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The Prancing Skiltaire

2006-01-23T09:26:38Z

65.91.54.31: /* Current and Former Residents */

The '''Prancing Skiltaire''' is the given name of a private residence in [[Wikipedia:Garden Grove|Garden Grove]], [[Wikipedia:Orange County|Orange County]], [[Wikipedia:California|California]], owned by [[Mark Merlino]]. It is host to a group of [[furries]] that share their common interests in the [[furry fandom]], and also have been host to a variety of public events in the past years: annual holiday get-togethers, [[ConFurence]] and [[Califur]] staff meetings, [[filk]]ing concerts, and more recently, has taken over the previous role of monthly parties that were hosted by the wildly popular [[Rick's Cafe' Terrestrienne]], which were just located a few blocks East until [[Rick Calhoun|Rick]] and [[Tess the Red Pony|Tess Calhoun]] moved to state of [[Wikipedia:Washington|Washington]], [[Wikipedia:United States|USA]] in mid 2005.

[[Image:HouseAndSign.jpg|center|The Prancing Skiltaire]]

== Houseparty ==
<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
Guests of the monthly party are asked to provide their own food and munchies. A BBQ is available in the backyard.
Parties are usually held on the second saturday of each month, but consult the schedule for special parties (e.g. New Years, Halloween, Fourth of July, etc) or changes of plans.

== History ==

The name of the house was modelled after traditional Old English tradition: e.g.: "Red Lion Inn", "The Boar's Head", etc. which signifies a place of abode and commune to weary travelers. [[Skiltaire]] are a [[species]] created by Mark for a personally-made [[role-playing game|RPG]].

The five-bedroom house is known for its primarily furry-themed decor. Most of the walls and shelving space is decked out with original and re-created animation cels of past furry movies, Japanese and Chinese manga, original artwork by various furry artists, an extensive collection of DVDs, CDs, music, and offbeat movies, a large collection of [[plushie]]s, memorabilia, collectables, statuettes, etc.

== Tiger's Den BBS ==

'''Date of Operation:''' 1983-1996

Not to be confused with [[Tigerden Internet Services]], [[Tiger's Den BBS]] was a furry-themed [[bulletin board service]] in the mid-to-late 80's before the popularization of the internet. The servers were located in the far east wing of the house. As a result of this and Mark's professional skills as a networking engineer, the house was rigged with a more-than-adequate ethernet network, which was ahead of its time for a personal residence before the popularization of residental LANs.

== Firstlight Internet Services ==

The skiltaire also has a history with [[Firstlight Internet Services]]. Firstlight was/is a full-service ISP, once primarily based out of [[Wikipedia:Orange County|Orange County]]. [[Koyama|Neil Welchell]], its owner, was a long-time resident at the house, and consequently, partners in maintaining the communication networks provided at [[ConFurence]], along with [[Tigerden Internet Services]]. Many of the residents of the house were given complimentary webspace and email addresses, some of which are still in use today. The ISP was also host of [[The Pride Lands MUCK]], an offshoot of [[The Lion King MUCK]].

The name Firstlight was chosen for the area of TLK MUCK which hosted the Firstlight Pride, for its positioning on the far-eastern borders of the muck; it being the first light of day. The Pride was composed of many various species of animal; something which the staff of TLK MUCK objected to. The idea of, say, a [[honey badger]] being mated to a [[lion|lioness]] seemed a horribly taboo idea for many of the players and thus they were subject of regular complaints to the administration. The members of the pride decided to create their own Lion King themed MUCK, and thus [[The Pride Lands MUCK]] was born.

== Politics ==

Many rumors surround the house as to the social circumstances of its occupants. These rumors have deterred potential guests from attending past events held at the house. '''Many of these rumors are just that: rumors.''' The house is host to many furries and has been, in the past, commune for those furs either displaced from their home and given residence for rent or exchange of apprenticeship in Mark's network communication company, Lantana, Ltd. The house's occupants are friendly and open to visitors. Like any other house, it has met its trials and tribulations. If anything, the house has been a service to the furry community, and continues to do so to this day.

== Current and Former Residents ==

[[Changa]] | [[Mark Merlino]] | [[KatVixen]] | [[KitFox]] | [[WolfWings]] | [[Rod O'Riley]] | [[Jasmine ConColor]] | [[Arronel]] | [[Ray]] | [[Sherwood]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.skiltaire.net/prancing/index.html The Prancing Skiltaire home page]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrancingSkiltaire/ Prancing Skiltaire Yahoo Group]

[[Category:Furry houses]]
[[Category:Parties]]

The Prancing Skiltaire

2006-01-23T09:25:41Z

65.91.54.31: /* Current and Former Residents */

The '''Prancing Skiltaire''' is the given name of a private residence in [[Wikipedia:Garden Grove|Garden Grove]], [[Wikipedia:Orange County|Orange County]], [[Wikipedia:California|California]], owned by [[Mark Merlino]]. It is host to a group of [[furries]] that share their common interests in the [[furry fandom]], and also have been host to a variety of public events in the past years: annual holiday get-togethers, [[ConFurence]] and [[Califur]] staff meetings, [[filk]]ing concerts, and more recently, has taken over the previous role of monthly parties that were hosted by the wildly popular [[Rick's Cafe' Terrestrienne]], which were just located a few blocks East until [[Rick Calhoun|Rick]] and [[Tess the Red Pony|Tess Calhoun]] moved to state of [[Wikipedia:Washington|Washington]], [[Wikipedia:United States|USA]] in mid 2005.

[[Image:HouseAndSign.jpg|center|The Prancing Skiltaire]]

== Houseparty ==
<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
Guests of the monthly party are asked to provide their own food and munchies. A BBQ is available in the backyard.
Parties are usually held on the second saturday of each month, but consult the schedule for special parties (e.g. New Years, Halloween, Fourth of July, etc) or changes of plans.

== History ==

The name of the house was modelled after traditional Old English tradition: e.g.: "Red Lion Inn", "The Boar's Head", etc. which signifies a place of abode and commune to weary travelers. [[Skiltaire]] are a [[species]] created by Mark for a personally-made [[role-playing game|RPG]].

The five-bedroom house is known for its primarily furry-themed decor. Most of the walls and shelving space is decked out with original and re-created animation cels of past furry movies, Japanese and Chinese manga, original artwork by various furry artists, an extensive collection of DVDs, CDs, music, and offbeat movies, a large collection of [[plushie]]s, memorabilia, collectables, statuettes, etc.

== Tiger's Den BBS ==

'''Date of Operation:''' 1983-1996

Not to be confused with [[Tigerden Internet Services]], [[Tiger's Den BBS]] was a furry-themed [[bulletin board service]] in the mid-to-late 80's before the popularization of the internet. The servers were located in the far east wing of the house. As a result of this and Mark's professional skills as a networking engineer, the house was rigged with a more-than-adequate ethernet network, which was ahead of its time for a personal residence before the popularization of residental LANs.

== Firstlight Internet Services ==

The skiltaire also has a history with [[Firstlight Internet Services]]. Firstlight was/is a full-service ISP, once primarily based out of [[Wikipedia:Orange County|Orange County]]. [[Koyama|Neil Welchell]], its owner, was a long-time resident at the house, and consequently, partners in maintaining the communication networks provided at [[ConFurence]], along with [[Tigerden Internet Services]]. Many of the residents of the house were given complimentary webspace and email addresses, some of which are still in use today. The ISP was also host of [[The Pride Lands MUCK]], an offshoot of [[The Lion King MUCK]].

The name Firstlight was chosen for the area of TLK MUCK which hosted the Firstlight Pride, for its positioning on the far-eastern borders of the muck; it being the first light of day. The Pride was composed of many various species of animal; something which the staff of TLK MUCK objected to. The idea of, say, a [[honey badger]] being mated to a [[lion|lioness]] seemed a horribly taboo idea for many of the players and thus they were subject of regular complaints to the administration. The members of the pride decided to create their own Lion King themed MUCK, and thus [[The Pride Lands MUCK]] was born.

== Politics ==

Many rumors surround the house as to the social circumstances of its occupants. These rumors have deterred potential guests from attending past events held at the house. '''Many of these rumors are just that: rumors.''' The house is host to many furries and has been, in the past, commune for those furs either displaced from their home and given residence for rent or exchange of apprenticeship in Mark's network communication company, Lantana, Ltd. The house's occupants are friendly and open to visitors. Like any other house, it has met its trials and tribulations. If anything, the house has been a service to the furry community, and continues to do so to this day.

== Current and Former Residents ==

[[Changa]] | [[Mark Merlino]] | [[KatVixen]] | [[KitFox]] | [[WolfWings]] | [[Rodney O'Riley]] | [[Jasmine ConColor]] | [[Arronel]] | [[Ray]] | [[Sherwood]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.skiltaire.net/prancing/index.html The Prancing Skiltaire home page]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrancingSkiltaire/ Prancing Skiltaire Yahoo Group]

[[Category:Furry houses]]
[[Category:Parties]]

Tess Calhoun

2006-01-23T09:23:59Z

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Tess.

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The Prancing Skiltaire

2006-01-23T09:22:53Z

65.91.54.31: section added: current and former residents

The '''Prancing Skiltaire''' is the given name of a private residence in [[Wikipedia:Garden Grove|Garden Grove]], [[Wikipedia:Orange County|Orange County]], [[Wikipedia:California|California]], owned by [[Mark Merlino]]. It is host to a group of [[furries]] that share their common interests in the [[furry fandom]], and also have been host to a variety of public events in the past years: annual holiday get-togethers, [[ConFurence]] and [[Califur]] staff meetings, [[filk]]ing concerts, and more recently, has taken over the previous role of monthly parties that were hosted by the wildly popular [[Rick's Cafe' Terrestrienne]], which were just located a few blocks East until [[Rick Calhoun|Rick]] and [[Tess the Red Pony|Tess Calhoun]] moved to state of [[Wikipedia:Washington|Washington]], [[Wikipedia:United States|USA]] in mid 2005.

[[Image:HouseAndSign.jpg|center|The Prancing Skiltaire]]

== Houseparty ==
<div style="float:right">__TOC__</div>
Guests of the monthly party are asked to provide their own food and munchies. A BBQ is available in the backyard.
Parties are usually held on the second saturday of each month, but consult the schedule for special parties (e.g. New Years, Halloween, Fourth of July, etc) or changes of plans.

== History ==

The name of the house was modelled after traditional Old English tradition: e.g.: "Red Lion Inn", "The Boar's Head", etc. which signifies a place of abode and commune to weary travelers. [[Skiltaire]] are a [[species]] created by Mark for a personally-made [[role-playing game|RPG]].

The five-bedroom house is known for its primarily furry-themed decor. Most of the walls and shelving space is decked out with original and re-created animation cels of past furry movies, Japanese and Chinese manga, original artwork by various furry artists, an extensive collection of DVDs, CDs, music, and offbeat movies, a large collection of [[plushie]]s, memorabilia, collectables, statuettes, etc.

== Tiger's Den BBS ==

'''Date of Operation:''' 1983-1996

Not to be confused with [[Tigerden Internet Services]], [[Tiger's Den BBS]] was a furry-themed [[bulletin board service]] in the mid-to-late 80's before the popularization of the internet. The servers were located in the far east wing of the house. As a result of this and Mark's professional skills as a networking engineer, the house was rigged with a more-than-adequate ethernet network, which was ahead of its time for a personal residence before the popularization of residental LANs.

== Firstlight Internet Services ==

The skiltaire also has a history with [[Firstlight Internet Services]]. Firstlight was/is a full-service ISP, once primarily based out of [[Wikipedia:Orange County|Orange County]]. [[Koyama|Neil Welchell]], its owner, was a long-time resident at the house, and consequently, partners in maintaining the communication networks provided at [[ConFurence]], along with [[Tigerden Internet Services]]. Many of the residents of the house were given complimentary webspace and email addresses, some of which are still in use today. The ISP was also host of [[The Pride Lands MUCK]], an offshoot of [[The Lion King MUCK]].

The name Firstlight was chosen for the area of TLK MUCK which hosted the Firstlight Pride, for its positioning on the far-eastern borders of the muck; it being the first light of day. The Pride was composed of many various species of animal; something which the staff of TLK MUCK objected to. The idea of, say, a [[honey badger]] being mated to a [[lion|lioness]] seemed a horribly taboo idea for many of the players and thus they were subject of regular complaints to the administration. The members of the pride decided to create their own Lion King themed MUCK, and thus [[The Pride Lands MUCK]] was born.

== Politics ==

Many rumors surround the house as to the social circumstances of its occupants. These rumors have deterred potential guests from attending past events held at the house. '''Many of these rumors are just that: rumors.''' The house is host to many furries and has been, in the past, commune for those furs either displaced from their home and given residence for rent or exchange of apprenticeship in Mark's network communication company, Lantana, Ltd. The house's occupants are friendly and open to visitors. Like any other house, it has met its trials and tribulations. If anything, the house has been a service to the furry community, and continues to do so to this day.

== Current and Former Residents ==

[[Changa]] | [[Sy Sable]] | [[KatVixen]] | [[KitFox]] | [[WolfWings]] | [[Rodney O'Riley]] | [[Jasmine ConColor]] | [[Arronel]] | [[Ray]] | [[Sherwood]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.skiltaire.net/prancing/index.html The Prancing Skiltaire home page]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrancingSkiltaire/ Prancing Skiltaire Yahoo Group]

[[Category:Furry houses]]
[[Category:Parties]]

Firstlight Internet Services

2006-01-23T09:19:56Z

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FirstLight Internet Services Web site. http://www.firstlight.net/

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ConFurence 10

2006-01-23T09:18:32Z

65.91.54.31: /* Staff */ credit KitFox

{{ConFurence}}
'''ConFurence 10''' was the [[furry convention]] in the [[ConFurence]] series held over the four days of April 1-4 in 1999 at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, California. The dual themes for that year were "Looking Back at 10 Furry Years" and "Year of the Rabbit".

This was the first year in which ConFurence was held in April rather than January, and the first time it was held in San Diego. It was also the first year in which attendance to ConFurence declined. In addition to the calendar and venue changes, there was now competition from [[Further Confusion]], which had run for the first time that January, appropriating ConFurence's old calendar position.

===Guests of Honor===
* [[Mary Hanson-Roberts]] (fantasy artist)
* [[Wikipedia:Cynthia McQuillin|Cynthia McQuillin]] ([[filksinger]])

===Staff===
* '''Directors''': [[Mark Merlino]] (hotel relations), [[Rod O'Riley]] (programming, guest relations, lounges)
* '''Art Show Coordinator''': [[XianJaguar]]
* '''Dealers' Den/Publishers' Row/Artists' Alley''': [[Steve Corbett]], [[Shawn Strobel]]
* '''Security''': [[Zsa'nene Klinkler]] and [[Patrick Callicott]] (security chiefs); [[Steve Brent]], [[Dawn Britt]], [[Vincent J. Delia]], [[John DiAntonis-Lonberger]], [[Scott Hamilton]], [[Byron Havranck]], [[Dawn Marie Holland]], [[Michael Kloman]], [[James Miles]], [[Rob Powell]], [[Jeff Tharp]], [[Tami Tingle]], [[David Weiss]], [[Shannon D. Wilson]]
* '''Information''': [[James P. Mullen]], [[Darrel Exline]]
* '''Den Mother''': [[Kay Shapero]]
* '''Filk Coordinator''': [[Robert A. Larson]]
* '''Video Theater Coordinator''': [[Bob Caron]]
* '''Daily Newsletter Editor''': [[Darrel Exline]]
* '''First Aid Coordinator''': [[Lynn Kurtz]]
* '''Press Liaisons''': [[Ken Nielsen]], [[Jacob Stanovich]]
* '''Event Video''': [[David Bliss]]
* '''Gaming''': [[Steven Merritt]]
* '''Internet Room Coordinators''': [[Neil Whelchel]], [[Lena Lawler]]
* '''Registration Coordinators''': [[DeWayne Stuart]], [[Karl Maurer]]
* '''FurDance Coordinators''': [[Rachel Cawley|Rachel]] and [[John Cawley]]
* '''Volunteer Coordinators''': [[Carol Higuchi]], [[drew kitty|Andrew Clark]], [[KitFox|David T. Parenteau]]
* '''Costume Event Coordinators''': [[Andrea Adams]], [[Cary Sandvig]]
* '''Special Events''': [[Jason Roundy]], [[Terry Brussel-Gibbons]], [[Paul Brussel-Gibbons]]
* '''General Staff/Crew/Volunteers''': [[Larry Adams]], [[Christian Arbeen]], [[Archer]], [[Christopher W. Armstrong]], [[Rodney Basler]], [[Andrew Beaudoin]], [[Eric-Alexander Bitton]], [[Joshua A. Cape]], [[Shaun Catlord]], [[CinderWolf]], [[drew kitty|Andrew Clark]], [[Moroni M. Clawson]], [[Donald Cleary]], [[Loring Grant Cleveland]], [[Gabriel "Vircoo" Collazo]], [[Raymond "Stego" Collazo]], [[Crassus]], [[Bernard Doove]], [[David W. Drake]], [[Farlo]], [[FlaFox]], [[Frisbee]], [[Amanda Geyer]], [[Aaron Goulding]], [[Kayla A. Green]], [[Grrolin]], [[Johnathan Hartman]], [[Holloway]], [[Vincent Horne]], [[Michael Jacobsen]], [[Bethany Hope Jenkins]], [[Jwyldragon]], [[Karl]], [[Joette Khamis]], [[Kirindar]], [[Omar Lopez]], [[Shawn K. McCormick]], [[Paul P. McNutt]], [[David Meacham]], [[Steve Meritt]], [[Sheryl Mount]], [[Charles Nezzer]], [[Ken Nielsen]], [[Austin Norwood]], [[Nyakas]], [[Chris J. O'Donnell]], [[Robert O'Connor]], [[Judy Oxford]], [[Anneke Patchen]], [[Richard Pike]], [[Rainshadow]], [[Kathleen Record]], [[Jason Roundy]], [[Nicolai Shapero]], [[Victoria Shapero]], [[ShyFox]], [[Silvermane]], [[Jacob Stanovich]], [[James Stewart]], [[DeWayne Stuart]], [[Shannon Stuart]], [[Sharee Thompson]], [[Ryan H. Torchia]], [[Corey Vallejo]], [[Jennifer Vancil]], [[Joseph D. Ward]], [[Glen Wooten]]

===Sponsors===
[[Rob Alston]], [[Steve Butler]], [[Jeremy Doran]], [[Deen Foxx]], [[Gerrit Heitsch]], [[Ed Hollowell]], [[Oscar Marcus]], [[Eric Miyoda]], [[Peter A. Murphy]], [[Barry Needham]], [[Robert W. O'Connor]], [[Freddy E. Praul]], [[Jim Rauscher]], [[Bruce Richman]], [[William D. Ringland]], [[Michael Russell]], [[Jason Short]], [[Jefferson P. Swycaffer]], [[Conrad Thonger]], [[Richard Williams]], [[Shannon Wilson]]

The souvenir programme book was 52 black-and-white pages, with cover art by [[Gary Lee Seto]].

==External Links==
* [http://www.confurence.com/cf10/main40.html ConFurence 10 Website Archive]
* [http://www.polarden.org/cf10.mv Unofficial CF10 Website]

[[Category:Conventions]]

User talk:GreenReaper

2006-01-23T09:15:54Z

65.91.54.31: Thanks for Darrel_Exline

{{User talk:GreenReaper/Header}}
== Hi! *fluufff* ==

thanks for the greetings! i am already active on (mostly german) wikipedia, and i plan to add more entries about furscape and the austrian furries here. this is great!

[[User:Unci|Unci]] 08:56, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:Glad to have you! It's always good to have contributors who already know about MediaWiki. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:35, 4 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

Thanks for fixing my entry. Still a bit of a noob when it comes to wiki entries, etc. :) H.

:No problemo. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:26, 4 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Zobeid ==

Thanks for moving my article! I saw that my name had been linked from the SPR article, so that was really what set me off on the long story about the goings-on there. It really does belong on a page of its own, and I will try to fill in the general article with more neutral (i.e. less anecdotal) information. I'm also glad to see a lot of information about Furscape MUCK has been filled in.

: If you are not comfortable with being linked from SPR, remove the link. I put myself into that story as my traces still appear to be omnipresent there six years after I left. As for Furscape, we already have one new player who found us thanks to the entry here on the first day of its presence - feel free to add anything that you like! [[User:Unci|Unci]] 19:20, 4 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Images ==

Hi Green! Seems I'm not able to add images on the character descs, why? Where do i go wrong? O.o Here's a try:
[[Image: http://www.vixine.com/designyellow/images/character_bios/Scyra.jpg]]

See? ^^* There is something I can't get, sorry...

:I'm not Green (well in my heart I am, but that's a different story), but you can't inline external images. Instead you can upload the file (see the "Upload file" function on the left) and then use the [[Image:Filename]] function. - [[User:Unci|Unci]] 11:13, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:Like Unci said - you need to [[Special:Upload|upload]] it, and then you can link it as on other pages. We had problems with externally-linked images almost immediately, so decided it was best to disable that feature. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 15:04, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Explicit or not??!! ==

Reaper?!: I am in a pissed off mood, that like it or not I am on the verge of hating and officially quitting Wikifur once and for all. And you had better beware of that! >:( Upon finding EXPLICIT images (whose warnings come rather too little too damn late) of rabbit character Sasha, by that porn bastard Jeremy Bernal. In that article, the attempt to protect those who'd be offended is a bullshit loophole. Why the hell could the images not be HIDDEN via links only, with fair warning notes too?! Please consider that option.

I am warning you because I will only give you ONE LAST CHANCE to hide ANY explicit images, especially that Sasha character. Because if you do not, then I will want all info about yours truly DELETED AND GONE, because it is a privilege Wikifur will otherwise NEVER AGAIN deserve, and you will LOSE future additions of opportunities. Think about that, because I do not tolerate any unacceptable loopholes. Thank you for understanding, because my trusting you is in extreme jeopardy.

If we can make a deal here, please let me know and E-mail me at jmalecki@rogers.com. Thank you

Yours truly,
Jamie Malecki.

:Because we are an encyclopedia, [[WikiFur:What_WikiFur_is_not#WikiFur_is_not_censored_for_the_protection_of_minors| WikiFur is not censored for the protection of minors]] and may contain some content which some people may consider offensive. I'll leave GR, to answer this further but I believe the short answer is that we don't hide such images any more than Wikipedia do. Also, as far as I'm aware, the article about yourself has already been locked. --[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 22:03, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:I am sorry that you feel that way, Jamie, but ''I'' personally feel your edits as of late have shown that your beliefs do not align with those of this community. These are outlined - fairly clearly, I hope - in [[WikiFur:What WikiFur is]] and [[WikiFur:What WikiFur is not]].

:One of the things that WikiFur is ''not'' is a place that is censored for minors (or for any other group). Specifically, protecting people from being offended is not a particular concern of WikiFur. This has been pointed out several times on [[User talk:70.24.132.223|your talk page]]. The simple reason that I would present for this is that the furry fandom is, ultimately, mostly composed of adults, and some topics cannot avoid covering adult material without being the lesser for it. The grounds for inclusion of images is as for any other content - its appropriateness to the topic concerned, not the morals of the individuals that might read it.

:It has become clear that you do not agree with this, and it seems from your ultimatim that you are not interested in convincing us that this is a bad policy through debate. That being the case, it may well be best if you do discontinue editing here, at least for now, as I would not wish to have a fellow contributor who does not agree with the ideals of this site.

:As to trying to "make a deal" with me, I think you misunderstand WikiFur. This is a community site - and is ultimately run by the consensus of the community, not by me. If you wished to "deal", you should have engaged the community on the discussion pages for the articles concerned and tried to convince them that your edits were the right thing to do. Instead, you made [http://furry.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Sasha&diff=prev&oldid=19600 edits like this]. Surely you can see how such actions only weaken your standing here, where respect is due to the quality of contributions to the site? The use of terms like "porn bastard" don't help your case, either. :-)

:Regarding your statements about information about you - freedom of speech is a right, not a privilege, as others have found out. You do not legally have the right to force the removal of true information about yourself. Moreover, when you submit information to WikiFur, you are licensing your work for free use and editing by all - even if at a later date you wish otherwise. The notice under the edit box is fairly clear about this.

:Nevertheless, out of respect for your wishes and according to existing WikiFur policies, I have blanked the page with personal information about you. If at a later date you change your mind and wish it unblanked, you are free to contact me or any other administrator to do so. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 02:40, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Not a big deal, but... ==

How come Wikifur still have 'Wikipedia' in all its page titles? Many other wikis here at Wikicities have its own name up there - perhaps Wikifur should too? ;) --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 17:16, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:I'm really not sure what you're talking about - could you clarify? Here it says "WikiFur" in page titles (along the caption of the window), not Wikipedia. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 02:34, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::Heh... I probably should've tested it with another browser before bringing it up - it seems like there's only an issue with Opera. Although I have no idea why it happens, it's certainly not an err on your part... maybe I should inquire them (Opera's developers) about this. --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 09:00, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:::After having at the user preferences a little, I found out what it was that caused the issue - and it's not at all a problem with the browser... it's the 'Norsk (bokmål)' language setting! That seems to be the only one (or one of very few) that's got this particular quirk; perhaps ''Wikia'' is to be contacted instead? :) --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 10:41, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::::Yes, language settings do odd things. When I set it to German, "Community Central" is called "WikiFur-Portal", and the link to the livejournal is called "Aktuelle Ereignisse" (= Current events). I wonder whether this can be adjusted for all languages? Note also that [[WikiFur:Site support]] (also a link in the left menu) is empty, perhaps it could be filled with some information about how one can support the site. - [[User:Unci|Unci]] 12:24, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:::::The issue is that there are separate copies of the MediaWiki: namespace for each language. It is necessary to edit them for each language. The pages are accessible via [[Special:Allmessages]]. You can also edit them by adding the language code prefix to the subpage, e.g. [[MediaWiki:Currentevents/de]].

:::::Unci and MKerris, I have given you administrator access - could you try changing the german ones (and any other languages you know) where appropriate? The pages that have changed in the english version are [http://furry.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=8 here]. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 20:00, 12 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::::::Thanks a lot - I could try to improve a little on the Scandinavian versions at the least. --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 01:41, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:::::::Great! :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 02:25, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks ==
:Thanks! I'm excited to join the team and hope to be a aid to the community as a whole. I took on a big project pretty early to my Wiki career, the [What is Furry?] artical. Myself and Giza are undecided as to wether or not the sexual nature of being furry should be included on this page. Some discussion between me and him carried over from the discussion page on the artical itself. It boils down to the impact of drawing potentially harmful attention to the fandom through the sexual aspect. Your thoughts? --[[User:Omnibahumut|Omnibahumut]] 06:19, 16 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Please remove entry in its entirety ==
(removed to be sent privately)

== Email required ==

I am writing on behalf of a small number of parties who wish to have information deleted from the "WikiFur" in it's entirety. We wish to be provided with a direct email address, as we do not wish to:

1) Post requests on a public-viewable board
2) create a "login" for the site.

Please send an email address for any administrator who can remove entries in their entirety and make modifications to others to: delfromwikifur@yahoo.com

:Hi there! Welcome to WikiFur. :-)

:You probably want to talk to me. The link to my email is in the toolbox at the left, but to make it simple I've copied this message to the address given.

:Before you email, you should know a few things:
* I will treat your emails with a measure of confidence, if that is what you desire. I ''may'' share some details with the fellow [[WikiFur:Administrators|administrators]] who I trust not to spread said details beyond that group, depending on the circumstances.
* I will do things that are provided for by our [[WikiFur:Policies and guidelines|policies]], and particularly our [[WikiFur:Personal information|personal information policy]] (which is the main generally accepted grounds for removing information) unless I have a really good reason for not doing so, in which case I will explain why that is. Note that this pertains both to information that we will remove and information that we will not remove.
* Please understand that things may take a certain amount of time, and trying to rush it (especially with legal threats, which we've had before) will not help you achieve your goals more quickly. I, personally, intend to attend [[Midwest FurFest]] this Friday and weekend, but that's not the main reason, which is . . .
* This is a community wiki. Not mine, nor that of any other contributor. My decisions are not final. Consensus is the byword here. It may take some time - and, yes, discussion - to reach it.
* If your requests pertain to personal details, I will want to have some reasonable assurance that the person actually requested such actions, or other evidence that the person's wishes are as you say they are. It was fairly simple to confirm that the most recent request was "likely in intent", but others might not be. This is one reason why concerned persons might wish to contact me directly.

:Honestly, I think you are misguided in not posting publicly, as ultimately all actions on WikiFur are public and contentious ones ''will'' require explanation, or they will be reverted - if not by myself, then by others. I'm willing to lay your case for removal of material on your behalf, but by choosing to forgo a personal request from named people, you lose the basic respect that goes with asking for yourself. Given that most information is removed due to such respect, that is an important thing to consider. I am not willing to make quick and silent removals on behalf of people that I do not know, or for reasons that I do not agree with. You will have to convince the community that it is the right thing to do.

:That said, I await your email. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 03:23, 17 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Bowman's Wolf,... ==

Actually, that was one of the articles I entered in Wikifur. It wasn't vandalism, just vandalized,... <=( [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 04:27, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:Yipe! Sorry, restored. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 04:29, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::No problem, Thank you very much =) [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 04:31, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::Welcome back, GR... :) [[User:CarlFox|Carl Fox]] 05:06, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:::Thanks! I'll be letting people know about my trip, since it relates (somewhat) to WikiFur. :-)

:::By the way . . . if there ever happens to be an ugly red link on the main page, you guys ''can'' fill it. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:09, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::::Consider it done, O Fearless Leader. :) [[User:CarlFox|Carl Fox]] 05:36, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:::::Thanks! Sorry for not doing it myself earlier, but I was somewhat internet-less. *grin* --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 07:04, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Thanksgiving ==

Oddly enough, I had one of those forehead-slapping moments yesterday when I realized that I can take my work laptop with me when I go traveling for Thanksgiving. So I'll end up having some connectivity during the holiday after all and will be able to keep an eye on things here. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 15:03, 22 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:Great! I should be around as well . . . and I'm sure we'll have a lot of visitors from people who actually have time to read the leaflets they picked up at MFF. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 14:50, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Criteria for protecting/excluding a personal page ==

Is the text found in [[Lifeforce|this article]] enough to make conclusions as for the action of protecting and excluding? Or would the person need to contact an admin by e-mail or IM? Just wondering, as I'm kinda new to situations like this. :) --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 19:18, 25 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:I'm just going to delete that for now. It looks like someone out to cause trouble. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 19:33, 25 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== WikiFur "Shoutbox"? ==

What if we were to create a general purpose talk page, where users could simply ask questions that could be answered by any other visiting user without having to think of who or where in particular to ask? A link to creating a new thread on this page would be given out in the welcome messages, for immediate access by new users.

However, I'm not really sure how good this would work out in practice, though - it could be overused/vandalized to no end for all I know. But still, it would be great to have a clearly defined way to reach the most possible users on this Wiki at any given time. --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 03:34, 26 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:There's already such areas on Wikipedia, so there is precedent for how to do it: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Help_desk|Wikipedia:Help_desk]] for questions on using Wikis and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Reference_desk|Wikipedia:Reference_desk]] for asking factual questions. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 01:38, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)

::Hmm. Interesting ideas. I'll have to take a look at those. Sorry for not responding earlier, MKerris - I missed this! :-/ --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 02:03, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:::No worries, GR... to keep track on everything at all times can be quite taxing at best. Thanks to both of you for looking into this; it would be a nice and helpful feature to have, imo. :) --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 02:43, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)

::This thing suddenly came up on my mind again, and I decided that I could just as well try my hand at it - after all, it doesn't have to be nearly as complex as the forum system at Wikipedia. Perhaps only one such page would be enough, where any type of question could be asked, regardless of matter? Makes it as newbie-friendly as possible, which tends to be a good thing most of the time.

::In any case; what do you (or anyone) think would be a suitable name for such a page? I was thinking of maybe the ''Oracle'', or perhaps something as cheesy as the ''Refurence Desk'', but there are bound to be way better names out there..! :) --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 20:38, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)

:::Sphinx's Lair? Or some other creature known for wisdom/puzzles/gregariousness... -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 21:15, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)

::::Hmm, that's definitely worth considering... Not that I have anything against sphinxes, but I'll try pondering about with some other creatures to see what the alternatives could be. --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 08:03, 4 Jan 2006 (UTC)

:::I think I'll just be calling it the [[WikiFur:Help_Desk|Help Desk]] for now, and put the name ideas on its [[WikiFur_talk:Help_Desk|talk page]] to relieve GR's page from any future additions. It's not meant as an official poll or anything (rather merely a list), but feel free to comment on them as you like. We could still turn this into a full-fledged poll later, if needed. --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 09:01, 4 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Might want to put that page on [[WikiFur:Community_Central]] somewhere, so people can learn that it's about and start to use it instead of this page. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 19:35, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

== OI OI OI! ==
Thanks for the help, negro.
<br>--[[User:Skunk|Skunk]] 06:15, 26 Nov 2005 (UTC)
<br><small>P.S. Can you do custom signatures like [http://www.hrwiki.org/ HR Wiki]?</small>

:Actually, if you look through your user preferences... -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 06:46, 26 Nov 2005 (UTC)
** My signature is better than everyone elses! SKUNK LOVE! :D --{{User:Skunk/sig}} 16:23, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Err... ==

Hmm. (Grins stupidly) Um. I apparently forgot I already had a username on here...and...you can delete either one (Lone or LoneWulfe) 'cause...I hadn't worked on my little page in so long, I'd forgotten I had to make a name. I just wanted to let you know that it is indeed the same person...and that I am indeed an idiot. Let me know iffen you'd like to delete either one - I'm more than happy with either name, myself.

(Will promise to stop being dumb)

:Well, if you still have the same email address (and put that address in when registering) then you can ask to have the password sent to you via the login page . . . --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 07:31, 26 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::Hmm...well, I do have the passwords to both, I just wasn't sure if you'd wanna get rid of one since both names are registered to me and I dun honestly need both. I won't complain 'bout it...I just dun want it to be an inconvenience or anything.

:::Ahh. No, don't worry about it (I'm not sure we can delete accounts, in fact - you'd probably have to ask jasonr at wikia dot com) - just use whichever one you prefer from now on. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 08:23, 26 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::::Okay, that's fine with me - no worrie sin that case. I'll just use this one, then...thanks for the help!

== Novels / Stories / Fiction ==

I'm question whether the division between [[:Category:Novels]] and [[:Category:Stories]] is the best approach to take. Currently, the convention is that if it's commercialy published, it goes in Novels, and if it's web published only, it goes in Stories. A third category, [[:Category:Fiction]], seems to be mostly redundant with the other two (and has had a merge template for over a month). More than once, contributors have put stories in the wrong category. Some of the entries in Stories are short stories, and at least one current article in Novels is for an anthology. Maybe we should have categories for short stories, or for multi-book series.

Is there a better way to organize/subcategorize stories and such? I think we can figure out a workable system while it would still require recategorizing no more than a couple dozen articles. --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 16:29, 27 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:If no one objects, I'm going to delete [[:Category:Fiction]] in a couple of days (after checking and if necessary recategorizing all the articles in it). --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 18:51, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::Yipe, I missed this - sorry! Umm. Not sure I have a better answer, though. It's always hard to categorize this sort of gradual change from one to another. Perhaps [[:Category:Fiction]] should be a super-category of both? --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 03:08, 30 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:::Okay, a question then. Should we maintain the category distinction between web fiction and published fiction?
:::If the answer is no, then I propose we make Fiction the primary category. Subcategories of it would include Novels, Short fiction, Story series, and Anthologies. Most works of fiction should fall into one of these four. No category distinction between commercially vs. web published. How does that sound? --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 18:38, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)

::::I agree - fiction is fiction, and it really shouldn't matter for categorization purposes whether it was published in paper or not, commercially or not (though it should of course be noted in the article). --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 19:00, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Reorg done. [[:Category:Stories]] is now basically obsolete, with most of the articles spread among [[:Category:Novels]], [[:Category:Short stories]], and [[:Category:Story series]]. [[:Category:Fiction]] is now used as a higher-level category for these and other fiction-related subcategories. I'm not familiar with some of the stories I had to recat (both the ones with articles and the "To add" lists), so anyone who reads this, please look them over and if you see something in the wrong category, please feel free to move it to the correct one. --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 21:44, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Welcome ==

Thanks for the warm welcome! It's really [[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]]'s fault that I'm here. Still getting used to everything though. :) --[[User:Graafen Blackpaw|Graafen Blackpaw]]

:Yes, whenever something goes right on this site, I know who to blame - Nidonocu, or one of our other [[WikiFur:Administrators|administrators]]. Yet they keep doing it! '''*sigh*''' --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 08:48, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Thanks for the welcome! ==

I'll just take a moment and thank you for the warm welcome. It's much appreciated.
From what I've seen, this community is a good one, congratulations on creating something so successful.
--[[User:Quotingmungo|quoting_mungo]] 07:50, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:You're welcome! I'm glad that WikiFur is a success, but honestly, anyone could have founded it given the great response we've got from the community; I just happened to be the person who decided to start the ball rolling. As the good [[Wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove]] almost said, the technology required is easily within the means of even the smallest furry fan - it required only the ''will'' to do so. And, heck, I couldn't think of anything better to do with my evenings. ;-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 08:48, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Link to the wiki? ==

Hey GR, I was just quoting WikiFur in a post on LJ and I tried to link to [http://furry.wikicities.com/wiki http://furry.wikicities.com/wiki], however as you can see that 404's unless you include the trailling /! Could you speak to those at Wikicities to see if they could fix this little bug for us? ^_^; --[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 10:56, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:It's not really a bug . . . you just pointed at the wrong page. I don't think automatic redirection works with /wiki, which is special to start with and not really a "real" directory, but I'll ask. For now I would recommend you edit the post or repost if it's a comment. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 15:44, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Australia Furries ==

I was just wandering what events furs can have in Australia, it seems all the action is at america or canada, i just wanted to know if there was anything on here *hugs* im new to the sight, saw a chance and took it to ask. *snuggles* please reply. --[[User:Furrywolf|Furrywolf]]

:The only one I know of is [[MiDFur]] - the "Melbourne in December furmeet". I would suggest asking about it in [[Ozfurs]]. Further furry information about Australia can be found in the [[:Category:Australia|Australia category]]. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 23:49, 17 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Body Parts ==

I agree with having a category for body parts, but may I suggest calling it [[:Category:Anatomy terms]] instead? --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 06:29, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:That sounds like a good idea. I just figured I'd put something there as a reminder. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 06:42, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Getting started... ==

Hey, thanks for the message.

At least I'd be productive and do something for the furdom ^^

== Front page problem ==

Someone seems to have messed with making a template fixed-width, and now Furry Central spreads itself one and a half screens wide at 1024x768 on IE 6. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 03:44, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:It doesn't seem to be doing that here - does it persist after a refresh? Could it be misreading the Pokemon World MUCK "picture"? --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 17:13, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

::That was it all along. There seems to be a persistent problem with those things in my browser. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 19:27, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

== Requiring Assistance ==

As you are the lead administrator of Wikifur, I feel you may e able to answer my question. While not Wikifur related, I think you still may be able to help me.
I am the current leader of Wikisimpsons (the founder never edited} and I am trying to create the logo. But every time I upload the one I want or revert to the proper one, it remains as the default. Can you help me please?--[[User:M Johnson|M Johnson]] 09:36, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Please ignore the above message. I've finally got it working.--[[User:M Johnson|M Johnson]] 10:10, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== Say... ==

...perhaps we should implement the Improvement Drive soon, as you previously mentioned something about [http://www.livejournal.com/community/wikifur/15364.html here]? As we're getting fewer and fewer new articles lately, it's probably about time to start refurbishing the older ones a bit. Maybe we could use this feature to let the long-time "wanted" pages into the highlight as well? Just a thought, anyways. ;)

In my opinion about its placement, though: I don't think we could really call it a "drive" if we were to put it on the community central, as it sadly doesn't get as many hits as one should hope (although things could probably be done to improve on this). How about leaving some space above the ''Did you know?'' section on the front page for this purpose? You would have to scroll down a bit more to be able to read the full ''Upcoming events'' list, but that would be a rather small sacrifice in my eyes.

Any thoughts/ideas? --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 22:31, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)

:That sounds like a good idea. For the purpose of evenness at the top, I think it would be better to put it '''beneath''' the ''Did you know?'' section, though. I have just the colour to make sure it gets read . . . and just the name, too! *evil grin* --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 04:14, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)

::Nice choice of name, if I dare say - another step towards making WikiFur a little more visibly genuine (if we could just figure out a fitting name for the Community Central already! *''Edit: Oops, I recently found out that the voting had been concluded over two months ago, and that Community Central was actually the name that won. Never mind this, then''*) :)

::Hopefully, this feature will help with increasing the overall quality of the Wiki in the not-so-long run. --[[User:MKerris|MKerris]] 13:02, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)

== Long-term security of WikiFur ==

Heya GreenReaper.

As an occasional contributor, I was just wondering about the long-term security for Wikifur. I notice that we are part of wikicities.com, and was just wondering if we have backups of our database so that if wikicities were to ever go under, the Wiki can continue to be hosted elsewhere.

The reason I bring this up is I've seen several communities die because the hosting site went under and no backups were available of the data.

I'm sure others will want to know what the situation is after reading my question as well. Enlighten us?

Thanks, and keep up the great work on this site.

-[[User:Zorin|Zorin]]

:WikiCities says that they do offsite backups, and Wikis themselves can be backed up [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Database_download with this script]. The issue has been raised before, and I occasionally do backups onto my machine at home. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 17:40, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)

:Well, technically they're not offsite, though it would only really be a problem if the colocation facility burned down. Fortunately, as Dmuth mentioned, the backups that Wikicities makes are available to everyone, and you are very welcome to download copies of them for any purpose that is within the bounds of the [[WikiFur:Copyrights|site copyright]]. I will make a note of this on [[WikiFur:About]], as it ''is'' something that comes up now and again (usually whenever an experienced system administrator joins the site :-). --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 18:49, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)

::Wow, that's pretty awesome. All it takes is a couple of backup-conscious admins to like Wikifur and we have lots of offsite backups. Pretty neat! --[[User:Zorin|Zorin]] 19:12, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)

== question on posting fur meet info on community pages ==

GR, got a quick community-ish question regarding the page on [[Sacfurs]]. Since we have weekly (or so) meets, and our website is occasionally down, would it be okay to mirror the latest sacfurs.com event listings (say a paragraph or so for the most recent) on the [[Sacfurs]] page, so in case of server trouble, people won't miss out?

Also, thanks for the wiki formatting changes on my user page -- i'm still getting used to it. it's quite different from html.

:Obviously, I'm not GR, so I can't speak for him. But, we do have a [[Template:Upcoming_events|upcoming events]] page on this Wiki, as well as informational pages for several [[conventions]], so I don't see how it would be a major problem to list a schedule for the Sacfurs meets. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 22:10, 11 Jan 2006 (UTC)

:Indeed. Go right ahead! We're not exactly going to run out of space anytime soon, especially with the new servers on the way. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 02:29, 12 Jan 2006 (UTC)

== Re: redirect from Footboy ==

Hi there, and welcome to WikiFur! I noticed [http://furry.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Footboy&curid=822&diff=0&oldid=26625&rcid=36127 this edit], but the edit summary wasn't particularly enlightning to me - could you let me know what the issue was with the redirect? --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 09:43, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)

:I'm Footboy. I severed the redirect on that page because someone advised against directly linking my forum name to my furry one. Unfortunately I don't know how to delete the Footboy page entirely. Sorry for the confusion. ^^

::Ah, OK. Well, if that is your request, and there's no pressing historical reason to link the name, I don't see a problem with getting rid of that. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 07:18, 12 Jan 2006 (UTC)

== Recent changes oddity ==

May I ask why all the recent edits have red exclamation points beside them? -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 19:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

:(Not GR, but...) I'm guessing it's an artifact of the upgrading process. Not sure if they're done with us or not - let me check around and see what I can find. --[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 19:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

:It's because we're [[Special:Version|now on MediaWiki 1.5.5]]. They're edits that haven't been "marked as patrolled". --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 19:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

== Question about defacing? ==

Hello,
How are you? (: I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm running into a little problem with two forum trolls who seem to have a "thing" for stalking me online. Several times so far they defaced my user page (although the effects weren't up for very long -- Great job moderators! (: ) and there seems to be no end to it.

I find it funny that they spent OVER an hour writing stupid 6th grade crap like "OMG, U GAY FURRY!!1" (although I'm not gay -- lol), yet the moderators can revert my page with two clicks. While it's fun to point and laugh at these people who pollute our gene pool, I fear that it's going to become a hassle for the moderators after a while.

Is there anything I can do to "lock" the page so that only I can edit it? I'm guessing not, since that somewhat defeats the purpose of a Wiki.

The problem is that these users have eather floating IPs or use a program to make random IP address, so banning their IPs is almost pointless.

Thank you for your time. (:

[[User:Taren|Taren]]

:Hi there - I'm good, thanks!

:As you might expect, our administrators (and regular users) are used to trolls - they typically get bored and move on or forget about it after a few days once they realise nothing they do will have a lasting impact. All the IPs have now been warned on their talk pages; judging by a few previous edits, they are not all proxy IPs.

:It ''is'' possible (through an evil hack) to make it so that pages are only editable by one user and by administrators - see [[WikiFur:Personal information]] for more info, and [[Crassus]] for an example. We prefer to avoid that where possible, for the reason you described, but it is an option. Let me know if you feel that it is one you wish to take. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:30, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Problem with Wikifur home page ==

Er, hi. I was browsing the index page, and clicked on the Popular Pages link, and that led me to an error page which said 'You have requested an invalid special page, a list of valid special pages may be found at Special:Specialpages.' I'm unsure of why this happens; there is no mention of a Popular Page in the Special Pages list. Is this a Wikicities bug? Thanks! [[User:Kitsune Sniper|Kitsune Sniper]] 20:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

:Confirmed. The page [[Special:Popularpages]] seems to be 404. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 21:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

::That's an odd one. It shows up as blue so you'd think it would work. Probably something to do with the upgrade, or the miser mode enabled beforehand. I'll ask. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 22:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

== Welcome and comics ==

Hi there, Ricardo, and welcome to WikiFur! Thanks for telling us a little about yourself and your works. Let me know if you need any help not already provided. :-) --GreenReaper(talk) 04:29, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

:Hi there GreenReaper. I´m glad i make my way to WikiFur through Fur Affinity link. I´m not having any problem creating my pages and I hope you don´t mind it.

::I'm glad you did, too! You are welcome to create the pages about you and the things that you have done (and other things, if you know about them :-).

:I saw some people I know in here and I thought I could have my name in it too. And I internal-link some of my pages such as [[Balls of Furr]] and [[No One´s Land]]. I´m still finishing [[Moon Bunnies]] and [[Bound to be Friends]]. But I have a question: how can I post my comic strips in here too?

::Hmm. Do you mean posting all of them, or individual strips? WikiFur isn't really a comic hosting site (it describes comics and contains examples, but not the whole thing), but if you have them hosted elsewhere it may be possible to link to them in some fashion, if you think that would help. I notice you have already uploaded sample pictures for several of them (which is good!).

:There´s this [[WikiFur:Comic of the Week|Comic of the Week]] thing that I find interesting. I have lots of strips ready to post and I´m in the making of more yet.

:Thanks! --[[User:Rcanheta|Rcanheta]]

::Yes - the Comic of the Week (recently added) is intended to highlight a particular comic and the article about it. It is basically the "Featured article", but just for comics, because we have so many of them. It is based on both how many nominations it gets (if any) and how good the article about the comic is. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 09:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

== Thanks for Darrel_Exline ==

Thanks for the work on Darrel_Exline. He deserved a longer article but for various reasons I felt that I could not do him justice. [[drew_kitty]]

KitFox (California)

2006-01-23T09:13:01Z

65.91.54.31:

KitFox is a former SoCal fur and a former resident of the PS.

This particular KitFox is one of at least 27 KitFoxes that are known in furry fandom. But this one got here second, and is male. (The first known KitFox was female and on [[FurryMuck]].)

{{Person:stub}}