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==[[File:Pawstop.png|25px]] Leaving a comment/request/other ==

Please leave a message for me by posting your reply/query at the '''BOTTOM''' of the page. I will leave a reply for you later either here and/or on your own page talk page.

== [[File:Pawstop.png|25px]] Regarding article exclusion (removal) from Wikifur ==

* Please consult the [[Wikifur]]'s page about "''[[WikiFur:Personal exclusion|article exclusion]]''" first.
* The request must be made by the article's user, with some exceptions (next of kin, lawyer/barrister, etc...).
* The exclusion will delete the ability for others to edit it any further, plus a protection layer is added by Wikifur's [[curators]] so is no longer searchable on such sites such as [[Google]].
* NOTE: [[WikiFur:Personal information|Removal of personal information]] is normally not the same as exclusion, and it can be done without needing curator assistance.
* The request can be made in a myriad of ways (Email, [[Zoom]]/[[Skype]], [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], [[IRC]], [[Fur Affinity]]'s DM/[[Discord]], etc...).

If you are trying to contact me specifically about an exclusion, please send me a DM via Twitter at "[https://twitter.com/SpirouWikifur Spirou on Wikifur]".

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== Nyinxie ==

The WikiFur page Nyinxie has been deleted on 22 September 2021 by Spirou, see https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Nyinxie.

Editor's summary: Not ready for prime time article. What does this mean? i don't understand - {{unsigned|Nyinxie}}

:Hallo. As it was (a couple of links and request to expand the stub), the article was not ready for inclusion yet (see a full article like [[Splash Fusky]] as an example). If you still working on it, is best to build it on your user page, then copy/paste as an article when is ready to be published.

:I moved the available data to [[Nyinxie]]'s talk [[Talk:Nyinxie|page]]. Direct users there to help you out fleshing it out. Hope it is clear, Cheers - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 19:23, 22 September 2021 (EDT)

::Ooooh! Oh ok! I get it now! Thanks a lot for the example also. Cheers. Alrighty I'll give it a wipe over. Cheers m8. - {{unsigned|Nyinxie}}

:::No problem, any time.😊 - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 01:31, 16 November 2021 (EST)

== Faux-Pa ==

I would like to have my page, located at [[Faux-Pa]], removed from WikiFur by Personal exclusion. I have attempted to contact [[GreenReaper]] via Email 2 weeks ago, but have yet to receive a response.{{unsigned|Nikolai-The-Wolfdog}}
:No problem, just fire me a [[Twitter]] DM at [https://twitter.com/SpirouWikifur @SpirouWikifur], or I can can review the '''Controversy''' section (issues seem to have been worked out between both parties internally, so is no longer an standing problem, and is not something that affects the [[fandom]] in general, so it can be edited out as of now). Either way, please take your time. Hope this helps. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 14:48, 28 September 2021 (EDT)

== Vandalism at Christian Fur ==

Hey an IP is vandalizing [[Christian Fur]].[[User:CycoMa|CycoMa]] ([[User talk:CycoMa|talk]]) 16:19, 4 November 2021 (EDT)
:Thanks. User banned, article protected (one week, excessive vandalism). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 00:38, 5 November 2021 (EDT)

==T.E.C. page deleted==

Hello! I updated my page a few minutes ago for my Convention, and I come back a couple minutes later to add more to it, and you have deleted it for being unfinished? Why have you? And is there a way to restore it please? - {{unsigned|2001:569:fcba:a600:f423:6c0f:9c20:fd9}}
:Wrong convention article scheduled to be deleted. Restored and partial edit. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 01:31, 16 November 2021 (EST)
:Ty, I was worried I did something wrong. I will continue editing and finish up the page in a couple hors here.

== Request: New Turkish Subdomain for WikiFur ==

Hi;

I've already posted this request in GreenReaper's talk page and emailed him but I haven't received any feedback, yet. I apologize if I'm acting impatient.

Could you create a Turkish subdomain in WikiFur so we can contribute it by our native tongue ?

Thanks. - {{unsigned|DarkBloodKing}}
:Hallo. GreenReaper is the best person to perform this task, I can email your request to him, shouldn't take long. Cheers - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 19:58, 17 November 2021 (EST)

==Request: Page Deletion==

Hi

Can you please delete this wiki that was made for me years ago: https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Wildcat_Lolita

I'm no-longer in the fandom and wish to have my page, all my information and edits completely removed.

If you need conformation of identity, please contact me at neko.go.neko@gmail.com

Thanks

Wild - {{unsigned|2406:3400:510:7c0:3034:a6fc:9683:e9dd}}

==Request: Page deletion==

Hi could i possibly have my user page (https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Eddy_Dobhran) removed? I am no longer comfortable with this information being here.

Thanks, Eddy

:Hallo Eddie; please send me an [[Twitter]] DM for verification (@SpirouWikifur), and I will take it from there, cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 01:30, 5 January 2022 (EST)

==Request: Source citations==

Heyo Spirou, thanks for all your patience and help with my page so far.

I have some sources you can use for my WikiFur page, which I've put in the Talk page of my article.

I don't know how to add citations but if you can add an example I can just copy and paste stuff myself, which is entirely how I wrote the original article.

[https://whitetigerofthenorth.blogspot.com/2021/10/worldbuilding-for-my-fursona.html Here's a link to my blog where I reference my immigration], which you can add as a citation for my immigration under "early life" and change "at the age of 16" to "under the age of 18".

Thanks for everything,

Etrius [[User:WhiteTigerOfTheWest|WhiteTigerOfTheWest]]

== Issues with citation templates ==

Hey Spirou, I'm curious as to your comment on [https://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Polybun&diff=548278&oldid=548277 this revision] where you mention that the reference templates I've been working on lately were "bombing" Safari. I also use Safari as my main browser and haven't encountered issues. Are you able to provide more info on what's causing problems, or what affect it seems to be having? Thanks! {{:User:AlexanderGrey/sig}} 12:31, 23 February 2022 (EST)
:Saving on preview causes the page to lock, and eventually crash. Does not happen on (Apple-approved) Chrome or Edge (could be a Safari extension issue, maybe Grammarly). first page with this type of reference edit use instead of the ones we have been using since day one, is there a reason for using this type now?. If this is GreenReaper approved, no prob, but syntax that may cause a possible crash could be an issue (if extension related, could be a pain if I have to switch them off to just edit an article) - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 14:51, 23 February 2022 (EST)
::My assumption would be that it would be extension related if it's not happening in other browsers. Nothing too weird in the syntax either, it's pretty much the same as what Wikipedia were using before they transitioned all their major templates over to Lua (which WikiFur doesn't support).
::I started updating and using citation templates (most already existed, just hadn't been used or updated for several years) to try and bring some consistency to citations. I personally find it easier to assemble them if there's a template with specific parameters and formats to use, and it of course removes some human error from the equation. Most other wiki projects I contribute to also use such templates, so WikiFur either lacking equivalents, or those equivalents being so massively out of step, was pretty jarring for me. They're not something I'm pushing to be a standard on WikiFur, but they're a tool I personally find useful. {{:User:AlexanderGrey/sig}} 15:15, 23 February 2022 (EST)

== IP ==

Hello. Do you have permissions to hide my IP on [https://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Zonkpunch&diff=549369&oldid=549356 this diff]? I didn't see I was logged out. On another note, I'm working on fixing the issues you pointed out. I'm a Wikipedia editor so I know wiki formatting for example, but I'm still getting used to some of the different policies here. [[User:Yiff|Yiff]] ([[User talk:Yiff|talk]]) 12:04, 7 March 2022 (EST)
:Please contact [[GreenReaper]] to hide the IP, I'm not cleared for that. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 01:05, 10 March 2022 (EST)

== Quick Thanks ==
Thanks for cleaning up my page and getting rid of the dude putting stuff on my page about farts XD. I made some more revisions to my page if you wanna take a look but just wanted to thank a homie for looking out <3 -[[Dexter Freisen|Dex]]

:No problem, anytime. Be aware that you need to upload an image via Wikifur's upload file page to have it available in the article, cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:28, 15 April 2022 (EDT)

::Yea I tried but it says I don't have perms yet so I took them down. Gonna add some for all my characters. Thanks for the formatting too btw!

== Block ==

Good evening,

I created the account GrantGraywolf about 7 hours ago. I can see why you blocked me, since I didn’t contribute anything and made no edits to my user page. My email address and IP are both blocked as well, so I’m sending this from my phone.

My intent was to edit the page for [[Longhorn Furs]] and create an article for its successor org, Longhorn Furries. I’m smack in the middle of finals season so I didn’t get to this right away. I’ve also read through WikiFur:About and understand wiki policy.

I would like to kindly request my block be lifted. If you need any sort of verification, I can happily send it. If the ban is permanent, I’ll also understand.

I apologize if I’ve made any mistakes, and I wish you well.

Thank you,
Grant
[[Special:Contributions/2600:100C:B05D:C4E1:FCED:E3D6:A1BA:9B2C|2600:100C:B05D:C4E1:FCED:E3D6:A1BA:9B2C]] 01:38, 2 May 2022 (EDT)
:The block is removed. You just got caught on a false positive spammer name run. It happens, apologies. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 03:10, 2 May 2022 (EDT)
::No worries, thank you very much! [[User:GrantGraywolf|GrantGraywolf]] ([[User talk:GrantGraywolf|talk]]) 12:35, 2 May 2022 (EDT)

==Edits==
Hello!

I recently added some characters from SpongeBob to the Fish page as anthro characters. I was wondering why my edits were gone, then I saw the comment to go with it. This is my first time editing mind you but here are some links to the wikis where I found what their names are:
https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Incidental_40
https://spongebob-new-fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Nat_Peterson
https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Sandals

If they aren't major enough characters to add, I understand that though.
Cheers!

{{unsigned|Feesh}}

:Except for [[Mrs. Puff]] on [[W: SpongeBob Squarepants|Sponge Bob Squarepants]], we don't include incidental characters as it would quickly overtake the article. If we did so, the article would be just [[Shark Tale]] and the [[Finding Nemo|Nemo]] franchises' incidentals. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:17, 22 May 2022 (EDT)

== File:Pawstop.png ==

Hello would u plz do me a favor and have a look at the deleted revisions of [[File:Pawstop.png|25px]], deleted last year despite that [[Special:WhatLinksHere/File:Pawstop.png|many pages still link to it]]. :^) [[User:Hipcrime|Hipcrime]] ([[User talk:Hipcrime|talk]]) 01:07, 9 June 2022 (EDT)
:Okay, seems that the restore worked for both the dark and white versions, I need to ask GreenReaper if it's possible to overwrite, or outright delete the vandal version. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 02:03, 9 June 2022 (EDT)

== Requesting removal of information. ==

Hi, got your message, I'd like to get some pages and reference to my name removed from here. {{unsigned|108.17.80.175}}
:Hmm, what article/user are you referring to? (need a link, please). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 23:30, 11 June 2022 (EDT)
::https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Sylus_Foxdragon This, and anything that links to, and from it. Please. - {{unsigned|108.17.80.175}}
:::Requests for [[WikiFur:personal exclusion|personal exclusion]] are fine but need verification by an account known to belong to the subject (and have limits, they're meant to protect real-life information about a person, that would go on the page about them not e.g. what creative works they made or were in). Perhaps you two can get in contact [https://www.deviantart.com/sylus-foxdragon over on DA] to confirm this, since the FA account appears to be inaccessible? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 23:53, 11 June 2022 (EDT)
::::I am the individual who owns the DA/FA accounts. I closed the FA account in particular. I can open it, temporarily, and contact through it for verification if need be? - {{unsigned|108.17.80.175}}
:::::Cutting it close, but done - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 22:26, 15 June 2022 (EDT)

== Request for Exclusion ==

Hello,

I am requesting that the article [[Naia Okami]] be excluded. ([http://naia.me/request-for-exclusion verify request]) Thank you --[[User:Naiaokami|Naiaokami]] ([[User talk:Naiaokami|talk]]) 17:17, 25 June 2022 (EDT)
:Hallo, seems that [[RainRat|colleague RainRat]] got to your request already. Hope that helped. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 02:06, 26 June 2022 (EDT)

== Request: Page deletion ==

Hi could i possibly have my user page (https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Zeed) removed? I am no longer comfortable with this information and pics being here.

Thanks, Zeed - {{unsigned|Drax4210}}

::Hallo, it shouldn't be an issue. Please DM a note from the article's [[Twitter]] account to mine (@SpirouWikifur), and I should be able to start the Personal Exclusion right away. Cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 22:26, 23 July 2022 (EDT)

== Request for Exclusion ==

Hello, I am reaching out to ask that my page https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Drake_Wingfire please be removed, I am trying to clean up my google hits a little.

Thanks again,
Drake Wingfire - {{unsigned|Drake Wingfire}}

:Hallo, please DM a note to my Twitter account (@SpirouWikifur), and I should be able to start the Personal Exclusion. Cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 16:26, 24 July 2022 (EDT)

== Request for Exclusion ==

Hello. I'm requesting that my article [[Eurodex]] be excluded. I no longer wish for it to remain on here for personal reasons.

I believe I already moved my original username "Eurodex" to "NuclearVacuum" years ago ([https://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=User:Eurodex&action=history back in 2008 it seems]). If you still need more confirmation that it's me, please let me know.

I'd also like to request the removal of the following files:

* https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Don%27t_Mess_With_Him.png
* https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/File:Kissy-Kissy_from_Christy.png

These were personally done by me and I'd like for them to be removed as my article will become excluded.

Please and thank you. --[[User:NuclearVacuum|NuclearVacuum]] ([[User talk:NuclearVacuum|talk]]) 20:44, 14 August 2022 (EDT)

:Images have been deleted. Please DM me at [[Twitter]] at [https://twitter.com/SpirouWikifur @SpirouWikifur] next to confirm the final step. Personal Exclusion will take place afterward. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:16, 14 August 2022 (EDT)

== How do I upload an image? ==

I would like to put one on my user page. Unlike Uncyclopedia the upload button seems to be missing. Is it restricted to mods only?—[[User:Crocotta1|Crocotta1]] ([[User talk:Crocotta1|talk]]) 10:19, 21 August 2022 (EDT)
:{{ping|Spirou}}Hello?—[[User:Crocotta1|Crocotta1]] ([[User talk:Crocotta1|talk]]) 19:11, 21 August 2022 (EDT)

:Hallo, were you able to perform the upload, or do you need further help?. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 02:18, 24 August 2022 (EDT)

== Thanks for your moderation work ==

I kind of feel bad a lot of what you're having to do has to do with reverting vandalism edits and blocking the vandals who do so. But thanks for what you do. [[User:Scarbo|Scarbo]] ([[User talk:Scarbo|talk]]) 18:30, 10 September 2022 (EDT)

:Dankeshen, no problems. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 00:49, 23 September 2022 (EDT)

== Wolfie Kif ==
Where can I find the original text?
I don't want to write it a third time.
I looked to see if I could hire myself as the director of my own event (Staf).
However, you have already deleted it twice.
There is no more information on several other staff.
I would finally solve it so that the event does not have a dead link, but they keep deleting it.

Why is it good that instead of my name, Stafs now reads: {{unsigned|188.6.73.162}}

:The paragraph is located on the initial creator's [https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/User:188.6.73.162 user page]. I will put in your user page too. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 00:49, 23 September 2022 (EDT)

== Targeting ==

I'm starting to feel like you're targeting me and my page, I don't care that you think certain things don't belong the way you seem to think they do, but I'm getting sick and tired of your elitist edits on my page. I'll kindly ask you to leave me and my page alone.
:*Sigh* First, it’s not YOUR article, it is an article about YOU in Wikifur. Second, me, you, others, anybody can edit your article so it becomes what the article should be and work with the rest of thousands of user articles on this wiki, third, I’m not targeting you, so kindly do not THREAT anybody who gives its/their time on this wiki. I edited out your article because I’m working on other Wikifur articles offline, keeping an eye on vandals on the recent pages, and removing spam, so I had spare minutes to help you with the article about you. And fourth, if you are losing iit because another editor is working on your article, you will not make in the real world. Really do please use basic common decency while dealing with people. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 03:42, 24 September 2022 (EDT)

== Request: Page Deletion ==

([https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10337531 confirmation])
Hey Spirou, could you please remove/exclude: https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/FlakyRock 
not comfortable with it being up / it includes personal information that I shouldn't have put in there 
also apologies for trying to remove it forcefully, should've assumed there was an actual process 

Thanks, F

:Thanks for the confirmation, it is helpful. I will go ahead and exclude/protect the article. Also, just FYI, you have the option of just removing all personal info instead (with a note to other editors not to reinstate it), but that will be up to you if you wish to do so in the future. Thanks and cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 07:44, 24 September 2022 (EDT)

== Request: Page Deletion ==

Hey Spirou, please remove/exclude:
https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Azrael_the_red_Gargoyle
I have a new job and this is one of the last resources about me that can be found online - i would like to have it removed. Thank you.
:Done. Your article has been excluded and protected. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 19:35, 24 September 2022 (EDT)

== Page fix ==
In the Asher Tropifox page, it redirects to Ryan Moonshadow. Can this along with Ryan Moonshadow be fixed? - {{unsigned|2601:18d:4700:2d30:6952:7dbf:c622:5f75}}
:Done - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 16:40, 6 October 2022 (EDT)

== Request Page Removal: Dart ==

I am requesting page removal on my page Dart which was created without my knowledge and permission by someone I have blocked on social media in the past for harassment named Buuha.

I am not comfortable with my commissioned artwork being used or any information of any kind being posted on this or any site as I see it as a violation of personal space. In Buuha's case they used a piece off of my FA and linked my FA here without asking permission as well as harassed rooommates of mine who were mentioned on said page before editing. - {{unsigned|Dartwuffy}}
:Please send me a confirmation tweet at my [[Twitter]] at [https://twitter.com/SpirouWikifur @SpirouWikifur]. Danke. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 18:59, 15 October 2022 (EDT)
::Still waiting on that Personal Exclusion request on Twitter - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 19:53, 22 October 2022 (EDT)

== Volkswagen Beetle car ==

In the [[AmethystBeetle]] page it says Category:Insect characters, but the character Beetle is not an insect, but a car, which is a vehicle. So, can you delete it?

== Whitelist exception: Tiggi.es ==

Can you please add http:// tiggi.es to the whitelist? I am unable to add it to the [[Mastodon]] server list. {{unsigned|Shetani}}
:Okay, I added it to the whitelist, give me a heads-up if it doesn't work. If it does, Cheers! - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 01:48, 20 November 2022 (EST)

== Request Page Removal: Lance Leoghauni ==

As requested I have sent a twitter DM several weeks ago, but have not received a reply and the page is still up. I Would like the page deleted, please. I did not give permission for the page to be made in the first place.
:Hallo, let me go check my Twitter's DMs, been working offsite the last two weeks. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:40, 30 November 2022 (EST)

== Request Page Removal ==
Hello, I sent a direct message on Twitter from account Nameles59097742 concerning a request for a page removal. Thank you.
:Done and done, Cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:16, 9 December 2022 (EST)

== Request Page Removal ==

Hello, I'm requesting the page en.wikifur.com/wiki/Mike_Folf be removed and/or excluded. I've requested this before to deaf ears and would wish that be honored. Thank you.
:Hallo, I'm in the process of helping one user with the same issue, please contact me @SpirouWikifur via [[Twitter]] in the mean time. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:16, 9 December 2022 (EST)
::And done. Thanks for the verification DM. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 19:36, 10 December 2022 (EST)

== (N)umerous vandalisms by 2600:1003:B138:8A0B:7DF2:D96C:44CD:E235 ==

2600:1003:B138:8A0B:7DF2:D96C:44CD:E235 vandalized my personal talk/about pages as well as my wiki entry. Please block/ban them - [[user:WhiteTigerOfTheWest|WhiteTigerOfTheWest]]

== Thaddeus wolf. (???) ==

Coming from someone who isn’t stupid….that was dumb to erase my work….all editors do not…and I annunciation….DO NOT have the brains to figure out what is right because I put my hours of my life into that page you prick…so be nice and I’ll return the favor….I am done here.

You can F(uck) off before I deal with dreading all the data, (so) have fun being a mentally retarded editor. And enjoy this hell of a read because I'm done playing games with every platform

And merry whore Christmas ya prick(.)

Yours truly
{{Unsigned|Thaddeus wolf}}

:My apologies if you saw that but this is very important to me….I need that page and I need to have a more concise removal criteria you can't just say that it's bad when it took an hour to make….so please just attach guidelines to my page and I'll attempt to correct any futile mistakes….one heck of a mess isn't a viable answer….and Between you and me….I got instigated over and over….and if this article gets destroyed I'll be on the bottom of the deck forever….so please just tell me what's wrong with it….and be concise….understood?

:I suck at typing stuff to show who I am that is my artist and gamer name….it's also a tag on my sone - {{Unsigned|Thaddeus wolf}}

::"''You messed my <nowiki>[[</nowiki>explanation not given<nowiki>]]</nowiki>.''"
::"''Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?..." - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 22:11, 25 December 2022 (EST)

:::"'''''You can F(uck) off before I deal with dreading all the data, (so) have fun being a mentally retarded editor (...) (M)erry whore Christmas(,) ya prick(.)'''''" (+Spirou's User Talk page vandalized)... Hmmmnopers. But still, changing your ban from '''Permaban''' (gross misconduct overral) to six days from now (so, New Years' Eve 2022), to give you a chance and time to think about this rationally. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 22:11, 25 December 2022 (EST)

::::Fine I’ll think rationally…let’s crunch the numbers generously….I apologize for my incomcideracies….I’m just tired of having my work entirely destroyed…..cyber bullying is a thing you know?…honestly that was my first article in years….after my Wikipedia project went dark….I created. the information based on my own life…some people don’t get that….I’m an artist and a gamer…I have a fursona my nmed hiena qns i play Minecraft for a living….why erase an hour of contemplation without reasonable guidelines to brush up on the errors?.q…understood?….good….bye….guidelines are heavily requested…..goodbye - {{unsigned|Thaddeus wolf}}

:::::(*Facepalm*). Oookay, using another account to circumvent the ban you should be in? (...disregard this time only once). Alright, again, as stated elsewhere, your "work" was not destroyed, it is still on your account's talk page ([https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/User:Thaddeuswolff here]).

:::::You created a "Create-n-Forget" (more than 24/48 hours with no further edits after the first creation time) article for [[Hiena Frappe]], which you then left bareboned and incomplete. In the past, these types of articles were actually deleted, but now, if there is a minimum of data now, they are moved to the original creator's Talk Page ([https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/User:Thaddeuswolff in your case, again, here]), which it gives the original editor time to flesh out the article until is ready to post on the main page.

:::::That said, if I can understand your above response, I hope this is for another ([[human]]) user, which is fine. But if it is for your [[fursona]] only, nope. Unless the fursona is notable, fursona articles must remain inside a user's main article (your article). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 10:06, 28 December 2022 (EST)

Can a human write anything…yes…machines run on pre defined instructions….so get off your ass and so help me god…editors…noteworthy?…is this your game board…it’s not!…it’s a public domain and anyone can upload, whatever they feel necessary…and btw to all of you…don’t call me a machine….asshole btw you belong in the bottom of a cracker jack box - {{Unsigned|Thaddeus wolf}}

== Request Page Removal ==

Hello! Could I please have the page https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Roman_Otter removed? I have also send a DM on Twitter with the same name. Thanks! Happy New Year!
:And done. Thanks for the verification DM. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 04:14, 6 January 2023 (EST)

== Request for Spider-Ham page update ==
Back in 2022 last year, I added other forms of media Spider-Ham has appeared in. But even though it is said that Sub-Marsupial is an opossum, it is unknown what kind this character is so I added that this character is possibly one.

== Clarify policy about infoboxes ==

Hello Spirou, recently you reverted an edit of mine where I added [[Template:Infobox person]] to an article, with the following reason given: ''-Peson infobox. Imfoboxes are used on special article only (notability, death, others), sry''. I am confused about this, since the person whom the article is about is deceased and should therefore qualify. I am also confused about where this policy is found as I have not encountered it before. I have reviewed [[WikiFur:Policies and guidelines]] and I do not see any restrictions on where person infoboxes (which in my opinion, are simply a formatting tool) can be used. Can you please clarify where this policy is listed? I also request that you edit the Usage section of [[Template:Infobox person]] to include the policy there so that future editors can be aware of it. Thank you

--[[User:TerrorBite|TerrorBite]] ([[User talk:TerrorBite|talk]]) 18:40, 27 January 2023 (EST)

:The policy is known among curators and long-time editors, as to why it has not been added to the "WikiFur:Policies and guidelines", is a matter of time and effort, as in it is another thing among hundreds of edits to be taken care off. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 10:48, 4 February 2023 (EST)

== Please delete my wikifur page ==

I requested it deleted around 2018 sometime, right after I made it.
https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Rainy

Yes I put a lot of work into the page, but I'd rather not be all stalked on the internet.

Also DMd on twitter.
[[Special:Contributions/76.142.239.50|76.142.239.50]] 14:19, 10 February 2023 (EST)

:Received confirmation DM, on it - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 21:57, 11 February 2023 (EST)

::And done. Thanks for the verification DM. -

== Stop blocking T-Mobile IP addresses. ==

I don't expect you to understand the technical intricacies here, but the large majority of people who are blocked/banned are using mobile devices to make edits. This makes it difficult for anyone using T-Mobile Home Internet, such as myself, to actually use the website. Mobile IP addresses are random. Due to the nature of how cellular access (?) works, it is technologically impossible to assign a static IP address to anyone using a mobile device like a phone or tablet. Even some mobile workstations (laptops) have WWAN cards that also include cellular data connections. I had to *manually* change my IP address 10+ times to get one that wasn't blocked, which involves waiting 5 minutes for my router to restart. Mobile phones make ban evasion incredibly easy. Stop blocking IPs and just force some pages (like mine) so that only registered users can edit them. I am a fearless, loud, vocal, offensive asshole with fearless, loud, vocal, offensive opinions and that upsets a lot of people, hence the repeated vandalisms on my page. Many imageboard websites running booru forks do this as well, making it impossible to upload or comment. I understand that this is technically frustrating for everyone involved, but websites like this need better (aka modern) ways to identify and quickly deal with abuse. Gone are the days of static IPs being assigned to home internet. Even normal ISPs like Comcast and Verizon are starting to randomize IP addresses for user privacy. If you want to discuss an actual solution to the problem, you or someone who works on site backend can contact me at my registered email address.- [[user:WhiteTigerOfTheWest|WhiteTigerOfTheWest]]

== Deleting User:Shub-Yoggoth ==

This is Shub-Yoggoth. I have lost my password and access to the account's e-mail. Please advise if there is an alternative way in verifying that I am the original user in question. - {{unsigned|Shubby}}
:Hallo, Curator [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] would be the person with the "know-how" to handle this particular issue, this is above my pay raise currently. Be aware that GreenReaper operates on [[W:Greenwich Time|Greenwich Time]]. Sorry for not being able to help with this particular matter. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 05:21, 20 March 2023 (EDT)
::All good and thanks for the heads up. I'll contact him ASAP. - {{unsigned|Shubby}}

==Vandal articles==

There are three articles that all seem to be a variation of the [[Kirru]]. All three have the same information and should be deleted. There are Kirrus, Kirridae and Kirrini. [[User:Tai 1|Tai 1]] ([[User talk:Tai 1|talk]]) 19:29, 30 March 2023 (EDT)
:Thank a lot for the heads up. The user behind these edits has made a few odd changes to several articles, on a temp ban right now. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 19:46, 30 March 2023 (EDT)

==Sparky the Dalmatian==

The page redirects to Sparky the Fire Dog, but this page doesn't exist. Can this be fixed?
==About my page==
I am a furry artist and specialise in [https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51011165/ Menophilia], Urophilia, and crossdressing art, just check my Furaffinity, I have come across others who have made nsfw involving menstruation fetish. Yes it is a thing, and yes it’s both furry and non-furry, you can also find things on pornhub and e621 involving menstruation fetish. I am nốt trying to vandalise, but provide info on this topic.—[[User:Lunarmoon21|Lunarmoon21]] ([[User talk:Lunarmoon21|talk]]) 22:21, 3 April 2023 (EDT)

:It may be a thing, but is not [[furry]] common enough to start its own article; We don't want to start creating an article for every [[paraphilia]] there is in the world because some [[furries]] may be into a specific one, unless notable enough within the fandom, even if is connected to mainstream culture (i.e. [[vore]], [[transformation]], [[macro]], etc). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 22:47, 3 April 2023 (EDT)

==Article Deletion Request==

Hi, please delete my wiki page https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Dusk-Runner . I have moved on from this handle and my work is no longer online. I would like my own old (and rather terrible) article removed. I've just sent a DM on twitter

==Felidae fix==
Can you fix Tom Cat on the Felidae article? I wanted it back the way it is. {{unsigned|2601:18d:4700:7640:682a:4fa8:2030:b408}}

==hi==
Maisudo—[[User:Lunarmoon21|Lunarmoon21]] ([[User talk:Lunarmoon21|talk]]) 08:32, 17 May 2023 (EDT)

==Request: Link exception==
I'm requesting an exception for external website Linktr(.)ee on the [[AnthroIrish]] page. Anthro Irish Linktree hub currently serves as the official website for the convention; the con chair advises they don't intend to get another at this time.

[[User:Shetani|Shetani]] ([[User talk:Shetani|talk]]) 12:55, 22 May 2023 (EDT)

:Added Linktr.ee to the whitelist, give it a try, plz - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 14:18, 22 May 2023 (EDT)

: All set, thank you. [[User:Shetani|Shetani]] ([[User talk:Shetani|talk]]) 14:21, 24 May 2023 (EDT)

==Furvect==

On the Furvect page, can you remove Wolphin from no longer hosted websites? - {{unsigned|2601:18d:4700:7640:5cb3:1aa3:54d9:f7e5}}
: [http://wolphin.furvect.com/ Wolphin.furvect.com] is still active on the hosting site as of June 4, 2023. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 03:40, 4 June 2023 (EDT)

==Herp==

I tried to fix the page. Is there another way? - {{unsigned|2601:18d:4700:7640:5cb3:1aa3:54d9:f7e5}}
:Another way of doing what, exactly?. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 03:40, 4 June 2023 (EDT)

==Thank you very much Spirou==

Hi again Spirou, how are you? Let me honestly say with oodles of life-saved gratitude with recent update, thank you. Also finding I wasn't alone, that others here have been having similar troubling issues on Wikifur (need not hear from me going forward), I'm very grateful this thus saves my reputation, thanks to your helpful co-operation, ridding a back-breaking heavy load, better freeing me, I still can't thank you enough and take care.

Sincerely, Jamie Malecki.

==Good furry forums==

Hi Spirou, I am new to the fandom and have been surfing around wikifur for a few days seeing what’s what before registering an account. Unfortunately I don’t see a page for asking questions or what might be similar to the teahouse over at Wikipedia, so I’m sorry to bother you by asking here: Do you know of some good fandom forums you might recommend for someone new like me to look into? Thanks! [[User:Bumbletea|Bumbletea]] ([[User talk:Bumbletea|talk]]) 22:44, 16 June 2023 (EDT)
:Hey, are you going to answer me? [[User:Bumbletea|Bumbletea]] ([[User talk:Bumbletea|talk]]) 22:57, 18 June 2023 (EDT)

::Sry, I'm a professional helping with [[Wikifur]] as a volunteer (curator), so I'm a tad constricted with time. I'm working on a character turnaround while working on a revision to a Wikifur article right now, but...

::For furry social sites, try the [[Fur Affinity Forums]] and seek "furry forums/furry social sites" on their search engines. A [[Twitter]] search will give you more pointers using the same search parameters, but the largest concentration of social furs would be in [[Discord]] and [[Telegram]] (wouldn't recommend [[IRC]]), then Twitter (until it collapses), [[Mastodon]], and a few of the [[Furry]] social apps. Hope this helps. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 23:12, 18 June 2023 (EDT)

:::Do people plan and organize free furry fart male white porn orgies on these? [[User:Bumbletea|Bumbletea]] ([[User talk:Bumbletea|talk]]) 18:23, 19 June 2023 (EDT)

::::42. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 01:09, 20 June 2023 (EDT)

== Vandalisms ==

Neither yourself neither any other FA staff have contacted me regarding the TMO IP issue.

In addition, someone made a fake steam account using my name and edited my wiki page to redirect to it. It's been fixed, but you need to set my page to only be editable by registered users. While it's far from the most vandalized page on this site, it's still frequent enough where I feel additional protections are necessary. - [[user:WhiteTigerOfTheWest|WhiteTigerOfTheWest]]

:The article is not being bombarded with vandalism, and it's being taken care of by one/two people, so is really under control. Autoconfirmed/Curator's only editing privilege is normally only set for temporary protective measures (with a couple of extraordinary exceptions), so that is not an option at this moment. You have been keeping it vandalism free, so at this time, there is no reason to up the protection (knock on wood). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 03:14, 26 June 2023 (EDT)

== Article Removal ==

Requesting personal exclusion for the Naore Kitsurube article (as I have on the forum already which seems to have been ignored, and attempted to blank the article myself). It is negatively impacting employment prospects and I am furious this is so difficult, and that my personal information was added without my consent, essentially doxxing me. In addition, Twitter should not be the only venue of direct communication, particularly in its current state. This is horrifying. I require full and complete exclusion from this Wiki immediately.-[[user:AbrahmEden|AbrahmEden]]
:Okay, please send me a DM via [[Twitter]] at "[https://twitter.com/SpirouWikifur Spirou on Wikifur]", will start exclusion after that (must have a connection to the ''' Naore''' handle/name, plz). - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 02:01, 3 July 2023 (EDT)
::Okay, the article was deleted/expunged, plus search protection was applied, will also leave a note on your Twitter, hope this helps. Cheers. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 02:27, 3 July 2023 (EDT)

== Sunday's Playzone ==

In this page, I made a little mistake, The artist's fursona is a dog.

==Phipaw==

Is it really a zoophile symbol? I’ve heard the opposite, am I really misusing the symbol? holy shit! Srs —[[User:Lunarmoon21|Lunarmoon21]] ([[User talk:Lunarmoon21|talk]]) 10:31, 4 September 2023 (EDT)

== Fesothe Page vanity edits/reverts by subject ==

https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Talk:Fesothe

:Fesothe: anonymous user is trying to publish a fake narrative story posted to reddit on Hobby Drama in an attempt to defame and claim reddit coins they are using my page to get it indexed they have used a fake named account on reddit to do so and it has been reported to the mods on the sub reddit and I have provided them with further info and contact details. You are being brought into it as a way to ensure the fake edit stays by this or many users, The reddit comment or post references two separate instances, a tweet towards Dril, and a comment that was showed on TV both were added on the page but this is a separate section being added to try to link both into a fake narrative. This person is trying to link them into a narrative so they can profit from reddit coins and defame me on my page. I have reverted the first edit they or those involved made regarding the slur after an admin had done so I believe yourself as it was pro abuse. The reddit post contains unfounded accusations and fake stories to cause offence and outrage.

::Subject doesn't understand that a wiki is not a self-promotion page. He can not get info removed from other sites or Twitter or TV, so is doing a revert war to make it his self-promotion page.

== Tyla Cooke ==

I noticed that the page I added is Tyla Cookie instead of Cooke, so can you fix it?

== WORK SABBATICAL ==

Currently on a really busy professional work sabbatical, will respond to the posts here later, and apart of spam or vandalism reverts/bans, I will be out of commision regarding Wikifur editing for a while. There are other curators that can help in th emean time - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 20:00, 7 September 2023 (EDT)

== Page Removal Request ==

Hello,

I am CEO of PhoxWorx Ltd. Co. the Intellectual Property owner of WereScape.
I have noticed a couple of inaccuracies posted by other users as well as a false claim to ownership by Vtwolf82.
We are now policing the article monitoring it's edit but would prefer for the entire article to be removed from WikiFur.

https://werescape.online/wikifur.html I have prepared a statement to that degree on the projects website to help with the verification process.
You can click the link at the bottom page of the website to get back to PhoxWorx main website to further establish ownership.

If you or someone else could remove [[WereScape]] that would be greatly appreciated.
If it weren't for the fact that ANYONE including anonymous website visitors to WikiFur can edit the page then we would have considered not making such a request, but this along with the fact anyone can view history of the article seeing the incorrect information is the reasoning behind this request since the only way to make sure the accuracy of the information is to just remove it entirely. - {{unsigned|Phoxman1982}}

:Actually not dismissing your post, but I am on work sabbatical until pro work is finished, only responding to software alerts for spamming or vandalism incidents (blanking/deletion of articles being one). Custodian/curator [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] would be the person most qualified to resolve this issue at this current time. Unbelievably busy yours, [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 18:50, 11 September 2023 (EDT)

I have made the request to [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] and will refrain from reverting your edit until I hear back from them.
If the result is not to our liking we will continue to police changes and will continue to refrain from removing the entire article, I think
at this point our message has been received.

We decided ultimately to rebrand the service, it also no longer has a furry first approach and the website has also been removed.
The article [[WereScape]] now only exists to take up resources, so you can ignore the above request at this point.

== Future Referenced Blanking | Sub-Section Removal ==

Referring to wiki article: https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/2016/2017_child_abuse_arrests

Taken what you've said into consideration, once new evidence is provided in repatriable sources. I shall attempt to inform you of any such changes.

For example if one of the accused was cleared of all charges or if new evidence appears regarding the individuals involved in said article I shall let you know.

Due to being in a stormy state, power-cuts and internet issues are quite frequent and I sadly have almost zero time online due to such issues.

2016/2017 child abuse arrests

2023-09-14T00:33:40Z

JackSidewinder: Undo revision 573008 by Spirou (talk) (Please refer to discussions for more information regarding edit. Thank you)

In 2016 and 2017, eight people were arrested in Pennsylvania and Virginia, USA, during an investigation that started in relation to the alleged sexual abuse of an underage boy. Most, if not all, of the arrestees, were members of the [[furry fandom]].

==Arrestees and charges==
[[File:JeffreyHarveyMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jeffrey Harvey.]]
[[File:CraigKnoxMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Craig Knox.]]
[[File:DavidParkerMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|David Parker.]]
[[File:PhillipStallsworthMugshot.png|right|thumb|200px|Phillip Stallsworth.]]
[[File:PaigeTaskerMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Paige Tasker.]]
[[File:StephenTaylorMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Stephen Taylor.]]
The seven suspects, and the charges under which they were arrested, were:
* '''Kenneth C. Fenske''' ('''[[LupineFox]]'''; born January 25, 1960<ref>[http://lupine-fox.livejournal.com/profile LupineFox's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>) of [[w:Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Milford Township]], Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
*:Found not guilty of all criminal charges by a jury in January 2018.
* '''Jeffrey Alan Harvey''' of [[w:West Wyoming, Pennsylvania|West Wyoming]], Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
*:Unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of communication facility, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, statutory sexual assault.
*:Plead guilty to attempted sexual assault and criminal use of communication facility charges in November 2017, sentenced in March 2018.
* '''Craig Michael Knox''' ('''[[Diego_900]]''') of [[w:Henrico, Virginia|Henrico]], Virginia.
*:Rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, sexual exploitation of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor.
* '''David R. Parker''' ('''[[RebelWolf]]'''; born October 8, 1978<ref>[http://rebelwolf79.livejournal.com/profile RebelWolf's profile] on LiveJournal. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>) of [[w:Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania|Saylorsburg]], Pennsylvania.
*:Initially charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility.
*:Plead guilty to sex trafficking of a child in August 2017.
* '''Phillip Matthew Stallsworth''' ('''[[Icepaws]]''') of Milford, Pennsylvania.
*:Sexual intercourse with an animal, tampering with evidence.
* '''Paige Wren Tasker''' ('''[[LunaWildWolf]]'''; born July 13, 1989<ref name="FA">[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lunawildwolf/ LunaWildWolf's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>) of [[w:Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania|Mechanicsburg]], Cumberland County.
*:Statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault.
*:Plead guilty in December 2017, to statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.
* '''Stephen Matthew Taylor''' of Henrico, Virginia.
*:Bestiality, animal abuse.

==Chronology==
===2001===

The victim was born this year.<ref name="MorningCall">[http://www.mcall.com/news/local/police/mc-bucks-county-child-abuse-animal-arrest-20170129-story.html "Quakertown man charged as part of child sex ring in which he wore furry fox costume"] - article in ''The Morning Call''. Dated January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> Newspaper reports would describe one of the offenders as "a relative of the boy, who had been living with a grandmother",<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> and described a [[tiger]] costume he wore to furry events,<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> leading to members of the furry community identifying him as '''Skarr''', the son of David Parker/RebelWolf.<ref name="Lulz">[https://lulz.net/furi/res/3430284.html Thread] on [[Lulz.net]]. Started on January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref>

===2003-2004===

Parker would later tell authorities that he tried to perform sexual acts on Skarr when he was 2 or 3 years old, and engaged in sexual acts with males in front of him.<ref name="MorningCall"/>

===2009===

Beginning in 2009, Parker would transport Skarr to a house, where, as the victim described, men donned full-body animal costumes.<ref name="WashingtonPost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/31/prosecutors-boy-sexually-abused-at-furry-parties-by-man-who-wore-fox-costume/ "Prosecutors: Boy sexually abused at ‘furry parties’ by ‘network’ of men"] - article in the ''Washington Post''. Dated January 31, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> Skarr, in the meanwhile, was made to dress in a [[Tony the Tiger]] outfit.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

According to the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, Fenske would abuse Skarr at these furry parties. It was alleged that Fenske took the boy upstairs from the party, undressed him, and forced him to have sex,<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> an act which occurred on possibly three or four occasions.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

===2010===

Investigators allege that in this year, Parker and Skarr went to a house on Butler Street, [[w:Pittston, Pennsylvania|Pittston]], Pennsylvania, to visit the home’s resident, Craig Knox.<ref name="CitizensVoice">[http://citizensvoice.com/news/monroe-county-man-charged-with-raping-juvenile-1.2113070 "Monroe County man charged with raping juvenile"] - article on ''The Citizen's Voice''. Dated November 4, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> According to Knox's later testimony, he met Parker in 2009 or 2010, and the men discussed their mutual attraction to young boys and [[dog]]s.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/> Knox also stated that Parker offered to let him have sexual relations with Skarr, and both men engaged in sex acts with the boy that day.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/>

===2015===

Prosecutors allege that Paige Tasker had a brief relationship with Parker, and over Christmas 2015,<ref name="DM20150515">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4507500/Woman-27-SIXTH-person-arrested-raping-boy.html "Woman, 27, who 'likes cats' becomes the SIXTH person arrested for sexually abusing boy, 14, who was 'raped by animal fetish gang of pedophiles who dressed up in furry costumes'"] - article in the Daily Mail. Dated May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref> went to Saylorsburg to visit him in his trailer.<ref name="LVL20170514">[http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/pa_woman_is_6th_accused_in_biz.html "Pa. woman is 6th accused in bizarre 'furry party' sex ring"] - article on Lehigh Valley Live. Dated May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref><ref name="DM20150515"/>

It is further alleged that, during the visit, she slept in Skarr's bed and assaulted him.<ref name="LVL20170514"/> Authorities allege Tasker on more than one occasion performed a sex act on the teen victim.<ref name="LVL20170514"/> She is accused of having sex with him three times and performing oral sex on him while the pair shared a bed in Parker's trailer.<ref name="DM20150515"/>

===2016===
====May====
On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Jeffrey Harvey posted an advertisement on [[w:Craigslist|Craigslist]], soliciting sex:<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming">[http://citizensvoice.com/news/west-wyoming-man-charged-for-allegedly-soliciting-sex-from-minor-1.2061594 "West Wyoming man charged for allegedly soliciting sex from minor"] - article on ''The Citizen's Voice''. Dated June 30, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
Special Agent Daniel Block, of the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, responded to Harvey (then only known as a string of numbers attached to a Craigslist address), saying that he was 13, and asked if that was too young.<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/> Harvey responded, "I’d love to meet but not at the risk of jail," but continued the conversation, which gradually became more graphically sexual.

====June====

On June 6, Harvey wrote: "If we meet we can never unmeet".<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/> By the next day, he replied to a message using a personal Yahoo email address. Special Agent Block sent Yahoo Inc. a subpoena for more information about the address and had Harvey’s phone number and name by June 13.

On June 14, Harvey messaged: "Still wish u wud let me come and knock on yur door n u answer in ur briefs".<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/>

Harvey and the fictitious boy made plans to meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, on the 500 block of Moosic Street. Harvey arrived five minutes late and was arrested, charged with unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of communication facility, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years old and statutory sexual assault.<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/>

Harvey was confined to the Lackawanna County Prison after failing to post $100,000 bail.<ref name="PAhomepage">[http://www.pahomepage.com/news/two-charged-in-child-sexual-exploitation-investigation/495836966 "Two charged in child sexual exploitation investigation"] - article on PAhomepage. Dated July 1, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

During an interview with agents, Harvey stated he had met a number of individuals, through online advertisements, who were interested in sexual contact with minors,<ref name="PAhomepage"/> and the investigation showed that Parker was in contact with Harvey trying to procure a child for both men to sexually assault.<ref>[http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/monroe_man_faces_more_child_se.html "Monroe man delivered boy to adult for rape, AG charges"] - article on Lehigh Valley Live. Dated November 16, 2016 (updated January 30, 2017). Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

The information Harvey provided led agents with the Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Section to execute a search warrant at the home of Parker. The warrant was executed in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 29.<ref name="PAhomepage"/>

A preliminary review of Parker’s cellular telephone by the Office of Attorney General’s Computer Forensics Unit revealed numerous images of "apparent child pornography".<ref name="PAhomepage"/> He was placed under arrest and charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.<ref name="PAhomepage"/> After failing to post $50,000 bail, Parker was confined to the Monroe County Prison.

====November====

On Tuesday, November 1, Knox was located at his residence in Virginia.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/> He had moved from his home in Pittston (where he had lived from approximately 2005 to 2012)<ref name="CitizensVoice"/> "to get away from all that negativity that surrounded me out there."<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

Knox’s roommate in Virginia, Stephen M. Taylor, was also arrested during the raid.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> Debra Kendall, one of Knox’s neighbors, described the raid: "I came to the door and I saw a mass of police and other vehicles with blue lights ... I heard them break the door in and I heard the young man [Stephen Taylor] yell at his roommate, ‘What have you done?’ That was Craig."<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

Knox was taken into custody and agreed to be interviewed.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/>

Taylor was charged with bestiality and animal abuse.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> A warrant for his arrest indicated that he had sexual contact with a dog; according to assistant commonwealth's attorney Nael A. Abouzaki, Taylor owned eight Rottweilers and admitted to police that he performed oral sex on one of the dogs.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch">[http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/henrico-man-accused-of-sex-acts-with-rottweilers-found-guilty/article_690e8765-d1be-5415-a747-503ce73480e6.html "Henrico man accused of sex acts with Rottweilers found guilty of animal cruelty"] - article in the ''Richmond Times Dispatch'']. Dated August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> Abouzaki additionally said a hard drive found at Taylor’s home contained 171 images of bestiality, including 10 images of Taylor performing oral sex on a Rottweiler.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/>

The eight dogs at Taylor's home were seized, and two of the dogs had to be euthanized.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/>

===2017===

On Friday, January 27, 2017, Fenske was arrested and charged with child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and unlawful contact with a minor.<ref name="NBCPhiladelphia">[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Pennsylvania-Arrest-Sex-Abuse-Rape-Boy-Furries-Bucks-County--412099143.html "Men Dressed Up as Animals Sexually Abused Boy During 'Furry Parties' in Bucks County: Officials"] - article on NBC Philadelphia. Dated January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref> He was arraigned and was held on $750,000 bail.<ref name="NBCPhiladelphia"/>

On Sunday January 29, Fenske made a posting on his Fur Affinity page:<ref name="Lulz"/><ref>[https://img.lulz.net/src/double-welp.png screencap of LupineFox's Fur Affinity page] on lulz.net. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref>
{{q|I have been accused of something horrible but my lawyer says I can't talk about it. You will hear about it. At this point I can only say that I did not do what I am accused of and will defend myself to the best of my abilities. If you are wondering if you believe me and you know me then you should have your answer.}}
Shortly thereafter, Fenske disabled access to his Fur Affinity account and deleted his Twitter account. Around February 5, the Fur Affinity account was reopened with the administrators reminding people of the principle of "innocent until proven guilty", and warning people not to post malicious shouts on the page. By February 9, the page was again disabled.

In late January 2017, investigators in the case searched the house of Phillip Stallsworth, and found photos on a digital storage device that showed he had engaged in sexual acts with several dogs.<ref name="IntApril">[http://www.theintell.com/news/crime/police-milford-man-who-lives-in-home-where-child-rape/article_c420eb80-1fbf-11e7-918f-c3c463dd1c68.html "Police: Milford man charged with having sex with dogs"] - article on ''The Intelligencer''. Dated April 12, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref> Upon noticing police cars parked outside his home, Stallworth performed a "factory reset" on his phone, wiping its memory.<ref name="IntApril"/> Stallsworth said the device contained about 20 videos and images depicting him having sexual contact with dogs,<ref name="IntApril"/> and admitted during a January 27 interview that he had sex with four dogs, doing so most recently with a dog in Doylestown some three months before his arrest in February.

Although arrested as part of the wider child-abuse investigation, defense attorney John Fioravanti, representing Stallsworth, said his client has no involvement with those events.<ref name="IntApril"/> Stallsworth was not charged in connection with that case and was instead charged with sexual intercourse with an animal and tampering with evidence.<ref name="IntApril"/> He was freed on $25,000 unsecured bail and prohibited from contact with animals as the case proceeds.<ref name="IntApril"/>

====May====

On the morning of May 8, 2017, Kenneth Fenske underwent a preliminary hearing before District Judge Charles Baum in Perkasie and was ordered held for trial.<ref>[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bucks-County-Quakertown-Furry-Party-Furries-Sexual-Abuse-Boy-Pennsylvania-Ring-Predator-421671663.html "Man Accused of Raping Boy While Dressed as Animal During 'Furry Parties' to Stand Trial"] - article on NBC Philadelphia. Dated May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-quakertown-area-furry-party-fox-boy-rape-hearing-20170508-story.html "Quakertown area man held on charges he dressed as a red fox as he raped a boy at 'furry parties'"] - article on The Morning Call. Dated May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref>

On Sunday, May 14, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office announced charges against Paige Tasker.<ref name="LVL20170514"/> She was arraigned on $250,000 cash bail and ordered to Monroe County Prison, on charges of statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault.<ref name="LVL20170514"/><ref>[http://wnep.com/2017/05/14/woman-arrested-as-part-of-child-sex-abuse-investigation/ "Woman Arrested as Part of Child Sex Abuse Investigation"] - article on wnep.com. Dated May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref> A preliminary hearing was tentatively scheduled for May 22.<ref name="LVL20170514"/>

====August====

On Monday, August 7,<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4783084/Man-admits-child-sex-trafficking-boy-costume-parties.html "Furry admits child sex trafficking boy at animal costume parties where the boy was forced for years to dress as Tony the Tiger before being sexually assaulted"] - article on the ''Daily Mail''. Dated August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> David R. Parker plead guilty to a count of child sex trafficking, and faces a 30-year federal prison sentence.<ref>''[http://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-monroe-furry-party-parker-guilty-20170810-story.html Monroe County man pleads guilty to federal sex trafficking charge in 'furry parties' case]'' - Peter Hall, ''The Morning Call'' (August 10, 2017)</ref>

On August 8, Stephen Matthew Taylor entered an [[w:Alford plea|Alford plea]] to a felony charge of inflicting pain and causing the death of an animal, and a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/> After his court appearance, Taylor said he entered his pleas because he did not feel that he could get a fair trial in Henrico.

Taylor was to be sentenced on November 14, and was ordered to undergo a psychosexual evaluation.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/>

====November====

On November 15, Stephen Matthew Taylor was sentenced to 20 months in prison.<ref>[http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/henrico-man-sentenced-to-months-in-prison-for-sex-acts/article_9b912130-d409-55a5-b505-79754b9da582.html "Henrico man sentenced to 20 months in prison for sex acts with Rottweilers"] - article in the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch''. Dated November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.</ref> Henrico Circuit Judge James Stephen Yoffy said he would make Taylor eligible to serve his sentence under a work-release arrangement, in which the defendant can get out of prison during work hours to go to his place of employment. Yoffy prohibited Taylor from owning any animals.

Jeffrey Alan Harvey plead guilty in November{{when}} to criminal attempted statutory sexual assault and criminal use of a communication facility.<ref name="TT">[http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/men-sentenced-in-separate-child-sex-cases-1.2313441 "Men sentenced in separate child sex cases"] - Joseph Kohut for ''The Times-Tribune''. Dated March 14, 2018, retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref><ref name="LH">[https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2018/01/bucks_county_furry_child_rape.html "Bucks County 'furry' child rape suspect acquitted, report says"] - Kurt Bresswein for lehighvalleylive.com (''The Express-Times''). Dated January 13, 2018, retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref>

====December====

In December, Paige Tasker pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.<ref name="wnepFeb2018">[http://wnep.com/2018/02/27/woman-involved-is-sex-ring-sent-to-prison/ "Woman Involved is Sex Ring Sent to Prison"] - article on wnep.com. Dated February 27, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.</ref>

===2018===
====January====

On January 12, Kenneth Fenske was found not guilty of all criminal charges by a jury after two hours of deliberations.<ref>[http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20180112/milford-furry-child-rape-suspect-found-not-guilty Milford “furry” child rape suspect found not guilty] - James O’Malley, ''Bucks County Courier Times'' (January 12, 2018)</ref> During the four-day trial, his attorney compared the prosecution witnesses' testimony to "a train wreck", arguing that the goal was a payout in civil court and that Fenske could not have taken off a fox fursuit that its maker testified as being made in 2015, six years after the alleged rape.<ref>''[http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/01/12/quakertown-not-guilty/ Quakertown Man Found ‘Not Guilty’ In Bucks County Rape Case]'' - Jim Melwert, CBS Philly (January 12, 2018)</ref> David R. Parker had testified for the prosecution, claiming that his own guilt had prevented him from going to the police.

====February====

On February 27, Paige Tasker was sentenced to one to ten years in prison.<ref name="wnepFeb2018"/>

====March====

On March 13, 2018, Jeffrey Alan Harvey was sentenced to prison for 20 months to five years.<ref name="TT"/>

===2019===
====February====

In February 2019, Craig Knox was sentenced to 13 to 26 years in prison.<ref>[https://www.wfmz.com/news/southeastern-pa/last-member-of-furry-child-sex-predator-ring-sentenced-to-prison/1003494240 "Last member of 'furry' child sex predator ring sentenced to prison"] on wfmz.com. Feb 6, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019</ref><ref>[https://wjactv.com/news/local/man-gets-13-26-years-in-prison-for-rape-exploitation-of-9-year-old-boy "Man gets 13-26 years in prison for rape, exploitation of 9-year-old boy"] on wjactv.com. Feb 8, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref> He was the last of the ring to be sentenced.

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If anyone can think of a better page title, feel free to rename it.--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] ([[User talk:Higgs Raccoon|talk]]) 16:07, 3 February 2017 (EST)

== Icepaws ==

Icepaws has no involvement with the child sexual abuse and shouldn't feature so prominently in this article. Only by reading deep in the article does it tell that Icepaws was only arrested for sex with animals and not with a child. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:146.185.147.55|146.185.147.55]] ([[User talk:146.185.147.55|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/146.185.147.55|contribs]]) .
:You're welcome to make appropriate clarifying edits. The "Arrestees" section might be the best place to note the charges. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 21:51, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
:As nobody else seems to have done this, I've done it myself now that more information is available on the charges. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 22:03, 10 August 2017 (EDT)

== Mikasha ==

Mikasha has no involvement with the child sex abuse as she was a victim of substance abuse and physical abuse by other members. Drugged and had zero control or understanding of what she was getting herself into, recent court cases and court preceding's have been pushing more towards her innocence and to prove her case as not-guilty. Until all court preceding's have been confirmed and completed, she shouldn't feature so prominently in this article. Due to the fact that the case is still ongoing as they feel that they have a mistake and her case is being put under review. Mikasha's case has not been fully completed and "guilty until proven innocent" shouldn't apply here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:186.189.127.77|186.189.127.77]] ([[User talk:186.189.127.77|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/146.185.147.55|contribs]]) .
:Thank you for letting us know, I have taken it apron myself to investigate this further and I can confirm that we've made a mistake and have corrected it. --[[User:JackSidewinder|JackSidewinder]]([[User talk:JackSidewinder|talk]]) 20:15, 13 September 2023‎ (EDT)

2016/2017 child abuse arrests

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In 2016 and 2017, eight people were arrested in Pennsylvania and Virginia, USA, during an investigation that started in relation to the alleged sexual abuse of an underage boy. Most, if not all, of the arrestees, were members of the [[furry fandom]].

==Arrestees and charges==
[[File:JeffreyHarveyMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jeffrey Harvey.]]
[[File:CraigKnoxMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Craig Knox.]]
[[File:DavidParkerMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|David Parker.]]
[[File:PhillipStallsworthMugshot.png|right|thumb|200px|Phillip Stallsworth.]]
[[File:PaigeTaskerMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Paige Tasker.]]
[[File:StephenTaylorMugshot.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Stephen Taylor.]]
The eight suspects, and the charges under which they were arrested, were:
* '''Anna Lynn Durbin''' ('''[[Mikasha]]''' or '''Mika''';{{cn}} born April 6, 1992<ref>[http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Illinois/Coles-County-IL/Anna-Lynn-Durbin.154303869.html Anna Lynn Durbin's details] on mugshots.com. Retrieved July 15, 2017.</ref>) of Coles County, Illinois.
*:Statutory sexual assault, corrupting a minor and indecently assaulting a person under 16.
*:Plead guilty, sentenced in May 2018.
* '''Kenneth C. Fenske''' ('''[[LupineFox]]'''; born January 25, 1960<ref>[http://lupine-fox.livejournal.com/profile LupineFox's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>) of [[w:Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Milford Township]], Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
*:Found not guilty of all criminal charges by a jury in January 2018.
* '''Jeffrey Alan Harvey''' of [[w:West Wyoming, Pennsylvania|West Wyoming]], Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
*:Unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of communication facility, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, statutory sexual assault.
*:Plead guilty to attempted sexual assault and criminal use of communication facility charges in November 2017, sentenced in March 2018.
* '''Craig Michael Knox''' ('''[[Diego_900]]''') of [[w:Henrico, Virginia|Henrico]], Virginia.
*:Rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, sexual exploitation of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor.
* '''David R. Parker''' ('''[[RebelWolf]]'''; born October 8, 1978<ref>[http://rebelwolf79.livejournal.com/profile RebelWolf's profile] on LiveJournal. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>) of [[w:Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania|Saylorsburg]], Pennsylvania.
*:Initially charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility.
*:Plead guilty to sex trafficking of a child in August 2017.
* '''Phillip Matthew Stallsworth''' ('''[[Icepaws]]''') of Milford, Pennsylvania.
*:Sexual intercourse with an animal, tampering with evidence.
* '''Paige Wren Tasker''' ('''[[LunaWildWolf]]'''; born July 13, 1989<ref name="FA">[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lunawildwolf/ LunaWildWolf's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>) of [[w:Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania|Mechanicsburg]], Cumberland County.
*:Statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault.
*:Plead guilty in December 2017, to statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.
* '''Stephen Matthew Taylor''' of Henrico, Virginia.
*:Bestiality, animal abuse.

==Chronology==
===2001===

The victim was born this year.<ref name="MorningCall">[http://www.mcall.com/news/local/police/mc-bucks-county-child-abuse-animal-arrest-20170129-story.html "Quakertown man charged as part of child sex ring in which he wore furry fox costume"] - article in ''The Morning Call''. Dated January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> Newspaper reports would describe one of the offenders as "a relative of the boy, who had been living with a grandmother",<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> and described a [[tiger]] costume he wore to furry events,<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> leading to members of the furry community identifying him as '''Skarr''', the son of David Parker/RebelWolf.<ref name="Lulz">[https://lulz.net/furi/res/3430284.html Thread] on [[Lulz.net]]. Started on January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref>

===2003-2004===

Parker would later tell authorities that he tried to perform sexual acts on Skarr when he was 2 or 3 years old, and engaged in sexual acts with males in front of him.<ref name="MorningCall"/>

===2009===

Beginning in 2009, Parker would transport Skarr to a house, where, as the victim described, men donned full-body animal costumes.<ref name="WashingtonPost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/31/prosecutors-boy-sexually-abused-at-furry-parties-by-man-who-wore-fox-costume/ "Prosecutors: Boy sexually abused at ‘furry parties’ by ‘network’ of men"] - article in the ''Washington Post''. Dated January 31, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> Skarr, in the meanwhile, was made to dress in a [[Tony the Tiger]] outfit.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

According to the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, Fenske would abuse Skarr at these furry parties. It was alleged that Fenske took the boy upstairs from the party, undressed him, and forced him to have sex,<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> an act which occurred on possibly three or four occasions.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

===2010===

Investigators allege that in this year, Parker and Skarr went to a house on Butler Street, [[w:Pittston, Pennsylvania|Pittston]], Pennsylvania, to visit the home’s resident, Craig Knox.<ref name="CitizensVoice">[http://citizensvoice.com/news/monroe-county-man-charged-with-raping-juvenile-1.2113070 "Monroe County man charged with raping juvenile"] - article on ''The Citizen's Voice''. Dated November 4, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> According to Knox's later testimony, he met Parker in 2009 or 2010, and the men discussed their mutual attraction to young boys and [[dog]]s.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/> Knox also stated that Parker offered to let him have sexual relations with Skarr, and both men engaged in sex acts with the boy that day.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/>

===2015===

Prosecutors allege that Paige Tasker had a brief relationship with Parker, and over Christmas 2015,<ref name="DM20150515">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4507500/Woman-27-SIXTH-person-arrested-raping-boy.html "Woman, 27, who 'likes cats' becomes the SIXTH person arrested for sexually abusing boy, 14, who was 'raped by animal fetish gang of pedophiles who dressed up in furry costumes'"] - article in the Daily Mail. Dated May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref> went to Saylorsburg to visit him in his trailer.<ref name="LVL20170514">[http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/pa_woman_is_6th_accused_in_biz.html "Pa. woman is 6th accused in bizarre 'furry party' sex ring"] - article on Lehigh Valley Live. Dated May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref><ref name="DM20150515"/>

It is further alleged that, during the visit, she slept in Skarr's bed and assaulted him.<ref name="LVL20170514"/> Authorities allege Tasker on more than one occasion performed a sex act on the teen victim.<ref name="LVL20170514"/> She is accused of having sex with him three times and performing oral sex on him while the pair shared a bed in Parker's trailer.<ref name="DM20150515"/>

===2016===
====May====

On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Jeffrey Harvey posted an advertisement on [[w:Craigslist|Craigslist]], soliciting sex:<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming">[http://citizensvoice.com/news/west-wyoming-man-charged-for-allegedly-soliciting-sex-from-minor-1.2061594 "West Wyoming man charged for allegedly soliciting sex from minor"] - article on ''The Citizen's Voice''. Dated June 30, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
{{q|any boys wanna play — m4m.}}
Special Agent Daniel Block, of the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, responded to Harvey (then only known as a string of numbers attached to a Craigslist address), saying that he was 13, and asked if that was too young.<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/> Harvey responded, "I’d love to meet but not at the risk of jail," but continued the conversation, which gradually became more graphically sexual.

====June====

On June 6, Harvey wrote: "If we meet we can never unmeet".<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/> By the next day, he replied to a message using a personal Yahoo email address. Special Agent Block sent Yahoo Inc. a subpoena for more information about the address and had Harvey’s phone number and name by June 13.

On June 14, Harvey messaged: "Still wish u wud let me come and knock on yur door n u answer in ur briefs".<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/>

Harvey and the fictitious boy made plans to meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, on the 500 block of Moosic Street. Harvey arrived five minutes late and was arrested, charged with unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of communication facility, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years old and statutory sexual assault.<ref name="CitizensVoiceWestWyoming"/>

Harvey was confined to the Lackawanna County Prison after failing to post $100,000 bail.<ref name="PAhomepage">[http://www.pahomepage.com/news/two-charged-in-child-sexual-exploitation-investigation/495836966 "Two charged in child sexual exploitation investigation"] - article on PAhomepage. Dated July 1, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

During an interview with agents, Harvey stated he had met a number of individuals, through online advertisements, who were interested in sexual contact with minors,<ref name="PAhomepage"/> and the investigation showed that Parker was in contact with Harvey trying to procure a child for both men to sexually assault.<ref>[http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/monroe_man_faces_more_child_se.html "Monroe man delivered boy to adult for rape, AG charges"] - article on Lehigh Valley Live. Dated November 16, 2016 (updated January 30, 2017). Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

The information Harvey provided led agents with the Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Section to execute a search warrant at the home of Parker. The warrant was executed in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 29.<ref name="PAhomepage"/>

A preliminary review of Parker’s cellular telephone by the Office of Attorney General’s Computer Forensics Unit revealed numerous images of "apparent child pornography".<ref name="PAhomepage"/> He was placed under arrest and charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.<ref name="PAhomepage"/> After failing to post $50,000 bail, Parker was confined to the Monroe County Prison.

====November====

On Tuesday, November 1, Knox was located at his residence in Virginia.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/> He had moved from his home in Pittston (where he had lived from approximately 2005 to 2012)<ref name="CitizensVoice"/> "to get away from all that negativity that surrounded me out there."<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

Knox’s roommate in Virginia, Stephen M. Taylor, was also arrested during the raid.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> Debra Kendall, one of Knox’s neighbors, described the raid: "I came to the door and I saw a mass of police and other vehicles with blue lights ... I heard them break the door in and I heard the young man [Stephen Taylor] yell at his roommate, ‘What have you done?’ That was Craig."<ref name="WashingtonPost"/>

Knox was taken into custody and agreed to be interviewed.<ref name="CitizensVoice"/>

Taylor was charged with bestiality and animal abuse.<ref name="WashingtonPost"/> A warrant for his arrest indicated that he had sexual contact with a dog; according to assistant commonwealth's attorney Nael A. Abouzaki, Taylor owned eight Rottweilers and admitted to police that he performed oral sex on one of the dogs.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch">[http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/henrico-man-accused-of-sex-acts-with-rottweilers-found-guilty/article_690e8765-d1be-5415-a747-503ce73480e6.html "Henrico man accused of sex acts with Rottweilers found guilty of animal cruelty"] - article in the ''Richmond Times Dispatch'']. Dated August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> Abouzaki additionally said a hard drive found at Taylor’s home contained 171 images of bestiality, including 10 images of Taylor performing oral sex on a Rottweiler.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/>

The eight dogs at Taylor's home were seized, and two of the dogs had to be euthanized.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/>

===2017===

On Friday, January 27, 2017, Fenske was arrested and charged with child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and unlawful contact with a minor.<ref name="NBCPhiladelphia">[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Pennsylvania-Arrest-Sex-Abuse-Rape-Boy-Furries-Bucks-County--412099143.html "Men Dressed Up as Animals Sexually Abused Boy During 'Furry Parties' in Bucks County: Officials"] - article on NBC Philadelphia. Dated January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref> He was arraigned and was held on $750,000 bail.<ref name="NBCPhiladelphia"/>

On Sunday January 29, Fenske made a posting on his Fur Affinity page:<ref name="Lulz"/><ref>[https://img.lulz.net/src/double-welp.png screencap of LupineFox's Fur Affinity page] on lulz.net. Retrieved February 3, 2017.</ref>
{{q|I have been accused of something horrible but my lawyer says I can't talk about it. You will hear about it. At this point I can only say that I did not do what I am accused of and will defend myself to the best of my abilities. If you are wondering if you believe me and you know me then you should have your answer.}}
Shortly thereafter, Fenske disabled access to his Fur Affinity account and deleted his Twitter account. Around February 5, the Fur Affinity account was reopened with the administrators reminding people of the principle of "innocent until proven guilty", and warning people not to post malicious shouts on the page. By February 9, the page was again disabled.

In late January 2017, investigators in the case searched the house of Phillip Stallsworth, and found photos on a digital storage device that showed he had engaged in sexual acts with several dogs.<ref name="IntApril">[http://www.theintell.com/news/crime/police-milford-man-who-lives-in-home-where-child-rape/article_c420eb80-1fbf-11e7-918f-c3c463dd1c68.html "Police: Milford man charged with having sex with dogs"] - article on ''The Intelligencer''. Dated April 12, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.</ref> Upon noticing police cars parked outside his home, Stallworth performed a "factory reset" on his phone, wiping its memory.<ref name="IntApril"/> Stallsworth said the device contained about 20 videos and images depicting him having sexual contact with dogs,<ref name="IntApril"/> and admitted during a January 27 interview that he had sex with four dogs, doing so most recently with a dog in Doylestown some three months before his arrest in February.

Although arrested as part of the wider child-abuse investigation, defense attorney John Fioravanti, representing Stallsworth, said his client has no involvement with those events.<ref name="IntApril"/> Stallsworth was not charged in connection with that case and was instead charged with sexual intercourse with an animal and tampering with evidence.<ref name="IntApril"/> He was freed on $25,000 unsecured bail and prohibited from contact with animals as the case proceeds.<ref name="IntApril"/>

====May====

On the morning of May 8, 2017, Kenneth Fenske underwent a preliminary hearing before District Judge Charles Baum in Perkasie and was ordered held for trial.<ref>[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Bucks-County-Quakertown-Furry-Party-Furries-Sexual-Abuse-Boy-Pennsylvania-Ring-Predator-421671663.html "Man Accused of Raping Boy While Dressed as Animal During 'Furry Parties' to Stand Trial"] - article on NBC Philadelphia. Dated May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-quakertown-area-furry-party-fox-boy-rape-hearing-20170508-story.html "Quakertown area man held on charges he dressed as a red fox as he raped a boy at 'furry parties'"] - article on The Morning Call. Dated May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.</ref>

On Sunday, May 14, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office announced charges against Paige Tasker.<ref name="LVL20170514"/> She was arraigned on $250,000 cash bail and ordered to Monroe County Prison, on charges of statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault.<ref name="LVL20170514"/><ref>[http://wnep.com/2017/05/14/woman-arrested-as-part-of-child-sex-abuse-investigation/ "Woman Arrested as Part of Child Sex Abuse Investigation"] - article on wnep.com. Dated May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref> A preliminary hearing was tentatively scheduled for May 22.<ref name="LVL20170514"/>

====July====

After being identified by David R. Parker, Anna Lynn Durbin, 25, is charged with statutory sexual assault, corrupting a minor and indecently assaulting a person under age 16.<ref>[http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20170710/woman-charged-with-sex-with-minor "Woman charged with sex with minor"] - article in the ''Pocono Record''. Dated July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.</ref> Durbin was placed in Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 bail and, as of mid-July, 2017, is awaiting a district court hearing.

====August====

On Monday, August 7,<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4783084/Man-admits-child-sex-trafficking-boy-costume-parties.html "Furry admits child sex trafficking boy at animal costume parties where the boy was forced for years to dress as Tony the Tiger before being sexually assaulted"] - article on the ''Daily Mail''. Dated August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> David R. Parker plead guilty to a count of child sex trafficking, and faces a 30-year federal prison sentence.<ref>''[http://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-monroe-furry-party-parker-guilty-20170810-story.html Monroe County man pleads guilty to federal sex trafficking charge in 'furry parties' case]'' - Peter Hall, ''The Morning Call'' (August 10, 2017)</ref>

On August 8, Stephen Matthew Taylor entered an [[w:Alford plea|Alford plea]] to a felony charge of inflicting pain and causing the death of an animal, and a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/> After his court appearance, Taylor said he entered his pleas because he did not feel that he could get a fair trial in Henrico.

Taylor was to be sentenced on November 14, and was ordered to undergo a psychosexual evaluation.<ref name="RichmondTimesDispatch"/>

====November====

On November 15, Stephen Matthew Taylor was sentenced to 20 months in prison.<ref>[http://www.richmond.com/news/local/crime/henrico-man-sentenced-to-months-in-prison-for-sex-acts/article_9b912130-d409-55a5-b505-79754b9da582.html "Henrico man sentenced to 20 months in prison for sex acts with Rottweilers"] - article in the ''Richmond Times-Dispatch''. Dated November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.</ref> Henrico Circuit Judge James Stephen Yoffy said he would make Taylor eligible to serve his sentence under a work-release arrangement, in which the defendant can get out of prison during work hours to go to his place of employment. Yoffy prohibited Taylor from owning any animals.

Jeffrey Alan Harvey plead guilty in November{{when}} to criminal attempted statutory sexual assault and criminal use of a communication facility.<ref name="TT">[http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/men-sentenced-in-separate-child-sex-cases-1.2313441 "Men sentenced in separate child sex cases"] - Joseph Kohut for ''The Times-Tribune''. Dated March 14, 2018, retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref><ref name="LH">[https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2018/01/bucks_county_furry_child_rape.html "Bucks County 'furry' child rape suspect acquitted, report says"] - Kurt Bresswein for lehighvalleylive.com (''The Express-Times''). Dated January 13, 2018, retrieved June 21, 2018.</ref>

====December====

In December, Paige Tasker pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors.<ref name="wnepFeb2018">[http://wnep.com/2018/02/27/woman-involved-is-sex-ring-sent-to-prison/ "Woman Involved is Sex Ring Sent to Prison"] - article on wnep.com. Dated February 27, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.</ref>

===2018===
====January====

On January 12, Kenneth Fenske was found not guilty of all criminal charges by a jury after two hours of deliberations.<ref>[http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20180112/milford-furry-child-rape-suspect-found-not-guilty Milford “furry” child rape suspect found not guilty] - James O’Malley, ''Bucks County Courier Times'' (January 12, 2018)</ref> During the four-day trial, his attorney compared the prosecution witnesses' testimony to "a train wreck", arguing that the goal was a payout in civil court and that Fenske could not have taken off a fox fursuit that its maker testified as being made in 2015, six years after the alleged rape.<ref>''[http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/01/12/quakertown-not-guilty/ Quakertown Man Found ‘Not Guilty’ In Bucks County Rape Case]'' - Jim Melwert, CBS Philly (January 12, 2018)</ref> David R. Parker had testified for the prosecution, claiming that his own guilt had prevented him from going to the police.

====February====

On February 27, Paige Tasker was sentenced to one to ten years in prison.<ref name="wnepFeb2018"/>

====March====

On March 13, 2018, Jeffrey Alan Harvey was sentenced to prison for 20 months to five years.<ref name="TT"/>

===2019===
====February====

In February 2019, Craig Knox was sentenced to 13 to 26 years in prison.<ref>[https://www.wfmz.com/news/southeastern-pa/last-member-of-furry-child-sex-predator-ring-sentenced-to-prison/1003494240 "Last member of 'furry' child sex predator ring sentenced to prison"] on wfmz.com. Feb 6, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019</ref><ref>[https://wjactv.com/news/local/man-gets-13-26-years-in-prison-for-rape-exploitation-of-9-year-old-boy "Man gets 13-26 years in prison for rape, exploitation of 9-year-old boy"] on wjactv.com. Feb 8, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref> He was the last of the ring to be sentenced.

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