Weasyl

2015-11-03T08:22:26Z

68.145.202.30: Fixed Staff list

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{{Infobox website
| title = [[File:Weasyl-Logo-Long.png|200px|Weasyl]]
| image = [[File:Weasyl-Home.png|center|200px]]Weasyl front page
| author = '''LLC Owner''': [[Inaki]]
* '''Directors''': [[Fiz]], [[Inaki]], [[Skyler]], [[Taw]], [[Tiger (person)|Tiger]]
* '''Administration''': [[Hendikins]], [[Kihari]], [[Matt]], [[MLR]]
* '''Moderation''': [[armaina]], [[NovaCaine]], [[SuburbanFox]]
* '''Techs''': [[Aden Zerda|Aden]], [[Keet (orca)|Keet]], [[weykent]]
* '''Developers''': [[8BitFur]], [[AndrewNeo]], [[Charmander]], [[Foximile]], [[kailys]], [[Ritty]], [[rooshoes]],
| url = https://www.weasyl.com/
* '''Forums''': https://forums.weasyl.com/
* '''Blog''': http://blog.weasyl.com
* '''Status''': https://status.weasyl.com
* '''Statistics''': https://graphs.weasyl.com/static/
* '''Bugtracker''': https://redmine.weasyl.com/
* '''Projects''': https://projects.weasyl.com/
| status = [[W:Software release life cycle#Open and closed beta|Open beta]]
| genre = Social art community
| rating = [[File:Censor PG button.png|center]][[File:Censor NC17 button.png|center]]
}}__NOTOC__
'''Weasyl''' is a social art gallery website, intended to to serve artists in both the [[furry fandom]] and the broader online artistic community. Weasyl is "a social gallery website designed for artists, writers, musicians, and more to share their work with other artists and fans." <ref>https://www.weasyl.com/help/about Retrieved March 16, 2013.</ref> The project's stated primary goals are to provide a secure and easy-to-use site that grants its users the greatest possible margin of artistic freedom. As of May 2014, Weasyl hosted over 600,000 submissions, with 69,000 registered users, 51,000 journals and 36,000 characters.<ref>[https://twitter.com/weasyl/status/465249176406601728 "We have just recently passed 600000 submissions! (Plus 36000 characters, 51000 journals, and 69000 registered users!)"] - Weasyl, Twitter (10 May 2014)</ref>

==History==
[[File:Weasyl-comingsoon.jpg|left|thumb|190px|Illustration by [[Stereo]], used to convey that the site was still a work in progress.]]
Serious development on Weasyl (then known as '''the Fergal Project'''<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/6456452/ Fergal Project: User Page 1]'' - Kihari, Fur Affinity submission (7 September 2011)</ref>) began in early September 2011, with the intention of it being a simple gallery site exclusive to the [[furry art]] community; however, as development progressed and new features were added, the scope of the project expanded beyond its original intentions.

In October 2011 the project underwent major architectural changes (including a change in programming languages) in order to support a larger userbase and more advanced features. By the end of that month, a demonstration website was made available for users interested in testing the in-progress site.<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2858019/ Fergal Project: Pre-Beta 1 Demo ONLINE]'' - Kihari, Fur Affinity Journal (28 October 2011)</ref> Beginning in January 2012, the codebase underwent yet another refactoring phase coinciding with an upgrade away from its original user interface. The original site staff was also largely formed during this month.

Weasyl LLC was formed in March 2012,<ref>''[http://blog.weasyl.com/post/18747839420/oh-by-the-way Oh, By the Way]'' - Benchilla & Kihari, Official Tumblr Post (4 March 2012)</ref> becoming the website's operating organization. About three months later, staff launched a two-month long donation drive for site start-up costs, with a target goal of $5000. Donations of $5 or more earned the donor an invite to the beta release.<ref name="FlayrahProfile">''[https://www.flayrah.com/4183/profile-upcoming-art-site-weasyl-seeks-5000-july-31 Profile: Upcoming art site Weasyl seeks $5000 by July 31]'' - [[GreenReaper]], [[Flayrah]] (28 July 2012)</ref> On August 1, the drive came to a close, with over 200 people donating a combined $6015.<ref>''[https://www.indiegogo.com/Weasyl Weasyl: A Community For Artists of All Sorts]'' - IndieGoGo (1 August 2012)</ref>

In June 2012, Weasyl presented a panel at [[Anthrocon 2012|Anthrocon]], where a new user interface was demoed for the audience.<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqo8xvuqSU 2012 Weasyl Anthrocon Panel]'' - Weasyl staff, YouTube (20 June 2012)</ref> The panel met with a positive reception. Weasyl's forums opened July 26, two months ahead of the planned beta launch.<ref>''[http://blog.weasyl.com/post/28090059763/announcing-the-opening-of-our-forums Announcing the Official Opening of Our Forums!]'' - Official Tumblr Post (26 July 2012)</ref>

Weasyl was slated to be released into open beta during the summer of 2012;<ref>''[http://blog.weasyl.com/post/17527957532/do-you-have-an-estimate-on-when-your-site-goes-live Do You Have An Estimate On When Your Site Goes Live?]'' - Weasyl Tumblr (12 February 2012)</ref> the launch was later moved to "late-September" 2012.<ref>''[http://blog.weasyl.com/post/28679519169/we-did-it We Did It!]'' - Weasyl Tumblr (4 August 2012)</ref> On September 30, the site came online, but was taken offline a day later to resolve "obvious issues",<ref>''[https://www.flayrah.com/4328/weasyl-goes-then-down-again-over-obvious-issues Weasyl goes up, then down again over "obvious issues"]'' - [[GreenReaper]], [[Flayrah]] (2 October 2012)</ref> remaining offline for a week, before being brought back online.

On February 14th, 2013, in celebration for Valentine's day, Weasyl went into Open Beta mode, meaning an invite is no longer required for account creation.<ref>''[http://blog.weasyl.com/post/43091412358/weasyl Weasyl <3’s You - OPEN BETA]'' - Official Tumblr Post (14 February 2013)</ref>

On March 1st, 2013, [[Benchilla]] stepped down as an officer of Weasyl LLC<ref>[http://waitwaitfixate.com/post/44329492803/stepping-down-from-weasyl Wait, Wait, Fixate • Stepping Down From Weasyl] - [[Benchilla]], tumblr post (1 March 2013)</ref> amidst accusations of Weasyl staff sockpuppeting on [[Fur Affinity]]'s [https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4383428/ donation drive journal].<ref>[https://twitter.com/Anpumon/status/307579752380768256 Is it true what I heard about Weasyl staff catching one of the founders sockpuppeting?] retrieved 4 May 2013.</ref> However, Benchilla has since stated that the accusation is simply a rumour, and to not believe anything without "actual physical evidence."<ref>[http://waitwaitfixate.com/post/52341125373/is-it-true-that-you-sockpuppeted-on-furaffinity-back-in ''Q: is it true that you sockpuppeted on Furaffinity back in march telling people to donate to Weasyl instead of FA?''] post on [http://waitwaitfixate.com/ Waitwaitfixate.com]. Posted June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.</ref> He has since officially relinquished any stock in the LLC as of December 2013, leaving Kihari to be the sole proprietor.

In November 2014, staff chat logs were compromised via a [[W:Moderator#Internet|moderator]] account in an incident relating to removal of a journal linking to accusations of rape against another member.<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6727-A-Few-Words-on-Our-Callout-Guidelines&p=75340 A Few Words on Our Callout Guidelines]'' - [[Term]], Weasyl forums (30 November 2014)</ref> Staff were "virtually certain"<ref>[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6727-A-Few-Words-on-Our-Callout-Guidelines&p=75347&viewfull=1#post75347 Comment to ''A Few Words on Our Callout Guidelines''] - [[Fay V]], Weasyl Forums (30 November 2014)</ref> that the owner of the account was responsible for leaking the logs. While they did not name the moderator, [[Wag (person)|Wag]] had been removed from the staff page within the previous week.<ref>[https://forums.vivisector.org/index.php?topic=813.msg8538#msg8538 Comment to '' Leaked weasyl staff chatlog re rape allegation accusation journal''] - [[Kayla-la]], [[Vivisector]] forums (30 November 2014)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Weasyl&diff=441051&oldid=438919 Edits to WikiFur article ''Weasyl''] - [[GreenReaper]] (28 October-30 November 2014)</ref> On December 16th, Wag confirmed via a Twitter post that he was removed due to the logs being leaked, but claimed he was not responsible. He additionally included information in his statement that claimed Weasyl had found a security issue that may have resulted in his account being compromised, despite their public statement claiming otherwise.<ref>[https://twitter.com/wagtehdog/status/544928201798320128 ''If you use Weasyl...''] post on [[Twitter]]. Dated 16 December 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.</ref>

==Features==

The site boasts a number of features:

* A '''Collections''' tool, which "enables a user to have a second gallery of submissions that were made for them, rather than by them." Through this, the intended effect is to reduce the number of duplicate uploads of commissioned, gift or shared-credit works in separate galleries. Followers are notified of collections updates.
* '''Characters''', allowing users to post reference sheets and biographies for their original characters and [[fursona]]s. These are considered separate from general "Content" (including art and literary works) and "Journals".
* '''Streaming Notifications''' for informing users of when one is broadcasting live video of composition
* '''Four-Tiered Rating System''' - "General", "Moderate (13+)", "Mature (18+ non-sexual)" and "Explicit (18+ sexual)".
* '''Folders''' for user submissions.

==Mascot==

The mascot of the website is '''Wesley''', an [[ermine]] dressed in a beret and vest whose [[tail]] is usually tipped in wet paint (as he frequently uses it as a paintbrush). His markings change with the seasons, adorning him with either his summer or winter coat as appropriate. The mascot was originally designed by FayV, who created the character after input from the rest of the staff. Since the character's inception, Wesley has been drawn by many different artists.

<gallery>
File:Wesley-Snoozl.png | Drawn by [[Stereo Plair]].
File:Wesley-1.png | Drawn by [[Fay V]].
File:Mp3playwes.png | Drawn by [[Fiz]].
File:Verona_wesley.jpg | Drawn by Verona.
File:StudioTRUE_Wesley.png | Drawn by StudioTRUE.
File:Ponykingwesley.png | Drawn by Ponyking.
</gallery>

==Server configuration==

Weasyl is partitioned into several units, most of which appear to be [[Wikipedia:Virtual machine|virtual machines]] (using [[Wikipedia:VMWare ESXi|VMware ESXi]]<ref>''[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?5517-Post-Mortem-on-Site-Outage Post-Mortem on Site Outage]'' - [[Term]], Weasyl forums (18 April 2014)</ref>), providing what look to be the following services:
* ''chopin'' - [[Wikipedia:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]] database (quad-core, ~8GB RAM, ~160GB HDD [VelociRaptor?])
* ''db2'' - secondary/[[Wikipedia:Failover|failover]] database (quad-core, ~8GB RAM; entered service May 2014)
* ''mcd1/2'' - [[Wikipedia:Memcached|Memcached]] (single-core, 5/4GB RAM; possibly transferred from ''davaux''; entered service January/May 2014)
* ''gluster1/2'' - [[Wikipedia:GlusterFS|GlusterFS]] network-attached storage (single-core, 2GB RAM; entered service May 2014)
* ''web1/2/3'' - web application servers (1GB->2GB RAM in October 2014; entered service May 2014; ''web3'' appears held in reserve)
* ''edge1/2'' - routing external connections, [[Wikipedia:Nginx|Nginx]] and [[Wikipedia:Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] (single-core, 1GB RAM; entered service May 2014)
* ''eisler'' - backups, bug-tracking, test site, [[Wikipedia:Pastebin|pastebin]], and miscellaneous projects (single->dual-core, 1GB->4GB RAM in February 2014)
* ''graphite'' - [http://graphite.wikidot.com/ Graphite] status monitoring (single-core, 1GB RAM; entered service May 2014)
* ''fuchs'' - [[Wikipedia:Munin (software)|Munin]] status monitoring and former Apache server (octa-core, 1GB RAM)
* ''bach'' - development/configuration testing (?) (single-core, 1GB->2GB->8GB->1GB RAM during 2014)

Retired units include:

* ''davaux'' - front-end application and forums server (quad-core with three Nginx worker processes, 16GB->8GB RAM in mid-December 2013; left service September/October 2014)
* ''piwik'' - [[Wikipedia:Piwik|Piwik]] visitor analytics (single-core, 1GB RAM; entered service May 2014; left service October 2014)

The names ''effigy'', ''eisler'' and ''median'' are mentioned in the context of handling requests, as were ''carlotta'' (to early January 2014) and ''saturn'' (to mid-April 2014).

The site has been hosted by EGIHosting (a [[Wikipedia:Hurricane Electric|Hurricane Electric]] reseller) since mid-December 2013.<ref>[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?3116-Weasyl-Server-Migration Weasyl Server Migration] - [[Fiz]], Weasyl forums (17 December 2013)</ref>

In October 2014, Weasyl acquired a 32TB 12Gb/sec [[W:Serial-attached SCSI|SAS]] disk array with SSD cache and an additional dual 1Gbps network card.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Keetorca/status/523021882262446080 "Shiny new server to install this weekend, 32TB Array and SSD cache. More room for all your art! #Weasyl"] - [[Keet (orca)|KeetOrca]], Twitter (17 October 2014)</ref><ref>[https://forums.weasyl.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?6549-Site-Updates-DDoS-Information Site Updates / DDoS Information] - Fiz, Weasyl forums (21 October 2014)</ref><ref>''[https://www.weasyl.com/submission/770103/new-storage-box New Storage Box]'' - KeetOrca, Weasyl (2 November 2014)</ref> The announcement came as current submission storage reached 75% of capacity, and coincided with a series of [[W:Denial-of-service attack|DDoS attacks]] on major furry art sites, resulting in a burst of Weasyl users (which may have driven upgrade requirements).

==References==
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==External links==

* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/weasyl Weasyl] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/Weasyl Weasyl] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://www.twitter.com/weasyl Weasyl] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://plus.google.com/102863137904870492642/posts Weasyl] on [[W:Google+|Google+]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/WeasylVideo Weasyl] on [[YouTube]]

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NovaCaine

2015-10-26T05:33:19Z

68.145.202.30: Created page with 'NovaCaine is a Digital Artist located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. == Fursona == Her Fursona is a [https://www.weasyl.com/submission/838717/novacaine-2-0 Lupe-Drake](dragon/Wo...'

NovaCaine is a Digital Artist located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
== Fursona ==
Her Fursona is a [https://www.weasyl.com/submission/838717/novacaine-2-0 Lupe-Drake](dragon/Wolf) Hybrid.
== Weasyl ==
NovaCaine is currently a staff member of [https://www.weasyl.com/ Weasyl].
She is a Moderator of both the main site and forums.
== External Links ==
[https://twitter.com/Nova_wuff Twitter]
[https://www.weasyl.com/~novacaine Weasyl Page]
[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/novacaine/ Furaffinity]

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