.
And don't forget to check news and updates!
We hope to see all of you in May, 2020!
- WUFF Team}}

== 2020 ==

WUFF 2020 was scheduled for May 2020, but it was canceled and postponed to 2021 due to the [[COVID-19]] 2019 [[W:Pandemic|Pandemic]].<ref>[https://telegra.ph/WUFF-2020-EN-03-25 ''WUFF 2020 (EN)''] post on [[Telegram]]. Dated March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.</ref>
{{q|WUFF 2020 [EN] WuffMarch 25, 2020
Last year, unstable political situation in the country forced us to postpone WUFF for a year.

And even though we were very upset about it, we pulled ourselves together and set a goal to not waste any time and spend it on preparations for WUFF 2020.

We worked hard, set a new record for registration time and you know what? It was AWESOME!

We have also created lots of parties and competitions, bought prizes and different merch, we have done everything to make WUFF as fiery as never before, but it looks like the universe wants us to spend additional year to make an unbelievable convention!

Yes, we're postponing WUFF till 2021

There is always one main goal for our staff team - our participants should have fun, feel themselves comfortable and safe. And sadly this year we cannot guarantee safety to you our beloved attendees.

We want to give our sincere apologies to all attendees who were waiting and still hoping... We have tried to make it happen till this last minute, but finally decided to make this devastating decision.}}

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[:Category:WUFF staff|WUFF staff]]

== External links ==
* [https://wuff.ua/ wuff.ua] (official website)
* [https://vk.com/uafurence WUFF] on [[Wikipedia:VK (social network)|VK]]
* [https://facebook.com/uafurence WUFF] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/uafurence WUFF] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://telegram.me/uafurence WUFF Announcements] on [[:w:Telegram (software)|Telegram]]
* [https://telegram.me/wuff_public WUFF Public] on [[:w:Telegram (software)|Telegram]]
* {{con resources}}

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