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Watts Martin

2015-06-04T18:52:59Z

Chipotle: Reorganize publications into a list and update with a couple new stories

'''Watts Martin''' (also known as '''Chipotle''') is a [[writer]] who lives in [[w:Silicon Valley|Silicon Valley]], California, USA.<ref>[https://twitter.com/chipotlecoyote Chipotle's profile] on [[Twitter]]. Retrieved May 2, 2015.</ref> Watts has been involved in [[furry fandom]] (where he represents himself as a [[coyote]])<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/chipotle Chipotle's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved May 2, 2015.</ref> since the late 1980s, primarily as a writer and [[fanzine]] editor/publisher. He was a [[guest of honor]] at [[Albany Anthrocon 1997]] and [[Eurofurence 14]].

Watts contributed to ''[[FurVersion]]'' and ''[[YARF!]]'', and edited and published both ''[[FurBytes]]'', a short-lived electronic furry [[fanzine]], and ''[[Mythagoras]]'', a semi-professional furry publication published sporadically throughout the 1990s. In October 2004, Watts launched a short-lived fiction [[webzine]], ''[[Claw & Quill]]''.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/2012/claw-quill-goes-live Claw & Quill goes live]'' - Watts Martin, [[Flayrah]] (19 October 2004)</ref> After years of plotting to relaunch it as a curated story archive, he announced plans in 2013 to form a non-fiction online magazine under the same title.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/4943/non-fiction-magazine-claw-quill-seeks-relaunch-material Non-fiction magazine 'Claw & Quill' seeks (re)launch material]'' - [[GreenReaper]], [[Flayrah]] (14 May 2013)</ref>

Many of Watts's stories are set in [[Ranea]], a fantasy setting with humans and anthropomorphic animals in a world where magic is treated as an engineering discipline and technology is at a roughly Victorian level. Two of the most famous early Ranea stories are novellas featuring [[Revar Desmera]], a vampire [[bat]].

== Selected Publications ==

=== Ranea novellas ===

* "[[A Gift of Fire, a Gift of Blood]]," originally serialized in ''YARF!'' ([http://cprints.ranea.org/gift-of-fire/ 2013 revision], free online)
* "The Lighthouse," the "Gift of Fire" sequel from ''YARF!''
* "[[Indigo Rain]]," published by [[FurPlanet]] in January 2013 ([[Coyotl Award]] winner)
* "[[Going Concerns]]," in FurPlanet's ''Five Fortunes'' in January 2014 (Coyotl Award nominee)

=== Other works ===

* "The Fence" in [[MU Press]]'s shared world anthology ''[[The Furkindred]]''
* "How George Miles Almost Saved the World," originally in YARF!, reprinted in ''[[Best in Show]]''
* ''[[Why Coyotes Howl]],'' short story collection published by [[Sofawolf Press]] in 2005 ([[Ursa Major Award]] nominee)
* "Tow," in FurPlanet's ''[[The Furry Future]]''

== References ==

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== External links ==

{{Contributor|Chipotle}}
* [http://cprints.ranea.org/ Coyote Prints] (writing weblog, mostly furry; [http://chipotle.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal mirror])
* [http://tracks.ranea.org/ Coyote Tracks] (technology weblog)
* [http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/ Stories by Watts Martin] on [[The Belfry Webworks]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/chipotle Chipotle] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.weasyl.com/~chipotle Chipotle] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://chipotle.sofurry.com/ Chipotle] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://furry.de/miavir/stories/martin_watts.html Stories by Watts Martin] on [[Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories]]
* [http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17728594-watts Watts Martin] on Goodreads
* [https://twitter.com/chipotlecoyote Chipotle] on [[Twitter]]

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Mythagoras

2015-06-04T17:38:02Z

Chipotle: Add Lawrence Schoen reference

'''''Mythagoras''''' was a [[furry]] [[fanzine]] published in [[Wikipedia:Tampa, Florida|Tampa, Florida]]. Five issues were produced:

* ''Mythagoras #1-3'', edited by [[Watts Martin]], [[Bill Biersdorf]], and [[Franklin Veaux]] (1990)
* ''Zoomorphica #1'' (''Mythagoras #4''), edited by Watts Martin (1992)
* ''Mythagoras, Vol. 2 #1'', edited by Watts Martin (1997?)

''Mythagoras'' was noted for high production values, particularly in typesetting and in the covers of ''Mythagoras #3'' and ''Zoomorphica #1''. It was, unfortunately, also noted for high production costs, which helped sink it. The final attempt, several years later (Volume 2) had a focus on magic realism with a "furry slant" in an attempt to broaden its appeal, but had very poor distribution and a problem-plagued production process.

Contributors through the magazine's history included Watts Martin, [[Bill Fitts]], [[Tom Verre]], [[M.C.A. Hogarth]], [[Zjonni]], [[Chuck Melville]], [[Paul Kidd]], and [[Michael H. Payne]], as well as [[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo]] winner [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Watt-Evans|Lawrence Watt-Evans]] and [[Wikipedia:Nebula Award|Nebula]] nominee [[Wikipedia:Lawrence M. Schoen|Lawrence M. Schoen]]. While most of what was to have been issue #4 became the sole issue of ''Zoomorphica'', there was some notoriety for an [[Empires]] comic from [[Chris F. Grant]] that never happened.

While ''Mythagoras'' never achieved a terribly high level of visibility thanks to its erratic production schedule, it was cited as an influence on [[Sofawolf Press]] later on, and the first three issues have sold at [[conventions]] for substantially higher than cover price.

== References ==
* ''[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/964f51739fed4c3e News on Mythagoras]'' - October 1992 post on [[alt.fan.furry]] by [[Aleph Null]] hinting of various setbacks to the first volume
* ''[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3203883a4427e0a Mythagoras Magazine]'' - September 1996 post by Watts Martins describing Vol. 2

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Watts Martin

2015-05-02T21:38:09Z

Chipotle: Mention Indigo Rain's Coyotl; update job title

'''Watts Martin''' (also known as '''Chipotle''') has been involved in [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980s, primarily as a writer and [[fanzine]] editor/publisher. He was a [[guest of honor]] at [[Albany Anthrocon 1997]] and [[Eurofurence 14]].

Watts contributed to ''[[FurVersion]]'' and ''[[YARF!]]'', and edited and published both ''[[FurBytes]]'', a short-lived electronic furry [[fanzine]], and ''[[Mythagoras]]'', a semi-professional furry publication published sporadically throughout the 1990s. In October 2004, Watts launched a short-lived fiction [[webzine]], ''[[Claw & Quill]]''.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/2012/claw-quill-goes-live Claw & Quill goes live]'' - Watts Martin, [[Flayrah]] (19 October 2004)</ref> After years of plotting to relaunch it as a curated story archive, he announced plans in 2013 to form a non-fiction online magazine under the same title.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/4943/non-fiction-magazine-claw-quill-seeks-relaunch-material Non-fiction magazine 'Claw & Quill' seeks (re)launch material]'' - [[GreenReaper]], [[Flayrah]] (14 May 2013)</ref>

Watts' most well-known stories are the two Ranea novellas featuring [[Revar Desmera]], a vampire [[bat]]: ''[[A Gift of Fire, a Gift of Blood]]'' and ''The Lighthouse'' (both serialized in ''YARF!''). He also contributed to ''[[The Furkindred]]'', and his story "How George Miles Almost Saved the World" (also originally from ''YARF!'') appeared in the ''[[Best in Show]]'' anthology edited by [[Fred Patten]]. [[Sofawolf Press]] published a collection of his stories, ''[[Why Coyotes Howl]]'', in 2005. Several of his stories are set in [[Ranea]], a fantasy setting with humans and anthropomorphic animals in a world where magic is treated as an engineering discipline and technology is at a roughly Victorian level. A new Ranea novella, "[[Indigo Rain]]", was published by [[FurPlanet]] in January 2013, and won the [[Coyotl Award]] for best novella.

Watts lives in the [[Wikipedia:San Francisco Bay|San Francisco Bay, California]] area, working as a technical writer. He also blogs about technology (and occasionally cocktails).

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Contributor|Chipotle}}
* [http://cprints.ranea.org/ Coyote Prints] (writing weblog, mostly furry; [http://chipotle.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal mirror])
* [http://tracks.ranea.org/ Coyote Tracks] (technology weblog)
* [http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/ Stories by Watts Martin] on [[The Belfry Webworks]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/chipotle Chipotle] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.weasyl.com/~chipotle Chipotle] on [[Weasyl]]
* [http://chipotle.sofurry.com/ Chipotle] on [[SoFurry]]
* [https://inkbunny.net/Chipotle Chipotle] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [http://furry.de/miavir/stories/martin_watts.html Stories by Watts Martin] on [[Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories]]
* [http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17728594-watts Watts Martin] on Goodreads

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Revar Desmera

2015-05-02T21:32:11Z

Chipotle: Update "Gift of Fire" link to the revised, more readable version

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:''This is a page about a character in two furry novellas. [[Revar (FurryMUCK)|Revar]] on [[FurryMUCK]] is based on this character.''

[[Image:Revar_listenwind.jpg|right|thumb|Revar Desmera, as drawn by SilverBlue]]
'''Revar Desmera''' is a vampire [[bat]] character in two furry novellas by [[Watts Martin]], ''[[A Gift of Fire, A Gift of Blood]]'' and ''[[The Lighthouse]].'' The novellas were originally published in the furry fanzine ''[[YARF!]]'', where they were illustrated by [[Zjonni]], and were subsequently republished online. In a fan survey taken circa 1992, Revar and her stories were as well-known to many furry fans as popular comics characters of the day like [[Erma Felna]].

== Trivia ==

* Though a species of vampiric bats, the general physical description of Revar's species indicates that they are more likely [[flying fox (bat)|flying foxes]]. The mention that they were magically created and are unaware of this magical creation seems to support this theory, as does the notion that they would prefer not to kill their prey. Revar's own apprehension about having to be a vampire, within the stories, seems to further support this theory.

== External links ==
* ''[http://cprints.ranea.org/gift-of-fire/ A Gift of Fire, A Gift of Blood]'' by Watts Martin
* ''[http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/lighthouse/index.html The Lighthouse]'' by Watts Martin

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Talk:Anthro (magazine)

2015-02-18T07:28:35Z

Chipotle:

I have linked to the lulu.com site where I'm selling ''ANTHROlogy ONE.'' I'm unsure if this blatant example of commercialism is acceptible, but (a) the Wiki philosophy ''does'' say "Be Bold!", and (b) if that link is ''not'' acceptible, it will go away Real Soon Now, right? [[User:Cubist|Cubist]] 08:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I updated to reflect the magazine's apparent demise and streamlined the other publications / external links, as well as wikifying them a bit. (I made the "link to the store" that Cubist mentioned above a single link to the store, not individual items within the store, but did link items to their Wikifur pages.) I also removed the templates that called for references and copy editing; it doesn't look like it needs significant copy editing to me, and I don't see much that's not at least ''implicitly'' referenced, i.e., the description of the magazine's contents is pretty easily verified by going to the magazine's web site. (We could make the case that the content block here could stand to be streamlined into a couple paragraphs, though, rather than bullet points. -- [[User:Chipotle|Chipotle]] ([[User talk:Chipotle|talk]]) 02:28, 18 February 2015 (EST)

Anthro (magazine)

2015-02-18T07:20:59Z

Chipotle: Update with magazine's current status; streamline Other Publications/External Links

[[File:Anthro.png|right|Anthro]]
'''''Anthro''''' was a bimonthly furry online [[fanzine]] which started with its September/October 2005 issue. The work carried a number of regular features, and a complement of stories, poems, interviews, and factual articles.

''Anthro'''s editor/webmaster was [[Quentin Long|Quentin 'Cubist' Long]], who performed similar duties for his other (now dead) fanzine ''[[TSAT]]''. [[Michael W. Bard]] -- Long's partner-in-crime -- initially performed associate-editorial duties as he'd previously fulfilled for ''TSAT'', but stepped down after ''Anthro'' #6 (July/August 2006). Neither Long nor Bard considered themselves to be [[furries]] when they started ''Anthro;'' Bard later came out of the closet, but Long still maintains his distance.

The inspiration for ''Anthro'' was a conversation between Quentin and [[Phil Geusz]] at the 2005 [[TSA-Bash]] about the lack of online furry publications focussing on quality written work.<ref>[http://chipotle.livejournal.com/150969.html#t561337 Comment to ''The state of furry zines''] - [[Quentin Long]], {{lj-user|chipotle}} (19 July 2006)</ref> Long's primary goal for ''Anthro'' was to make it a known source of high-quality furry material, including stories, art, columns, fact articles, poetry, webcomics and reviews. The intent was for it to turn into a reader-supported paying market.

''Anthro'' went on "unplanned hiatus" in October 2010. A comeback was announced in August 2011, and the magazine produced two more issues at the end of that year.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/3655/anthro-comeback-announced 'Anthro' comeback is announced]'' - [[Fred Patten]], [[Flayrah]] (18 August 2011)</ref><ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/3702/return-revenge-anthro The return of the revenge of ANTHRO!]'' - Quentin Long, [[Flayrah]] (1 Oct 2011)</ref> While no formal notice of the magazine's end has been published, no issues have been produced since December 2011.

== Contents ==
=== Columns ===

:''Through the Looking-Glass.'' Michael Bard's column (formerly editorial) about how furdom looks to one who is new to it.
:''[[Down the Rabbit Hole]]'', by Phil Geusz, which focuses on the relationship and interactions between furdom and mundane society.
:''Reality Soundbites,'' by Keith Morrison; this column, whose first installments appeared in ''TSAT,'' addresses the question of how to make stories believable.
:''The Red King's Dream,'' by Wanderer Werewolf, which touches on (among other things) the more-furry aspects of roleplaying games.

=== Comics ===
:''[[Zebra Girl]],'' Joe England's excellent webcomic about a woman transformed (by random magickal mishap) into a horned, hooved, three-eyed demon. ''Anthro'' presents the comic with England's permission, at a rate of about 8 strips per issue, starting from the very beginning.
:''[[Castle Horsetooth]]'', [[Oren Otter]]'s and [[Eala Dubh]]'s comic strip (currently on hiatus) about the fairy-tale adventures of valiant Sir Fluren and his noble steed Briarwood in the kingdom of Jaywardia. The events of the first storyline, ''The Case of the Six-Cent Song,'' bore a curious resemblance to ''Sing a Song of Sixpence;'' the second storyline is entitled ''Plague and the Pilfered Posies.''
:''[[Sandusky]],'' John Pergaman Jr.'s webcomic about the misadventures of a boy and his cougar. As with ''Zebra Girl,'' this comic is presented in multiple-strip packages, with its creator's permission, starting from its first strip.

=== Editorial ===
:''From the Editor's Maw,'' in which Long explores whatever topic strikes his fancy.

== Other Publications ==

In addition to ''Anthro'' online, the magazine produced both print and electronic books available through Lulu. As of January 2015, the catalog was still available, and included:

* '''ANTHROlogy 1, 2 and 3''': Omnibus collections of ''Anthro'' magazine
* '''[[The First Book of Lapism]]''': A collection of four of [[Phil Geusz]]'' [[Lapist]] stories
* '''[[The Human Memoirs]]''': A science fiction novel by [[Greg Howell]] first serialized in ''Anthro''
* '''[[New Coyote]]''': a science fiction novel by [[Michael Bergey]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

* ''[http://anthrozine.com Anthro]'' - home page
* [http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/cubist ANTHRO Press] -- The ''Anthro'' print/ebook store
* [http://www.zazzle.com/cubist* Graphic Descriptions] -- The only legitimate source of ''Anthro'' art

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2014-02-23T20:42:44Z

Chipotle: Moving FurRag to "no longer updated" category

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FurRag

2014-02-23T01:41:07Z

Chipotle: Helps if you get your own wiki page right. Derp a derp.

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{{Infobox website
| title = FurRag
| image = [[File:Furrag.png]]
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Alex Vance]]
* '''Site Founder:''' Alex Vance
* '''Admins''': [[Quinn Yellowfox]], [[Altivo]]
| url = http://www.furrag.com
*'''Forums''': http://forum.furrag.com
| status =
| began = 2005
| ended = 2013
| genre = Story archive
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'''FurRag''' was a furry fiction archive which caters to all types and genres of [[furry literature]]. It was built on the [http://fanlore.org/wiki/EFiction EFiction] archiving software and offered multi-chapter story creation, automated word count, and fields for story summaries and authors' notes, per story and per chapter.

==History==

FurRag was started in 2005 with the goal of being the definitive [[furry fiction]] archive, dedicated to catering to all tastes and all genres. Deployed in Beta form in time for the 2005 National Novel Writing Month, development stalled after the coder who'd assisted FurRag's founder, Alex Vance, had to leave the project.

[[Toumal]], founder of the [[Yiffstar]] archive, offered the use of his site's codebase several times, and Alex passed on several of the features he'd originally planned to implement, some of which later appeared in Yiffstar and its successor [[SoFurry]]. (such as the availability of an oekaki-board connected to each story, easier chapter navigation, and a more extensive favorites system).

In April 2007, after several months of working on the project solo, Alex announced that FurRag was now out of Beta. Thoroughly redesigned, the site featured a sleeker interface and expanded functionality. Users can choose to receive e-mail notifications when an update has been made to a story, collection or by an author they've marked as 'favorite' and FurRag now features an integrated review system rather than having an automated bridge to the site's forum, as implemented in the Beta version (the code for this bridge had been provided by Toumal).

===Collections===

FurRag was the first furry site to offer "series" or "collections." A collection is a set created by a user which can contain any story available on the site, and stories can be part of an unlimited number of collections. Anyone who found a collection they were interested in could mark it as a 'favorite' and receive notification whenever a new story is added to it.

Collections could also be made "open," in which case any reader could add stories to the collection, or "moderated," which offered the same freedom but which required the collection's creator to approve a story's addition to the collection. The notion was that readers with a particular set of interests would start groups for those interests, and add any story they encounter that's relevant to those collections.

FurRag's collections can be seen in very similar form on SoFurry (as "groups") and in a somewhat similar form on [[Weasyl]].

===FurRag and SoFurry===

During the development of [[SoFurry]], plans had been made to merge FurRag's user base into the new site. FurRag would have then been slowly shut down. After considerable outcry from the FurRag user community over perceived differences in focus--FurRag being seen as more of a writers' community than a reader-focused archive site--these plans were shelved. FurRag continued as an independent site. While Alex continued to provide hosting for FurRag, he withdrew from day-to-day operations, joining SoFurry's staff as a designer.

==Data Breach and Shutdown==

In September 13, Alex [http://forum.furrag.com/index.php/topic,1352.0.html posted a message to FurRag's forum]:

<blockquote>
I've been made aware of a list of usernames, e-mail addresses and MD5 hashes that has been leaked and determined that it was stolen from FurRag on 2 September.

For the security of our users I'm putting the site in Maintenance Mode until further notice, while I seek help in investigating the source of the security breach, the nature and extent of it, and what solutions there can be.

In the meantime, I advise you all to change the password on any accounts you have that use the same e-mail and password combination as you use for FurRag. Note that this is precautionary advice: there's currently no evidence that anyone has access to your password.
</blockquote>

Alex believed that the list contained usernames from multiple sites that used the EFiction software. A follow-up post on September 29th announced FurRag would not re-open:

<blockquote>
I've had only limited success in securing information about why the list of usernames, e-mail addresses, and password hashes was able to be retrieved. (...) I've reached out to a few nerd acquaintances, none of whom are available to review and overhaul the codebase. This is understandable; it's a massive amount of work and it's a serious responsibility.

(...) All this means that, as it currently looks, FurRag is destined for the knacker's yard. We can't in good conscience keep the site up, knowing that our users' information is at risk due to unknown and unfixed security flaws in the codebase. We don't have the resources to fix it ourselves.

FurRag will be shut down, but I'm currently investigating how to best do that. On the one hand, it would be good to leave the site on in a read-only fashion so that folks can get at their stories and comments and archive them somehow; on the other hand, doing so would prevent folks from being able to delete stories, or their own profiles, should they not wish them to be available anymore. Further, it does not currently appear that the eFiction codebase even has a facility for a read-only mode.
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In February 2014, [[Watts Martin|Chipotle]] was given access by Alex to the source code and database in order to create a static version of the site, allowing existing content to be read but not added to. FurRag's forums remain open.

==Site [[mascot]]s==

When the site was first created, Alex Vance commissioned artist [[Kamui]] to design four [[character]]s to represent the four user types originally devised in FurRag's functionality scheme. With the April 2007 update, the number was reduced to three. The mascots were Jack Rad, a fox who represented the reader; Nick Brilliant, a solitary wolf who represented the writer; and Dick McCritic, a raccoon who represented the editor.

==Administrators==
* [[Quinn Yellowfox]]

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FurRag

2014-02-23T01:40:22Z

Chipotle: /* Data Breach and Shutdown */

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{{Infobox website
| title = FurRag
| image = [[File:Furrag.png]]
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Alex Vance]]
* '''Site Founder:''' Alex Vance
* '''Admins''': [[Quinn Yellowfox]], [[Altivo]]
| url = http://www.furrag.com
*'''Forums''': http://forum.furrag.com
| status =
| began = 2005
| ended = 2013
| genre = Story archive
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'''FurRag''' was a furry fiction archive which caters to all types and genres of [[furry literature]]. It was built on the [http://fanlore.org/wiki/EFiction EFiction] archiving software and offered multi-chapter story creation, automated word count, and fields for story summaries and authors' notes, per story and per chapter.

==History==

FurRag was started in 2005 with the goal of being the definitive [[furry fiction]] archive, dedicated to catering to all tastes and all genres. Deployed in Beta form in time for the 2005 National Novel Writing Month, development stalled after the coder who'd assisted FurRag's founder, Alex Vance, had to leave the project.

[[Toumal]], founder of the [[Yiffstar]] archive, offered the use of his site's codebase several times, and Alex passed on several of the features he'd originally planned to implement, some of which later appeared in Yiffstar and its successor [[SoFurry]]. (such as the availability of an oekaki-board connected to each story, easier chapter navigation, and a more extensive favorites system).

In April 2007, after several months of working on the project solo, Alex announced that FurRag was now out of Beta. Thoroughly redesigned, the site featured a sleeker interface and expanded functionality. Users can choose to receive e-mail notifications when an update has been made to a story, collection or by an author they've marked as 'favorite' and FurRag now features an integrated review system rather than having an automated bridge to the site's forum, as implemented in the Beta version (the code for this bridge had been provided by Toumal).

===Collections===

FurRag was the first furry site to offer "series" or "collections." A collection is a set created by a user which can contain any story available on the site, and stories can be part of an unlimited number of collections. Anyone who found a collection they were interested in could mark it as a 'favorite' and receive notification whenever a new story is added to it.

Collections could also be made "open," in which case any reader could add stories to the collection, or "moderated," which offered the same freedom but which required the collection's creator to approve a story's addition to the collection. The notion was that readers with a particular set of interests would start groups for those interests, and add any story they encounter that's relevant to those collections.

FurRag's collections can be seen in very similar form on SoFurry (as "groups") and in a somewhat similar form on [[Weasyl]].

===FurRag and SoFurry===

During the development of [[SoFurry]], plans had been made to merge FurRag's user base into the new site. FurRag would have then been slowly shut down. After considerable outcry from the FurRag user community over perceived differences in focus--FurRag being seen as more of a writers' community than a reader-focused archive site--these plans were shelved. FurRag continued as an independent site. While Alex continued to provide hosting for FurRag, he withdrew from day-to-day operations, joining SoFurry's staff as a designer.

==Data Breach and Shutdown==

In September 13, Alex [http://forum.furrag.com/index.php/topic,1352.0.html posted a message to FurRag's forum]:

<blockquote>
I've been made aware of a list of usernames, e-mail addresses and MD5 hashes that has been leaked and determined that it was stolen from FurRag on 2 September.

For the security of our users I'm putting the site in Maintenance Mode until further notice, while I seek help in investigating the source of the security breach, the nature and extent of it, and what solutions there can be.

In the meantime, I advise you all to change the password on any accounts you have that use the same e-mail and password combination as you use for FurRag. Note that this is precautionary advice: there's currently no evidence that anyone has access to your password.
</blockquote>

Alex believed that the list contained usernames from multiple sites that used the EFiction software. A follow-up post on September 29th announced FurRag would not re-open:

<blockquote>
I've had only limited success in securing information about why the list of usernames, e-mail addresses, and password hashes was able to be retrieved. (...) I've reached out to a few nerd acquaintances, none of whom are available to review and overhaul the codebase. This is understandable; it's a massive amount of work and it's a serious responsibility.

(...) All this means that, as it currently looks, FurRag is destined for the knacker's yard. We can't in good conscience keep the site up, knowing that our users' information is at risk due to unknown and unfixed security flaws in the codebase. We don't have the resources to fix it ourselves.

FurRag will be shut down, but I'm currently investigating how to best do that. On the one hand, it would be good to leave the site on in a read-only fashion so that folks can get at their stories and comments and archive them somehow; on the other hand, doing so would prevent folks from being able to delete stories, or their own profiles, should they not wish them to be available anymore. Further, it does not currently appear that the eFiction codebase even has a facility for a read-only mode.
</blockquote>

In February 2014, [[Chipotle|Watts Martin]] was given access by Alex to the source code and database in order to create a static version of the site, allowing existing content to be read but not added to. FurRag's forums remain open.

==Site [[mascot]]s==

When the site was first created, Alex Vance commissioned artist [[Kamui]] to design four [[character]]s to represent the four user types originally devised in FurRag's functionality scheme. With the April 2007 update, the number was reduced to three. The mascots were Jack Rad, a fox who represented the reader; Nick Brilliant, a solitary wolf who represented the writer; and Dick McCritic, a raccoon who represented the editor.

==Administrators==
* [[Quinn Yellowfox]]

{{Media archives}}
[[Category:Story archives]]
[[Category:2005 births]]
[[it:FurRag]]
[[ru:FurRag]]
[[sv:FurRag]]

Talk:FurRag

2014-02-23T01:39:41Z

Chipotle:

I really want to improve the content of the FurRag Wikifur article. So if anyone can find out any information, like when it was started, who creates the HTML coding, etc.; please don't hesitate to add it to the page.--[[User:Akir|Akir]] 02:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Since FurRag has been out of commission for a few months, I added some information about the shutdown and also rewrote the history to be less advertorial -- I didn't remove the label boxes at the top, though, as someone else should probably make that call. I'll come back and add information about the static site when/if it's made available. [[User:Chipotle|Chipotle]] 20:39, 22 February 2014 (EST)

FurRag

2014-02-23T01:37:14Z

Chipotle: Rewrite history to be less advertorial; add information about shutdown

{{Wikify}}
{{advert}}
{{Infobox website
| title = FurRag
| image = [[File:Furrag.png]]
| author = '''Owners:''' [[Alex Vance]]
* '''Site Founder:''' Alex Vance
* '''Admins''': [[Quinn Yellowfox]], [[Altivo]]
| url = http://www.furrag.com
*'''Forums''': http://forum.furrag.com
| status =
| began = 2005
| ended = 2013
| genre = Story archive
| rating =
}}
'''FurRag''' was a furry fiction archive which caters to all types and genres of [[furry literature]]. It was built on the [http://fanlore.org/wiki/EFiction EFiction] archiving software and offered multi-chapter story creation, automated word count, and fields for story summaries and authors' notes, per story and per chapter.

==History==

FurRag was started in 2005 with the goal of being the definitive [[furry fiction]] archive, dedicated to catering to all tastes and all genres. Deployed in Beta form in time for the 2005 National Novel Writing Month, development stalled after the coder who'd assisted FurRag's founder, Alex Vance, had to leave the project.

[[Toumal]], founder of the [[Yiffstar]] archive, offered the use of his site's codebase several times, and Alex passed on several of the features he'd originally planned to implement, some of which later appeared in Yiffstar and its successor [[SoFurry]]. (such as the availability of an oekaki-board connected to each story, easier chapter navigation, and a more extensive favorites system).

In April 2007, after several months of working on the project solo, Alex announced that FurRag was now out of Beta. Thoroughly redesigned, the site featured a sleeker interface and expanded functionality. Users can choose to receive e-mail notifications when an update has been made to a story, collection or by an author they've marked as 'favorite' and FurRag now features an integrated review system rather than having an automated bridge to the site's forum, as implemented in the Beta version (the code for this bridge had been provided by Toumal).

===Collections===

FurRag was the first furry site to offer "series" or "collections." A collection is a set created by a user which can contain any story available on the site, and stories can be part of an unlimited number of collections. Anyone who found a collection they were interested in could mark it as a 'favorite' and receive notification whenever a new story is added to it.

Collections could also be made "open," in which case any reader could add stories to the collection, or "moderated," which offered the same freedom but which required the collection's creator to approve a story's addition to the collection. The notion was that readers with a particular set of interests would start groups for those interests, and add any story they encounter that's relevant to those collections.

FurRag's collections can be seen in very similar form on SoFurry (as "groups") and in a somewhat similar form on [[Weasyl]].

===FurRag and SoFurry===

During the development of [[SoFurry]], plans had been made to merge FurRag's user base into the new site. FurRag would have then been slowly shut down. After considerable outcry from the FurRag user community over perceived differences in focus--FurRag being seen as more of a writers' community than a reader-focused archive site--these plans were shelved. FurRag continued as an independent site. While Alex continued to provide hosting for FurRag, he withdrew from day-to-day operations, joining SoFurry's staff as a designer.

==Data Breach and Shutdown==

In September 13, Alex [http://forum.furrag.com/index.php/topic,1352.0.html posted a message to FurRag's forum]:

<blockquote>
I've been made aware of a list of usernames, e-mail addresses and MD5 hashes that has been leaked and determined that it was stolen from FurRag on 2 September.

For the security of our users I'm putting the site in Maintenance Mode until further notice, while I seek help in investigating the source of the security breach, the nature and extent of it, and what solutions there can be.

In the meantime, I advise you all to change the password on any accounts you have that use the same e-mail and password combination as you use for FurRag. Note that this is precautionary advice: there's currently no evidence that anyone has access to your password.
</blockquote>

Alex believed that the list contained usernames from multiple sites that used the EFiction software. A follow-up post on September 29th announced FurRag would not re-open:

<blockquote>
I've had only limited success in securing information about why the list of usernames, e-mail addresses, and password hashes was able to be retrieved. (...) I've reached out to a few nerd acquaintances, none of whom are available to review and overhaul the codebase. This is understandable; it's a massive amount of work and it's a serious responsibility.

(...) All this means that, as it currently looks, FurRag is destined for the knacker's yard. We can't in good conscience keep the site up, knowing that our users' information is at risk due to unknown and unfixed security flaws in the codebase. We don't have the resources to fix it ourselves.

FurRag will be shut down, but I'm currently investigating how to best do that. On the one hand, it would be good to leave the site on in a read-only fashion so that folks can get at their stories and comments and archive them somehow; on the other hand, doing so would prevent folks from being able to delete stories, or their own profiles, should they not wish them to be available anymore. Further, it does not currently appear that the eFiction codebase even has a facility for a read-only mode.
</blockquote>

In February 2014, [[Chipotle]] was given access by Alex to the source code and database in order to create a static version of the site, allowing existing content to be read but not added to. FurRag's forums remain open.

==Site [[mascot]]s==

When the site was first created, Alex Vance commissioned artist [[Kamui]] to design four [[character]]s to represent the four user types originally devised in FurRag's functionality scheme. With the April 2007 update, the number was reduced to three. The mascots were Jack Rad, a fox who represented the reader; Nick Brilliant, a solitary wolf who represented the writer; and Dick McCritic, a raccoon who represented the editor.

==Administrators==
* [[Quinn Yellowfox]]

{{Media archives}}
[[Category:Story archives]]
[[Category:2005 births]]
[[it:FurRag]]
[[ru:FurRag]]
[[sv:FurRag]]

Talk:Watts Martin

2013-07-12T22:34:51Z

Chipotle: Created page with 'While I know it might be considered a bit sketchy for me to come along and surreptitiously remove references on my own page (well, surreptitious if there wasn't version tracking,...'

While I know it might be considered a bit sketchy for me to come along and surreptitiously remove references on my own page (well, surreptitious if there wasn't version tracking, and if I wasn't writing this bit of explanation), I suspect it's not all that useful to point at the rather broken Bitbucket repository of the Claw & Quill iteration that's never likely to happen. Frankly I'd forgotten it was still up and available -- it's actually rather out of date even for where the failed archive ideas were going. :) --[[User:Chipotle|Chipotle]] 18:34, 12 July 2013 (EDT)

Watts Martin

2013-07-12T22:29:50Z

Chipotle: Removing very out-of-date references to C&Q documents

'''Watts Martin''' has been involved in [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980s, primarily as a writer and [[fanzine]] editor/publisher. He was a [[guest of honor]] at [[Albany Anthrocon 1997]] and [[Eurofurence 14]].

Watts contributed to ''[[FurVersion]]'' and ''[[YARF!]]'', and edited and published both ''[[FurBytes]]'', a short-lived electronic furry [[fanzine]], and ''[[Mythagoras]]'', a semi-professional furry publication published sporadically throughout the 1990s. In October 2004, Watts launched a short-lived fiction [[webzine]], ''[[Claw & Quill]]''.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/2012/claw-quill-goes-live Claw & Quill goes live]'' - Watts Martin, [[Flayrah]] (19 October 2004)</ref> After years of plotting to relaunch it as a curated story archive, he announced plans in 2013 to form a non-fiction online magazine under the same title.<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/4943/non-fiction-magazine-claw-quill-seeks-relaunch-material Non-fiction magazine 'Claw & Quill' seeks (re)launch material]'' - [[GreenReaper]], [[Flayrah]] (14 May 2013)</ref>

Watts' most well-known stories are the two Ranea novellas featuring [[Revar Desmera]], a vampire [[bat]]: ''[[A Gift of Fire, a Gift of Blood]]'' and ''The Lighthouse'' (both serialized in ''YARF!''). He also contributed to ''[[The Furkindred]]'', and his story "How George Miles Almost Saved the World" (also originally from ''YARF!'') appeared in the ''[[Best in Show]]'' anthology edited by [[Fred Patten]]. [[Sofawolf Press]] published a collection of his stories, ''[[Why Coyotes Howl]]'', in 2005. Several of his stories are set in [[Ranea]], a fantasy setting with humans and anthropomorphic animals in a world where magic is treated as an engineering discipline and technology is at a roughly Victorian level. A new Ranea novella, "[[Indigo Rain]]", was published by [[FurPlanet]] in January 2013.

Watts lives in the [[Wikipedia:San Francisco Bay|San Francisco Bay, California]] area, working as a web developer. He also blogs about technology (and occasionally cocktails).

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Chipotle}}
* [http://cprints.ranea.org/ Coyote Prints] (writing weblog, mostly furry)
* [http://tracks.ranea.org/ Coyote Tracks] (technology weblog)
* [http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/ Stories by Watts Martin] on [[The Belfry Webworks]]
* [http://furry.de/miavir/stories/martin_watts.html Stories by Watts Martin] on [[Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories]]
* [http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/17728594-watts Watts Martin] on Goodreads

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[[Category:Anthrocon guests of honor]]
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[[es:Watts Martin]]

Watts Martin

2012-12-30T19:14:15Z

Chipotle:

'''Watts Martin''' has been involved in [[furry fandom]] since the late 1980s, primarily as a writer and [[fanzine]] editor/publisher. He was a [[guest of honor]] at [[Albany Anthrocon 1997]] and [[Eurofurence 14]].

Watts was a contributor to ''[[FurVersion]]'' and ''[[YARF!]]'', and edited and published both ''[[FurBytes]]'', a short-lived electronic furry [[fanzine]], and ''[[Mythagoras]]'', a semi-professional furry publication published sporadically throughout the 1990s. Several of his stories are set in [[Ranea]], a fantasy setting with humans and anthropomorphic animals in a world where magic is treated as an engineering discipline and technology is at a roughly Victorian level. A new Ranea novella, "[[Indigo Rain]]," was published by [[FurPlanet]] in January 2013.

Watts' most well-known stories are the two Ranea novellas featuring [[Revar Desmera]], a vampire [[bat]]: ''[[A Gift of Fire, a Gift of Blood]]'' and ''The Lighthouse'' (both serialized in ''YARF!''). He also contributed to ''[[The Furkindred]]'', and his story "How George Miles Almost Saved the World" (also originally from ''YARF!'') appeared in the ''[[Best in Show]]'' anthology edited by [[Fred Patten]]. [[Sofawolf Press]] published a collection of his stories, ''[[Why Coyotes Howl]]'', in 2005.

Watts lives in the [[Wikipedia:San Francisco Bay|San Francisco Bay, California]] area working as a web developer, and is a moderately well-known blogger writing about technology (and occasionally cocktails).

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Chipotle}}
* [http://cprints.ranea.org/ Coyote Prints] (writing weblog, mostly furry)
* [http://tracks.ranea.org/ Coyote Tracks] (technology weblog)
* [http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/ Stories by Watts Martin] on [[The Belfry Webworks]]
* [http://furry.de/miavir/stories/martin_watts.html Stories by Watts Martin] on [[Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Editors]]
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[[es:Watts Martin]]

FurPlanet

2012-12-24T22:37:43Z

Chipotle: Fixing a date. ("Indigo Rain" won't be published until Jan 2013.)

{{Infobox website
| title = FurPlanet Productions
| image = [[File:FurPlanetLogo.jpg|Current FurPlanet Productions logo.]]
| caption = "Explore a World of Furry Fun"
| author = '''Owners:''' [[FuzzWolf]], [[Teiran]]
| url = http://FurPlanet.com FurPlanet Productions
*'''LiveJournal''': http://furplanet.livejournal.com/
*'''Twitter''': https://twitter.com/furplanet/
*'''FA''': http://www.furaffinity.net/user/furplanet/
*'''Mailing List''': http://groups.google.com/group/FurPlanetNews/
*'''Cupcakes''' line: http://furrycupcakes.com/
*'''Argyll Productions''': http://www.argyllproductions.com/
| status = Active
| began = 2004
| ended = Ongoing
| genre = Publishing company
| rating =
}}

'''FurPlanet''' is a furry owned and operated print-on-demand publishing company, offering publishing and distribution services to independent artists, writers and musicians. FurPlanet can produce a variety of products including comic books, magazines, novels, card decks, music and art CDs, and art prints.

The company is based in [[wikipedia:Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[wikipedia:Texas|Texas]].

== History ==

FurPlanet was founded by Nexxus and was previously the official online store for [[FurNation]] Multimedia, but was purchased by [[FuzzWolf]]<ref>April 4th, 2008 newsletter posted to [http://furplanet.com/shop/custom.asp?recid=7 FurPlanet's Newsletter webpage]. Retrieved May 30, 2008.</ref> and, as of March 1, 2008<ref>The scrolling Announcements section on the main webpage of FurPlanet website says: “.. As of March 1st, FurPlanet.com is under new management. ..” Retrieved May 30, 2008.</ref>, operates independently of FurNation.

In 2007, [[Bad Dog Books]] partnered with FurPlanet, which now provides the lion's share of BDB's printing needs, both for sale by FurPlanet itself and resale to third-party vendors. FurPlanet fully acquired Bad Dog Books as an imprint in 2011.<ref>December 14, 2011 entry on Khaki F. Dog's blog[http://www.khakidoggy.com/post/14231314902/bad-dog-books-is-joining-furplanet]</ref>

From issues 8 through 12 FurPlanet was the printer for [[Sabrina Online]], published by [[United Publications]].

== Publications ==
{| width="100%"
|-
|valign="top"|
=== Anthologies ===
*[[The Fortune Teller's Poem]]
*[[Holidays]]
*[[Trevor's Tricks]]
*[[Weasel Presents]]
*[[Will of the Alpha]]

=== Comics ===
*[[Anti-Social Behavior]]
*[[The Boy Next Door]]
*[[Cliff]]
*[[Cobalt (comic book)|Cobalt]]
*[[Dangerous Bedroom Behaviour]]
*[[Drawers]]
*[[Furry Guardians]]
*[[Game Boys Summer Special]]
*[[Hitting the Showers]]
*[[House of Lazarus]]
*[[Jack]]
*[[Jack Salem]]
**[[Monster: The Early Years of Jack Salem]]
**[[Salem and Harpy: The City of Ice Stories]]
**[[Jack's Night Out]]
**[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]
*[[Leather Lad]]
*[[Long Island]]
*[[Lovin' Tree]]
*[[Pocket Pal Comics]]
*[[Sever the Hunger]]
*[[Shelby's Secret]]
*[[The Sweater]]
*[[The Wanderer]]
|valign="top"|

=== Magazines ===
*[[FurNation Magazine]]

=== Novellas ===
*[[Basecraft Cirrostratus]]
*[[Bridges]]
*[[Dangerous Jade]]
*[[Deathless]]
*[[Handcuffs & Lace]]
*[[The Peculiar Quandary of Simon Canopus Artyle]]
*[[Science Friction]]
*[[Seeing Spots]]
*[[Smiley and the Hero]]

=== Novels ===
*[[Beautiful World]]
*[[Beyond Hallowed Walls]]
*[[Bonds of Silver, Bonds of Gold]]
*[[Freedom City]]
*[[Inevitable Will]]
*[[Roads of Fortune]]
*[[Save the Day]]
*[[A Single Quavering Note]]
*[[When Summer Woke]]
*[[Within Hallowed Walls]]
*[[Wolves of Fortune]]
|}

== Cupcakes ==

'''Cupcakes''' is a line of novellas - works of fiction that fall between short stories and novels - the result of authors [[Kyell Gold]], [[Rikoshi]] and [[foozzzball]] teaming up with publisher [[FurPlanet]] in 2009, with the first in the series being published in 2010.

The name came about because full length novels are, as Gold describes them, cakes, and so the stories produced by the Cupcakes brand are ''"the same flavor and quality, but in a smaller size"''.<ref name=WW>[http://www.weaselwordsmith.com/2009/12/11/furplanet-baked-you-some-cupcakes/ FurPlanet Baked you Some Cupcakes] on [[Weasel Wordsmith]], dated December 11, 2009. Retrieved June 18,2011</ref> Gold also explained that the emphasis in the writing would be on the characters - ''"One of the things that really ties our work together that we all really agree on and feel passionate about is that our stories are all, at the core, about the characters. And for all three of us, character comes first."''<ref name=WW/>

As of January 2013, the series comprises six works - ''[[Bridges]]'', ''[[Science Friction]]'' and ''[[Winter Games]]'' written by Kyell Gold, ''[[The Peculiar Quandary of Simon Canopus Artyle]]'' written by [[Kevin Frane]], ''[[Dangerous Jade]]'' written by [[foozzzball]] and ''[[Indigo Rain]]'' written by [[Watts Martin]].

== Argyll Productions ==

'''Argyll Productions''' is an alternate imprint of FurPlanet. Where the FurPlanet name is used on works primarily targeted at the furry community, Argyll is used for works believed to have broader appeal to science fiction and fantasy readers.

== Conventions ==

FurPlanet sets up as a vendor at six to twelve furry conventions per year and previously offered [[conbook]] printing services. FurPlanet has printed conbooks for: [[Rocket City FurMeet 2006]], [[Furry Weekend Atlanta 2007]], [[Rainfurrest 2007]], [[Oklacon 2007]], [[Rocket City FurMeet 2007]], [[Rocket City FurMeet 2008]], [[Oklacon 2008]], [[Furry Fiesta 2009]], [[Oklacon 2009]] and [[Furry Fiesta 2010]].

== References ==
<references/>

{{FurPlanet}}
{{Publishing companies}}

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[[Category:2004 births]]

User:Chipotle

2010-09-21T07:05:23Z

Chipotle:

Hi there. I'm mostly known under my real name (below), but "Chipotle" is my fan name -- not after the burrito, but after a coyote character I play online, Chipotle Layotl. She is also not named after the burrito. She isn't a "fursona" either, really, but she's become about as close as I get to that.

{{ContributorU|Watts Martin}}

Talk:Vivisector (website)

2010-05-28T21:14:07Z

Chipotle: /* "A neutral and factual resource" */

== "A neutral and factual resource" ==

So I come across this article and think: "huh, maybe Vivisector isn't ''just'' about nasty attacks on furry fandom as a whole and specific furry individuals when they see a target of opportunity." So I go to Vivisector's front page blog.

* "Angry About Furries": "The Chewfox Incident and it's [sic] unfolding follow-up once again reveal that the furries have no clue whatsoever how to deal with the real world."
* "Big Hot Tranny Mess": "A tale of David Simpson's slow descent into madness."
* "The One That Got Away": An accusation that Allison 'Javachickn' Reed "molested her dog on camera and got off scot-free."
* "Welcome to Your Doom": Introducing Vivisector as "committed to bringing you the weirdest, fruitiest, dumbest, most fucked-up shit the furry scene has to offer."

Okay then.

I know WikiFur doesn't have the same rigorous insistence on a NPOV as Wikipedia does, and I'm as much a fan of deadpan humor as the next guy, really, but... c'mon, folks. Is there any indication that Vivisector's editors have even a passing interest in looking for "fucked-up shit" from the "anti-furries," or indeed any indication that they're interested in any "philosophical discussion" that's deeper than "ooh, I found more freaks to mock!"?

:It's standard operating procedure on WikiFur to give sites like Vivisector far more credibility than they actually deserve because Greenreaper himself says WikiFur isn't based on facts, it's based on "what you believe". So if someone believes Vivisector is a "neutral and factual resource", that's perfectly acceptable by WikiFur's standards.

:I'll leave the question of whether Greenreaper's habit of providing soapboxes and megaphones to nutcases makes ''WikiFur'' a credible resource for information on Furry fandom as an exercise for the reader. —[[User:Xydexx|Xydexx]] 14:19, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

::If someone believes that, then yes, their belief should probably be mentioned, though not necessarily stated as fact. Would you rather we only included ''your'' belief that it is not? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 14:24, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

:::''I'd'' rather we had an encyclopedia that focused on Furry fandom instead of documenting fetishes and drama. Maybe some day someone will start one. (A reliable Furry news site would be nice too, since Flayrah's partnership with Burned Fur-owned Furryne.ws and nutball-owned Vivisector doesn't inspire confidence.) —[[User:Xydexx|Xydexx]] 14:40, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

::::''Non-page-related follow-on moved to [[User talk:Xydexx#furryne.ws]]'' --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 00:25, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Getting back here rather belatedly, my point was simply that the article tries so hard to avoid the ''slightest'' suggestion that Vivisector is a troll site that it gets, well, a little comical. Spirou suggested "hey, you have a keyboard" (which is indeed true!), but... how do I put this. I'd like to know whether there's an editorial preference that these things aren't brought up, or if it's simply that nobody with a keyboard has taken the time to do so. [[User:Chipotle|Chipotle]] 21:14, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Vivisector (website)

2010-04-10T08:01:55Z

Chipotle: Created page with '== "A neutral and factual resource" == So I come across this article and think: "huh, maybe Vivisector isn't ''just'' about nasty attacks on furry fandom as a whole and specific…'

Why Coyotes Howl

2007-04-26T23:24:28Z

Chipotle: Add review link

'''''Why Coyotes Howl''''' (ISBN 0-9712670-7-3, 212 pgs.) is a collection of stories by [[Watts Martin]] published by [[Sofawolf Press]] in January 2005, with a cover illustration by Heather Luterman (''[[Kyoht]]'').

Of the fourteen stories collected here, nine have been published in other [[furry]] [[fanzine]]s or small publications. Included in this anthology are:
*'''Why Coyotes Howl'''
*'''Dreams Are For Vixens''' (''[[Touch]] 1'', 1992)
*'''Still Life, With Espresso''' (''[[Mythagoras]] Vol. 2'', 1998)
*'''The Fence''' (''[[The Furkindred]]'', 1991)
*'''Seeing Things'''
*'''Beast''' (''Mythagoras 1'', 1990)
*'''The Moon In Water'''
*'''The Fox Maiden''' (''[[PawPrints Fanzine]] 3'', 1996)
*'''Vertical Blanking''' (''[[Xero]] 1'', 1997, as ''Recondite Directives'')
*'''Only With Thine Eyes''' (''[[FurVersion]] 14'', 1987)
*'''Daughter of Shadows'''
*'''Without Evidence'''
*'''Going To The Dogs''' (''[[Reagent]] 1'', 1989)
*'''Traveling Music''' (''Mythagoras 2 – 3'', 1991)

It includes an Afterword by the author, wherein he mentions that when preparing these stories for this collection he went back and reedited them, fixing what he felt were glaring errors in the original versions. He also mentions that ''Without Evidence'' is a previously unpublished story set in the world of [[Ranea]]. He didn’t include others because “most of them are available in other forms for people who look hard enough, either in back issues of [[YARF!]] or internet story archives.” He hints that a book collection of these Ranea stories is “not out of the question.”

== External links ==
* [http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=48 ''Why Coyotes Howl''] at Sofawolf Press
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971267073/ ''Why Coyotes Howl''] at Amazon.com
* [http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/whycoyoteshowl.htm Infinity Plus Review] of ''Why Coyotes Howl''

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Watts Martin

2006-10-26T07:22:14Z

Chipotle:

'''Watts Martin''' has been involved in furry fandom since the late 1980s, primarily as a writer and [[fanzine]] editor/publisher.

He was a relatively frequent contributor to [[FurVersion]] and [[YARF!]], and edited and published [[Mythagoras]], a semi-professional furry publication published sporadically throughout the 1990s. Several of his stories were set in [[Ranea]], a fantasy setting with humans and anthropomorpic animals in a world where magic is treated as an engineering discipline and technology is at a roughly Victorian level.

Martin's most well-known stories are the two novellas featuring [[Revar Desmera]], a vampire [[bat]]: ''A Gift of Fire, a Gift of Blood'' and ''The Lighthouse'' (both serialized in YARF!). He also contributed to [[The Furkindred]], and appeared in the [[Best in Show]] anthology edited by [[Fred Patten]] with the story "How George Miles Almost Saved the World" (also originally from YARF!).

[[Sofawolf Press]] published a collection of his stories, [[Why Coyotes Howl]], in 2005.

Watts currently lives in the [[Wikipedia:San Francisco Bay|San Francisco Bay, California]] area as a web developer.

== External links ==

* [http://www.ranea.org/watts/ Coyote Cartography]
* [http://www.belfry.com/stories/watts/ Stories by Watts Martin] at [[The Belfry Webworks]]
* [http://www.fanarchive.net/miavir/stories/martin_watts.html Stories by Watts Martin] at [[Mia's Index of Anthro Stories]]

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