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Fur Affinity

2005-08-18T17:00:35Z

63.205.145.100: removed "glory" make it NPOV please.

'''Fur Affinity''' is one of the furry fandom's larger community art galleries, alongside [[VCL]]. The site was shut down prior to 1 August 2005 due to disagreements between [[Jheryn]] and [[Arcturus]], the major administrators to the site. Prior to then, the site had suffered from major security holes and an unfortunate hacking in mid-2005.

What separated Fur Affinity from the larger, more populated [[VCL]] was its ability to allow users to track their favorite artists through a "+watch" function, track their favorite pictures with a "+fav" feature, allowed for the general feeling of a community with comment systems, journals, personalized "shells" to view the site in, and more.

There are current plans to return ''Fur Affinity'' online. The current estimate for return is on or around September 1st. Over $1500 was raised by the ''Fur Affinity'' community to secure its new server.

Arcturus meanwhile is setting up another art gallery under the name of [[ArtPlz]] (formerly ''ArtFu''). It is currently under development and is expected to launch at some point in the near future.

==External Links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.com FurAffinity]
*[http://www.artplz.com ArtPlz]
[[Category:Art archives]]

Fur Affinity

2005-08-18T16:59:17Z

63.205.145.100:

'''Fur Affinity''' is one of the furry fandom's larger community art galleries, alongside [[VCL]]. The site was shut down prior to 1 August 2005 due to disagreements between [[Jheryn]] and [[Arcturus]], the major administrators to the site. Prior to then, the site had suffered from major security holes and an unfortunate hacking in mid-2005.

What separated Fur Affinity from the larger, more populated [[VCL]] was its ability to allow users to track their favorite artists through a "+watch" function, track their favorite pictures with a "+fav" feature, allowed for the general feeling of a community with comment systems, journals, personalized "shells" to view the site in, and more.

There are current plans to return ''Fur Affinity'' online status. The current estimate for return is on or around September 1st. Over $1500 was raised by the ''Fur Affinity'' community to secure its new server.

Arcturus meanwhile is setting up another art gallery under the name of [[ArtPlz]] (formerly ''ArtFu''). It is currently under development and is expected to launch at some point in the near future.

==External Links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.com FurAffinity]
*[http://www.artplz.com ArtPlz]
[[Category:Art archives]]

Talk:Verix

2005-08-17T03:30:19Z

63.205.145.100:

Just my thought-slash-opinion here. Maybe all the "comments by other users" should be moved here to this talk page instead of on the main article?

:Nah. I'd like to have an open forum for people to throw their opinions up, whether negative or positive, instead of having it hidden out here in my talk page. Comments are open ''anywhere'' though. :> -- [[User:Verix|Verix]] 00:39, 17 Aug 2005 (UTC)

OK umm ''Build: Slightly chubby.'' Then the pictures used in his description tell a different tale unless people think the Olsen twins are fat o.O

Nobuyuki

2005-08-16T16:50:01Z

63.205.145.100: adding in links for flash, and chiptunes

'''Nobuyuki''' is an artist whose nickname is derived from the anime series [http://www.tenchi.com/ Tenchi Muyo]. Nobuyuki, the character from the series, is well noted for his perversions.

More images of the Tenchi character Nobuyuki can be found here:
[http://www.fantasyanime.com/tenchimuyo/tenchi_nobuyuki.htm Nobuyuki Images]

The person who uses this handle is more known for his [http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/flashpro/?promoid=BINT flash files], and [http://www.chiptunes.org chiptunes]. The most recent flash is seen on [[ArtPlz]] [http://www.artplz.com website]

Nobuyuki

2005-08-16T16:31:56Z

63.205.145.100:

'''Nobuyuki''' is an artist whose nickname is derived from the anime series [http://www.tenchi.com/ Tenchi Muyo]. Nobuyuki, the character from the series, is well noted for his perversions.

More images of the Tenchi character Nobuyuki can be found here:
[http://www.fantasyanime.com/tenchimuyo/tenchi_nobuyuki.htm Nobuyuki Images]

The person who uses this handle is more known for his flash files. The most recent flash is seen on [[ArtPlz]] [http://www.artplz.com website]

ArtPlz

2005-08-16T16:31:00Z

63.205.145.100:

[[Image:Artplzcomingsoon.png|right|thumb|''ArtPlz'' holding-page Flash animation by Nobuyuki]]
'''ArtPlz''' is an under construction art gallery that allows a wide range of subjects from illustrations, photograhy, stories and music, of any age rating or topic.

== History ==
This site was [[Arcturus]]'s response to the administration split at [[Fur Affinity]] between he and [[Jheryn Lightfoot]]. The separation was caused by a power-struggle between he and Jheryn over which user should be an administrator or not. [[Arcturus]] felt it necessary to de-admin [[Oz Kangaroo]] because, through his purported immaturity toward other users, Oz was not fulfilling his job of public relations and 'damage control' for ''Fur Affinity''.

Jheryn's response was it was his site and he should be able to do what he wants with it. Arcturus, then owner of the server, officially terminated ''Fur Affinitiy'' on 1st August 2005, the domain repointed to another server to host discussion forums during its downtime. The old ''Fur Affinity'' server meanwhile was connected to the ''ArtFu.net'' domain and Arcturus posted that he would soon be opening a new art site himself.

== The Change from ArtFu ==
[[ArtFu]] was quickly supported by many of ''Fur Affinity's'' ex-user base, hoping for a resume to service as soon as possible. However ''ArtFu'' simple posted up a forum and a [[Wikipedia:LiveJournal|LiveJournal]] and it was announced that the site would be coded from scratch with a brand new team of programmers.

One of the first pieces of controversy over the new site was its name. ''Artfu.com'' did exist and was also an small online art gallery. Both fans and opponents of ''ArtFu'' were quick to point out how this could easily destroy the other site or cause issues for both parties. Arcturus assured users that he had asked for permission from the other site if it was acceptable for them to coexist, however users were still unhappy with the perceived stubbornness of the administration team. Following the extensive outpouring, consultations and advice from other gallery administrators (such as the [[VCL]]'s [[Ch'marr]] which can be seen here in the form of an [http://www.livejournal.com/users/chmarr/21448.html open letter]), it was announced a name change would take place.

On 9th August, the new name ''ArtPlz'' was announced on the forums and LiveJournal, over the next day a quick re-branding took place with the launch of a new Livejournal of the same name, the site was moved to ''artplz.com'' with the old address forwarding to it. The new logo as well was also applied to the two Livejournals and forum, and a new front page animation was made. The name was widely excepted by most users as an ironic phrase, the name referring to the common internet phenomenon of people requesting 'art plz' (art please) of characters in art and primarily adult art exchanges. Some users however felt it was a little degrading as a name for a place to show off good artwork, though these were considered a minority and the name has been finalised for launch.

== The Present Site ==
As of 16 of August, the site now simply features the [[Wikipedia:Macromedia Flash|Flash]] containing the site logo and a progress bar indicating the progression of current work building the site. It also has links to a [[Wikipedia:FAQ|FAQ]] about the site, the [[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]] channel on [[Technoweyr]], the site forum which currently hosts both site development discussion and a temporary section of forums for users to post artwork to, and the new ''ArtPlz'' LiveJournal. It should be noted though that the ''ArtFu'' LiveJournal does remain in higher use currently since it is being used for development discussion, the administration team will begin using the ''ArtPlz'' once the site is launched.

There is no current time frame for the site launch. The programming team have been selected and are at work, however Arcturus will not be holding nominations for 'moderators' or 'staff' to run the site until close to the launch date. There is also no word on the expected design of the site, however it is expected to reflect ''Fur Affinity'' in terms of feature set if not more and promises to be faster and more secure than the previous site.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.artplz.com ArtPlz website]
*[http://livejournal.com/~artplz ArtPlz LiveJournal community]
*[http://www.furaffinity.net Fur Affinity]

[[Category:Art archives]]