User talk:Spirou

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== Wikifur works with Google Glass! ==

Well, kinda... Pair on test loan from a friend who is a Glassware developer, working on a project that will integrate the glasses net "Search" function with a Wiki Fandom DB search app ([[Wikifur]], [http://fanlore.org/wiki/Main_Page Fanlore], [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Wiki TARDIS.wikia], [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wookieepedia], etc,...).

Getting pass the Dorkage factor of having to slightly look up and say "Okay, Glass" every bloody time you wish to query, it works. =) "Okay, Glass, Wikifur, Califur" does bring up a (somewhat still on beta display territory) result card (a screenshot should go here, but the API still bugged), with very basic (emphasis "basic") information displayed. [[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]] comes up nice (Logo on upper right, good), but querying [[Furry Weekend Atlanta]] brings up [[Fur Affinity: United]] and vice versa, [[Fur Affinity]] brings up [[FurFright]], [[Furmeet]] brings [[FurMagic]]... (see the pattern yet?).

There will be a (future) option of taking a picture, and upload it to the pertinent Wiki's article (a test shot of some [[Fursuiter]] friends attending [[Califur]] to his test wiki's [[fursuit]] article worked, #@$#! license input needs work "GNU!, gNu, Ganu?, genooo,..."). Cool device, too ^.^

==Replacing multiple instances of one phrase with another==
[http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Special:ReplaceText ReplaceText] might be faster than doing it individually.--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 13:09, 4 June 2013 (EDT)
:Actually doing so. There were 800+ pages needed to be changed, so I checked the Special pages directories for the option. But if I didn't knew about, I would have been an appreciated tip. Thanks =) - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 13:20, 4 June 2013 (EDT)

== Unsure about "Cleanup" ==

Yeah, I'm not to sure what is wrong with my page, i know I don't have too many sources, but all this is coming from me and my mind, how can i even source that? -[[Cole Cherno]]

:A little bit fractured, for one. You have your biography segmented and mixed with your fandom history. Bring your real life Biography up first, then your Fandom involvement next (which includes your [[Fursona]]), followed by your skills, as a suggested start. There is times when too much media (images) will encroach on the article (you have to decide how much is truly needed to illustrated/inform graphically your article). And as always, the [[Help:Furry Book of Style|Furry Book of Style]] is your friend for formatting solutions - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 02:40, 9 June 2013 (EDT)

== Smirre ==

Could you help me out a little? I know the text was somewhat subjective, but I was hoping someone could fix it (rather than deleting the whole thing). Also, I apparently forgot to check all links while not logged in, which ones were members only?

Regarding the references, how should one handle references in languages other than English? Maybe add a translation? Excluding all non-English sources does not seem like the best of solutions.

[[Special:Contributions/5.150.238.249|5.150.238.249]] 05:25, 13 June 2013 (EDT)

:Oops, sorry. Looks like some cache somewhere is acting up; it looked like you had reverted my edit. Anyway, do you have any tips for when there are only non-english references?
:[[Special:Contributions/5.150.238.249|5.150.238.249]] 17:07, 13 June 2013 (EDT)

::Sorry to get back late back to you (RL), but it seems that somebody has already filled in the reference vacancies, including the members-only one (which was/is the very first one on the article). As for the translation of reference links, Google has a built-in translator, Safari offers [http://sidetree.com/extensions/Translate_changes.html Extensions], and Firefox [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/google-translator-for-firefox/ Plug-ins], so it is not (almost) an issue. The screenshots (were the use of them as valid reference is still being debated here) were a total beast altogether, as there is no way to translate an image.

::No, the NPOV issue is that it still reads as "an opinion" more than "a fact", and it goes a long way in the article (more than one third) to simply point out that he has social issues with people in a single furry site: Example: Why would an admin's ([[Ricadonna]]) dislike with this individual '''prior''' to joining [[Sveafur]] be listed as an "issue" on [[Smirre]]'s article? (he has no control what other people think of him). The two imaginary friends... Why bring it up?. As long it did not impact a Sveafur directly (financially, emotionally, physically), a personal quirk is not really historical data. The subjects that people found "irritating"": Unless, again, it involved somebody personally, why parade the particular subjects out? (reference links are normally enough to highlight the issue).

::Deaths threats. Now this should be noted, specially if done "''On numerous occasions''" on the site against (presumably more than one) Swedish fur. But there is only one listed instance, and "''what would legally be regarded as threatening to kill people''" is an opinion based loaded phrase... And so on and on. Just an FYI on this point - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 00:23, 14 June 2013 (EDT)

:::Trying to paint a "complete" picture, and doing so without being too biased. Hard work, thanks for your input.

:::There are things that I don't think could be fitted into the article while keeping a neutral point of view. For instance he has posted papers from the Swedish social services saying he has problems with, among lots of other things, paranoia. When he changed his mind and wanted to un-post them he said that "Anonymous" had hacked his computer and posted them, and later confessed that he had done it.

:::Now, as I said, I want to make the whole picture clear, and his paranoia and needing 24/7 assistance are surely some key elements describing a part of his personality. The only sources for this are the aforementioned papers, which are only available as images, in Swedish, which is another reason why it can't be included.

:::As to why I've written about SveaFur in particular, it is for a number of reasons. He has been there for a long time and stirred up a lot of feelings, they had to ban him as a measure to keep the forums alive, and that's where most sources are. Of course he has been at other communities as well. I will se if I can find someone who knows more of his activities elsewhere.

:::[[Special:Contributions/5.150.238.249|5.150.238.249]] 03:56, 14 June 2013 (EDT)

==About my article==
I get that people here edit articles about others, but I'd really appreciate it if you'd stop adding that old information in my article and leave it be. I no longer want that information in my article and I'd appreciate it if you'd stop getting rid of the edits I wrote on MY article.
Thanks. -[[Vivian Ferrox]]

==Five digits==
Congratulations on passing [http://stats.wikifur.com/EN/TablesWikiFurEN.htm 10000 article-edits].--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 05:44, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
:10020 edits?. 7 years, 10 months, and 6 days (or an average of approximately 3.4949 edits/day)... Yeesh, is it been that long, and that many already? 0.o Thanks all the same =) - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 06:09, 24 June 2013 (EDT)

== Could->May and minus Bolding in Disambiguation pages edits (June 2013) ==

The edits in process are being done automatically, as per prior discussions regarding these format changes on disambiguation pages. These changes have been done by hand slowly (still are) for the lasts few weeks, but I'm turbo-editing through, so this is just an FYI so it doesn't surprise anyone.

New to the format of these pages is '''alphabetization''' (it seems), and the addiction of '''sections''' (prior discussions), which will be done by hand (no way to automate these tasks). Again, just a heads-up on what's going on - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 04:04, 25 June 2013 (EDT)
:As per reference, most of these proposals/discussions occurred on the [[Fox (disambiguation)|Fox]] disambiguation's [[Talk:Fox (disambiguation)|talk page]] - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 04:18, 25 June 2013 (EDT)

== Lockdown ==

Hmm, actually I did. I made double sure since you also locked down the last PE article I made, thinking too I had done so. I wonder why it is not sticking when I press save. But Thanks anyways - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 21:06, 5 July 2013 (EDT)

:Well, if you locked down (protected) the [[Haruki Talos]] article, it didn't show up in the [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&limit=500&type=protect&hide_patrol_log=1&month=&year= protection log].--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 22:12, 5 July 2013 (EDT)
::I saw. I selected Colleagues Only, Indefinite, etc, etc,... +Save. But that's twice that it didn't take. No biggie, will make triple sure next time, or could be Safari not playing nice again =/ - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 00:09, 6 July 2013 (EDT)

== Question about wikify tag ==

I see you edited my page again, I tried to fix as much as I could the last time, but I just have a question for you. what does "references need to formatted properly" mean? -[[Cole Cherno]] 11:38am EST 7/15/13

:Check your talk page whenever you can for a comment on formatting reference links like so far - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 17:54, 18 July 2013 (EDT)

== Splitting and merging ==

You're doing great merging and deleting while I'm excitedly looking at things to split in hopes of hitting a round number of articles today in birthday celebration: [[File talk:WikiFurCake.png‎]]. Amusing! -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 17:40, 24 July 2013 (EDT)

== well i tried ==

and i fucked up... i honestly have no freaking clue why you have the tag and what i have to do so thanks for adding me to your queue.... [[Cole Cherno]] 9:55 EST July 27, 2013

== Question ==

Ok, I think I understand how to get the wikify tag off my page, i gotta remove most of the external links and turn them in sources, but give them names so that they don't all become duplicate links like the last time. Am I correct? Clarify when I do the edits tomorrow morning -[[User:MilitaryAviator]] 9:52PM EST 8/15/2013

== Summary should convey reasoning behind edit ==

Hey Spirou. I noticed in [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?diff=413258&oldid=413257&rcid=466793 this edit], you just gave "revert" as an edit summary. While useful to know, we can already see that from the diff. What we can't get from that is an understanding of ''why'' you reverted it. Something like like "revert because ..." (or a pointer to an explanation on the discussion page) would have been helpful. Otherwise, there's really no reason for the original editor not to "revert" back! :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 19:18, 6 September 2013 (EDT)

:I had put down the reason why, put the iPad's IOS 6 "autocomplete" just puts in the first "remembered" "Revert" in memory. I noticed the change just after I hit "Save page". I was going to correct/add lengthier Why to the Revert on the user's talk page (he/she seems to be fixated in that particular section no matter how many times is edited ["Revert. [[Verne]] is '''not''' a [[W:deuteragonist|deuteragonist]], nor is [[Hammy]] a [[W:tritagonist|tritagonist]]), neither in the film or the,...etc]), but I had to take off to drop off some job files (just came back, now explaining the terse "Revert").

:Hopefully this bug... feature will be fixed on Monday with IOS 7 (no, not really, is caked in the OS). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 22:08, 6 September 2013 (EDT)

::Owch. Yeah, sometimes such "helpful" hinting can be a pain. In some browsers you can delete those entries by highlighting them and clicking delete, but I'm not sure how that'd work on an iPad. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 22:45, 6 September 2013 (EDT)

:::Without a mouse?. A pain; you can, but you have to tap on the section or word juuust right; not above, not below, not one character left/right, not the whole article, or it just simply refuses to highlight it (try to insert a paragraph without arrow keys and your big finger covering the area you are trying to edit). And those small buttons don't make it easy to work with articles (on my iPhone is an exercise of dexterity and utter frustration. Not much on Android that I'm a fan off, but able to change the keyboard size in most of their devices, built and app, is something IOS truly needs). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 23:11, 6 September 2013 (EDT)

== Valkerie => Trillian ==

Instead of generating a name for Valkerie go ahead and place it under Trillian Vera. Thankies.

== The above message was left by me... ==

See... --[[User:Valkerie|Valkerie]] 03:14, 8 September 2013 (EDT)

== Please blank my page ==

Please blank the page Nauta. I no longer wish to be featured on the site.

Please remove the edit history as well if you can. Thank you.

== Cytag ==

Hello,

First of all I would like to thank you for your free time and devotion in updating this article.
Unfortunately before I will continue your most excellent work that did not need any talk page justification, I will have to ask a few questions:

Which part of 'forum went offline' is not clear to you. The term offline is a general term used for quite a while to indicate a server, page
or in this case, forum, is no longer available. Maybe there is a page I can link to? In case extra explanation is needed for those lesser known
with these complicated terms.

You ask for citations and sources, linked in other sections of the article. Some even in the previous sentence. I understand not everybody
has the time to read the entire article, or sometimes it is simply difficult to use big words. I will try my best to lower the bar a little, avoiding
difficult terms to make your life a bit easier. After all, we are all people who are trying to make this fine website a better place.

I understand your request for additional sources, unfortunately many of the elements present in this article concern internal processes of
a youth center that closed a while ago. I can list additional furry websites, but I am not sure if they will remain there, for these is no
definitive source for you other than my own. If you please, I can make a history section on my own page (dutchfurs.com) on your request.

If these matters are resolved, I have a small wealth of information in my personal archives, including pictures and scanned articles
but unfortunately they lack the external sources you require, perhaps after your permission I can enrich the article properly and perfect
it to your impeccable standards.

With regards,

Pegla {{unsigned|Pegla}}

::Thank you for your response. A) If you get to the point you're trying to make, please give us a heads up, B) tone down on the condescending sarcasm, it's a little thick in the middle, C) a good morning to you too, and D) 42 - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 14:01, 10 November 2013 (EST)

:::Fortunately Greenreaper was so kind to help me with the issues at hand. Thank you kindly for your helpful response and constructive feedback.

:::-Pegla {{unsigned|Pegla}}

::::Anytime. ^.^ - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 15:17, 10 November 2013 (EST)

== DarkXander ==
No it is not the same Foxxer, also, you can reach me at for following Contacts,
Skype = masterxbkc
kik = dark.xander
text = 6026163487

== Heads up ==

Just like to let you, or whoever, know that I'll be currently updating my info on the page that was edit over this month. So please. no great big edits on it other then what's needed to meet the site's standard.

If anything needs to be fixed like example the Bio info. Please let me know. Thx.
Thanks for any official adjustments. [[User:Gamerd|Gamerd]] 23:42, 12 December 2013 (EST)

== Page removal ==

Hello, I did (I thought) follow that linked page's advice and e-mailed you a request for personal exclusion for the article on [[Mocha_Mephooki]]. Is there someone specifically that I need to contact about this, instead? ~ Mocha
:Just received, will go ahead with your request. Thank you for taking the time to confirm it. -[[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 22:32, 29 December 2013 (EST)

== Speedy Deletion rejection ==

Hello, I'm the original author for the [[Freakman]] entry at es.wikifur. The original article was deleted due to lack of notability and irrlevance to the Colombian fandom (it can't even be determined if the subject is Colombian). The entry at en.wikifur was just translated from es.wikifur, dead links and all. I know notability is not an important issue at WikiFur, but this entry has unverifiable information and lacks the necessary information in order to provide correct information regarding the Colombian fandom and to even exist in WikiFur in my opinion.[[Special:Contributions/181.51.207.87|181.51.207.87]] 00:52, 31 December 2013 (EST)

== Valkerie > Trillian ==

Copy. In that case let's go ahead and place this all under Valkerie. If Valkerie is unavailable then "Valkerie Asura" or Valkerie Leonette" is acceptable. Asura is more preffered if the mononym is unavailable. Thankies! --[[User:Valkerie|Valkerie]] 07:38, 7 January 2014 (EST)

== Personal Exclusion ==

Hello, I am requesting the removal of the page for Colby (I am him).

I recently changed my fursona name to avoid using my real name on this site. However, someone keeps putting it back onto the article, which is a confidentiality breach. So I wish for the entire page to be removed, please. With no references left to names.

UKFur.org

2013-03-16T19:45:55Z

Farrow: Updated Member number and removed moderater who is no longer there.

[[File:Ukfur.org-logo.png|right|250px]]
'''UKFur.org''' (originally UKFur.net) is the most popular [[:Category:United Kingdom|UK]] centric [[furry]] website on the internet with an excess of 7000 members (as of March 2013). It is intended as a friendly forum where adult members of the community can meet likeminded individuals as well as facilitating the arrangements of meets; however, it is strictly not a dating site.

The main area of the site has been under redevelopment since 2004, however the forums are still highly active. The site carries a 16+ age rating<ref name="board_rules">The UKFur Forum Rules - http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?act=boardrules</ref>. Adult material is strictly prohibited in the AUP.

The site has been targeted a number of times by researchers for furry related documentaries, most notably a documentary producer for [[wikipedia:Channel 4|Channel 4]], as reported in the first edition of [[The Furtean Times]]. A large number of forum-goers were also featured in the [[Wikipedia:Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre magazine]] article on the furry fandom.

The site provides web hosting and email; however, this service is no longer advertised.

* '''Address''': http://www.ukfur.org/
* '''Administrators''': [[Kytheraen]], [[Myst]], [[Nybras]]
* '''Moderators''': [[BhavFox]], [[Branded Bunni]], [[Farrow]], [[Kyyanno]], [[Plucky]]
* '''Ran from/to''': September 2002 - present

==Organisation==
* '''Administrators''' (responsible for the site as a whole): [[Kytheraen]], [[Myst]], [[Nybras]]
* '''Global Moderators''' (a 'second level' of administrators with responsibility for all forums): [[BhavFox]], [[Branded Bunni]], [[Farrow]], [[Kyyanno]], [[Plucky]]

There are also a number of '''forum moderators''', each responsible for one or more individual forums.

== Forums ==
The UKFur [http://forum.ukfur.org/ forums] contains regional sections for each furmeet group where meet plans and discussion are usually made. In addition it also contains specialist forums concerning [[fursuiting]], [[art|artwork]], [[gaming]] and [[conventions]] (such as [[RBW]] and [[Confuzzled]]), as well as general forums to discuss general news events and offer technical advice etc.

===Regional Forums===
*'''England''':
:*[[LondonFurs]] [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=21 forum]
:*[[NorthernFurs (UK)|NorthernFurs]] [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=22 forum]
:*[[MidFurs]] [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=24 forum]
:*[[SouthWestFurs (UK)|SouthWestFurs]] [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=25 forum]
:*[[HantsFurs]] [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=26 forum]
:*[[EastFurs]] [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=36 forum]
*'''Scotland''' (ScotFurs): [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=23 forum]
*'''Wales''' (WelshFurs): [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=32 forum]
*'''Ireland''': [http://forum.ukfur.org/index.php?showforum=27 forum] (Reinstated July 29th 2010)

Each furmeet organisation is independent from each other, so there is a tendency for meet dates to overlap.

=== Special interest forums ===
In mid-2008 UKFur started to add forums for specific subsections of the fandom, so they could discuss events and topics without the fear of the public or other forum members finding out. As of July 2008, two such forums exist: for [[babyfurs]] and [[fatfurs]].

== Oekaki Board ==
The UKFur [[Oekaki]] Board was set up in early 2008, as a place where British furs could show off their skills. It was run by [[Articuno]] and [[HelenBaby]], but was closed at the end of October 2010 due to inactivity<ref>http://forum.ukfur.org/topic/8107-the-ukfur-oekaki-board/page__pid__789044__st__71</ref>

== References ==
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== External Links ==

* [http://www.ukfur.org/ UKFur.org]
* [http://forum.ukfur.org/ UKFur Forums]
* [http://ukfur.articuno.co.uk/ UKFur Oekaki Board]

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