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ArtPlz

2017-04-29T19:28:18Z

69.204.33.87: Corrections made.

[[Image:Artplzcomingsoon.png|right|thumb|ArtPlz holding-page Flash animation by [[Nobuyuki]]]]
'''ArtPlz''' was a proposed art gallery that purported to allow a wide range of subjects from illustrations, photography, stories and music, of any age rating or topic.

*'''Addresses''':
**'''Website''': www.artplz.com (currently a squatter page)
**'''LiveJournal''': http://community.livejournal.com/artplz/
*'''Founder''': [[Arcturus]]
*'''Administrators''': [[nrr]], [[Arshes]], [[Nobuyuki]]
*'''Operational dates''': Never operational

== History ==
This site was Arcturus' response to the administration split at [[Fur Affinity]] between herself and [[Jheryn Lightfoot]]. The separation was caused by a power-struggle between Arcturus and Jheryn over which user should be an administrator. 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 [http://www.livejournal.com/users/n/261374.html terminated] Fur Affinity on 1 August 2005, the domain re-pointed to another server to host discussion forums during its downtime. The old Fur Affinity server was meanwhile connected to the ''ArtFu.net'' domain and Arcturus posted that she would soon be opening a new art site herself.

== 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 just posted a forum and a [[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 falsely assured users that she had asked for permission from the other site if it was acceptable for them to coexist, however users were still unhappy with the 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 accepted 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 30 July 2006, ArtPlz.com returned errors suggesting that it was under construction, but unlike the previous pages, it contained no links.

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.

On 2 April 2006, Arcturus announced that she would [http://community.livejournal.com/artplz/4142.html no longer be involved] in development of ''ArtPlz.com'' due to irreconcilable differences between herself and her staff. As of July 2008, www.artplz.com displays a domain parking page (fake search engine), and states at the top that the domain is up for sale, so it is doubtful that ArtPlz will ever return.

[[Category:Art archives]]
[[Category:2005 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]

Arcturus

2017-04-29T19:13:18Z

69.204.33.87: Another correction. Apologies.

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[[File:Arcturus wiki.JPG|right|thumb|Arcturus the Internet Lawyer, drawn by [[Keihound]]]]
'''Arcturus Kirwin''' (also known as '''Meredith''', '''Fiscal''', '''Nicolyrezk''' and '''A.J. Kirwin-Muller''') has been a system administrator and developer on various furry websites. She is resides in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]], [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]], [[Wikipedia:New York|New York]], USA.<ref>[https://twitter.com/panderp A.J. Kirwin-Miller] on Twitter</ref>
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== Furry ==

Arcturus classes herself as [[otherkin]], but often jokes that she is just "''suffering from delusions''" instead. She is a [[shapeshifter]] with many varying guises, including an [[opossum]], a [[red panda]], and an [[anthropomorphic]] blue-and-white, yellow-spotted [[female]] [[dragon]].

== Real life ==

In the land outside of the vast, bizarre [[Wikipedia:Internet|Internet]], Arcturus is a rather diminutive person of mostly [[wikipedia:Irish|Irish]] descent. She spends her days working on new and exciting projects for [[Angry Draken Media]] as well as a number of projects such as e621 in her free time. Whilst many online find she to be a rather exuberant and outspoken person, in real life she is quite introverted and shy.

== Technical responsibilities ==

Arcturus has helped to host a number of websites for individuals, groups and small organizations, both furry and not. In the past she helped to stream [[FBC]] content and, after assisting with rebroadcasting and archiving [[2 Sense]], moved to occasionally broadcasting shows. She was the founder of [[ArtPlz]] after the breakup of [[Fur Affinity]], at which time she withdrew her hosting following a managerial disagreement with Fur Affinity's founder and administrator [[Jheryn Lightfoot]].

ArtPlz itself also saw some drama after she developed [[ChanPlz]], an [[Fchan]] clone for posting furry art. Several volunteers withdrew their support for ArtPlz, such as [[Arshes Nei]] stating ethical reasons for doing so. ChanPlz was taken down a few days later by Arcturus and others involved in its creation.

Arcturus was an administrator for and systems administrator of [[WTFur]], a [[:Category:Mature image boards|mature furry image board]] much like Fchan, but subsequently came to run, own and maintain the furry community [[e621]]. As of August 31, 2010, she no longer runs e621, due to allegations of the site hosting child pornography. The site's data was transferred over to [[Varka]] when he offered to take over the site.

== Conferences attended ==

* [[Eurofurence]] 8
* [[Anthrocon]] 2003, 2004
* [[Further Confusion]] 2006

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Contributor|Arcturus}}
* [http://malicelabs.com/ Malice Labs] - personal homepage
* [https://inkbunny.net/Arcturus Arcturus] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [https://twitter.com/panderp Arcturus] (panderp) on [[Twitter]]
* [https://896.deviantart.com/ Arcturus] (896) on [[deviantART]]
* [https://www.f-list.net/c/Meredith/ Meredith] on [[F-list]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/Arcturus Arcturus] on [[Fur Affinity]] (banned)
* ''[http://nicolyrezk.livejournal.com/ Nicolyrezk Kirwin, Outlaw LiveJournalist]'' Arcturus' LiveJournal

[[Category:People]][[Category:Programmers]][[Category:Dragon characters]][[Category:Red Panda characters]][[Category:Opossum characters]][[Category:New York]][[Category:1983 births]]
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Arcturus

2017-04-29T19:01:51Z

69.204.33.87: Corrections made.

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[[File:Arcturus wiki.JPG|right|thumb|Arcturus the Internet Lawyer, drawn by [[Keihound]]]]
'''Arki Kirwin''' (also known as '''Meredith''', '''Fiscal''', '''Nicolyrezk''' and '''A.J. Kirwin-Muller''') has been a system administrator and developer on various furry websites. She is resides in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]], [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]], [[Wikipedia:New York|New York]], USA.<ref>[https://twitter.com/panderp A.J. Kirwin-Miller] on Twitter</ref>
__NOTOC__
== Furry ==

Arcturus classes herself as [[otherkin]], but often jokes that she is just "''suffering from delusions''" instead. She is a [[shapeshifter]] with many varying guises, including an [[opossum]], a [[red panda]], and an [[anthropomorphic]] blue-and-white, yellow-spotted [[female]] [[dragon]].

== Real life ==

In the land outside of the vast, bizarre [[Wikipedia:Internet|Internet]], Arcturus is a rather diminutive person of mostly [[wikipedia:Irish|Irish]] descent. She spends her days working on new and exciting projects for [[Angry Draken Media]] as well as a number of projects such as e621 in her free time. Whilst many online find she to be a rather exuberant and outspoken person, in real life she is quite introverted and shy.

== Technical responsibilities ==

Arcturus has helped to host a number of websites for individuals, groups and small organizations, both furry and not. In the past she helped to stream [[FBC]] content and, after assisting with rebroadcasting and archiving [[2 Sense]], moved to occasionally broadcasting shows. She was the founder of [[ArtPlz]] after the breakup of [[Fur Affinity]], at which time she withdrew her hosting following a managerial disagreement with Fur Affinity's founder and administrator [[Jheryn Lightfoot]].

ArtPlz itself also saw some drama after she developed [[ChanPlz]], an [[Fchan]] clone for posting furry art. Several volunteers withdrew their support for ArtPlz, such as [[Arshes Nei]] stating ethical reasons for doing so. ChanPlz was taken down a few days later by Arcturus and others involved in its creation.

Arcturus was an administrator for and systems administrator of [[WTFur]], a [[:Category:Mature image boards|mature furry image board]] much like Fchan, but subsequently came to run, own and maintain the furry community [[e621]]. As of August 31, 2010, she no longer runs e621, due to allegations of the site hosting child pornography. The site's data was transferred over to [[Varka]] when he offered to take over the site.

== Conferences attended ==

* [[Eurofurence]] 8
* [[Anthrocon]] 2003, 2004
* [[Further Confusion]] 2006

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Arcturus}}
* [http://malicelabs.com/ Malice Labs] - personal homepage
* [https://inkbunny.net/Arcturus Arcturus] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [https://twitter.com/panderp Arcturus] (panderp) on [[Twitter]]
* [https://896.deviantart.com/ Arcturus] (896) on [[deviantART]]
* [https://www.f-list.net/c/Meredith/ Meredith] on [[F-list]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/Arcturus Arcturus] on [[Fur Affinity]] (banned)
* ''[http://nicolyrezk.livejournal.com/ Nicolyrezk Kirwin, Outlaw LiveJournalist]'' Arcturus' LiveJournal

[[Category:People]][[Category:Programmers]][[Category:Dragon characters]][[Category:Red Panda characters]][[Category:Opossum characters]][[Category:New York]][[Category:1983 births]]
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