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Yerf (art archive)

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__NOTOC__[[Image:Yerf.png|right|Yerf]]
'''Yerf''' (formerly known as the '''Squeeky Clean Furry Archive''') is probably the world's best known non-adult [[furry]] [[:Category:Art archives|art archive]]. As of November 2005 it is down as a result of a disk crash in late December 2004.

*'''Addresses''':
**'''Website''': http://yerf.com/
**'''LiveJournal''': http://livejournal.com/communities/yerf/
**'''[[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]]''': irc://irc.anthrochat.net/Yerf
*'''Administrators''': [[Dingo]], [[Rat (person)|Rat]], [[Scotty Arsenault]], [[Jedd Marten]]
*'''Ran from/to''': 1 April, 1996 - 27 December 2004 (crashed)

== History ==

[[Image:SCFA.png|right|SCFA]]
=== SCFA ===

Yerf was initially founded as the ''Squeeky Clean Furry Archive'' by [[Rat (person)|Rat]], and hosted on his site, Rat.org. At that time it was little more than an ftp server, although it developed later.

At one point, a large proportion of the art uploaded to the SCFA was strongly influenced by [[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Eventually, people got sick of so much derivative artwork, and Sonic-based material was banned, to the complaints of some of those who had been uploading it.

When Rat moved to California, he was no longer able to keep his server up, and so the service was renamed and moved to [[Tugrik]]'s purrsia.com server.

[[Image:Yerf_old.png|right|Yerf]]
=== Yerf ===

Yerf was launched in 1998 with a new design, and new rules. Artists who were previously members of the SCFA were [[Wikipedia:Grandfather clause|grandfathered]] in, which became a regular cause of complaint for those who either felt that artwork by the grandfathered artists was inadequate, or (more often) people who had been rejected who looked to this art as an excuse to complain about double standards.

On 10 July 1998, Rat [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/browse_frm/thread/60e8064c8c378d26 handed over] operation of the site to [[Scotty Arsenault]] - it had previously been run in part by [[Jedd Marten]]. At some point after that, Scotty handed it over in turn to [[Dingo]].

=== The Crash ===

On 27 December 2004, Yerf's hard disk [http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerf/42523.html signalled a failure]. [http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerf/2005/01/04/ Initial hopes] for a quick fix were soon dashed, and eventually it became clear that all of the data had been [http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerf/55386.html lost], although over $2500 was raised in donations. Worse, the hard disk contained the only copy of the Yerf archive software.

As of August 2005, Yerf is being rebuilt around a new core, the '''Squeeky Clean Art Archive'''. For now, members are allowed to post images on the community LiveJournal instead. The forums have also been re-opened. Once the core is back up, it should be possible to re-post the artwork, as some users had saved copies of the site before the crash.

[[Image:Censor_PG.png|right]]

== Art policy ==

As indicated by the name, the SCFA was always distinguished by a strong [[PG]] focus. Around the time it was relaunched as Yerf, new policies were introduced concerning the ''quality'' of artwork. At first, a large proportion of artists might still have qualified to enter, but the bar has raised over time to a point where even reasonably good artists might face several rejections before being allowed in, if they managed it at all. The long, usually six-month, mandatory wait period to reapply heightened this controversy considerably; some unsuccessful applicants believed this was sometimes applied as a form of punishment for failing to complete an application correctly.

This led to claims of elitism, which were (to an extent) ignored, as the majority of community members supported at least some level of quality filtering. Complaints about the speed of the review process were also frequent, due to the difficulty of getting qualified reviewers who could spare the time and effort to review submissions.
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Andrew Rabbitt

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'''Andrew Rabbitt''' is partner in [[Rabbit Valley Comics]], a labor of love. He married into the name Rabbitt back in July of 2004 after five plus years of devotion to his spouse, [[Sean Rabbitt]]. He started helping Sean with the picking and packing of items sometime in 1999 or early 2000. His love for the fans keeps him going.

Currently his day job (the one that pays for the car, gas, insurance, food, clothes, etc…) is in [[Wikipedia:Biotechnology|biotech]], where [[furry art]]work litters his office walls. In a perfect world he would be doing the [[furry]] thing full time.

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Forbidden

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'''Forbidden''' is a yiffy story series written by Frost Borealis and Cecil Bloodmoon posted on [[Yiffstar]]. It started in February 2004 and was completed in June 2005. It is split into three parts, called Forbidden, The Cameron Hotel, and The Angel of Yiff, easch with around 18 chapters. It chronicles the events that occur during one year in the lives of six anthropomorphic teenagers and adults.

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Forbidden

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'''Stories''' are a part of our [[:Category:Community|community]] [[:Category:Culture|culture]], in that they reflect their [[:Category:Authors|authors']] fears and aspirations, [[fantasy|fantasies]] and desires, hopes and dreams.
[[Category:Culture]]

== Stories to add ==

If you can think of a story that deserves writing about, add it in here, and maybe someone will. Don't let that stop '''you''' writing about a story, including your own! It is suggested that this page be used for stories that are available online, and the [[:Category:Novels|novels]] section be used for books that are commercially published.

<table valign="top">
<tr><td> A-D</td><td> E-L</td><td> M-R</td><td> S-Z</td>
<tr valign="top"><td>
* [[Anthropomorphic Foxes in Space]]
* [[The Beginning of Dreams]]
* [[Blue Horizon]]
* [[Breaking into the Light]]
* [[The Chosen Few]]
* [[Chronicles of the Pride Lands]]
* [[Companions]]
* [[The Darkness Beneath]]
</td><td>
* [[Firestaff]]
* [[Forbidden]]
* [[Forest Tales]]
* [[A Fox in the Works]]
* [[From the Depths to the Heights]]
* [[A Gift of Fire, A Gift of Blood]]
* [[Gone Wylde]]
* [[The Human Memoirs]]
* [[Identity Crisis]]
* [[The Journal Entries of Kennet R'yal Shardik]]
* [[The Journey]]
* [[Light on Shattered Water]]
</td><td>
* [[Migratory Birds]]
* [[Otherworlds]]
* [[The Raven's Shadow]]
* [[Road Runner]]
</td><td>
* [[Sabrina Online: The Story]]
* [[Spoontoon Tales - Extracts from a Diary]]
* [[Storms Over Open Fields]]
* [[Tabitha]]
* [[The Adventures of Timothy Mankert]]
* [[The Taj Saga]]
* [[Thorhammer]]
* [[Trouble's Tales]]
* [[Weekend at Kellys]]
* [[The Wilderhom Trilogy]]
* [[Wulf]]
* [[Zig Zag the Story]]
</td></tr></table>
Some stories may have [[Wikipedia:Category:Furry comics|information at wikipedia]] that could be used - if you do, remember to put <nowiki>{{wikicities:Wikipedia|name_of_their_page}}</nowiki> on your page.
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