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Talk:Lulz.net

2007-10-25T21:07:06Z

Deafleas: /* Their DDOS of 4chan */

"Please check your facts instead of making things up". I do "This is not the first time this has happened, you've made up facts on the Wtfur entry as well that were blatantly untrue. It reflects very poorly on you." see below

Actually, everything that I wrote down was accurate (I did not say Palcomix was the first cub thread, it was the one the attracted the most flak, and yes I was aware about the rest of the cub threads, but, again the Palcomix one was the one people complained the most, enough to attract the attention of CYD, enough to make a "Controversy" section about it.)

But thank you for enhancing the WTF, your help adding to articles is appreciated ^-^ [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 17:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

==Uh, point?==

The paragraph "Many visitors to Lulz take issue with the board's "hands-off" approach to posting and moderation, allowing all manner of topics ranging from clean art, standard straight and gay art of a sexual nature, to vore, scat and cub art, to be posted side-by-side on the site's singular topical board, /furi" is listed twice on two different sections, Melly, just FYI [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 18:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

==Clean-up==
I gave the article a once-over, as there was a bit of redundant/duplicate information, the controversy section data seemed all bundled together, plus the article flow need a bit of correction. If a WTFur Admin want's to give it a look see for accuracy,... [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 21:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

== Recent Edits ==

Someone needs to validate the two most recent edits to this page. They seem awfully POV, although I know nothing about this. Thanks. [[User:Simba B|Simba B]] 16:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
:I just checked them since they came from my IP address.
:The most recent one seems to be mere clarification. Putting quotation marks on ''alleged'' doesn't make sense no matter how I look at it.
:The first one seems no more non-neutral than the rest of the paragraph; it may actually be more informative, since not much has been sourced in either case. (PS This is my first edit! Hello!) [[User:Chibithulu|Chibithulu]] 17:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
::I'll agree with the fake/alleged clarification, on second look that doesn't seem to be a problem. But the takedown request edit is still too POV, but you are right in saying that the paragraph (indeed, it seems, the whole article) is POV and needs sourcing. Given how a lot of these sites operate, I get the feeling that they aren't generally receptive to takedown requests, especially if they think the art in question might provide them with some amusement or drama for a while.
::Anyone have thoughts on slapping an NPOV template or sourcing-request template (don't know that one yet) on this article? [[User:Simba B|Simba B]] 18:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
:::''The board re-appeared on August 25, 2006 as "Lulz.net," having lost its prior name due to legal proceedings with furry artist Jeremy Bernal. An European server was also chosen due to more lax copyright rules overseas, which meant that what little of a DNP copyright protection "WTFur" had could now be completely disregarded.'' This blows past POV and right into full on editorializing. Simply noting the server moved to Europe (since "overseas" is subjective; America is "overseas" if you're in Japan) and leaving it at that would be most fair. [[User:733|733]]

== Settled like Internet Men ==
Lulz.net is currently, likely permanently, offline. cho0b and the other admins got in one little fight and Arcturus got scared, etc. Expect the situation to be settled by early next week, as cho0b is firing WTFur back up and the rest of the gang are building something called Sidechan. --[[User:Downspin|'''DS''']]|[[User talk:Downspin|go]] 07:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
=== And it's done ===
[[Sidechan]] is up and I'll be writing an article shortly. Or someone else can. [[User:Arcturus|Arcturus]] 09:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

== Their DDOS of 4chan ==

I read lulz.net DDOS'd 4chan to try to get them to use their IRC network. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 22:23, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

:Actually, they say they didn't do it. Has Ch00b or any of its admins admit to doing this deed? [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 23:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

:: I don't know. It was something related to them wanting everyone on their IRC network. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 21:07, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Furry stereotype

2007-10-24T14:18:33Z

Deafleas: /* Stereotypes within the fandom */ wonky?

The [[furry]] subculture receives significant '''stereotyping''', as most groups have at some point in time. Stereotypes can arise from virtually any facet of a group or demographic, depend partly on trends within the demographic, and are usually formed from the experiences and biases of the viewer or their friends. Some furry stereotypes have more than a grain of truth to them; however, many others fail to hold up under closer scrutiny of furry [[:Category:People|fans]] and [[:Category:Culture|culture]].

== The Furry Stereotype ==
[[Image:ShawnKellerTypicalFurryFan.png|right|thumb|208px|A "typical furry fan" from [[Shawn Keller]]'s ''[[Horrifying Look at the Furries]]'']]
Furry fandom member demographics have traditionally mixed with the worlds of [[science fiction]], fantasy, computing, and video gaming. The stereotype of the [[furry fan]] often bears a close resemblance to the stereotype of the nerd and/or geek: a hairy, overweight [[male]], often unwashed, and living in his parents' basement while surfing for [[pornography]] on the Internet.

The particulars of furry fandom and culture involve fewer common interests, and what outsiders frequently consider strange, unusual, or bizarre takes on the wider fantasy and [[funny animal]] genre. This has led to the furry stereotype being presented as much more extreme than typical geeks. For example, one list of some extra stereotypical points that have often been attached to furry fandom would paint most furries as:

* [[gay]] or [[bisexual]]
* overweight
* [[zoophile]]s
* [[plushophile]]s
* [[fursuiter]]s
* socially inept
* usually homely or ugly
* [[Wikipedia:Misanthropy|misanthropic]]
* unpopular

These common portrayals of the fandom are based on several factors, such as the apparent larger than average percentage of individuals in it who are gay, bi, lesbian, or [[transsexual]] - a point which itself is debated within the fandom. Of course, the image of a social furry fan who has mostly mainstream, unremarkable interests and hobbies is not as titillating to sensationalism seekers in the general public, or groups such as [[Something Awful]]. Even when people who are furries happen to pursue [[erotic]] art, engage in activities like sexual [[plushophilia]], or are [[furry lifestyler|lifestylers]], many are really much more responsible for themselves and the impression they give of the fandom than those who dig for examples to support stereotypes might admit.

No matter how many fans there are who would fit the image of an unremarkable and less controversial Furry fan, there remain those who take part in less common activities, exhibit outrageous or unwise behavior, or provide a relatively rare fit with the most extreme stereotypes. These have, more often than not, been singled out and held up as symbolic of furry fandom.

Fans who are frustrated by stereotyping often believe that this is all it takes to prove the stereotype to "outsiders". Other furries have asserted that this fear is responsible for "witch hunts" within the Furry community, including attempts to repress or drive away people percieved as undesirable before they become noticed.

Another view put forth by other Furry fans and some persons outside the fandom is that the enterprise of collecting, advertising, or reinforcing stereotypes is often carried out by individuals who would also fit a number of parallel stereotypes about genre fans, Internet users, and geek culturists. This view has led some to dismiss the entire topic, especially when it relates to online activities, as geeks battling geeks in a war to one-up each other with negative propaganda.

== Stereotypes within the fandom ==

There are also stereotypes within the furry fandom itself. Some of these are external stereotypes, circulated by furry fans who wish to distance themselves from the unpopular image of furries or hold them up for criticism (see ''[[Skunk (comic)|Skunk]]'', ''[[Horrifying Look at the Furries]]'', and the [[Burned Furs]]).

Other stereotypes are specific to the internal culture of the fandom. Since the Furry genre places emphasis on animal characteristics, certain popular stereotypes are based on the favored [[species]] association of a given individual, especially among fans who have a [[personal furry]] or role-play frequently. The stereotypical attributes that a certain creature bestows on a person may or may not be based on the accurate behavior of the real animal; metaphorical and mythological traits are fair game. In the instance of creatures which are mythological to begin with, their attributed behavior might be inspired more by fandom conventions than traditional mythologies and stories.

It should be noted that many fans circulate and use species stereotypes as humorous cliches which are not intended to cause offense. It is common for Furry fans to examine themselves to see where they fit within the list of supposed behaviors.

Some examples of species-related stereotypes include, but are not limited to:

* [[Dragon]]s are pretentious, attempt to appear wise and cultured, and often follow a [[wonky]] form of mysticism. If female, they are fangirls of [[Wikipedia:Anne McCaffrey|Anne McCaffrey]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Dragonriders of Pern|Pern]]''.
* [[Unicorn]]s are aristocratic, and prideful about their appearance.
* [[Equine]]s are "size queens", into bondage and [[Wikipedia:Pony play|pony play]].
* [[Male]] [[fox]]es are frequently gay or bi, overly sexualized and submissive, and are an overexposed choice of character.
* [[Female]] foxes and [[vixen]]s are usually male players, even more overly sexualized, and not bright.
* [[Gryphon]]s are obsessed fans of [[Wikipedia:Mercedes Lackey|Mercedes Lackey]] fiction and can be capricious.
* [[Rabbit]]s are neurotic and paranoid, or are sexually promiscuous, and often enjoy being [[vorarephilia|edible]].
* [[Wolves]] behave like alpha males, arrogant and expecting to be treated as leaders. Alternately, they are sometimes purported to act like big foxes.

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Stereotypes|Stereotypes]] at Wikipedia

[[Category:Culture]]
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Lulz.net

2007-10-23T22:37:05Z

Deafleas: /* Additional changes (3/22/07 - 5/31/07) */

[[Image:LulzLogo2.png|right|250px]]
'''Lulz.net''' (formerly known as '''WTFur''') is a [[2ch]] style art community for the posting of [[erotic]] [[furry art]], and populated with former members from the /furi/ board on [[WTFux]].
{{rating-ma-button}}
* '''Addresses''':
** '''Website''': http://lulz.net/
** '''Main imageboard''': http://lulz.net/furi/
** '''Forum''': http://lulz.net/dis/
** '''Wiki''': http://wiki.lulz.net/ ('''Dramawiki''')
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.lulz.net/wtfur
* '''Founders''': [[cho0b]]
* '''Coders''': cho0b, Plethora, Baww
* '''Moderators''': cho0b, [[Joe]], [[Sibe]], [[Draz0r]]
* '''Ran from/to''':
** Early summer 2006 - July 24, 2006 (as WTFur)
** August 25, 2006 - November 30, 2006 (as Lulz.net)
** January 7, 2006 - present (as Lulz.net)
* '''Motto''':
** ''"Furry art discussion and critique"'' (2006)
** ''"You messed with me!''" (2007)

== Policies and content ==

This board does not feature a list of people that draw furries that don't want them posted. Although polite takedown requests from said people are usually heeded, impolite or impatient takedown requests from artists are often disregarded. Due to pressure from [[furry artist]] [[Jeremy Bernal]], whose filed repeated [[Wikipedia:DMCA|DMCA]] takedown notices for WTFur, posting of his art or other media from [[Sexyfur|Sexyfur.com]] is considered a bannable offense.

As it was with [[WTFux]], its main [[furry]] directory image is a singular topical board called '''/furi/'''. This allows all manner of media topics to be displayed, ranging from clean art to adult material, to straight to gay sexual content, to [[vore]], [[Wikipedia:Coprophilia|scat]] and [[cub art]], all posted side-by-side.

Because of this, there have been several requests by users to subdivide this master board into smaller categories, using a model similar to other imageboards such as [[Fchan]]. The official stance of the moderation team is that requests of this nature will be ignored, and when questioned about this decision, ex-moderator [[Mellis]] responded thus why the reason of a single unified board:

{{q|People are going to bitch [about images] with or without separated boards, because there are a lot of people who are thin-skinned or just like to argue or be 'category zealots'. Personally, I would rather deal with ONE board where people are complaining about what should and should not be posted, than seven or eight or however fine you want to subdivide categories'' - Mellis}}

== 2006 server move ==
[[image:GovWTFur.png|250px|right]]
On July 25, 2006, in preparation to moving the site to a new server, WTFur's splash page was replaced by cho0b with a fake notice from the US [[wikipedia:fbi|Federal Bureau of Investigation]], [[Wikipedia:NSA|National Security Agency]], [[Wikipedia:MPAA|MPAA]], and the [[wikipedia:RIAA|RIAA]], "informing" the viewer that:
{{q|This website has been closed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, in association with the United States National Security Agency, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America; pending a federal investigation.}}
With the addition that their [[wikipedia:IP|IP]] has been logged, and to:
{{q|Please stay where you are. You will be contacted for questioning regarding the investigations related to this website.}}
Clicking on "''Piracy Doesn't Pay''" lead to a placeholder image board on the server (/temp/,) with the title '''/pedofur/'''. Finally, until the move was completed, all hosted images were archived in a single [[wikipedia:rar|RAR]] image, and uploaded to the [http://thepiratebay.org/ The Pirate Bay], a [[Wikipedia:BitTorrent|BitTorrent]] tracker.

The original "takedown" image can be found at [http://vxbinaca.beevomit.org/ Vxbinaca.beevomit.org], under the section "''7/24/06 FBI Takedown joke page.''"

== Relocation changes ==
[[Image:Wtfur2.png|right|thumb|Old Lulz logo|400px]]
The board re-appeared on August 25, 2006 as "Lulz.net." A European server was also chosen due to more lax copyright rules overseas, which meant that what little of a DNP copyright protection "WTFur" had could now be completely disregarded.

== Controversy ==

==== Single board approach ====

Many visitors to Lulz take issue with the board's "''hands-off''" approach to posting and moderation, allowing all manner of media content ([[Wikipedia:MPAA_film_rating_system|PG]] to [[Wikipedia:MPAA_film_rating_system|X]], straight, gay, vore, scat, cub art, etc...) to be posted mixed, side-by-side on the site's single board.

Though controversial, the moderators defend this choice by reasoning that it will expose users to art or [[Artist|artists]] they would not have seen otherwise, and that because users are prone to complain about posts in categories no matter how finely they are divided, dealing with those complaints in a single board only saves the moderation team a great deal of time. And so, any future requests by users to subdivide the content of the board into smaller categories, will, as stated before (see "Policies and content",) be ignored.

==== Moderators' actions/inactions ====

Furthermore, there have been accusations of the moderating staff standing ''idly by'' in the past as a direct result of these policies, when threads have been posted that users object to, but do not necessarily break any of the site's rules, or the moderation team is slow to remove spam or invasion posts from the page. Though there have been requests by a small group of users to take down threads featuring [[Cub|cub]] or commercial work, such as work by [[Palcomix]], the moderation team does not appear to remove such material.

==== Cub art ====

When questioned in particular about 'cub porn' and the policy on the site of such material after one of many such threads caught the eye of [[CrushYiffDestroy]], the moderators of the site responded with the following:
{{q|While I whole heartedly agree that child pornography is not something that should be smiled upon, I feel that I must reinstate the fact that 'cub porn' is not child pornography<ref>[http://crushyiffdestroy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2478&highlight=lulz cho0b and "cub porn" art on Lulz.net]</ref>}}
{{q|If users think that a thread contains morally offensive images or text, they can sage the thread until it is [[permasaged]] into nothing}}
{{q|Enforcing rules based on morals is not the job of the moderators and/or administrators of an imageboard site}}
These policies have been in place since Lulz's inception, and, for better or worse, remain unchanged to this day.

==== Admin split, board shutdown ====

On November 30, 2006, Arcturus cut-off cho0b's access to the WTFur server, under the assumption he had given mod password access to the /furi/ board to what was thought to be "many random people." The act was largely considered damage control by the moderation team at the time, as the new user or users with this password deleted the bans in place on the page for posters of kiddie porn, bestiality and guro, and immediately afterwards banned several of the more frequent tripcode-using users.{{fact}}

cho0b, confused as to why he could not login to any of his sites, redirected the Lulz.net domain name. That night, Arcturus purchased the domain name [[Sidechan|Sidechan.net]], and setup the DNS to point it at what was currently lulz.net, transferring all of the content from it to the new site, while deleting all data owned by cho0b hosted on his server for the websites WTFux.org, digital-jihad.net, w-t-c.info, 4-20.info, and a few others.{{fact}}

After cho0b inquired about the reason he did all this, Arcturus responded that it was because "''You fucked with me''."<ref>[http://lulz.net/logs/Arcturus.20061211.html Arcturus and the "You fucked with me" explanation]</ref>

==== Sidechan gets hacked ====
[[Image:Sidechan1.jpg|right|thumb|Sidechan gets hacked|280px]]
Only a week before Sidechan went down, cho0b (using the pseudonym '''jihad''') said the following to Arcturus at the end of a lengthy discussion:

[jihad] i mean it might be good to think it over, you might be a bit steamed up right now
[jihad] don't want to make any rash decisions :)
[Arcturus] Is that a threat?
[jihad] why would i need to threaten you?
[jihad] it's not like i have all your information or anything like that

On January 7th, 2007, Sidechan was hacked by someone posting by the name "jihad" (believed to be cho0b), and all of the boards were wiped clean of their content, with an advertisement for lulz.net popping up on /furi/ before sidechan went down completely.

== 2007 (back on line) ==
[[Image:LulzLogo.png|right|280px]]
Lulz came back on line the same day Sidechan was hacked in January 2007. The set-up is still a single board approach and a lack of a [[DNP]].

The front-page sported a temporary photoshopped version of the Sidechan logo, with name changed to "lulz.net" (using the [[wikipedia:Disney|Disney]] font,) and sidechan's mascot '''Downsy''' "head-[[wikipedia:Fisting|fisting]]" the persona of [[4chan]]'s moot.

==== Additional changes (3/22/07 - 5/31/07) ====

*sticky threads finally implemented
*management panel totally reworked
*collapsed threads stay collapsed when you leave the page and come back
*janitor panel reworked (janitors cannot ban or sticky/unsticky threads; can delete posts/images)
*added choice to return to the current thread or go back to the main thread list after posting
*checkbox for "bumping" a thread has been added to postform reply view
*mods can now permasage a thread so that it cannot be bumped again
*mods can now close a thread so that it cannot be posted to
*Sexyfur.com/Jeremy Bernal media posting ban
*Lulz.css style sheet completely revamped
*Post form reworked
*Collapsible threads implemented
*Original post thumbnail larger than reply thumbnails
*Added working janitor moderation panel
*A "Dramawiki" is implemented. Its intended use is to create articles relevant to [[Drama|furry dramas]] threads originating on the site.

== Lulz.net's DDOS of 4chan ==
People from irc.lulz.net tried to force [[4chan]] to move to their IRC Network and then they DDOS'd 4chan to try to force them. But its owner [[moot]] refused to give into the terrorism and eventually the DDOS stopped. <ref>http://www.geocities.com/kakamafive/</ref> <ref>http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=2&t=64171</ref>

==References==
<references/>

{{Image boards}}
[[Category:Mature image boards]]
[[Category:2006 births]]

Talk:Lulz.net

2007-10-23T22:23:37Z

Deafleas: Their DDOS of 4chan

Babyfur

2007-10-23T17:45:10Z

Deafleas: /* Informative pages */

A '''babyfur''' is a member of the [[furry fandom]] who enjoys roleplaying younger characters. They may also be an Adult Baby and/or [[Wikipedia:Diaper Lover|Diaper Lover]] (collectively known as AB/DLs), or is otherwise involved in [[Wikipedia:Infantilism|Infantilism]]. There are many different types of furs in the babyfur community, each focusing on different aspects and roles. Like [[furry]] in general, babyfur culture involves a good amount of [[role-playing]] (either light or heavy), both online and in the real world.

The community has been growing more and more popular since the mid- to late 90's. While the community itself is still part of the furry fandom as a whole, it is large enough to present sufficient leaders, politics and drama to give the community a nearly independent feel to it.

Role playing babyfurs will most often take on the role of a furry character in his/her infancy or childhood. Common roleplaying themes include "cute" [[clothing]] (onesies, footy pajamas, overalls, diapers) and a child's environment such as a nursery or day care center, complete with cribs, high chairs and babyish decor. A few babyfurs lucky enough to afford the privacy and devotion will set up adult nurseries to role play as children in real life. A sexual subset of this type of roleplaying is known as [[ageplay]].

[[Image:Rieva-little.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Babyfurs in a Nutshell.<br\>Art by [[LoupGarou]] [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/LoupGarou], character by [[Rieva]]]]

==Terminology==
===Babyfur roles===
There are a few sub-groups within the babyfur community which are often described with the following terminology :

*'''Babyfur''' : Used to describe the group as a whole, however, specifically it referrers to someone that roleplays as younger, up to the human equivalent of toddler age, characters. Baby paraphernalia is most likely to be involved for this group and role played speech is often either in gibberish or very basic speech.
*'''Lilfur (littlefur, kidfur)''' : This is a person that roleplays as a child character. Characters identified as lilfurs tend to between their toddler and teen ages. Diaper and other baby paraphernalia may or may not be involved. Role played speech is usually more refined at this point, but still somewhat juvenile.
*'''Diaperfur''' : This is a person that roleplays as an adult character that still either requires or choose to wear diapers. Role played speech and actions are consistent with an adult. The person may also roleplay an adult character that is mentally regressed back to a younger state, but still has an adult physical form.
*'''Sissyfur''' : This is commonly misunderstood as a person that roleplays a [[male]] character, either adult or child, that is forced to dress and act as a young [[female]] character. Truthfully, a sissyfur is anyone, male or female, that enjoys regression leaning toward a very feminized and sissified look and attitude.
*'''Caretaker''' : As the name suggests these are the people that roleplay caretaker characters, a 'mommy' or 'daddy' figure for other babyfurs.

Many people don't identify with one single group, but can change roles depending on the situation and who they are interacting with. It's also not uncommon for complex lineages (for example siblings, parents, etc) to be set up among other babyfurs so that roles can be defined.

==Definition of AB/DLs==
These are general non-furry terms but are useful to understand in this context.

*'''Adult Baby''' (AB) : A person that enjoys regressing back to being a baby. Beyond regressing using physical or environmental changes (such as diapers, clothing, and settings), they also mentally regress, taking the mentality of a baby. These are the equivalent to 'babyfurs' or 'lilfurs' when crossed with [[furry]]. Teenagers who are Adult Babies will sometimes refer to themselves as Teen Babies (TBs).

*'''Diaper Lover''' (DL) : A person that enjoys regressing back to being a baby, but limits the regressing to an environmental change (such as wearing diapers or using baby paraphernalia). These people, unlike AB's, will usually not regress physically (adopting a baby form) or mentally. These tend to be the equivalent of 'diaperfurs' in the babyfur community. For some DLs, but not all of them, there is a fetish connection to the diapers and baby play. They will sometimes take the submissive role to a caretaker in sexual play, and the caretaker will take a dominant role.

*'''Infantilist''' : Essentially, [[Wikipedia:infantilism|infantilism]] regards any person who enjoys regressing to the mental age of an infant or toddler, and may or may not involve diapers and other baby paraphernalia.

==Baby things (and why)==
From the Adult Baby (AB) angle of AB/DL, regressing individuals prefer to behave and be treated as much like a baby or toddler as possible. To do so successfully achieves in many babyfurs a comforting, secure or blissful feeling. Various paraphrenalia help to satisfy these preferences:

===Clothing===
Many babyfurs enjoy wearing all sorts of clothing. Some say the cuter it looks, the better it is. Such articles of clothing include the following :
*[[Wikipedia:Overalls|Overalls]]
*[[Wikipedia:Shortalls|Shortalls]]
*[[Wikipedia:Booties|Booties]]
*[[Wikipedia:Dresses|Dresses]]
*[[Wikipedia:Onesies|Onesies]]
*[[Wikipedia:Pajamas|Pajamas]]
*[[Wikipedia:Pants|Pants]]
*[[Wikipedia:Footed sleepers|Footed sleepers]]
*[[Wikipedia:Mittens|Mittens]]
*[[Wikipedia:Bows|Bows]]

Many male babyfurs find they enjoy being dressed as little girls as well, and are sometimes called ''sissyfurs''. The classic baby bonnet (seen frequently in certain [[Looney Toons]] episodes) is not very common among babyfurs, which might be attributed to the fact that modern society doesn't find real babies wearing them either.

===Plushies and toys===
Just like clothing, interacting with [[plush toy|plushies]] and toys is very contributive to the cub experience. Toys range in age from baby toys to toy cars and action figures. As long as cubs get to interact with one another though, toys are not always the focus in a roleplay.

===Objects===
A toddler's life is not complete without many of the following items. Many babyfurs use these objects in online roleplay and would love to be able to use them in the real world :
*Cribs
*Walkers
*Strollers
*High chairs
*Car seats
*Booster seats
*Pacifiers
*Baby bottles
*Sippy cups
*Talcum powder
*Bubble baths

In addition to physical objects, some babyfurs also find a keen interest in actions like [[wikipedia:blowing a raspberry|blowing a raspberry]], being held, or watching old television shows that are no longer available on TV. Many old children's shows such as 80's and early 90's cartoons on [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] were the same shows some babyfurs watched when they were little, and reminiscing about them leaves a nostalgic warmth.

===Diaper usage (and why)===
Diapers are an item frequently used while "cubbing out". Like other aspects of babyfur, this can be done in the virtual world, the real world, or both. There are many babyfurs, however, that while they will wear diapers in online roles, do not in real life. Many babyfurs will wear diapers in real life for a feeling of security and comfort, but will not use them for their intended purpose. At the other end of the spectrum, there are some babyfurs that, either by choice or by necessity, wear and use diapers all the time.

Why babyfurs wear, and possibly use, diapers in the real world is varied. For some, they are forced to wear them because of a medical condition and have no choice in the manner. These people have often blended their real life situation with their furry persona. For others, it is a way they can regress into their [[fursona|furry persona]]'s age. Some others see the diapers as a connection to their furry persona, paralleling a [[tail]] or [[fursuit]] in the general furry community.

The wearing (and especially the use) of diapers in the real world are at the heart of many issues that some members of the furry community in general have with the babyfurs. For example, it is not generally considered appropriate for a diaper user to soil themselves at [[convention]] in the presence of other [[furry fan]]s - or to put themselves in a situation where this is likely to happen - yet individuals have been known to do this, to the detriment of the group's reputation.

==Babyfur behavior==
When cubbing out in both the real world and in online roleplaying, the level of connection to the role will vary between each player. Some babyfurs will become so involved and yearn for such an authentic childish mentality that they will use speech impediments and [[Wikipedia:baby talk|baby talk]] to communicate. Very few babyfurs make a habit out of using babytalk in the real world, similar to a [[Wikipedia:gay lisp|gay lisp]]. Depending on the situation, a babyfur could even develop a habit of whining or crying to get what he/she wants from a caregiver or another roleplayer.

In light online [[role-playing]], babyfurs may toddle, crawl and wag their tails playfully while the sounds of crinkling diapers abound. Pouncing, giggling, cuddling, [[snug]]gling and tummy rubbing ensue with the maximum possible level of cuteness.

Child-like behaviour, baby animal sounds and an emphasis on [[cuteness]] are widespread among [[furry fans]] when among themselves, even those who don't call themselves babyfurs and who don't participate in other babyfur activities described here, such as diapers or baby clothing.

While most babyfurs are closely attached to the development of young [[human]]s, a different approach can be found in online [[role-play]], where newborn [[zoomorphic]] and [[anthropomorphic]] [[characters]] often grow up at a similar pace as wild animals, doing without accessories such as diapers and learning to walk in a short time. This has the practical advantage of sooner getting into an age that allows interesting role-play even for non-babyfurs when playing a character since birth. As in nature, opinions on when a character can be considered adult vary greatly.

===Cubbing Out===
"Cubbing Out" is a general term used by the community to describe roleplaying as a babyfur character. This can either be roleplay in the virtual world or the real world. Usually it will involve one or more regressed characters or people interacting with each other or with a caregiver.

"Padding" and "Getting Padded" may also refer to cubbing, in particular regarding to being diapered.

===The caregiver's role===
Caregivers (or caretakers) are the 'mommy' and 'daddy' figures in the roleplay. For the most part, they interact with other babyfurs as a mother or father would with their child. This can include playing with, cleaning or disciplining the younger character.

===Babyfurs at furry conventions===
Just like furries in general, babyfurs go to [[convention]]s to spend time with friends and express their [[furriness]]. For many, that includes their babyfur aspects too. One may see many babyfurs dressed in juvenile clothing and with various paraphernalia because that is part of how they choose to express themselves. To some babyfurs, dressing in such a way is no different than other furries wearing ears, tails or fursuits.

At many [[convention]]s, hotel rooms are set up as gathering places for babyfurs to socialize privately. Two of the most notable are the [[C'ubhouse]] and [[Nursery]] run by [[LilPup]] and [[Snuggems]], respectively.

===[http://www.swiftsden.net/bfpbg_v1_2.pdf Babyfurs Public Behavior Guidelines v1.2a]===

==History of the babyfur community==
*'''1995''' - [[Proxima Centauri]] opens [[The Nursery]] on [[FurryMUCK]].
*'''1995-01-13''' - Proxima Centauri runs the first official "AB/DL Furry" convention gathering at [[ConFurence 6]], though unsuccessful.
*'''1995-08-04''' - [[BitterGrey]] opens [http://understanding.infantilism.org Understanding Infantilism], then known as "BitterGrey's Den," a website for ABDLs and Furries.
*'''1996-09-09''' - Proxima Centauri officially opens [http://www.nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails].
*'''1997''' - [[Snuggems]] opens the FurryMUCK DayKare and Bottoms-Up Diaper Company.
*'''1998-01-15''' - Snuggems runs ''The Nursery'', the first successful convention gathering for babyfurs, at [[ConFurence 9]]. The Nursery has been held at 18 furry conventions.
*'''1998-07''' - [[Chipper]] and [[OshKoshFox]] create [[babyfurs (IRC)|#babyfurs]] on [[YiffNet]].
*'''2000-05-05''' - [[Kasi Frost]] and OshKoshFox create the Babyfurs mailing list on One Groups.
*'''2000-05-18''' - [[Ray_Ferret]] creates #littlepaws on YiffNet after heated disagreements on #babyfurs.
*'''2000''' - #nowhere_grotto is created on YiffNet as an alternative to #babyfurs and #littlepaws. The new channel grows to rival the size of #babyfurs, but falls before #babyfur is created in 2004.
*'''2001-07''' - [[LilPup]] runs the first [[C'ubHouse]] at [[Anthrocon]].
*'''2004-07''' - [[Ludwig]] creates #babyfur as an alternative to #babyfurs, now on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], to allow users to chat with fewer rules and regulations.
*'''2004-09-13''' - The Babyfurs mailing list, having moved to Yahoo! Groups, is deleted by Yahoo! and is revived as "Babyfurs_part2."
*'''2004-12-11''' - Yahoo! again deletes the mailing list, and the group moves to [http://clubs.wanadoo.co.uk/group/group.cfm?GID=2982050 Babyfurs on Smartgroups].
*'''2006-11-30''' - SmartGroups ceases service. Babyfurs mailing list ceases to exist after over six years.

==Community leaders and important babyfurs==
The following babyfurs are among the most known and respected in the furry fandom, recognized here for their contributions and devotion to the babyfur community:
*[[BabyTiger (person)|BabyTiger]] has been a member of the babyfur community since 1998, A Canadian Babyfur who has a strong presence at the Canadian conventions such at [[C-ACE]] and [[Anthrofest]], organizing and hosting BabyFur gatherings. He also works and helps out with newer babyfurs in the community, making them feel welcomed and lending a paw to any who need the help.

*[[Karis]] owns and maintains [[Karis' Playground]] [http://karisplayground.com/], featuring a large collection of babyfur and AB/DL images by artists of all rank. Karis' Playground also offers a store where visitors can purchase prints of babyfur art by various professional artists, including [[Marci McAdam]]. Karis was the first person to make babyfur/diaper art available at furry conventions, thus pioneering the community known today as "Babyfurs."

*[[LilPup]] and [[Lil Kitt]] run and manage the [http://babyfur.com/cubhouse/ Babyfur C'ubhouse] at furry conventions for babyfurs to get together and have fun. LilPup also runs the [http://babyfur.com/ Online Babyfur Community], a central website that features the [http://babyfur.com/bfpl/ Babyfur Proximity Locator] (BFPL) for babyfurs to locate one another around the world. Like Swift and Orca, LilPup works to improve the relationship between babyfurs and non-babyfurs at conventions and to help babyfurs maintain a positive reputation in the furry fandom.

*[[Orca (person)|Orca]] co-moderates the Babyfurs mailing list with SwiftFox. He maintains the Babyfurs mailing list and an external file archive. He routinely reports links to interesting or humorous online articles relating to AB/DLs. Orca is also the famed inventor of the [http://orcinus.dynip.com/AB_DL/Orca_Stack/index.html "Orca Stack."]

*[[Proxima Centauri]]'s name is perhaps the first name known to newcomers to the babyfur community as they search to satisfy their newly found interests. Proxima runs [http://www.nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails], one of the longest running AB Furry pages, dating back to 1997 (before the term "babyfur" had existed) and featuring thousands of babyfur art, fiction and multimedia files. Though it is in dire need of a new layout, the webpage still runs strong today.

*[[Snuggems]] is most known for running the Nursery at Anthrocon, a room devoted to giving to those kids and cubs at heart who need to be cared for. Although it started up first and despite that the two meeting spots have different ratings and features, Snuggems' Nursery has been often been said to view the C'ubhouse as competition.

*[[Swift Fox (person)|Swift Fox]] has been a member of the babyfur community since its inception in the mid to late 90's. He writes babyfur fiction, has been owner and moderator of several iterations of the Babyfurs mailing list, and hosts several furry and AB/DL events in the Pittsburgh area. ([http://www.swiftsden.net Swift's Den])

==Babyfur art and literature==
A few of the authors and artists in the babyfur community are :

===Artists===
*[[Marci McAdam]] is the most popular [[artist]] in the babyfur community. Although she is not a babyfur herself, her professional abilities and open-mindedness make her one of the best artist around. It is often said that a babyfur isn't officially a babyfur until he has purchased a badge or commission from Marci McAdam. Her babyfur art can be found for sale at her husband's website, Karis' Playground, and her other art is located at [http://furries.frithcat.com/ Marci McAdam's Furries]. Due to her time constraints in doing professional art, Marci is unable to take fandom-related commissions anymore.

*[[BushyCat]] appears at several furry conventions and is well known for her humorous-yet-innocent take on babyfurs as well as other alternative genres of furry art. Some of her creations have more human-like qualities than other artists tend to portray in their characters.

*[[JadeFox]] is one of the more active babyfur artists in the community, offering special contests and events for fans to participate in. The majority of his work is based on his own character or other babyfurs' characters. His drawings are especially creative and imaginative, bringing out only the most treasured aspects of childhood, as well as very innovative clothing design (featuring several brands and companies of his own devising). [http://www.furryjadefox.com/ Furry Jade Fox]

*[[Kelvin the Lion]] is a fairly popular artist whose current endeavors include (among others) the progressive webcomic ''[[Nivlek]]'', about the adventures of Nivlek the [[snow leopard]] who enjoys wearing diapers and eating. Nivlek remains to be one of the more amusing "weird" furry comics out there, and his talent does not go unnoticed. [http://www.geocities.com/kelvinthelion/index.html Kelvin's Furry Den]

*[[FangKit]] has been drawing babyfurs for most of this decade, and continues to improve his artistic talent. His unique style and knack for cuteness and humor combine to make him favored by babyfurs throughout the community. [http://www.babyfox.org.uk/foxnip/ FangKit's Pics]

*[[OzzyFox]], a student of animation at the Art Institute of Houston, consistently produces work on a regular basis that ranges from cuddly-cute to controversial and mature. [http://foxcrib.sk1p.com/ Fox Crib]

*[[IkazuchiFox]] (commonly known by friends as "Ikajuicy") is found in the definition for "ubercute" listed in UrbanDictionary. He is one of the few amateur babyfur artists with work unique and notable enough to be recognized by the fandom. Although Ikazuchi has not done a sketch for a long time, it is the hope of many furs that he will start drawing again.

*[[Astolpho]], also known to his friends outside the furry community as [[rootdown]], has a technique characterized by light, open outlines, bright pastel colors, and innocent expressions. Some of Astolpho's work is now available at Karis' Playground.

*[[Cargo Weasel]]'s art leans strongly toward the "DL" side of "AB/DL," showing off mature diaper-related concepts that fit perfectly with his coloring and shading style. His art was featured on a now-defunct mailing list, but can still be found on his website: [http://www.cargoweasel.com/ Cargo Weasel: Art Complex]

*[[Familliar]], a relatively new artist to the scene is a regular at the Blue Furry [[Oekaki]] board run by [[Guppy]]. Already a fan favorite within the babyfur community, Familliar regulary draws pictures of both his own character creations as well as that of his commissioners in his own charmingly creative & endearing way. His artwork can be found at: [http://http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/familliar/ Familliar's FA website].

*[[Aramitz]]'s artwork focuses almost exclusively on the "DL" side of commisions for the babyfur community. His unique style is characterised with bold, thick & prominent inking lines set against the subtle use of cell-shaded coloring. Aramitz currently maintains galleries at all the major prominent furry art websites such as: [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/aramitz/ Aramitz's FA website].

===Art ''about'' babyfurs===
Some [[furry fandom]] artists have covered the topic of babyfurs, typically taking the same line as [[:Category:Media coverage|external commentators on the entire fandom]]:

*''[[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]'''s coverage has been [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20051002 generally] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20051016 negative], although they did make an exception for the [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060521 Pink Panzer]

===Writers===
*[[CS Fox]], also known as Kit Fox and Cyprus Sygial, is possibly the best known babyfur writer in the community. His works are the biggest features in the stories section at Nursery Tails, and since his submissions to Proxima's site he has gone on to host his own website showing off babyfur fiction of his own and by newer babyfur writers. The latest rendition of CS Fox's site, [http://www.foxtalestimes.com/ Fox Tales Times], is being completed as this article is written. Its biggest feature is CS Fox's renowned AB/DL RPGM2K-based game, Weston Academy. The website also sports plenty of comics and art related to the RPG.

*[[Firemane]]'s fiction is prominently featured on CS Fox's fiction page.

*[[Fieval Mouse]]'s work is still favored by many furs. His stories are roughly 5 years old and are found on Proxima's Nursery Tails, featuring illustrations by Doodles.

*[[Athalon]] is another notable furry writer who has written the lightly famous [[The Milkshake Club]].

==Babyfur as a paraphilia==

===Babyfurs and pedophilia===

Like other furry fans, babyfurs often exhibit sexual attraction to anthropomorphic animals by participating in [[TinySex]]. But because this usually involves adult players [[roleplaying]] sexual situations involving prepubescent characters, the question of whether babyfurs are [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|pedophiles]] often arises.

Babyfurs generally assert that roleplaying as underage characters doesn't imply sexual attraction to such characters. For example, some roleplay as young furries due to a longing to be young again, and have no sexual element to their roleplay.

Of those that do participate in sexual activity, some are interested in (for example) the fantasy of submission to an adult figure. Those who have TinySex with other babyfurs sometimes argue that if there is no adult '''character''' involved, the activity is not pedophilia. Others may stress that since characters portrayed are not '''human''', it is not meaningfully pedophilia. Outsiders often disagree, since the activity still involves actual adults taking an interest in prepubertal persons depicted in sexual situations.

This debate applies equally to visual and written depictions of babyfurs in sexual relations, and disagreements are often intense, between those with concerns about pedophilia, those who feel babyfur is distinct from pedophilia (because of players' identification with characters or the species of those characters), and those who don't care who enjoys it just as long as they're not forced to see it.

===Babyfurs vs. non-babyfurs===
The concept of babyfurs is quite contentious with some members of the [[fandom]]. Some furries and non-furries who have identified themselves as babyfurs or were identified by others as being babyfurs may have acted inappropriately at [[convention]]s in the past. Such contentious behavior has allegedly included wearing diapers in public without using proper hygiene and trying to push uninterested people into babyfur roleplay, including sexual roleplay. These behaviors are frowned upon by the babyfur community in general, and such incidents, if perpetrated by babyfurs, are done by a small number of babyfurs within a larger babyfur community. The community in general adopted guidelines of conduct for how to act in public after a rash of such alleged incidents at conventions in an effort to police themselves.

Furries who dislike babyfurs may do so for a variety of common points, including:

*Grossed out by the concept of diaper lovers (or, in the aforementioned cases, by the smell)
*Concern that some babyfurs may be pedophiles
*Previous negative experiences with those who identify themselves as babyfurs or were identified by others as being babyfurs.
*Fear that babyfur behavior will be associated as a characteristic of the general fandom, especially in the media

While there is some conflict between babyfurs and the general fandom, such conflicts should not be overstated. The majority of babyfurs and non-babyfurs coexist quite well because the majority of babyfurs do not engage in the more extreme behaviors mentioned here.

==Babyfur online==
Babyfurs have a well established community full of art, resources, and as many modes of communication as the rest of the furry fandom.

==Websites==
====Informative pages====
Want to learn more about babyfurs, who they are, and why they are? These web pages may be helpful.

*[http://understanding.infantilism.org Understanding Infantilism] by [[BitterGrey]]
*[http://babyfur.com Online Babyfur Community] by [[LilPup]]
*[http://orcinus.dynip.com/AB_DL/Orca_Stack/index.html How to make an "Orca Stack"], which are useful diapers for babyfurs.

[[Image:sr_secondlife.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Two babyfurs hug in the world of [[Second Life]].]]

====Art and fiction pages====
*[http://www.nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails] by [[Proxima Centauri]]
*[http://www.foxtalestimes.com Fox Tales Times] by [[CS Fox]]
*[http://foxcrib.sk1p.com/ Fox Crib] by [[OzzyFox]]
*[http://www.furryjadefox.com Furry Jade Fox] by [[JadeFox]]
*[http://www.karisplayground.com/ Karis' Playground] by [[Karis]]
*[http://www.artbyluca.com Art By Luca and Friends] by [[Luca]]

====LiveJournal communities====
*[http://community.livejournal.com/babyfur/ Babyfur Community]

===Mailing lists===
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Babyfur_Cubhouse/ Babyfur C'ubhouse]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clubcargo/ Club Cargo]
*[http://clubs.wanadoo.co.uk/group/group.cfm?GID=3103378 LilFursCubhouse]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MDBabyFurs/ Maryland Babyfurs]

===Internet Relay Chat===
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/babyfurs Furnet #babyfurs] (PG13 rating) - [http://www.babyfurs.org.uk website]
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/babyfur Furnet #babyfur] (Unrated)
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/foxtalestimes Furnet #foxtalestimes] (Unrated)
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/diaperfurs Furnet #diaperfurs] (Unrated) ([[diaperfurs]] WikiFur page)

===Bulletin Boards and Forums===
*[http://foxtalestimes.actifforum.com/index.forum Fox Tales Forum] (G rating)

===MUCKs===
[[The Astonishing Treehouse of the Secret Moon|The Treehouse]] on [[Tapestries]] is a common meeting place for lilfurs and ageplayers. Just teleport to ''secretmoon'' and you're there.

===Second Life===
Many babyfurs can be found in [[Second Life]]. A major meeting place for babyfurs is the babyfur [[island (Second Life)|sim]] called [[Cub Conclave]], created and run by [[Raven Welesa]].

[[fr:Babyfur]]

[[Category:Paraphilias]]
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Babyfur

2007-10-23T17:44:21Z

Deafleas: /* Community leaders and important babyfurs */

A '''babyfur''' is a member of the [[furry fandom]] who enjoys roleplaying younger characters. They may also be an Adult Baby and/or [[Wikipedia:Diaper Lover|Diaper Lover]] (collectively known as AB/DLs), or is otherwise involved in [[Wikipedia:Infantilism|Infantilism]]. There are many different types of furs in the babyfur community, each focusing on different aspects and roles. Like [[furry]] in general, babyfur culture involves a good amount of [[role-playing]] (either light or heavy), both online and in the real world.

The community has been growing more and more popular since the mid- to late 90's. While the community itself is still part of the furry fandom as a whole, it is large enough to present sufficient leaders, politics and drama to give the community a nearly independent feel to it.

Role playing babyfurs will most often take on the role of a furry character in his/her infancy or childhood. Common roleplaying themes include "cute" [[clothing]] (onesies, footy pajamas, overalls, diapers) and a child's environment such as a nursery or day care center, complete with cribs, high chairs and babyish decor. A few babyfurs lucky enough to afford the privacy and devotion will set up adult nurseries to role play as children in real life. A sexual subset of this type of roleplaying is known as [[ageplay]].

[[Image:Rieva-little.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Babyfurs in a Nutshell.<br\>Art by [[LoupGarou]] [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/LoupGarou], character by [[Rieva]]]]

==Terminology==
===Babyfur roles===
There are a few sub-groups within the babyfur community which are often described with the following terminology :

*'''Babyfur''' : Used to describe the group as a whole, however, specifically it referrers to someone that roleplays as younger, up to the human equivalent of toddler age, characters. Baby paraphernalia is most likely to be involved for this group and role played speech is often either in gibberish or very basic speech.
*'''Lilfur (littlefur, kidfur)''' : This is a person that roleplays as a child character. Characters identified as lilfurs tend to between their toddler and teen ages. Diaper and other baby paraphernalia may or may not be involved. Role played speech is usually more refined at this point, but still somewhat juvenile.
*'''Diaperfur''' : This is a person that roleplays as an adult character that still either requires or choose to wear diapers. Role played speech and actions are consistent with an adult. The person may also roleplay an adult character that is mentally regressed back to a younger state, but still has an adult physical form.
*'''Sissyfur''' : This is commonly misunderstood as a person that roleplays a [[male]] character, either adult or child, that is forced to dress and act as a young [[female]] character. Truthfully, a sissyfur is anyone, male or female, that enjoys regression leaning toward a very feminized and sissified look and attitude.
*'''Caretaker''' : As the name suggests these are the people that roleplay caretaker characters, a 'mommy' or 'daddy' figure for other babyfurs.

Many people don't identify with one single group, but can change roles depending on the situation and who they are interacting with. It's also not uncommon for complex lineages (for example siblings, parents, etc) to be set up among other babyfurs so that roles can be defined.

==Definition of AB/DLs==
These are general non-furry terms but are useful to understand in this context.

*'''Adult Baby''' (AB) : A person that enjoys regressing back to being a baby. Beyond regressing using physical or environmental changes (such as diapers, clothing, and settings), they also mentally regress, taking the mentality of a baby. These are the equivalent to 'babyfurs' or 'lilfurs' when crossed with [[furry]]. Teenagers who are Adult Babies will sometimes refer to themselves as Teen Babies (TBs).

*'''Diaper Lover''' (DL) : A person that enjoys regressing back to being a baby, but limits the regressing to an environmental change (such as wearing diapers or using baby paraphernalia). These people, unlike AB's, will usually not regress physically (adopting a baby form) or mentally. These tend to be the equivalent of 'diaperfurs' in the babyfur community. For some DLs, but not all of them, there is a fetish connection to the diapers and baby play. They will sometimes take the submissive role to a caretaker in sexual play, and the caretaker will take a dominant role.

*'''Infantilist''' : Essentially, [[Wikipedia:infantilism|infantilism]] regards any person who enjoys regressing to the mental age of an infant or toddler, and may or may not involve diapers and other baby paraphernalia.

==Baby things (and why)==
From the Adult Baby (AB) angle of AB/DL, regressing individuals prefer to behave and be treated as much like a baby or toddler as possible. To do so successfully achieves in many babyfurs a comforting, secure or blissful feeling. Various paraphrenalia help to satisfy these preferences:

===Clothing===
Many babyfurs enjoy wearing all sorts of clothing. Some say the cuter it looks, the better it is. Such articles of clothing include the following :
*[[Wikipedia:Overalls|Overalls]]
*[[Wikipedia:Shortalls|Shortalls]]
*[[Wikipedia:Booties|Booties]]
*[[Wikipedia:Dresses|Dresses]]
*[[Wikipedia:Onesies|Onesies]]
*[[Wikipedia:Pajamas|Pajamas]]
*[[Wikipedia:Pants|Pants]]
*[[Wikipedia:Footed sleepers|Footed sleepers]]
*[[Wikipedia:Mittens|Mittens]]
*[[Wikipedia:Bows|Bows]]

Many male babyfurs find they enjoy being dressed as little girls as well, and are sometimes called ''sissyfurs''. The classic baby bonnet (seen frequently in certain [[Looney Toons]] episodes) is not very common among babyfurs, which might be attributed to the fact that modern society doesn't find real babies wearing them either.

===Plushies and toys===
Just like clothing, interacting with [[plush toy|plushies]] and toys is very contributive to the cub experience. Toys range in age from baby toys to toy cars and action figures. As long as cubs get to interact with one another though, toys are not always the focus in a roleplay.

===Objects===
A toddler's life is not complete without many of the following items. Many babyfurs use these objects in online roleplay and would love to be able to use them in the real world :
*Cribs
*Walkers
*Strollers
*High chairs
*Car seats
*Booster seats
*Pacifiers
*Baby bottles
*Sippy cups
*Talcum powder
*Bubble baths

In addition to physical objects, some babyfurs also find a keen interest in actions like [[wikipedia:blowing a raspberry|blowing a raspberry]], being held, or watching old television shows that are no longer available on TV. Many old children's shows such as 80's and early 90's cartoons on [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] were the same shows some babyfurs watched when they were little, and reminiscing about them leaves a nostalgic warmth.

===Diaper usage (and why)===
Diapers are an item frequently used while "cubbing out". Like other aspects of babyfur, this can be done in the virtual world, the real world, or both. There are many babyfurs, however, that while they will wear diapers in online roles, do not in real life. Many babyfurs will wear diapers in real life for a feeling of security and comfort, but will not use them for their intended purpose. At the other end of the spectrum, there are some babyfurs that, either by choice or by necessity, wear and use diapers all the time.

Why babyfurs wear, and possibly use, diapers in the real world is varied. For some, they are forced to wear them because of a medical condition and have no choice in the manner. These people have often blended their real life situation with their furry persona. For others, it is a way they can regress into their [[fursona|furry persona]]'s age. Some others see the diapers as a connection to their furry persona, paralleling a [[tail]] or [[fursuit]] in the general furry community.

The wearing (and especially the use) of diapers in the real world are at the heart of many issues that some members of the furry community in general have with the babyfurs. For example, it is not generally considered appropriate for a diaper user to soil themselves at [[convention]] in the presence of other [[furry fan]]s - or to put themselves in a situation where this is likely to happen - yet individuals have been known to do this, to the detriment of the group's reputation.

==Babyfur behavior==
When cubbing out in both the real world and in online roleplaying, the level of connection to the role will vary between each player. Some babyfurs will become so involved and yearn for such an authentic childish mentality that they will use speech impediments and [[Wikipedia:baby talk|baby talk]] to communicate. Very few babyfurs make a habit out of using babytalk in the real world, similar to a [[Wikipedia:gay lisp|gay lisp]]. Depending on the situation, a babyfur could even develop a habit of whining or crying to get what he/she wants from a caregiver or another roleplayer.

In light online [[role-playing]], babyfurs may toddle, crawl and wag their tails playfully while the sounds of crinkling diapers abound. Pouncing, giggling, cuddling, [[snug]]gling and tummy rubbing ensue with the maximum possible level of cuteness.

Child-like behaviour, baby animal sounds and an emphasis on [[cuteness]] are widespread among [[furry fans]] when among themselves, even those who don't call themselves babyfurs and who don't participate in other babyfur activities described here, such as diapers or baby clothing.

While most babyfurs are closely attached to the development of young [[human]]s, a different approach can be found in online [[role-play]], where newborn [[zoomorphic]] and [[anthropomorphic]] [[characters]] often grow up at a similar pace as wild animals, doing without accessories such as diapers and learning to walk in a short time. This has the practical advantage of sooner getting into an age that allows interesting role-play even for non-babyfurs when playing a character since birth. As in nature, opinions on when a character can be considered adult vary greatly.

===Cubbing Out===
"Cubbing Out" is a general term used by the community to describe roleplaying as a babyfur character. This can either be roleplay in the virtual world or the real world. Usually it will involve one or more regressed characters or people interacting with each other or with a caregiver.

"Padding" and "Getting Padded" may also refer to cubbing, in particular regarding to being diapered.

===The caregiver's role===
Caregivers (or caretakers) are the 'mommy' and 'daddy' figures in the roleplay. For the most part, they interact with other babyfurs as a mother or father would with their child. This can include playing with, cleaning or disciplining the younger character.

===Babyfurs at furry conventions===
Just like furries in general, babyfurs go to [[convention]]s to spend time with friends and express their [[furriness]]. For many, that includes their babyfur aspects too. One may see many babyfurs dressed in juvenile clothing and with various paraphernalia because that is part of how they choose to express themselves. To some babyfurs, dressing in such a way is no different than other furries wearing ears, tails or fursuits.

At many [[convention]]s, hotel rooms are set up as gathering places for babyfurs to socialize privately. Two of the most notable are the [[C'ubhouse]] and [[Nursery]] run by [[LilPup]] and [[Snuggems]], respectively.

===[http://www.swiftsden.net/bfpbg_v1_2.pdf Babyfurs Public Behavior Guidelines v1.2a]===

==History of the babyfur community==
*'''1995''' - [[Proxima Centauri]] opens [[The Nursery]] on [[FurryMUCK]].
*'''1995-01-13''' - Proxima Centauri runs the first official "AB/DL Furry" convention gathering at [[ConFurence 6]], though unsuccessful.
*'''1995-08-04''' - [[BitterGrey]] opens [http://understanding.infantilism.org Understanding Infantilism], then known as "BitterGrey's Den," a website for ABDLs and Furries.
*'''1996-09-09''' - Proxima Centauri officially opens [http://www.nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails].
*'''1997''' - [[Snuggems]] opens the FurryMUCK DayKare and Bottoms-Up Diaper Company.
*'''1998-01-15''' - Snuggems runs ''The Nursery'', the first successful convention gathering for babyfurs, at [[ConFurence 9]]. The Nursery has been held at 18 furry conventions.
*'''1998-07''' - [[Chipper]] and [[OshKoshFox]] create [[babyfurs (IRC)|#babyfurs]] on [[YiffNet]].
*'''2000-05-05''' - [[Kasi Frost]] and OshKoshFox create the Babyfurs mailing list on One Groups.
*'''2000-05-18''' - [[Ray_Ferret]] creates #littlepaws on YiffNet after heated disagreements on #babyfurs.
*'''2000''' - #nowhere_grotto is created on YiffNet as an alternative to #babyfurs and #littlepaws. The new channel grows to rival the size of #babyfurs, but falls before #babyfur is created in 2004.
*'''2001-07''' - [[LilPup]] runs the first [[C'ubHouse]] at [[Anthrocon]].
*'''2004-07''' - [[Ludwig]] creates #babyfur as an alternative to #babyfurs, now on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], to allow users to chat with fewer rules and regulations.
*'''2004-09-13''' - The Babyfurs mailing list, having moved to Yahoo! Groups, is deleted by Yahoo! and is revived as "Babyfurs_part2."
*'''2004-12-11''' - Yahoo! again deletes the mailing list, and the group moves to [http://clubs.wanadoo.co.uk/group/group.cfm?GID=2982050 Babyfurs on Smartgroups].
*'''2006-11-30''' - SmartGroups ceases service. Babyfurs mailing list ceases to exist after over six years.

==Community leaders and important babyfurs==
The following babyfurs are among the most known and respected in the furry fandom, recognized here for their contributions and devotion to the babyfur community:
*[[BabyTiger (person)|BabyTiger]] has been a member of the babyfur community since 1998, A Canadian Babyfur who has a strong presence at the Canadian conventions such at [[C-ACE]] and [[Anthrofest]], organizing and hosting BabyFur gatherings. He also works and helps out with newer babyfurs in the community, making them feel welcomed and lending a paw to any who need the help.

*[[Karis]] owns and maintains [[Karis' Playground]] [http://karisplayground.com/], featuring a large collection of babyfur and AB/DL images by artists of all rank. Karis' Playground also offers a store where visitors can purchase prints of babyfur art by various professional artists, including [[Marci McAdam]]. Karis was the first person to make babyfur/diaper art available at furry conventions, thus pioneering the community known today as "Babyfurs."

*[[LilPup]] and [[Lil Kitt]] run and manage the [http://babyfur.com/cubhouse/ Babyfur C'ubhouse] at furry conventions for babyfurs to get together and have fun. LilPup also runs the [http://babyfur.com/ Online Babyfur Community], a central website that features the [http://babyfur.com/bfpl/ Babyfur Proximity Locator] (BFPL) for babyfurs to locate one another around the world. Like Swift and Orca, LilPup works to improve the relationship between babyfurs and non-babyfurs at conventions and to help babyfurs maintain a positive reputation in the furry fandom.

*[[Orca (person)|Orca]] co-moderates the Babyfurs mailing list with SwiftFox. He maintains the Babyfurs mailing list and an external file archive. He routinely reports links to interesting or humorous online articles relating to AB/DLs. Orca is also the famed inventor of the [http://orcinus.dynip.com/AB_DL/Orca_Stack/index.html "Orca Stack."]

*[[Proxima Centauri]]'s name is perhaps the first name known to newcomers to the babyfur community as they search to satisfy their newly found interests. Proxima runs [http://www.nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails], one of the longest running AB Furry pages, dating back to 1997 (before the term "babyfur" had existed) and featuring thousands of babyfur art, fiction and multimedia files. Though it is in dire need of a new layout, the webpage still runs strong today.

*[[Snuggems]] is most known for running the Nursery at Anthrocon, a room devoted to giving to those kids and cubs at heart who need to be cared for. Although it started up first and despite that the two meeting spots have different ratings and features, Snuggems' Nursery has been often been said to view the C'ubhouse as competition.

*[[Swift Fox (person)|Swift Fox]] has been a member of the babyfur community since its inception in the mid to late 90's. He writes babyfur fiction, has been owner and moderator of several iterations of the Babyfurs mailing list, and hosts several furry and AB/DL events in the Pittsburgh area. ([http://www.swiftsden.net Swift's Den])

==Babyfur art and literature==
A few of the authors and artists in the babyfur community are :

===Artists===
*[[Marci McAdam]] is the most popular [[artist]] in the babyfur community. Although she is not a babyfur herself, her professional abilities and open-mindedness make her one of the best artist around. It is often said that a babyfur isn't officially a babyfur until he has purchased a badge or commission from Marci McAdam. Her babyfur art can be found for sale at her husband's website, Karis' Playground, and her other art is located at [http://furries.frithcat.com/ Marci McAdam's Furries]. Due to her time constraints in doing professional art, Marci is unable to take fandom-related commissions anymore.

*[[BushyCat]] appears at several furry conventions and is well known for her humorous-yet-innocent take on babyfurs as well as other alternative genres of furry art. Some of her creations have more human-like qualities than other artists tend to portray in their characters.

*[[JadeFox]] is one of the more active babyfur artists in the community, offering special contests and events for fans to participate in. The majority of his work is based on his own character or other babyfurs' characters. His drawings are especially creative and imaginative, bringing out only the most treasured aspects of childhood, as well as very innovative clothing design (featuring several brands and companies of his own devising). [http://www.furryjadefox.com/ Furry Jade Fox]

*[[Kelvin the Lion]] is a fairly popular artist whose current endeavors include (among others) the progressive webcomic ''[[Nivlek]]'', about the adventures of Nivlek the [[snow leopard]] who enjoys wearing diapers and eating. Nivlek remains to be one of the more amusing "weird" furry comics out there, and his talent does not go unnoticed. [http://www.geocities.com/kelvinthelion/index.html Kelvin's Furry Den]

*[[FangKit]] has been drawing babyfurs for most of this decade, and continues to improve his artistic talent. His unique style and knack for cuteness and humor combine to make him favored by babyfurs throughout the community. [http://www.babyfox.org.uk/foxnip/ FangKit's Pics]

*[[OzzyFox]], a student of animation at the Art Institute of Houston, consistently produces work on a regular basis that ranges from cuddly-cute to controversial and mature. [http://foxcrib.sk1p.com/ Fox Crib]

*[[IkazuchiFox]] (commonly known by friends as "Ikajuicy") is found in the definition for "ubercute" listed in UrbanDictionary. He is one of the few amateur babyfur artists with work unique and notable enough to be recognized by the fandom. Although Ikazuchi has not done a sketch for a long time, it is the hope of many furs that he will start drawing again.

*[[Astolpho]], also known to his friends outside the furry community as [[rootdown]], has a technique characterized by light, open outlines, bright pastel colors, and innocent expressions. Some of Astolpho's work is now available at Karis' Playground.

*[[Cargo Weasel]]'s art leans strongly toward the "DL" side of "AB/DL," showing off mature diaper-related concepts that fit perfectly with his coloring and shading style. His art was featured on a now-defunct mailing list, but can still be found on his website: [http://www.cargoweasel.com/ Cargo Weasel: Art Complex]

*[[Familliar]], a relatively new artist to the scene is a regular at the Blue Furry [[Oekaki]] board run by [[Guppy]]. Already a fan favorite within the babyfur community, Familliar regulary draws pictures of both his own character creations as well as that of his commissioners in his own charmingly creative & endearing way. His artwork can be found at: [http://http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/familliar/ Familliar's FA website].

*[[Aramitz]]'s artwork focuses almost exclusively on the "DL" side of commisions for the babyfur community. His unique style is characterised with bold, thick & prominent inking lines set against the subtle use of cell-shaded coloring. Aramitz currently maintains galleries at all the major prominent furry art websites such as: [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/aramitz/ Aramitz's FA website].

===Art ''about'' babyfurs===
Some [[furry fandom]] artists have covered the topic of babyfurs, typically taking the same line as [[:Category:Media coverage|external commentators on the entire fandom]]:

*''[[West Corner Of the Park (comic)|West Corner Of the Park]]'''s coverage has been [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20051002 generally] [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20051016 negative], although they did make an exception for the [http://www.graphxpress.com/cgi-bin/wcotp.cgi?date=20060521 Pink Panzer]

===Writers===
*[[CS Fox]], also known as Kit Fox and Cyprus Sygial, is possibly the best known babyfur writer in the community. His works are the biggest features in the stories section at Nursery Tails, and since his submissions to Proxima's site he has gone on to host his own website showing off babyfur fiction of his own and by newer babyfur writers. The latest rendition of CS Fox's site, [http://www.foxtalestimes.com/ Fox Tales Times], is being completed as this article is written. Its biggest feature is CS Fox's renowned AB/DL RPGM2K-based game, Weston Academy. The website also sports plenty of comics and art related to the RPG.

*[[Firemane]]'s fiction is prominently featured on CS Fox's fiction page.

*[[Fieval Mouse]]'s work is still favored by many furs. His stories are roughly 5 years old and are found on Proxima's Nursery Tails, featuring illustrations by Doodles.

*[[Athalon]] is another notable furry writer who has written the lightly famous [[The Milkshake Club]].

==Babyfur as a paraphilia==

===Babyfurs and pedophilia===

Like other furry fans, babyfurs often exhibit sexual attraction to anthropomorphic animals by participating in [[TinySex]]. But because this usually involves adult players [[roleplaying]] sexual situations involving prepubescent characters, the question of whether babyfurs are [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|pedophiles]] often arises.

Babyfurs generally assert that roleplaying as underage characters doesn't imply sexual attraction to such characters. For example, some roleplay as young furries due to a longing to be young again, and have no sexual element to their roleplay.

Of those that do participate in sexual activity, some are interested in (for example) the fantasy of submission to an adult figure. Those who have TinySex with other babyfurs sometimes argue that if there is no adult '''character''' involved, the activity is not pedophilia. Others may stress that since characters portrayed are not '''human''', it is not meaningfully pedophilia. Outsiders often disagree, since the activity still involves actual adults taking an interest in prepubertal persons depicted in sexual situations.

This debate applies equally to visual and written depictions of babyfurs in sexual relations, and disagreements are often intense, between those with concerns about pedophilia, those who feel babyfur is distinct from pedophilia (because of players' identification with characters or the species of those characters), and those who don't care who enjoys it just as long as they're not forced to see it.

===Babyfurs vs. non-babyfurs===
The concept of babyfurs is quite contentious with some members of the [[fandom]]. Some furries and non-furries who have identified themselves as babyfurs or were identified by others as being babyfurs may have acted inappropriately at [[convention]]s in the past. Such contentious behavior has allegedly included wearing diapers in public without using proper hygiene and trying to push uninterested people into babyfur roleplay, including sexual roleplay. These behaviors are frowned upon by the babyfur community in general, and such incidents, if perpetrated by babyfurs, are done by a small number of babyfurs within a larger babyfur community. The community in general adopted guidelines of conduct for how to act in public after a rash of such alleged incidents at conventions in an effort to police themselves.

Furries who dislike babyfurs may do so for a variety of common points, including:

*Grossed out by the concept of diaper lovers (or, in the aforementioned cases, by the smell)
*Concern that some babyfurs may be pedophiles
*Previous negative experiences with those who identify themselves as babyfurs or were identified by others as being babyfurs.
*Fear that babyfur behavior will be associated as a characteristic of the general fandom, especially in the media

While there is some conflict between babyfurs and the general fandom, such conflicts should not be overstated. The majority of babyfurs and non-babyfurs coexist quite well because the majority of babyfurs do not engage in the more extreme behaviors mentioned here.

==Babyfur online==
Babyfurs have a well established community full of art, resources, and as many modes of communication as the rest of the furry fandom.

==Websites==
====Informative pages====
Want to learn more about babyfurs, who they are, and why they are? These web pages may be helpful.

*[http://understanding.infantilism.org Understanding Infantilism] by [[BitterGrey]]

*[http://babyfur.com Online Babyfur Community] by [[LilPup]]

[[Image:sr_secondlife.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Two babyfurs hug in the world of [[Second Life]].]]

====Art and fiction pages====
*[http://www.nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails] by [[Proxima Centauri]]
*[http://www.foxtalestimes.com Fox Tales Times] by [[CS Fox]]
*[http://foxcrib.sk1p.com/ Fox Crib] by [[OzzyFox]]
*[http://www.furryjadefox.com Furry Jade Fox] by [[JadeFox]]
*[http://www.karisplayground.com/ Karis' Playground] by [[Karis]]
*[http://www.artbyluca.com Art By Luca and Friends] by [[Luca]]

====LiveJournal communities====
*[http://community.livejournal.com/babyfur/ Babyfur Community]

===Mailing lists===
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Babyfur_Cubhouse/ Babyfur C'ubhouse]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clubcargo/ Club Cargo]
*[http://clubs.wanadoo.co.uk/group/group.cfm?GID=3103378 LilFursCubhouse]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MDBabyFurs/ Maryland Babyfurs]

===Internet Relay Chat===
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/babyfurs Furnet #babyfurs] (PG13 rating) - [http://www.babyfurs.org.uk website]
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/babyfur Furnet #babyfur] (Unrated)
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/foxtalestimes Furnet #foxtalestimes] (Unrated)
*[irc://irc.furnet.org/diaperfurs Furnet #diaperfurs] (Unrated) ([[diaperfurs]] WikiFur page)

===Bulletin Boards and Forums===
*[http://foxtalestimes.actifforum.com/index.forum Fox Tales Forum] (G rating)

===MUCKs===
[[The Astonishing Treehouse of the Secret Moon|The Treehouse]] on [[Tapestries]] is a common meeting place for lilfurs and ageplayers. Just teleport to ''secretmoon'' and you're there.

===Second Life===
Many babyfurs can be found in [[Second Life]]. A major meeting place for babyfurs is the babyfur [[island (Second Life)|sim]] called [[Cub Conclave]], created and run by [[Raven Welesa]].

[[fr:Babyfur]]

[[Category:Paraphilias]]
[[Category:Social groups]]

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Talk:Kendricks Redtail

2007-10-15T05:53:09Z

Deafleas: /* Reason for protection */

{{featured}}
I see rather a lot of bullet-points. My understanding is that article text should be complete prose sentences in articles, in standard paragraph form. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 06:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

== Reason for protection ==

This article is being subject to a bit of an edit war, so it has been anon-locked for the time being. [[User:Simba B|Simba B]] 03:55, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
:I wouldn't exactly call two vandal edits and reversions made over two days an edit war. I'd recommend un-protecting the page and simply reverting any irrelevant links. -- [[User:JSharp|JaeSharp]] 04:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

:The edit war is between various people from Encylcopedia Dramatica and Kendricks Redtail who reverts their adding of a link to the Encyclopedia Dramatica biography on him. The odd thing is that most Wikifur biographies seem very happy to have links to the person's ED biography and sometimes they're even used in reference sections. Odder still is suddenly this article cannot have links to it's dramapedia bio. All the encyclopedia dramatica biographies are similar in offensiveness. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 04:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

::Please cite a biographical entry on wikifur where encyclopedia dramatica is linked without exceptional note about the nature of its content or as a source of factual information as I can not find one. Personally I don't find ED to be a useful reference for verifiable facts about individuals -- especially in the case where such information is potentially defamatory. WikiFur, in general, has no problem with libelous information, assuming that we can provide evidence that we acted in good faith regarding investigation of the truth of said information for our defense (see [[Sibe]] for a good example). ED does not provide that level of proof and as we are not talking about ED directly, links to ED are irrelevant on this page and should be removed. -- [[User:JSharp|JaeSharp]] 04:31, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

:::"''The odd thing is that most Wikifur biographies seem very happy to have links to the person's ED biography''",... Whatever the case, the person's whose entry belongs to does not wish to have that link included, and whoever keeps reediting back in seems more interested in creating "Teh Drama" than offer valid alternate points of information.

:::Tl;dr version: Article's user does not want that ED link added to his entry [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 05:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

:::: I thought people couldn't "own" articles o_O --[[User:SemaJayHawk|Sema JayHawk]] 02:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

:::You can check through here and see the links. http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Linksearch?title=Special%3ALinksearch&target=*.tinyurl.com&namespace= The tinyurl are either to the "fursuit database" or to ED. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 14:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

::::Essentially, what Spirou said. In general links to ED articles are not encouraged, becuase they do not attempt to give an balanced or attributed individual point of view, but a collective work that is deliberately slanted towards the emphasis of drama. That is what that site is all about. Usually it is more appropriate to reference the actual sources, rather than link to ED's editorializing.

::::If there is a link to ED on a WikiFur article, then there had better be a good reason for it, and WikiFur's regular contributors should agree with that reason. If not, the subject may remove it if they wish, since by definition most ED articles contain personal information. The fact that some people have not done so (yet) does not mean that they or others cannot. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 21:27, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

:::::In the history of this article [http://furry.wikia.com/index.php?title=Jeremy%2C_the_Duke_of_Otterland&limit=500&showall=0&action=history here] the article's subject is removing links to the ED article about him several times and several people including a sysop here have reverted his removal. [http://furry.wikia.com/index.php?title=Jeremy%2C_the_Duke_of_Otterland&diff=138371&oldid=138359 Wikifur sysop reverting removal of ED link]. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 05:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Kendricks Redtail

2007-10-14T14:29:45Z

Deafleas:

Talk:Kendricks Redtail

2007-10-14T04:15:20Z

Deafleas: /* Reason for protection */

Danedinodance

2007-10-04T18:59:20Z

Deafleas:

Danedinodance is an artist that draws various [[anthropomorphic]] art in a [[surrealist]] style.

== External links ==
*[http://danedinodance.deviantart.com Danedinodance on DeviantART]
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ilcuore/ Danedinodance on Furaffinity]

Danedinodance

2007-10-04T18:59:09Z

Deafleas:

Danedinodance is an artist that draws various [[anthropomorphic]] art in a surrealist style.

== External links ==
*[http://danedinodance.deviantart.com Danedinodance on DeviantART]
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ilcuore/ Danedinodance on Furaffinity]

Danedinodance

2007-10-04T18:55:59Z

Deafleas:

Danedinodance is an artist that draws various anthropomorphic art in a surrealist style.

== External links ==
*[http://danedinodance.deviantart.com Danedinodance on DeviantART]
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ilcuore/ Danedinodance on Furaffinity]

Danedinodance

2007-10-04T18:55:40Z

Deafleas: New page: Danedinodance is an artist that draws various anthropomorphic art in a surrealist style. == External links == *[http://danedinodance.deviantart.com Danedinodance on DeviantART] *[http://w...

Trigger Happy TV

2007-08-27T10:55:56Z

Deafleas: I remember more stuff from the horse suit vaguely

'''''Trigger Happy TV''''' is a British hidden camera television show, produced by and starring Dom Joly. The series is known for its surreal sketches and Joly's characters. The show relates to the [[furry fandom]] in that many sketches include actors wearing [[fursuits]].

===Recurring sketches involving fursuits===
*[[Dog]]s that violently beat each other up the streets.
*A gang of [[squirrel]]s that randomly attack a pedestrian (who is usually played by Joly).
*A pair of white [[rabbit]]s that mount each other in public settings.
*Joly, disguised in a trench coat, dark glasses and a hat, playing the role of a KGB spy. In some situations he approaches pedestrians on a park bench and attempts to hand them his briefcase, addressing them with code words such as "grey squirrel" and "[[red fox]]". While the shocked pedestrian tries to explain to Joly that they are not the right person, an actor wearing the appropriate animal costume is seen walking by in the background.
*A [[rat]] which Joly (dressed as a chef) chases out of a restaurant kitchen.
*Two people in a horse suit have done various pranks. The most extreme was when the horse suit walked down the sidewalk to the entrance to an alley, but still visible to the public. Out of the suit, a long fake-looking horse penis emerges (at least a foot long). Then out of the penis, yellow liquid (the horse suit does not look real so this liquid is likely not urine) comes out onto the sidewalk.

== See Also ==
* [[Trigger Happy Squirrel]]

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_Happy_TV Wikipedia article]
* [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/trigger_happy_tv/index.jhtml Comedy Central: Trigger Happy TV]
* [http://lombaxomba.blogspot.com/2007/02/trigger-happy-tv.html Videos]

Trigger Happy TV

2007-08-27T10:54:50Z

Deafleas: need to clarify

'''''Trigger Happy TV''''' is a British hidden camera television show, produced by and starring Dom Joly. The series is known for its surreal sketches and Joly's characters. The show relates to the [[furry fandom]] in that many sketches include actors wearing [[fursuits]].

===Recurring sketches involving fursuits===
*[[Dog]]s that violently beat each other up the streets.
*A gang of [[squirrel]]s that randomly attack a pedestrian (who is usually played by Joly).
*A pair of white [[rabbit]]s that mount each other in public settings.
*Joly, disguised in a trench coat, dark glasses and a hat, playing the role of a KGB spy. In some situations he approaches pedestrians on a park bench and attempts to hand them his briefcase, addressing them with code words such as "grey squirrel" and "[[red fox]]". While the shocked pedestrian tries to explain to Joly that they are not the right person, an actor wearing the appropriate animal costume is seen walking by in the background.
*A [[rat]] which Joly (dressed as a chef) chases out of a restaurant kitchen.
*Two people in a horse suit walk down the sidewalk to the entrance to an alley, but still visible to the public. Out of the suit, a long fake-looking horse penis emerges (at least a foot long). Then out of the penis, yellow liquid (the horse suit does not look real so this liquid is likely not urine) comes out onto the sidewalk.

== See Also ==
* [[Trigger Happy Squirrel]]

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_Happy_TV Wikipedia article]
* [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/trigger_happy_tv/index.jhtml Comedy Central: Trigger Happy TV]
* [http://lombaxomba.blogspot.com/2007/02/trigger-happy-tv.html Videos]

Trigger Happy TV

2007-08-27T10:54:17Z

Deafleas: /* Recurring sketches involving fursuits */ This was my favorite part of the show.

'''''Trigger Happy TV''''' is a British hidden camera television show, produced by and starring Dom Joly. The series is known for its surreal sketches and Joly's characters. The show relates to the [[furry fandom]] in that many sketches include actors wearing [[fursuits]].

===Recurring sketches involving fursuits===
*[[Dog]]s that violently beat each other up the streets.
*A gang of [[squirrel]]s that randomly attack a pedestrian (who is usually played by Joly).
*A pair of white [[rabbit]]s that mount each other in public settings.
*Joly, disguised in a trench coat, dark glasses and a hat, playing the role of a KGB spy. In some situations he approaches pedestrians on a park bench and attempts to hand them his briefcase, addressing them with code words such as "grey squirrel" and "[[red fox]]". While the shocked pedestrian tries to explain to Joly that they are not the right person, an actor wearing the appropriate animal costume is seen walking by in the background.
*A [[rat]] which Joly (dressed as a chef) chases out of a restaurant kitchen.
*Two people in a horse suit walk down the sidewalk to the entrance to an alley, but still visible to the public. Out of the suit, a long penis emerges (at least a foot long). Then out of the penis, yellow liquid (the horse suit does not look real so this liquid is likely not urine) comes out onto the sidewalk.

== See Also ==
* [[Trigger Happy Squirrel]]

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_Happy_TV Wikipedia article]
* [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/trigger_happy_tv/index.jhtml Comedy Central: Trigger Happy TV]
* [http://lombaxomba.blogspot.com/2007/02/trigger-happy-tv.html Videos]

Wikipedia

2007-08-07T06:55:02Z

Deafleas: added screenshot

{{LinkingSupporter}}
'''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]''' is a free, editable on-line general-purpose encyclopedia using the [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] system. [[WikiFur]] uses the same system, but covers topics relevant to the [[furry]] community, including topics of general interest if they have aspects of furry interest not covered by general-interest sources such as Wikipedia.

[[Image:Furry infultration!.png|frame|Screenshot of Wikipedia front page]]

For more about the differences between Wikipedia and WikiFur, see: [[WikiFur:What WikiFur is not#WikiFur is not Wikipedia|WikiFur is not Wikipedia]].

[[Category:Websites]]

File:Furry infultration!.png

2007-08-07T06:53:50Z

Deafleas: Wikipedia screenshot today.

== Summary ==
Wikipedia screenshot today.
== Licensing ==
{{GFDL}}

Drake Coalcliff

2007-07-12T00:19:34Z

Deafleas: pic seems a little small

[[Image:Headshot_001.jpg|right|thumb|Drake Coalcliff at his house in Fritts.]]

'''Drake Coalcliff''' is a [[fur]] in [[Second Life]] dedicated to helping others and maintaining some sort of order in the Second Life world.

Drake formed the vigilante police group known as the "Furry Police Corps" (FPC for short), and helps eliminate griefers and other annoyances in Second Life. The FPC has ties and allies amongst virtually every different race in SL and helps maintain a sense of diplomacy within the game.

Currently the FPC has over 85 active agents and is one of (if not the) leading organizations against the SL terrorist group, the [[Patriotic Nigras]].

In his downtime, Drake also makes customized jewelry and scripted furniture at his store, Romano Dreams, located in Otter valley. Still dedicated to helping new players, his top-selling items are the male and female freebie packs, and the free 3-pose sex bed.

On June 30th, 2007, Drake Calcliff and Ahree Boyer married, and Drake is now the proud father of three children in Second Life who shall remain anonymous at this time.

[[Category:Red Fox characters]]
[[Category:Second Life characters]]

Drake Coalcliff

2007-07-12T00:17:33Z

Deafleas: fix spelling, put periods at end of sentence and wikified.

[[Image:Headshot_001.jpg|right|thumb|120px|Drake Coalcliff at his house in Fritts.]]

'''Drake Coalcliff''' is a [[fur]] in [[Second Life]] dedicated to helping others and maintaining some sort of order in the Second Life world.

Drake formed the vigilante police group known as the "Furry Police Corps" (FPC for short), and helps eliminate griefers and other annoyances in Second Life. The FPC has ties and allies amongst virtually every different race in SL and helps maintain a sense of diplomacy within the game.

Currently the FPC has over 85 active agents and is one of (if not the) leading organizations against the SL terrorist group, the [[Patriotic Nigras]].

In his downtime, Drake also makes customized jewelry and scripted furniture at his store, Romano Dreams, located in Otter valley. Still dedicated to helping new players, his top-selling items are the male and female freebie packs, and the free 3-pose sex bed.

On June 30th, 2007, Drake Calcliff and Ahree Boyer married, and Drake is now the proud father of three children in Second Life who shall remain anonymous at this time.

[[Category:Red Fox characters]]
[[Category:Second Life characters]]

User talk:El, oh, el

2007-07-03T05:49:43Z

Deafleas:

I used the prod template, and when the template turned out as broken, I reverted myself, but an admin saw the edit summary and investigated. It appears they '''''bought''''' Blu Aardvark's "tic" excuse and consider him not to be furry. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 05:49, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

GreenReaper

2007-06-27T14:07:26Z

Deafleas: reverting vandalism

{{LinkingSupporter}}{{Supporter}}[[Image:GRProfilePhotoReduced.jpg|thumb|right|135px|Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry]]
[[Image:Greenreaper vantid 100px.jpg|thumb|left|GreenReaper by [[Vantid]]]]
'''Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry''' (born 1982) is the founder of [[WikiFur]], and has participated in various furry [[:Category:Multiplayer worlds|multiplayer worlds]], including
[[FurryMUCK]], [[Tapestries MUCK]] and [[Furcadia]]. He typically plays a [[Creatures:Kai Norn|Kai]] [[Creatures:Norn|norn]], from the [[Creatures:Creatures series|''Creatures'' series]] of [[Wikipedia:Artificial life|artificial life]] games. He's attended [[Midwest FurFest 2005]]/[[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Anthrocon 2006]] and [[Further Confusion 2007]].

Outside of the [[furry fandom]], GreenReaper is the majority contributor to [[Creatures:|Creatures Wiki]], a [[Wikipedia:Skin (computing)|computer skinner]] and an all-around geek. Indeed, he graduated from the [[Wikipedia:University of Bath|University of Bath]] in 2004 with awards for being "Most Geeky" (along with "Worst Dressed", "Most likely to become a serial killer", and a [[Wikipedia:British undergraduate degree classification|first]] in [[Wikipedia:Computer Science|Computer Science]]).

GreenReaper is British, but moved to the USA in July 2005 to work as a [[Wikipedia:software developer|software developer]] for [[Wikipedia:Stardock|Stardock]] in [[Wikipedia:Plymouth, Michigan|Plymouth, Michigan]]. He also has family in Canada, and several close friends from Australia.
== See also ==
* ''[[User:GreenReaper/WikiFur - A home for the furry community|WikiFur - A home for the furry community]]''
* ''[[User:GreenReaper/WikiFur: By and for the furry community|WikiFur: By and for the furry community]]''
* GreenReaper's [[con report]]s:
** [[User:GreenReaper/Con reports/Midwest FurFest 2005|Midwest FurFest 2005]]
** [[User:GreenReaper/Con reports/Midwest FurFest 2006|Midwest FurFest 2006]]
* ''[[User:GreenReaper/On Making History|On Making History]]'' - accepted submission for the Anthrocon 2006 [[con book]]
* ''[[User:GreenReaper/Coming of Age|Coming of Age]]'' - submission for the [[Anthrocon 2007]] con book
* ''[[User:GreenReaper/A Tale of Two Wikis|A Tale of Two Wikis]]'' ([http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:LP1/Full_text full text]) - presentation at [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2006]
* GreenReaper at [[Creatures:GreenReaper|Creatures Wiki]] and [[Wikipedia:User:GreenReaper|Wikipedia]]
<div style="clear:left"></div>
[[Image:Greenreaper_angel.jpg|left|105px|GreenReaper by [[Creatures:angel51431|angel51431]]]]

== External links ==
* [http://greenreaper.co.uk/ GreenReaper Studios] - home page
* ''[http://www.livejournal.com/users/greenreaper/ GreenReaper's Bibble]'' at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://greenreaper.wincustomize.com/ GreenReaper's WinCustomize page], where he has several skins and themes
* [http://tinyurl.com/ytfc3m GreenRaeper article at Encyclopedia Dramatica]
* [http://www.trendpediawiki.com/GreenReaper Biography of GreenReaper at Trendpedia]

{{Contributor|GreenReaper}}
[[Category:People]][[Category:Programmers]][[Category:United Kingdom]][[Category:Michigan]][[Category:1982 births]]

News:Poink T. Ferret for sale

2007-06-24T07:28:27Z

Deafleas: The eBay auction does not specify the shipping costs

{{date|June|24|2007}}{{publish}}
[[Image:PoinkTFerretAuction.jpg|right|thumb|160px|Poink has been significantly modified over the years]]
Regular [[Funday PawPet Show]] cast member [[Poink T. Ferret]] has been put up for auction by his owner, [[Jackrabbit]].<ref>[http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270136715245 eBay item 270136715245 - Poink 2.4]</ref><ref>[http://poinktferret.livejournal.com/45288.html Poink 2.4] - Poink T. Weasel's LiveJournal</ref>

The [[pawpet]] - originally a [[Folkmanis]] design - has been modified over the years to include balloons, ping-pong balls, and [[:Image:PoinkEvilEyes.jpg|red LED eyes]]. He was shaved by [[Uncle Kage]] during its last visit to [[Anthrocon]], and currently wears hair implants.

The Funday PawPet Show is a four-hour live talk show presented by hand-puppet and broadcast over the Internet on Sunday nights. Poink is usually present at the lower right corner of the screen. 336 shows have been performed as of 17 June, and over a hundred people regularly log into the show's [[IRC]] channel during broadcast.

The eBay auction does not specify the shipping costs.

==Sources==
<references />

Furry Latino (Alek Fuchs)

2007-06-20T04:41:25Z

Deafleas: rv removal of most of the page

[[Image:Furry latino inicio.jpg|right|Furry Latino]]
'''Furry Latino''' was a website specifically made for spanish-speaking [[furries]]. It combined the news elements of [[Dutchfurs]] and [[FurAffinity]], an art portal, forums, a chat room, a section for poetry, and an [[oekaki]] board. FurryLatino also had an separate area for adult material.

* '''Address''': http://furrylatino.net/
*'''Founder''': [[Alek Fuchs]]
*'''Administrators''': Alek Fuchs, [[Ahumeniy]], [[Miguel Estrugo]]
*'''Ran from/to''': 2003 - July 21, 2006

The website was 99% in [[Wikipedia:Spanish language|Spanish]], with a few English [[Wikipedia:loanword|loanwords]], specifically fandom ones, such as "[[furry]]," "[[fursona]]," and "[[yiff]]". Furry Latino had over 270 members, of which at least 10 were on at any given time. It also had over 70 personal galleries from Latin artists. It was run by Alek Fuchs, of [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]], from November 2003 until March 2005, followed by Ahumeniy until April 10 of that same year, when [[Miguel Estrugo]] took over, in a planned takeover helped along by Fuchs. Following the "coup," all of Ahumeniy's information was erased from the website's database.

== History ==

FurryLatino's roots can be found on the [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furrieslatinos/ ''FurriesLatinos''] Yahoo! group, which was created on October 2003. That group includes a variety of Spanish- and English-speaking furries. Two months later, a more ambitious (technically speaking) project was born. Initially, '''FLA''' - an abbreviation for ''Furry Latino America'' - (shortly called just as "Furry Latino") started on Metropoliglobal with one of its founder's accounts. Soon after, the website moved to its own domain, furrylatino.com, due to its growth in popularity.

*In December 2004, the website changed its hosting and its domain to '''furrylatino.org''' and changed its core code from [[wikipedia:PHP-Nuke|PHP-Nuke]] to [[wikipedia:Xoops|Xoops]].

*In December, 2005, FurryLatino lost its .org domain and moved to '''furrylatino.net'''.

*In March, 2006, FurryLatino switched to its 3.0 version based in [[wikipedia:Joomla|Joomla]] and Alek Fuchs transferred leadership to Ahumeniy.

*April 10, 2006: Miguel Estrugo, named administrator by Alek Fuchs, took leadership of '''FurryLatino''' by changing Ahumeniy's password; Ahumeniy then deleted his own account.

*April 15, 2006: Miguel Estrugo was named Furmaster ("Furry+[[Wikipedia:Webmaster|Webmaster]]") by Alek Fuchs after he gave his approval to the takeover.

*May 23, 2006: The front page of the site was replaced by Alek Fuchs with a graphic thanking everyone for their support of the site for almost three years. The graphic was accompanied by the text: "''El Zorro Rojo les agradece haber sido participes de este portal hispanoparlante dedicado al Furry Art; Temporalmente permanecera cerrado mientras redefino las cosas...''" (translation: "''The Red Fox thanks you for your participation in this Spanish-speaking portal dedicated to furry art; it will remain temporarily closed while I redefine some things''".)

*May 28, 2006: After some drama, FurryLatino goes online again

*July 21, 2006: The website is now offline.

*April 16, 2007: The domains furrylatino dot org and com points again to a FLA related index; And an "Alpha Counter" is visible.

== Technical staff ==

*Staff 2003: [[Alquicira]], Alek Fuchs, [[Mini-Feru]], [[Tzitzimil]], [[Z00mCat]], [[Z00boy18]]

*Staff 2004: Alquicira, Alek Fuchs, [[Denryuu]], Miguel Estrugo, Mini-Feru, [[Yifferman]], Z00mCat

*Staff 2005: Alek Fuchs, Ahumeniy, Denryuu,Yifferman, Z00mCat

*Staff 2006: Alek Fuchs, Denryuu, Miguel Estrugo, [[Zorro Artico]]

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:2003 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]

Zeta toys

2007-06-19T21:18:15Z

Deafleas: Redirecting to Zeta Creations

#REDIRECT [[Zeta Creations]]

Zeta toy

2007-06-19T21:17:22Z

Deafleas: Redirecting to Zeta Creations

#REDIRECT [[Zeta Creations]]

User talk:68.101.0.201

2007-06-18T23:54:13Z

Deafleas: New page: You got banned a week for vandalism, then waited a week and came back to vandalize? ~~~~

You got banned a week for vandalism, then waited a week and came back to vandalize? [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 23:54, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiFur talk:Encyclopedia Dramatica Vandal (Blu Aardvark)

2007-06-17T09:34:50Z

Deafleas: /* Re: Merge */

This page needs this entire wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MER-C/Blu_Aardvark mixed into it. [[User:Tretonin|Tretonin]] 14:01, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

There is no need for this page, as Aardvark has stopped vandalizing WikiFur. It now only exists to violate privacy. [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 04:56, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
*I suspect you are Blu Aardvark. [[User:Tretonin|Tretonin]] 04:58, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
**Yes, that would be a convenient way for you to dismiss my contributions and go on violating his privacy for no reason, so I'm not surprised that you suspect that. However, as you can see, if you followed by edits more closely and weren't just reacting, I've forgotten to log in a couple times and have exposed my IP. A WHOIS on said IP will show you that I am not. [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 05:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
***So you claim you are someone else from Encyclopedia Dramatica, rather than on a proxy The Aardvark uses? [[User:Tretonin|Tretonin]] 05:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
****I ''claim'' nothing. I ''am not'' Blu Aardvark. That's actually all I've stated, be careful when assuming. [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 06:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
*****Who are you on ED? [[User:Tretonin|Tretonin]] 06:13, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
******Who says I'm from ED? Furries aren't exactly welcome there, after all. I just lurk in there IRC channel, partially to catch trolling. [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 06:58, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
*******Actually, ED is pretty tolerant nowadays-[[User:SkippFox|SkippFox]] 07:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
*Anyway, enough about me. Why is Aardvark's personal info here? He no longer vandalizes here as I understand. [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 07:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

:: We keep track of repeat vandals so that we can better identify them and deal with them if future incidents occur. It's pretty standard over on WikiPedia, so we recently started doing the same here as well. --[[User:Dmuth|Douglas Muth]] 18:10, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
:::He hasn't vandalized since October. At what point is this personal info no longer useful? [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 15:11, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
::::He never actually vandalized in the first place. Lol wikifurfags. --[[User:209.237.76.126|209.237.76.126]] 19:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::IRLOL. --(Guess who) 01:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Aside from the zip code and IPs, basically the personal info is what he puts up on his websites that are linked to. It would be nice if one day Wikifur had an article on him in Category:Aardvark characters instead of simply a vandal page. [[User:Tretonin|Tretonin]] 08:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
*It'd be a good troll tactic against him, that's for sure. However, if you want an accurate furry database here, that would be a bad idea, since he's not a furry. [[User:Redfur|Redfur]] 09:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

== Re: Merge ==

I actually think that this, and [[Blu Aardvark]] should both be deleted. He hasn't vandalised here for... months, and he isn't a furry. So why is he mentioned on here at all?-[[User:El, oh, el|El, oh, el]] 08:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

:This page is utterly pointless, but I don't think the people here will be willing to delete it so I proposed a merge. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 09:34, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Byron on Wells

2007-06-16T06:17:55Z

Deafleas: New page: His name sounds like Willy on Wheels or Ruby on Rails. ~~~~

His name sounds like Willy on Wheels or Ruby on Rails. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 06:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopædia Dramatica

2007-06-14T21:03:08Z

Deafleas: Information not easily obtainable

{{LinkingSupporter}}
[[Image:EDLogo.png|right|Encyclopedia Dramatica Logo|130px]]
[[Image:Censor NC17 button.png|right]]
'''Encyclopædia Dramatica''' (also known as '''ED''', sometimes misspelled as the '''Encyclopedia Dramatica''') is a reference-style [[Wikipedia:Parody|parody]] and satire wiki and acts as a central catalog for drama, memes, and other
(mostly Internet-based) happenings that its members find interesting.

* '''Addresses''':
** '''Website''': [http://tinyurl.com/bknqe http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/]
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.encyclopediadramatica.com/ed
* '''Fonder''': Girlvinyl
* '''Administrators''': [http://tinyurl.com/eq679 external list]
* '''Ran from/to''': December 2004 - present

== History ==

Encyclopædia Dramatica was founded as a compendium of internet personalities, events and memes by Girlvinyl in response to the deletion of the Mediacrat vanity page on [[Wikipedia]],<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Mediacrat Mediacrat deletion page] on Wikipedia</ref> created by [[LiveJournal]] e-celebrity [[Wikipedia:User:Jameth|Jameth]] (who used to be an honorary administrator on the site.)<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/2v2ycz Jameth user page on Encyclopædia Dramatica]</ref>

== Types of content ==

Most ED articles avoid a "neutral point of view" and encourage sarcasm, hyperbole, and other kinds of humor mocking the article's subject; they are not required to be referenced or have any basis in fact. It has been compared to an internet version of a [[Wikipedia:Supermarket_tabloid|tabloid]] and the [[Wikipedia:Devil's Dictionary|Devil's Dictionary]]. The only effective editorial requirements are that the content is legal and funny.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/2r2odu Encyclopædia Dramatica's basic rules page]</ref>

Article themes include:

*Criticism of Wikipedia, its editors, admins, and policies.
*Social and political commentary.
*Shock images.
*Blog, forum, and MMO* drama.
*Internet celebrities
*"Internet Law", with a crash course on libel, slander and copyright.
*Internet memes, including those from [[SomethingAwful]] and the various Chan imageboards.
*Mocking subcultures like emo, goths, furries, and anyone the members consider to have an unwarranted case of self-importance.
*Presenting an article as encyclopedic, while delivering satirical commentary or criticism.
*Purposeful misinformation.

=== Images ===

Encyclopedia Dramatica has a large amount of [[Wikipedia:Pornography|pornography]] and shock images, but does not allow photos of people under the age of 18. Browse at your own risk.

== Encyclopædia Dramatica and furries ==

The site's material on furries is generally about the worst of the fandom. However, most of its users aren't [[anti-furry]], and ED claims it only makes broad generalizations of the [[furry fandom]] and portraits all furries as sexual deviants because it is, according to ED, far more humorous and interesting to read about something scandalous and shocking.

Furries are welcome to edit there as long as they follow the site's policies and refrain from vandalizing.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/2v7vvs Furries welcome page on Encyclopædia Dramatica]</ref> Besides criticizing the fandom in general, some furries use it to criticize specific individuals, particularly ones who they feel make furries look bad or to make private drama very public and persistant.

== Controversy ==

=== Drama ===

The most common criticism of Encyclopædia Dramatica is that its purpose of documenting drama often results in the promotion of drama, be it through invasions, pranks, or reposting of sensitive information.

=== Copyright ===

Another common criticism is a seeming disrespect for [[Wikipedia:intellectual property|intellectual property]] and [[Wikipedia:copyright|copyright]] law. The sensitive information that appears in ED articles is typically gathered from long-forgotten, obscure corners of the internet, and is usually upsetting to the subject, to the point of legal threats and action. Encyclopedia Dramatica relies on the satire and criticism fair use exception clauses of United States copyright law as a defense. Their [http://tinyurl.com/2lanph Arbchat procedure] is the sole method of information removal and revision that does not involve the legal system.

The website states that all content contributed is irrevocably "licensed for infinite use to Encyclopedia Dramatica, in electronic and all other media."<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/26p5l7 Encyclopædia Dramatica's copyright information]</ref>

=== Privacy ===

The site has an unwritten policy against revealing private information of those it satirizes. This is generally not applicable to public figures, and those whose information is well-known or easily obtainable.

However, in this instance an article contains a person's real name, home address, phone number, google earth image of their house, and personal photo, and when someone tries to remove it, administrator [[Blu Aardvark]] reverts it: <nowiki>http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Smugfag&diff=1997135197&oldid=1997135195</nowiki>

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Anti-furries]]
[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:2004 births]]

User talk:80.235.53.244

2007-06-14T19:43:11Z

Deafleas:

{{Dontvandalize}}

At least he used an accurate edit summary "vandalism" instead of hiding it. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 19:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopædia Dramatica

2007-06-14T17:59:13Z

Deafleas: /* Privacy */

User:Pyropasch

2007-04-28T13:59:48Z

Deafleas: New page: I got to say this vandal at least wrote out unique long rants on each of the articles, instead of just some vandalism that took a second to do. This person must really have issues.

I got to say this vandal at least wrote out unique long rants on each of the articles, instead of just some vandalism that took a second to do. This person must really have issues.

Talk:The Lion King MUCK

2007-03-16T00:18:26Z

Deafleas: mini ASCII art

{{featured}}
Wasn't there more than one Lion King MUCK at some point? I remember trying to play on one of them (whether it's this one of the other, I forgot), but couldn't find a way to integrate into the "predefined conflict" that was postulated at that time, and left again after a short time. - [[User:Unci|Unci]] 16:18, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)
:I seem to recall one or two other TLK-themed MUCKs back when I was involved in TLK fandom (I've never been much of a MUCKer myself). I don't remember what they were called, who ran them, or anything else. --[[User:Mwalimu|mwalimu]] 14:45, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)

::I checked with my partner, who used to be on TLK Muck, and he mentioned that there is also [http://www.firstlight.net/recreation/tplmuck.html Pridelands MUCK], though I can't log in from work to see if this is just an old, dead page or if it is still a going concern. I can't seem to find any info about it that postdates 1999.

::Additionally, I came across references to [http://www.lionking.org/~kasia/ Illusions of Pridelands MUCK], but outside of this page I can't find much more about it.--[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 15:27, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)

There are a number of Lion King MUCKs other than The Lion King MUCK still in operation. To my knowledge, the only three still functioning on a playable level are The Lion King MUCK itself, [[Endless Round MUCK]], and [[Sunrise MUCK]]. A list of others from the past decade, both operational and closed, can be found on Rhal's MU* page, as well as on http://www.lionking.org .

:We have our own list at [[:Category:The Lion King multiplayer worlds]]. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 23:10, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

== Wizard and staff positions ==

[[User:KDelany|KDelany]] 22:05, 7 November 2006 (UTC): I've added a section to describe the position of mages. My information is from the following, copied from a December 1998 log I have saved:
<tt><pre>
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Thu Dec 10 01:00 [Logozo]
We have some addition to the staff, Senajit and Janjamoja, who turned
into our two new (and first) Mages. Read the message on the Nexus
board (in the OOCC) for more details!
Logozo
PR Wiz
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31) Logozo Yesterday -- MAGES!
From: Logozo 00:40:12 12/10/98 PST

About the 'Mage' position itself: These are Wiz-bitted players, but
without access to nor One, nor the Muck account itself (database,
logs, etc). We don't need more 'administration-type' wizards, but we
do need a stronger online presence to answer the growing number
of requests. Mages will deal with all aspects of online life that
Wizards do. They can @toad, suspend and @boot if they need to.
They will mostly handle Character management. Please give few
days to the new Mages to adapt to their new condition :)
Busa Senajit! Busa Janjamoja!
,
Logozo
PR & HeadWiz

Wizard Awake Idle Status Job Title
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logozo [N] HeadWiz/Public Relations/Player Advocate
Aleinu *[Y]* 1m Off Duty Rules and Programming
Dorra [N] Building/Environments, MUF/MPI
Elzi [N] Head MUF Wiz/NPCs
-----------------------=============MAGES============----------------------
Senajit [N] Character Manager.
Janjamoja *[Y]* 9s Character Manager
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
</pre>
</tt>

== MOTD announcement about server move, March 1999 ==

[[User:KDelany|KDelany]] 21:19, 16 December 2006 (UTC): Reference to the server move in a MOTD announcement on the MUCK, March 1999:
<pre>
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** THE MACHINE ON WHICH THE MUCK IS RUNNING IS CHANGING ADDRESS MARCH
22nd. NEW ADDRESS WILL BE tlk.muck.limitless.org PORT 7675. THE NEW
ADRESS IS ALREADY WORKING, SO PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SETTINGS.
otterspace.com PORT 7675 WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION MARCH 22nd. **
Read the message on the Nexus Board for more details.
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</pre>

== mini ASCII art ==

That mini ASCII art is pretty cool. It looked like a picture when I saw it on the front page. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 00:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

User talk:KendricksRedtail

2007-03-10T03:08:20Z

Deafleas: /* TOC placement */

*'''''For entries dated 1 April 2006 - 27 February 2007, see [[User talk:KendricksRedtail/Archive|Archive]].'''''

== Road Runner ==

You don't have to put [http://furry.wikia.com/index.php?title=Road_Runner&curid=2646&diff=122612&oldid=79657 both] tags in. One or the other will do. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 02:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

== Kiralea ==
"Also, why is this under the title Kiralea and no mention of that name is made anywhere?"
Because [[User:Rapture]] had created [[Kiralea]] with the content "WIP" and had blanked [[Rapytur]] and set it as a redirect to said page. See [[User talk:Rapture]]. (Also, may I suggest archiving your talk page sometime soon? It's getting a little long. =3) [[User:SpazKitty|Spaz Kitty]] 20:26, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

== Beast: panel or cover? ==

About the [[:Image:XBeast.jpg]] that you uploaded with the comic-panel tag. Are you sure it isn't the cover of [http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=4243 ''New X-Men'' #117] (2001 series)? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

== TOC placement ==

What's with that? It looks bad. It bunches up with the text instead of being separate. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 09:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
:Trying to remove whitespace. Do you have better suggestions?--[[User:KendricksRedtail|Kendricks Redtail]] 15:30, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
::Why do you consider whitespace bad? Unless it's a newspaper, it can be considered a good thing. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 08:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:::As a former journalist, it just rakes with me. Whitespace can be distracting and too much of it can cause a person to lose interest in the rest of the article.--[[User:KendricksRedtail|Kendricks Redtail]] 15:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
::::The web is not print media; we are not pressed for space are confined by the size of the print medium. Whitespace can be used to guide the eye. A page with no whitespace looks busy, cramped, and unappealing. [http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/whitespace.html This might be a good reference to look over].----[[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]]<sup>([[User talk:DuncanDaHusky|talk]])</sup> 15:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:::::It might also be nice if Wikifur had a background that wasn't purely white. Perhaps a soft color. I can't say for sure what, but something would be quite nice. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 03:08, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Deafleas

2007-03-10T03:06:28Z

Deafleas: rv trolling

==64.246.18.83==
Hi Deafleas... Thanks for the headsup about 64.246.18.83 being an open proxy - I've changed the block time to infinite. --[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 12:41, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help in reverting the round of vandalism earlier in the evening. --[[User:Dmuth|Douglas Muth]] 03:49, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
:Indeed, thanks much :) -- [[User:JSharp|JaeSharp]] 03:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

User talk:KendricksRedtail

2007-03-08T08:02:02Z

Deafleas: /* TOC placement */

User talk:KendricksRedtail

2007-03-07T09:51:23Z

Deafleas: TOC placement

Dance Dance Revolution

2007-03-05T20:05:49Z

Deafleas: the image is a red link, meaning it was deleted

'''Dance Dance Revolution''' ('''DDR''', also known as '''Dancing Stage''' in some parts of Europe) is a game craze from Japan that is very popular among some [[furries]]. You will very often see DDR games at a furry [[convention]]. The newest arcade release is '''''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA''''' and the newest home console release is '''''Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4'''''.

== DDR At Conventions ==

Tournaments for DDR have appeared at a number of conventions over the years. Even lacking a tournament, there is often at least a quick game setup at mostly every major convention. The largest and longest-running furry DDR tournaments are at [[Anthrocon]] and [[Midwest FurFest]]. Information on upcoming tournaments at conventions can usually be found on [[DDRFurs]].

=== DDR At Anthrocon 2006 ===

After many years of successful AC DDR Tournaments. This year [[Tiger of the Wind]] implemented a new tournament format to challenge the now more experienced DDR Furry community. The Cardmod format had top DDR Furries fighting it out while a variety of modifications were applied to arrows to increase the difficulty. There were even moments where DDR was played with no music, with a participant singing the song the words to the song being played, and even with a small white tiger plushie purchased by Tiger's mother. The competition was fierce but in the end [[Eternal]] became a two time winner of the AC DDR Tourney. [[Tiger of the Wind]] hopes to expand on the mod format for next years tourney.

AC 2006 DDR Tourney Standings.

* 1st Place: [[Eternal]]
* 2nd Place: [[Infigan]]
* Runner Ups: [[Milt]] and [[Cubbi]]

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Dance Dance Revolution|Dance Dance Revolution]] at Wikipedia

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/ddr_furs/ DDR Furs community] on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.stepmania.com/ StepMania] is a free DDR simulator for Windows, Linux and MacOS.
* [http://www.ddrfreak.com/ DDR Freak] - A popular DDR fansite.
* [http://www.ddrfurs.com/ DDR Furs] - A furry themed DDR fansite.

[[Category: Video games]]

Wolfee Darkfang

2007-02-27T15:21:25Z

Deafleas: fixing template.

[[Image:YiffyYaffleRanger.png|right|thumb|160px|Yiffy Yaffle, Forest Ranger]]
'''Yiffy Yaffle''' (also known as '''Wolfee Darkfang''' in other places around the web) is a character solely existent in the virtual world of [[Second Life]].

Yiffy/Wolfee is a spiritwolf mystic. This animal spirit guide is very small, purple and white furred, with wings which can change shape at her will. She is very noisy, and equally cheerful. Previously a administrator of the Second Life simulation [[The Forest]], a [[furry]]-themed [[island (Second Life)|island]], she then performed the same tasks in [[Serenity Woods]], a furry-owned sim, after leaving with the other administrators.

She held the position of Head of Security, keeping peace by making sure that troublemakers do not harm the residents or visitors. Her side task is to manage the [[Furry Art Museum]] in the western side of the island, which contains artwork from various artists in the Furry Fandom. This artwork can rate from G to XXX but is tasteful. When the sim was purchased from [[Foxkin Impfondo]] by [[Ron Overdrive]] in late February of 2007, The Admin Structure was slightly altered to allow 3 new guides and 4 subdivided administrator roles.

She was given a new role as Head Builder. Accepting this role she still maintains the Security of the island by managing the islands SLBanLink setup. Security is now in the hands of any guide or staff member. She has been a Resident of [[Second Life]] since November 19th, 2004, where she is a [[furry artist]], and a seasoned Scripter/Builder. She is renown for her famous quote from a SL Gesture "Weee!" Following it with a back flip and 2 barking sounds for the cuteness factor.

==Yiffy and the "Second Life Furry" logo ==
[[Image:Slfur.png|left|80px]]
In early 2006, after a meeting of all furry and/or furry-friendly sims' administrators or owners was held to discuss several unifying strategies regarding the fandom population within SL, she was entrusted with the design and creation of what it is now considered the official identifying symbol for all furry presence within this world.

== External links ==
*[http://wolfeedarkfang.furrynet.com Wolfee Darkfang's website]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Wolf characters]][[Category:Second Life characters]]

{{Contributor|Wolfeedarkfang}}

File talk:Belindawikifur.jpg

2007-02-24T02:44:01Z

Deafleas:

Fascinating. They made a thumb that was a closeup. I took me a while until I found Image:July thumb.jpg was the closeup that redirected here, to the large image. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 02:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Burmese Python (person)

2007-02-08T00:57:34Z

Deafleas:

[[Image:BurmesePythonFursona.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Burmese Python.]]
'''Burmese Python''' is the name of a [[furry artist]] and [[writer]], and is also the species of his [[fursona]].

Burmese Python discovered [[furry fandom]] in 1998 after finding furry artwork on the internet, and began conversing with other furs by e-mail. In 2000, he attended a [[fur meet]] where he met his future roommate, [[Hyper]].

In 2001, Python and Hyper attended [[Fur-B-Q|Fur-B-Q 4]], and Python decided to launch his website, ''yiffing.org''. Since then, he has attended numerous furry [[conventions]], including [[Mephit Fur Meet]], [[Anthrocon]], and [[Further Confusion]].

Burmese Python currently lives in the [[Wikipedia:Netherlands|Netherlands]] with a collection of numerous [[snake|snakes]]. He is the owner of the for-pay [[pornography]] sites [[Fursuitsex.com]] and [[Beastpaint.com]].<ref>http://www.yiffing.org/burmese.html</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.yiffing.org yiffing.org] (Burmese Python's website)
* [http://burmese-python.livejournal.com/ ''Lair of the Burmese Python''] - Burmese Python's [[LiveJournal]] (which is empty)

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[[Category:People]]
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[[Category:Writers]]
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Burmese Python (person)

2007-02-08T00:56:43Z

Deafleas: /* External links */

[[Image:BurmesePythonFursona.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Burmese Python.]]
'''Burmese Python''' is the name of a [[furry artist]] and [[writer]], and is also the species of his [[fursona]].

Burmese Python discovered [[furry fandom]] in 1998 after finding furry artwork on the internet, and began conversing with other furs by e-mail. In 2000, he attended a [[fur meet]] where he met his future roommate, [[Hyper]].

In 2001, Python and Hyper attended [[Fur-B-Q|Fur-B-Q 4]], and Python decided to launch his website, ''yiffing.org''. Since then, he has attended numerous furry [[conventions]], including [[Mephit Fur Meet]], [[Anthrocon]], and [[Further Confusion]].

Burmese Python currently lives in the [[Wikipedia:Netherlands|Netherlands]] with a collection of numerous [[snake|snakes]]. He is the owner of the for-pay [[pornography]] sites [[Fursuitsex.com]] and [[Beastpaint.com]].

==External links==
* [http://www.yiffing.org yiffing.org] (Burmese Python's website)
* [http://burmese-python.livejournal.com/ ''Lair of the Burmese Python''] - Burmese Python's [[LiveJournal]] (which is empty)

{{person-stub}}

[[Category:People]]
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[[Category:Writers]]
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Talk:Tom Briggs

2007-02-07T05:57:53Z

Deafleas:

I think you should merge them. [[User:Deafleas|Deafleas]] 05:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Trevor (Kitty Omega)

2007-02-07T04:52:27Z

Deafleas: rvv

'''Trevor''' is a space [[tiger]] character in the comic ''[[Kitty Omega]]'' by [[Kelvin the Lion]]. He is the leader of a horde of space tigers.

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[[Category:Kitty Omega characters]]
[[Category:Tiger characters]]

Matu

2007-02-07T04:51:50Z

Deafleas: rvv

A '''Matu''' is a sentient, spirit-like, wisp of energy. They can possess a humanoid body and switch between them at will. Matu's where created by the [[Godland Administration]] for the purpose of fixing errors in time.

[[Timothy Mankert]] is the first known Matu to exist and also the first one to be relieved from service.

[[Category:Mythological species]]

Bucky Whitetail

2007-02-07T04:51:47Z

Deafleas: rvv

'''Bucky Whitetail''' (aka: '''Robert Losiniecki''') is a [[furry artist]]/cartoonist. Born 2 November 1977, he currently resides in [[Wikipedia:Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Michigan's Upper Peninsula]]. His [[fursona]] is a white-tailed [[deer]].
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== External links ==
{{Contributor|Bucky13}}
* [http://buckywhitetale13.deviantart.com/ Bucky's page] at [[deviantART]]
* ''[http://buckywhitetail.livejournal.com/ Life of Bucky]'' at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/buckywhitetale13/ Bucky's page] at [[FurAffinity]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Artists]][[Category:Deer characters]][[Category:Michigan]][[Category:1977 births]]

Incident at Hawk's Hill

2007-02-07T04:51:42Z

Deafleas: rvv

'''''Incident at Hawk's Hill''''' is a novel by [[Allan W. Eckert]]. It was first published in 1971, by Little, Brown & Company. Allegedly based on a true incident, it tells of a child, Benjamin McDonald, who takes shelter in a [[Badger]]'s prairie den and is taken care of by the Badger.

A sequel, ''Return to Hawk's Hill'', was published in 1998.

== External links ==
* ''[http://www.allaneck.com/b_incident-hawks-hill.html Incident at Hawk's Hill]'' at Allan W. Eckert's official website

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[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1971 births]]

DragoMike

2007-02-07T04:51:39Z

Deafleas: rv v

[[Image:1165511546.samael_150-dm_oc_01.png|right|thumb|150px|DragoMike.]]
'''DragoMike''' is an [[artist]] who represents himself as a green [[dragon]]. He has common ties with the [[macro]] and [[fatfur]] side of the [[furry fandom]].

==External links==
* [http://dragomike.deviantart.com/ DragoMike] at [[Deviant Art]]
* [http://furaffinity.net/user/dragomike/ DragoMike] at [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://download.lavadomefive.com/members/dragomike/ DragoMike] at [[Lavadome Five]]

{{Contributor}}

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Bowr

2007-02-07T04:49:53Z

Deafleas: rv v

[[Image:Food.gif|right]]
'''U. Michele Bowr''', or '''Bowr''' for short, adds a touch of [[science fiction]] to the otherwise medieval setting of the [[webcomic]] ''[[The Intolerators]]''. He is an intelligent [[reptile]] who arrived from another planet. His purpose here is a mystery, perhaps even to himself. A bruise to the head that he received shortly after his arrival may be the problem.

Currently Bowr passes himself off as a foreigner who just moved into town. Paranoid of the social and perhaps political consequences of sharing his origins, and just not wanting to be dissected, he tries to lead a 'normal' life in his new home, first by assisting the local Intolerators [[Tserisa]] and [[Libby]] against a rash of lactose problems, and finding employment with the anti-lactose agency Lactaide by joining up as the third and newest member to Tserisa's team.

Bowr has [[Wikipedia:Photophobia|photophobia]], which often requires him to wear dark glasses. He also has a fetish for firearms, referring to his [[Wikipedia:Winchester Model 1912|Winchester shotgun]] as 'Kally.'

== External links ==

* ''[http://www.intolerators.com The Intolerators]''

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