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{{Infobox website <br />
| title = Yerf<br />
| image = [[File:Yerf.png|Yerf]] <br />
| author = '''Owners:''' ?<br />
* '''Site Founder:''' [[Rat (person)]]<br />
* '''Admins''': [[Scott Ruggels]], [[Dingofox]], Rat (person), [[Scotty Arsenault]], [[Jedd Marten]]<br />
* '''Developers''': [[User:Locoindigo|Locoindigo]]<br />
| url = http://yerf.metafur.org/ (historical archive)<br />
*'''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/yerf/<br />
*'''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/yerfmonkeys/ (development team)<br />
| status =<br />
| began = '''Yerf I''' and '''Forums''': 1 April 1996 - 27 December 2004<br />
*'''Forums''': 10 November 2005 - Present<br />
*'''Yerf II''': <br />
**20 January 2006 - July 2006<br />
**October 16, 2006 - (mid-June 2007?)<br />
| ended = Archived<br />
| genre = Multimedia archive<br />
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Yerf''' was probably the [[furry fandom]]'s best known exclusively non-adult [[:Category:Art archives|art archive]] of its time. Formerly known as the '''Squeeky Clean Furry Archive''', it presented itself as the [[Wikipedia:benchmarking|benchmark]] in its class for the last ten years, due in part to the rising skill level required for admission. <br />
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The site was a good place to find the early works of many well-known artists.<br />
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Lengthy downtime over 2005-6 and competition from newer archives resulted in loss of popularity among both viewers and [[artist]]s. As of early 2009, the domain ''yerf.com'' redirected to the '''Yerf Historical Archive''', hosted by [[ArtSpots]];<ref>''[http://community.livejournal.com/yerf/175581.html so dudes]'' - [[Dingo]] (12 January 2009)</ref> it stopped redirecting in late 2009. When ArtSpots closed at the start of 2012, the archive was passed to [[GreenReaper]].<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/3769/artspots-close-january-2-yerf-archive-preserved ArtSpots to close January 2; Yerf archive preserved]'' - [[GreenReaper]], ''[[Flayrah]]'' (17 December 2011)</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
{{main|History of Yerf}} fuck furries you all are gay and weird when you come to the midwest i will call a hitman to kill all of you gay furries<br />
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== Art policy ==<br />
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As indicated by the name, the SCFA was always distinguished by a strong [[W:PG|PG]] focus. Around the time it was re-branded as Yerf, new policies were introduced concerning the ''quality'' of artwork. <br />
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At first, a large proportion of artists might still have qualified to enter, but the bar has been 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. <br />
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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.<br />
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This led to claims of elitism{{fact}}, 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.<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
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Although a user called [[RobinLion]] warned people not to donate any money after the initial crash, as Yerf would "most likely never come back," and the money would instead "be spent on everything but Yerf," thousands of dollars were raised in donations. <br />
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Reports vary on whether the amount was closer to $2500 or $6000, and whether the money was spent on the site.<br />
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Volunteers who brought Yerf back up several times never received anything from their efforts, nor was the money ever refunded.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{WikiFurNews|Yerf goes offline; may be 'the end'}}<br />
*[[Yerfer]]<br />
*[[Yerfday]]<br />
*[[Purrsia.yerf]]<br />
*[[Yerf newsgroups]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/msg/fd717a83fdc87c90?dmode=source Official announcement of the 1998 Yerf hand-over from Rat to Scotty Arsenault] on [[alt.fan.furry]]<br />
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