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2009-02-20T15:44:43Z

Ruhemaus: Created page with ' == Expanding/Flushing Out == Can one of the Wiki gods come flesh out this article?'

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RuheMaus

2007-11-18T10:38:59Z

Ruhemaus: + Replaced ownership as I've owned it for a few months again

{{Cleanup}}
[[image:RuheMaus-by-Armaina.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Con Badge of RuheMaus]]
Owner of the [[Golden Lash]], a [[BDSM]] club on [[Tapestries]], '''RuheMaus''' is a well-dressed [[mouse]] in a world filled with nudity and sex. A self-proclaimed gentleman's dominant, he prefers sensation play and gentle restraints over the rougher elements of BDSM. Very proud of his Jewish faith, he runs the [[FurryJews]] mailing list so other Jewish members of the Furry Fandom can keep in touch. He also created [[User:Ruhemaus/Maus's Law|Maus's Law]], a furry answer to [[Wikipedia:Godwin's Law|Godwin's Law]].

== The Character ==
Ruhe is usually a quiet [[rodent]], true to his name. He is rather modest and prefers to talk and flirt mostly. In the underbelly of Layleux, though, Ruhe has an ongoing RP that in a bloody coup he took over the sewers of Tapestries and rules them by controlling several nests of rabid rats that answer to his beck and call. The [[Bloody Rats]], as they are called can be called forth to defend him - or others for a price. He also helped build [[Caballo Isle]], a pirate-themed [[Roleplay]] area on [[FurryMUCK]].

== The Player ==
Unlike most furs, he seems to prefer plus-sized [[female]]s. Some think it stems from his love of cooking, but he claims he just prefers females with rounder, more realistic curves. Whichever the case, he has helped the flow of some of the full-figured roleplay and artwork in the fandom to edge away from extreme BBW, and instead feature women who just have a few extra pounds. He also encurages shopping at plus-size stores and consignment shops, and usually has links to places to get fetish and/or BDSM gear designed for those with thicker curves in mind.
[[Image:Furrymousecol.jpg|right|200px]]
Very outspoken on the rights of the new incoming generation of furry fans, he works with other married furs and parent furs to encourage furry cons to join the movement other fandom conventions have started in creating child-safe zones. He believes that doing this will help avoid younger furs (and children of fur parents) being hurt at conventions. In a similar vein, he strongly dislikes [[ageplay]], and had discouraged its practice in the Golden Lash as far as possible.

In his younger years, he ended up homeless for a few years. If asked about it, he openly admits his shame over those years and some of his actions during them, and yet is also proud to have survived and learned from the experience. Also, he seems to now have a more protective side, and will do anything in his power to help friends who need it. Many the fur has spoken of him traveling hours overnight to rescue female furs from bad situations, offer a couch to those down on their luck, and even give food and money to those furs who need it more than him, just to save furs from suffering the pain of being homeless.

He is currently married in [[real life]] and is employed as a pastry chef. He plans to move back to Seattle in August 2007, so they can open a coffee shop and start a family.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Ruhemaus}}
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furryjews/ FurryJews Mailing List]
* [http://renegadekosher.blogspot.com/ His Kosher Cooking Blog]
* ''[http://furrymouse.livejournal.com The Ramblings of a Rodent]'' - RuheMaus' [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3448f750f043334 An interview he did] with the now infamous [[Sibe]]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Mouse characters]][[Category:California]][[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Tapestries characters]]

The Golden Lash

2007-04-04T18:22:12Z

Ruhemaus: - outdated stream info, - yiff room

[[image:GoldenLashStaff-by-DarkWolfie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Golden Lash Staff Picture by DarkWolfie]]
'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. It is a [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

'''The Golden Lash''' is currently owned and operated by Ruhemaus.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. On the first floor of the house is the lounge, the study, the cub cage, and the voyeur room. The basement holds the five playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The '''''Lounge''''' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.

*The '''''Study''''' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.

*The '''''Voyeur Room''''' is very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs & the stables, should the participants leave the cameras on.

*The '''''Stables''''' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies. Note: Because of the NONC nature of the stables, a separate flag must be set in order to enter. Anything goes inside, and furs enter with the understanding only OOC safewords will be respected, and no one can become offended by anything that transpires within.

*'''''The Cub Cage''''' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement Playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

* 1) The '''''Traditional Dungeon''''' is inspired by your stereo-typical, mid-evil dungeon, and is fitted with the appropriate equipment such as racks, crosses and modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts '''''The Toy''''' (machine #help), a rough interactive sex machine very similar to '''''The Machine''''' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].

* 2) The '''''Holodeck''''' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell or a forest clearing.

* 3) The '''''Bedroom''''' is, at a glance, just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom. It is one that most could only dream of having and is one the owner seems to enjoy flaunting.

* 4) The '''''Restrooms and Showers''''' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.

* 5) The '''''Medical Center''''' is for those into medical, doctor/nurse fetishes and comes complete with a fully equipped doctors office and nurses station.

== Rules ==

1) Respect for your fellow fur is required at ALL times inside the Golden Lash, per BDSM and MUCK etiquette. Disrespect (Outside of OOCly consensual dirty-talk/humiliation) will not be allowed! Disrespect includes, but is not limited to: interrupting the scenes of others/white knight-ing (Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, its allowed.), disrupting the intended use of areas, bashing gender/species/sexual orientation/kinks/role playing ability, insulting furs and/or making jokes at their expense, and claiming a fur's attention and/or personal space without first whispering/paging for permission first. This is in line with MUCK-wide policy on this matter.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, Unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction. Sexual Roleplay is of course welcome and allowed in ALL rooms of the club. In any debate over OOC or IC interaction, though, IC will ALWAYS win. If furs request OOC chatter to stop, it must.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a separate code to access (see the 'DIRECTORY'). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) Safewords. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeword Wikipedia], 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/submissives/etc. have the right to break, exit, raincheck, put on-hold, or otherwise end a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field stating that they are owned or own a pet so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lounge), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, sexual ageplay, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence as per MUCK-wide policy. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar, The Cub Cage, for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view. If, at any time, furs complain about a scene happening in the main rooms, they can be requested via whisper to move to another room.

== History ==
Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] (September '05) who transfered ownership to [[Sayai_Wolff]] (November '06). It was later transfered back by the [[Wizards]] to Ruhemaus (March '07).

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

Caballo Isle

2007-01-07T18:23:54Z

Ruhemaus:

'''Caballo Isle''' (''[[teleport pattern|t eb, beach, jetty, ferry]]'') is Pirate [[Roleplay]] Area on [[FurryMUCK]], Caballo Isle and it's surrounding waters were finished in January 2005, and officially opened for business. It is an entirely In-Character area based very loosely off of [[Furry Pirates]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean Pirates of the Caribbean]. Based in fictional Spanish-conquered seas, furs build homes, pirate ships, Naval ships, and roleplay out adventure on the high seas.

== History of Caballo Isle ==

The Island and it's surrounding waters were conquered by the Spanish in the early 1600's. As the ruling class in this area are all equines, they gave the island the name of '''Caballo Isle''', or '''Horse Island'''. Likewise, the Spanish theme is continued with the village's name of '''Yeuga''', or '''Mare''', and '''Mount Pechos''' or '''Mount Breast'''. The Roleplay takes place 50 years after the conquering, and with the waters now firmly under Spanish rule.

== Goverment ==

The area known as Caballo Isle and its surrounding waters are under the Governorship of [[Tinder]], and is enforced by the head of Her Royal Majesty's Navy for the area, Commodore [[Ruhemaus]]. Luckily for the pirates, the Governor is quite corrupt. In exchange for keeping the East side of the village stocked with rum and women, the pirates pay a tithing to her with every raid they perform. If the pirates are ever found in default of their debt, the Royal Navy is sent out to ''convince'' the pirates to pay their dues under penalty of death.

== Technology ==

As it is a pirate area, furs are requested to keep in theme all times. The area has a strict limit on the level of tech one can use. Furs are allowed the use of gunpowder and some steam tech. No magic-powered ships, and no flying except by hot-air balloon or natural talents.

== Magic ==

Magic is limited to two forms: Voodoo or island/native magic, and inherent talents. Characters such as fey or demonic races can use their powers as long as they arn't abused. If they are, a 'magic dampener' may be placed on the character by the local Navy. If the character is a wizard or similar, they are requested to change them to the theme and setting of the area, I.E. a priest/priestess or a local shaman or medicine person.

== Areas ==

There are many areas that make up Caballo Isle and it's surrounding waters:

=== Caballo Isle ===

The main Island in these waters, and the seat of the local Government. The island is comprised of the Township of '''Yeuga''', the docks which serve as a port, plantations, beaches, and even '''Mount Pechos'''.

==== East Yeuga ====

The East side of Yeuga belongs to the pirates. It is here where the local Tavern, '''The Roavin' Raccoon''', and the local Brothel, '''The Laughing Lady''', reside. The Roavin' Raccoon is run by [[RC]], and The Laughing Lady is run by [[Hekele]]. Also, The Laughing Lady is an [[Adult]] area, and one must be over 18 to enter it. It is also here where the Brig is, which is where furs are swept to if they fall asleep inside this area.

==== West Yeuga ====

West Yeuga is where the more respectable villagers and townfolks live. It is here where there is planned to be the church, apothecary, clothing shop, and other businesses and shops that would not fit into the East Side of Yeuga.

==== Mount Pechos ====

Mount Pechos is where the local plantations reside, and is also where Governor [[Tinder]] has her mansion. This location was chosen to be as far from the docks as possible, in case the pirates ever rebel against the local goverment.

=== The Seas and Surrounding Waters ===

To the west of Caballo Isle are 9 seas named along the points of the compass. Off of these seas are several other islands that help make up the Area.

==== Bauble Cove ====

Residing inside a dormant volcano, '''Bauble Cove''' is run by the Pirate Lord [[Bauxtillion]]. This is a hangout for pirates on the high seas, or a place to hide for those pirates that may have not paid their ''taxes'' to the Government of Caballo Isle yet. It has a village of it's own, and also '''The Tasty Fish''', a tavern talked of on all the high seas.

==== Gypsy Island ====

An island claimed by a traveling gypsy band looking for a home, this loose band is led in a fashion by [[Yanashia]]. The small island has beaches, a jungle, a network of caves to explore, and even a village of their own. The gypsies make goods to sell on the other islands in the area, as well as act as performers for Pirates, villages, and even the Navy alike. They hold no alliances, and are instead the neutral parties of this part of the ocean.

[[Category:FurryMUCK]][[Category:Fictional locations]]

RuheMaus

2007-01-07T17:30:50Z

Ruhemaus: /* The Character */

Former owner of the [[Golden Lash]], a BDSM club on [[Tapestries]], '''RuheMaus''' is a well-dressed mouse in a world filled with nudity and sex. A self-proclaimed gentleman's dominant, he prefers sensation play and gentle restriaints over the rougher elements of BDSM. Very proud of his jewish faith, he runs the [[FurryJews]] mailing list so other Jewish members of the Furry Fandom can keep in touch. He also created [[User:Ruhemaus/Maus's Law|Maus's Law]], a furry answer to [[Wikipedia:Godwin's Law|Godwin's Law]].

== The Character ==

[[image:RuheMaus-by-Armaina.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Con Badge of RuheMaus]]
Ruhe is usually a quiet rodent, true to his name. He is rather modest, & prefers to talk and flirt mostly. In the underbelly of Layleux, though, Ruhe has an ongoing RP that in a bloody coup he took over the sewers of [[Tapestries]] and rules them by controlling several nests of rabid rats that answer to his beck and call. The [[Bloody Rats]], as they are called can be called forth to defend him - or others for a price. He also helped build [[Caballo Isle]], a Pirate-themed [[Roleplay]] area on [[FurryMUCK]].

== The Player ==

Unlike most furs, he seems to prefer plus-sized females. Some think it stems from his love of cooking, but he claims he just prefers females with rounder, more realistic curves. Whichever the case, he has helped the flow of some of the full-figured roleplay and artwork in the fandom to edge away from extreme BBW, and instead feature women who just have a few extra pounds. He also encurages shopping at plus-size stores and consignment shops, and usually has links to places to get fetish and/or BDSM gear designed for those with thicker curves in mind.

Very outspoken on the rights of the new incoming generation of furry fans, he works with other married furs and parent furs to encourage furry cons to join the movement other fandom conventions have started in creating child-safe zones. He believes that doing this will help avoid younger furs (and children of fur parents) being hurt at conventions. In a similar vein, he strongly dislikes [[ageplay]], and had discouraged its practice in the Golden Lash as far as possible.

In his younger years, he ended up homeless for a few years. If asked about it, he openly admits his shame over those years and some of his actions during them, and yet is also proud to have survived and learned from the experience. Also, he seems to now have a more protective side, and will do anything in his power to help friends who need it. Many the fur has spoken of him travelling hours overnight to rescue female furs from bad situations, offer a couch to those down on their luck, and even give food and money to those furs who need it more than him, just to save furs from suffering the pain of being homeless.

He is currently married in real life, and is also attending school to become a Kosher Chef. Eventually he hopes to move back to Seattle, once he and his wife finish school, so they can open a kosher resturant and start a family.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Ruhemaus}}
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furryjews/ FurryJews Mailing List]
* [http://renegadekosher.blogspot.com/ His Kosher Cooking Blog]
* ''[http://furrymouse.livejournal.com The Ramblings of a Rodent]'' - RuheMaus' [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3448f750f043334 An interview he did] with the now infamous [[Sibe]]
* [http://www.wolfiespack.com/furry/furrymousecol.jpg A picture of RuheMaus]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Mouse characters]][[Category:California]][[Category:1978 births]]

Talk:RuheMaus

2006-12-27T14:17:55Z

Ruhemaus:

I removed the following text from the page, since it seemed rather inflamatory. Specifically I am referring to the aprts of equating CubCentral to pedophilia and the comments about WhiteWizard, which appear to be unfounded:
:''He's also very outspoken in his beliefs against child characters and such sites as [[CubCentral]], seeing them as encuraging pedophilia itself. The Golden Lash even, for a short time, banned child characters completly. But, after being stockaded by WhiteWizard, the Lash has since returned to allowing ALL characters, even underaged ones, into the club. Dispite this, he still refuses to treat such characters with much more than cordial respect, and refuses to scene with such characters due to his beliefs.''
Anyone care to take a shot at rewording it so it is a little less inflamatory? --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 16:09, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

:My feeling is that it probably did take place, given [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/12088.html this LiveJournal thread] (scroll down a bit), [http://www.fur.com/tapestries/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=504 this post] and the fact that underage characters appears to be a hot-button issue over at the aforementioned LJ. It certainly seems to be the case that access to the club has been blocked on the basis of rule infringement in the past. Regardless, the event belong on [[The Golden Lash]], though RuheMaus' underlying belief probably belongs here, if anywhere. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 09:42, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

::Well, that works for me from the factual standpoint. Now we just have to find a way to reword it so that it is less inflamatory. Otherwise, we're just ''asking'' for trouble from people who see his assertion that (CubCental == pedophilia) and get pissed off. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 14:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

:::I must admit it's sad when the fandom works so hard to protect the vocal minority like this, [[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]]. It's got me seriously thinking of starting an anti-cub art/sex group in furry. Because, let's face it, it really has gotten out of control. [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]] 14:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

RuheMaus

2006-11-30T10:43:48Z

Ruhemaus: + corrected info

Former owner of the [[Golden Lash]], a BDSM club on [[Tapestries]], '''RuheMaus''' is a well-dressed mouse in a world filled with nudity and sex. A self-proclaimed gentleman's dominant, he prefers sensation play and gentle restriaints over the rougher elements of BDSM. Very proud of his jewish faith, he runs the [[FurryJews]] mailing list so other Jewish members of the Furry Fandom can keep in touch. He also created [[User:Ruhemaus/Maus's Law|Maus's Law]], a furry answer to [[Wikipedia:Godwin's Law|Godwin's Law]].

== The Character ==

[[image:RuheMaus-by-Armaina.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Con Badge of RuheMaus]]
Ruhe is usually a quiet rodent, true to his name. He is rather modest, & prefers to talk and flirt mostly. In the underbelly of Layleux, though, Ruhe has an ongoing RP that in a bloody coup he took over the sewers of [[Tapestries]] and rules them by controlling several nests of rabid rats that answer to his beck and call. The [[Bloody Rats]], as they are called can be called forth to defend him - or others for a price. Lately, though, he just relaxes as the head of '''The Golden Lash''' and raises his virtual family of mice.

== The Player ==

Unlike most furs, he seems to prefer plus-sized females. Some think it stems from his love of cooking, but he claims he just prefers females with rounder, more realistic curves. Whichever the case, he has helped the flow of some of the full-figured roleplay and artwork in the fandom to edge away from extreme BBW, and instead feature women who just have a few extra pounds. He also encurages shopping at plus-size stores and consignment shops, and usually has links to places to get fetish and/or BDSM gear designed for those with thicker curves in mind.

Very outspoken on the rights of the new incoming generation of furry fans, he works with other married furs and parent furs to encourage furry cons to join the movement other fandom conventions have started in creating child-safe zones. He believes that doing this will help avoid younger furs (and children of fur parents) being hurt at conventions. In a similar vein, he strongly dislikes [[ageplay]], and had discouraged its practice in the Golden Lash as far as possible.

In his younger years, he ended up homeless for a few years. If asked about it, he openly admits his shame over those years and some of his actions during them, and yet is also proud to have survived and learned from the experience. Also, he seems to now have a more protective side, and will do anything in his power to help friends who need it. Many the fur has spoken of him travelling hours overnight to rescue female furs from bad situations, offer a couch to those down on their luck, and even give food and money to those furs who need it more than him, just to save furs from suffering the pain of being homeless.

He is currently married in real life, and is also attending school to become a Kosher Chef. Eventually he hopes to move back to Seattle, once he and his wife finish school, so they can open a kosher resturant and start a family.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Ruhemaus}}
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furryjews/ FurryJews Mailing List]
* [http://renegadekosher.blogspot.com/ His Kosher Cooking Blog]
* ''[http://furrymouse.livejournal.com The Ramblings of a Rodent]'' - RuheMaus' [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3448f750f043334 An interview he did] with the now infamous [[Sibe]]
* [http://www.wolfiespack.com/furry/furrymousecol.jpg A picture of RuheMaus]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Mouse characters]][[Category:California]][[Category:1978 births]]

The Golden Lash

2006-11-30T10:41:50Z

Ruhemaus: + Updated ownership

[[image:GoldenLashStaff-by-DarkWolfie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Golden Lash Staff Picture by DarkWolfie]]
'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who transfered ownership to [[Sayai_Wolff]] who manages the pace with [[Chanelle]] and a large staff. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''yiff room'' is a room pumped full of pheremones. It is intended for sex, mastrubation, and more sex.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) Respect for your fellow fur is required at ALL times inside the Golden Lash, per BDSM and MUCK ettiquite. Disrespect (Outside of OOCly consensual dirty-talk/humiliation) will not be allowed! Disrespect includes, but is not limited to: interrupting the scenes of others/white knight-ing (Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, its allowed.), disrupting the intended use of areas, bashing gender/species/sexual orientation/kinks/role playing ability, insulting furs and/or making jokes at their expense, and claiming a fur's attention and/or personal space without first whispering/paging for permission first. This is in line with MUCK-wide policy on this matter.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, Unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction. Sexual Roleplay is of course welcome and allowed in ALL rooms of the club. In any debate over OOC or IC interaction, though, IC will ALWAYS win. If furs request OOC chatter to stop, it must.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a seperate code to access (see the 'DIRECTORY'). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) Safewords. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeword Wikipedia], 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/submissives/etc. have the right to break, exit, raincheck, put on-hold, or otherwise end a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field stating that they are owned or own a pet so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lounge), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, sexual ageplay, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence as per MUCK-wide policy. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar, The Cub Cage, for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view. If, at any time, furs complain about a scene happening in the main rooms, they can be requested via whisper to move to another room.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

The Golden Lash

2006-11-26T00:21:29Z

Ruhemaus: /* Rules */ + updated rules

[[image:GoldenLashStaff-by-DarkWolfie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Golden Lash Staff Picture by DarkWolfie]]
'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who runs it to this day with [[Zalika]]. They are assisted in this task by the managers [[Mandalyn]] & [[Chanelle]], and a large staff. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''yiff room'' is a room pumped full of pheremones. It is intended for sex, mastrubation, and more sex.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) Respect for your fellow fur is required at ALL times inside the Golden Lash, per BDSM and MUCK ettiquite. Disrespect (Outside of OOCly consensual dirty-talk/humiliation) will not be allowed! Disrespect includes, but is not limited to: interrupting the scenes of others/white knight-ing (Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, its allowed.), disrupting the intended use of areas, bashing gender/species/sexual orientation/kinks/role playing ability, insulting furs and/or making jokes at their expense, and claiming a fur's attention and/or personal space without first whispering/paging for permission first. This is in line with MUCK-wide policy on this matter.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, Unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction. Sexual Roleplay is of course welcome and allowed in ALL rooms of the club. In any debate over OOC or IC interaction, though, IC will ALWAYS win. If furs request OOC chatter to stop, it must.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a seperate code to access (see the 'DIRECTORY'). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) Safewords. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeword Wikipedia], 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/submissives/etc. have the right to break, exit, raincheck, put on-hold, or otherwise end a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field stating that they are owned or own a pet so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lounge), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, sexual ageplay, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence as per MUCK-wide policy. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar, The Cub Cage, for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view. If, at any time, furs complain about a scene happening in the main rooms, they can be requested via whisper to move to another room.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

The Golden Lash

2006-11-25T07:10:10Z

Ruhemaus: + picture + managers

[[image:GoldenLashStaff-by-DarkWolfie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Golden Lash Staff Picture by DarkWolfie]]
'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who runs it to this day with [[Zalika]]. They are assisted in this task by the managers [[Mandalyn]] & [[Chanelle]], and a large staff. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''yiff room'' is a room pumped full of pheremones. It is intended for sex, mastrubation, and more sex.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) There are no white knights allowed, breaking up a scene will get you punished. Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, it's allowed.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a separate code to access(see the DIRECTORY). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) [[Wikipedia:Safeword|Safewords]]: 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/etc have the right to break a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field 'Owner Rules' so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lobby), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, pedophilia, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar The Cub Cage for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view.

By setting themselves 'bdsm?:yes', furs acknowledge that they have read the rules and will respect them. If the managers or staff of The Golden Lash feel that they are not complying with the local or MUCK-wide rules, they may be temporarily kicked or permanently banned. Using alts, email or messenger services to bypass a ban or harass the owner [[RuheMaus]], the managers, or other staff or house pets will result in a permanent ban along with a complaint against the original fur being filed with the wizzes.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

File:GoldenLashStaff-by-DarkWolfie.jpg

2006-11-25T07:03:27Z

Ruhemaus: A staff picture drawn by DarkWolfie in 2005, and sold at Anthrocon 2006 in the charity auction.

== Summary ==
A staff picture drawn by [[DarkWolfie]] in [[2005]], and sold at [[Anthrocon]] [[2006]] in the [[charity auction]].
== Licensing ==
{{fursona}}

RuheMaus

2006-11-25T06:52:01Z

Ruhemaus: + picture

The owner of the [[Golden Lash]], a BDSM club on [[Tapestries]], '''RuheMaus''' is a well-dressed mouse in a world filled with nudity and sex. A self-proclaimed gentleman's dominant, he prefers sensation play and gentle restriaints over the rougher elements of BDSM. Very proud of his jewish faith, he runs the [[FurryJews]] mailing list so other Jewish members of the Furry Fandom can keep in touch. He also created [[User:Ruhemaus/Maus's Law|Maus's Law]], a furry answer to [[Wikipedia:Godwin's Law|Godwin's Law]].

== The Character ==

[[image:RuheMaus-by-Armaina.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Con Badge of RuheMaus]]
Ruhe is usually a quiet rodent, true to his name. He is rather modest, & prefers to talk and flirt mostly. In the underbelly of Layleux, though, Ruhe has an ongoing RP that in a bloody coup he took over the sewers and rules them by controlling several nests of rabid rats that answer to his beck and call. The [[Bloody Rats]], as they are called can be called forth to defend him - or others for a price. Lately, though, he just relaxes as the head of '''The Golden Lash''' and raises his virtual family of mice.

== The Player ==

Unlike most furs, he seems to prefer plus-sized females. Some think it stems from his love of cooking, but he claims he just prefers females with rounder, more realistic curves. Whichever the case, he has helped the flow of some of the full-figured roleplay and artwork in the fandom to edge away from extreme BBW, and instead feature women who just have a few extra pounds. He also encurages shopping at plus-size stores and consignment shops, and usually has links to places to get fetish and/or BDSM gear designed for those with thicker curves in mind.

Very outspoken on the rights of the new incoming generation of furry fans, he works with other married furs and parent furs to encourage furry cons to join the movement other fandom conventions have started in creating child-safe zones. He believes that doing this will help avoid younger furs (and children of fur parents) being hurt at conventions. In a similar vein, he strongly dislikes [[ageplay]], and has discouraged its practice in the Golden Lash as far as possible.

In his younger years, he ended up homeless for a few years. If asked about it, he openly admits his shame over those years and some of his actions during them, and yet is also proud to have survived and learned from the experience. Also, he seems to now have a more protective side, and will do anything in his power to help friends who need it. Many the fur has spoken of him travelling hours overnight to rescue female furs from bad situations, offer a couch to those down on their luck, and even give food and money to those furs who need it more than him, just to save furs from suffering the pain of being homeless.

He is currently married in real life, and is also attending school to become a Kosher Chef. Eventually he hopes to move back to Seattle, once he and his wife finish school, so they can open a kosher resturant and start a family.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Ruhemaus}}
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furryjews/ FurryJews Mailing List]
* [http://renegadekosher.blogspot.com/ His Kosher Cooking Blog]
* ''[http://furrymouse.livejournal.com The Ramblings of a Rodent]'' - RuheMaus' [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3448f750f043334 An interview he did] with the now infamous [[Sibe]]
* [http://www.wolfiespack.com/furry/furrymousecol.jpg A picture of RuheMaus]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Mouse characters]][[Category:California]][[Category:1978 births]]

File:RuheMaus-by-Armaina.jpg

2006-11-25T06:48:28Z

Ruhemaus: A con badge drawn by armaina for RuheMaus.

== Summary ==
A [[con badge]] drawn by [[armaina]] for [[RuheMaus]].
== Licensing ==
{{fursona}}

Teleport pattern

2006-11-22T23:56:21Z

Ruhemaus:

A '''Teleport Pattern''' is a code used on a [[MUCK]] to move your character quickly from one spot to another. There are Public teleport patterns, or patterns set up by the [[Wizards]] for all characters to use. Also, there are private teleport patterns, which characters can set up themself on rooms they own.

{{stub}}

Zalika

2006-11-22T23:48:52Z

Ruhemaus: + Redirect

#REDIRECT [[Zalika_Kittess]]

The Golden Lash

2006-11-22T23:25:48Z

Ruhemaus: + Zalika

'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who runs it to this day with [[Zalika]]. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''yiff room'' is a room pumped full of pheremones. It is intended for sex, mastrubation, and more sex.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) There are no white knights allowed, breaking up a scene will get you punished. Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, it's allowed.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a separate code to access(see the DIRECTORY). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) [[Wikipedia:Safeword|Safewords]]: 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/etc have the right to break a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field 'Owner Rules' so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lobby), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, pedophilia, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar The Cub Cage for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view.

By setting themselves 'bdsm?:yes', furs acknowledge that they have read the rules and will respect them. If the managers or staff of The Golden Lash feel that they are not complying with the local or MUCK-wide rules, they may be temporarily kicked or permanently banned. Using alts, email or messenger services to bypass a ban or harass the owner [[RuheMaus]], the managers, or other staff or house pets will result in a permanent ban along with a complaint against the original fur being filed with the wizzes.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

The Golden Lash

2006-11-21T12:58:52Z

Ruhemaus: /* Plans */

'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who runs it to this day. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''yiff room'' is a room pumped full of pheremones. It is intended for sex, mastrubation, and more sex.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) There are no white knights allowed, breaking up a scene will get you punished. Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, it's allowed.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a separate code to access(see the DIRECTORY). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) [[Wikipedia:Safeword|Safewords]]: 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/etc have the right to break a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field 'Owner Rules' so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lobby), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, pedophilia, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar The Cub Cage for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view.

By setting themselves 'bdsm?:yes', furs acknowledge that they have read the rules and will respect them. If the managers or staff of The Golden Lash feel that they are not complying with the local or MUCK-wide rules, they may be temporarily kicked or permanently banned. Using alts, email or messenger services to bypass a ban or harass the owner [[RuheMaus]], the managers, or other staff or house pets will result in a permanent ban along with a complaint against the original fur being filed with the wizzes.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

Talk:Kevin Duane

2006-11-21T11:52:10Z

Ruhemaus:

Should there be mention in the article of the 'I Hate Unicorns' fiasco? (Which, funnily enough, is still [http://www.amazon.com/I-Hate-Unicorns-Book/dp/0914529005 for sale].) - [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]] 11:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

All Fur Fun

2006-11-11T06:01:49Z

Ruhemaus: Website now up

'''All Fur Fun''' is a [[furry]] [[convention]] that will be held from March 31 to April 1, 2007 at the Ridpath Hotel in [[Wikipedia:Spokane, Washington|Spokane, Washington]]. This modest new convention is being staffed by [[Moorcat]] (chairman), [[Teeka]] (PR), and others. The overall structure of the convention, panels, and events are still in the planning process.

{{con-stub}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.allfurfun.com/ All Fur Fun website]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/allfurfun/ All Fur Fun] at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://hotels.cnghotels.com/hotels-na_us_wa_spokane_westcoastridpathhotel-hotels.html Westcoast Ridpath Hotel]

[[Category:Proposed conventions]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:2007 births]]

The Golden Lash

2006-11-08T09:58:09Z

Ruhemaus: /* Ground floor */ - Game Room, + Yiff Room

'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who runs it to this day. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''yiff room'' is a room pumped full of pheremones. It is intended for sex, mastrubation, and more sex.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) There are no white knights allowed, breaking up a scene will get you punished. Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, it's allowed.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a separate code to access(see the DIRECTORY). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) [[Wikipedia:Safeword|Safewords]]: 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/etc have the right to break a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field 'Owner Rules' so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lobby), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, pedophilia, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar The Cub Cage for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view.

By setting themselves 'bdsm?:yes', furs acknowledge that they have read the rules and will respect them. If the managers or staff of The Golden Lash feel that they are not complying with the local or MUCK-wide rules, they may be temporarily kicked or permanently banned. Using alts, email or messenger services to bypass a ban or harass the owner [[RuheMaus]], the managers, or other staff or house pets will result in a permanent ban along with a complaint against the original fur being filed with the wizzes.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand. Finally, there is a Golden Lash RL Gather planned at [[Califur]] 2007.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

The Plush Pile

2006-11-06T03:00:37Z

Ruhemaus: - rules

'''The Plush Pile''' (''[[teleport pattern|t plushpile]]'') is a storefront for [[roleplaying]] scenes involving [[plushies]] on [[Tapestries]], and is owned by [[Asten]] and [[Matrian]]. Populated by both plushie-loving furs, and living plushies, this small area works to promote good will and positive feelings among it's patrons.

== Rooms ==
=== Main Room ===
Good for snuggling and light yiff or plushie play. Play in this room should always be consensual.
=== Premium Section ===
Here's where to go if you're interested in animate, 'living' plushies. Feel free to act as one yourself or roleplay out buying one with a friend. The propreitors are sometimes willing to take part in this themselves, too.
=== Lounge ===
Good for more private sexual scenes, consensual or not.
=== Stock Room ===
A publicly-linkable area for plushies (or others, if they'd like) to stay on a short- or long-term basis.
=== Manufacturing ===
May be part of a 'custom order' RP, and also has equipment for plushies transformations.
=== Recycling ===
Suited for fairly dark play; usually non-con, up to and including snuff. Be aware, if you decide to go in, especially if you're plush.

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Plush Pile, The]]

The Velvet Underground

2006-11-06T02:58:18Z

Ruhemaus: - rules, + stub

{{stub}}

'''The Velvet Underground''' (''[[teleport pattern|t vunder]]'') is an [[artist]] hangout with a nightclub theme on [[Tapestries]], and is owned by [[Sheve]]. By pure chance, over 90% of the patrons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelid mustelids], leading patrons to joke that ''unofficially it's the Mustelid World Domination Headquarters''.

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Velvet Underground, The]]

Teleport pattern

2006-11-04T23:28:32Z

Ruhemaus:

A '''Teleport Pattern''' is a code used on a [[MUCK]] to move your character quickly from one spot to another. There are [[Public]] teleport patterns, or patterns set up by the [[Wizards]] for all characters to use. Also, there are [[private]] teleport patterns, which characters can set up themself on rooms they own.

{{stub}}

The Golden Lash

2006-11-04T23:18:09Z

Ruhemaus: + teleport pattern

'''The Golden Lash''' (''[[teleport pattern|t goldenlash]]'') is a [[BDSM]] establishment found on [[Tapestries]]. Originally started by Joseph Harrison, variously known as Red.Jack, Allegro, Woggle and [[Fluxxx]], it was later transferred to [[Ruhemaus]] who runs it to this day. A [[BDSM]] club loosely modeled after a Victorian era Gentleman's club, the most significant difference is the fact that the club is open to all genders and all fetishes in the hopes of creating a community.

The original club focus was simply to create a place for people interested in BDSM and other fetishes to have a place to meet others of like mind and play. Under its current owner, the club is now trying to take on a more educational bent towards both VL and [[RL]] BDSM in addition to its role as a gathering and play space. Also, with the addition of a [[LiveJournal]] community, a mailing list, and even a radio stream run for BDSM furs separate of Tapestries itself, the current owner is trying to help create a unity of the players themselves, and help them feel more like a family.

== Rooms ==

The Lash has four floors, 2 private, 2 public. The private levels consist of the second floor and attic and are for staff residences. The lower two - including the backyard and stables - provide meeting and playspaces.

=== Ground floor ===

The ground floor consists of the front and back yards, the stables and the first floor of the house. Contained in that first floor is the foyer, lounge, study, game room and viewing gallery. The basement holds the playrooms, covering a wide range of fetishes with a holodeck to support more obscure ones.

*The ''foyer'' is both a place to learn a shorter tport pattern, and a place to quietly read the boards, rules and other things without being disturbed, as well as connecting the front yard to the lounge.
*The ''lounge'' is the meet and greet area, primarily for discussion, although there is a stage for performances, its richly furnished, but designed to be relaxing. In addition, it hosts the Spreader Bar.
*The ''game room'' is for kinky games - usually the inventions of Wiz Purr, the club's mad scientist.
*The ''study'' is just that, a combination library, meeting room and playroom for discrete light scenes.
*The ''viewing galleries'' are very simply a place to watch what's going on in the playrooms downstairs should the participants leave the cameras on.
*The ''stables'' are a dark and dismal abandoned building where anything can happen to those foolish enough to enter, it is the club's non-consensual room for those that desire playing out such fantasies.
*''The Cub Cage'' is a new side bar created to provide a public bar for ageplay with a BDSM slant. It includes several cub-sized BDSM toys and accessories as well as the ball pit room - a room that can be set as a furs' home, if they wish.

=== Basement playrooms ===

The basement playrooms consist of five dungeons:

*The ''traditional'' dungeon is inspired by your stereotypical mid-evil dungeon, and fitted with appropriate equipment including racks, crosses and many other items, including some modern variations of traditional equipment. This room also hosts the ''The Toy'', a rough interactive sex machine very similar to ''The Machine'' that used to be in [[The Tavern]].
*The ''Bathrooms'' are a bathing area created via Elvish magicks. They contain showers, hot springs complete with a waterfall, bathroom stalls with [[glory holes]], and sinks with mirrors for bathroom scenes.
*The ''bedroom'' is at a glance just a normal bedroom. Upon closer inspection, one finds that it is set up to be the ultimate bondage bedroom, one that most could only dream of having.
*The ''medical center'' is for those into medical/doctor fetish, with a fully equipped office.
*The ''holodeck'' is for stuff difficult to place otherwise. Low traffic or impossible rooms are contained within, including (for example) Hell and a forest clearing.

== Rules ==

1) There are no white knights allowed, breaking up a scene will get you punished. Yes, if you're given OOC permission to play out saving someone, it's allowed.

2) The Lounge is the primary hangout for the Golden Lash. It is requested that the club remains an area for IC/OOC conversation, unlike the rest of the club, which is reserved for IC interaction.

3) The stable is non-con, and requires a separate code to access(see the DIRECTORY). IC protests, safewords and the like will not necessarily protect you, but OOC safe words will.

4) [[Wikipedia:Safeword|Safewords]]: 'A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay.' We comply with MUCKwide rules & respect safewords here at all times.

5) Pets/slaves/etc have the right to break a scene if their owner requires them to come when called. We do request that both dom and sub carry a cinfo field 'Owner Rules' so potential partners are informed up front. Likewise, if a staff member is not in the mood to scene, please respect that.

6) The MAIN ROOMS (The Yards AND The Lobby), being public, are not for roleplaying bloodsports, non-consensual play, scat, pedophilia, watersports and extreme forms of humiliation and violence. You can explore the Stables (backyard, s) for non-consent play, and the side bar The Cub Cage for public scenes involving BDSM and Ageplay. For the rest, please enjoy a side room or playroom that is not in immediate public view.

By setting themselves 'bdsm?:yes', furs acknowledge that they have read the rules and will respect them. If the managers or staff of The Golden Lash feel that they are not complying with the local or MUCK-wide rules, they may be temporarily kicked or permanently banned. Using alts, email or messenger services to bypass a ban or harass the owner [[RuheMaus]], the managers, or other staff or house pets will result in a permanent ban along with a complaint against the original fur being filed with the wizzes.

== Plans ==

Plans for the FurryMUCK version include the addition of a court room and holding cell playroom area, in addition to a more advanced viewing gallery system that will conserve club space. These plans are on hold indefinitely. Permission has also been given to look into creating a Golden Lash on [[Second Life]], by popular demand. Finally, there is a Golden Lash RL Gather planned at [[Califur]] 2007.

== External links ==

* [http://community.livejournal.com/golden_lash/ Tapestries' The Golden Lash] - [[LiveJournal]] community
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoldenLash/ Golden Lash Mailing List] (Yahoo! Group)
* [http://goldenlash.dyndns.org:8000/ices Radio Stream]

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Golden Lash, The]]

The Velvet Underground

2006-11-04T23:16:08Z

Ruhemaus: /* Rules */

'''The Velvet Underground''' (''[[teleport pattern|t vunder]]'') is an [[artist]] hangout with a nightclub theme on [[Tapestries]], and is owned by [[Sheve]]. By pure chance, over 90% of the patrons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelid mustelids], leading patrons to joke that ''unofficially it's the Mustelid World Domination Headquarters''.

== Rules ==
This is a public area run by Sheve, not one run by the MUCK Wizards. The rules that apply to the MUCK in general (see 'policy') also apply here, unless otherwise stated in a specific room.

If the general public (ie. majority) complains about your actions and/or conversation, please leave, or take it to whisper/page. Majority rules apply here, but the STAFF have the final say.

All of the Underground is considered public play space w/exception to those that have locks on the rooms. Rooms with locks are considered private when occupied with the lock engaged.

In the case of a disturbance where no staff are present, please log the situation in whole and contact [[Sheve]].

Bottom Line: What the management says, goes. Even if it's you. Private complaints not associated with the Velvet Underground may be taken up with [[JadeWizard]]. Underground complaints should be sent to Sheve and NOT the [[Wizstaff]] - they have enough problems to handle already.

[[Category:Tapestries locations]]

The Velvet Underground

2006-11-04T23:15:39Z

Ruhemaus: /* Rules */

'''The Velvet Underground''' (''[[teleport pattern|t vunder]]'') is an [[artist]] hangout with a nightclub theme on [[Tapestries]], and is owned by [[Sheve]]. By pure chance, over 90% of the patrons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelid mustelids], leading patrons to joke that ''unofficially it's the Mustelid World Domination Headquarters''.

== Rules ==
This is a public area run by Sheve, not one run by the MUCK Wizards. The rules that apply to the MUCK in general (see 'policy') also apply here, unless otherwise stated in a specific room.
If the general public (ie. majority) complains about your actions and/or conversation, please leave, or take it to whisper/page. Majority rules apply here, but the STAFF have the final say.
All of the Underground is considered public play space w/exception to those that have locks on the rooms. Rooms with locks are considered private when occupied with the lock engaged.
In the case of a disturbance where no staff are present, please log the situation in whole and contact [[Sheve]].
Bottom Line: What the management says, goes. Even if it's you. Private complaints not associated with the Velvet Underground may be taken up with [[JadeWizard]]. Underground complaints should be sent to Sheve and NOT the [[Wizstaff]] - they have enough problems to handle already.

[[Category:Tapestries locations]]

The Velvet Underground

2006-11-04T23:13:43Z

Ruhemaus: + link to wikipedia

'''The Velvet Underground''' (''[[teleport pattern|t vunder]]'') is an [[artist]] hangout with a nightclub theme on [[Tapestries]], and is owned by [[Sheve]]. By pure chance, over 90% of the patrons are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelid mustelids], leading patrons to joke that ''unofficially it's the Mustelid World Domination Headquarters''.

== Rules ==
-- This is a public area run by Sheve, not one run by the MUCK Wizards. The rules that apply to the MUCK in general (see 'policy') also apply here, unless otherwise stated in a specific room.
-- If the general public (ie. majority) complains about your actions and/or conversation, please leave, or take it to whisper/page. Majority rules apply here, but the STAFF have the final say.
-- All of the Underground is considered public play space w/exception to those that have locks on the rooms. Rooms with locks are considered private when occupied with the lock engaged.
-- In the case of a disturbance where no staff are present, please log the situation in whole and contact [[Sheve]].
-- Bottom Line: What the management says, goes. Even if it's you. Private complaints not associated with the Velvet Underground may be taken up with [[GreyWizard]]. Underground complaints should be sent to Sheve and NOT the [[Wizstaff]] - they have enough problems to handle already.

[[Category:Tapestries locations]]

Sheve Dark

2006-11-04T23:03:55Z

Ruhemaus: + Ownership link

'''Sheve Dark''' is an artist whose [[persona character]] is a silver catdragon. She was the winner of the [[Mephit Fur Meet]] T-shirt contest in 2002. She also own [[The Velvet Underground]] on [[Tapestries]].

==External links==
* [http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Sheve-Dark/ Gallery] at [[VCL]]

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:1977 births]]

{{person-stub}}

The Velvet Underground

2006-11-04T23:02:12Z

Ruhemaus:

'''The Velvet Underground''' (''[[teleport pattern|t vunder]]'') is an [[artist]] hangout with a nightclub theme on [[Tapestries]], and is owned by [[Sheve]]. By pure chance, over 90% of the patrons are [[mustelids]], leading patrons to joke that ''unofficially it's the Mustelid World Domination Headquarters''.

== Rules ==
-- This is a public area run by Sheve, not one run by the MUCK Wizards. The rules that apply to the MUCK in general (see 'policy') also apply here, unless otherwise stated in a specific room.
-- If the general public (ie. majority) complains about your actions and/or conversation, please leave, or take it to whisper/page. Majority rules apply here, but the STAFF have the final say.
-- All of the Underground is considered public play space w/exception to those that have locks on the rooms. Rooms with locks are considered private when occupied with the lock engaged.
-- In the case of a disturbance where no staff are present, please log the situation in whole and contact [[Sheve]].
-- Bottom Line: What the management says, goes. Even if it's you. Private complaints not associated with the Velvet Underground may be taken up with [[GreyWizard]]. Underground complaints should be sent to Sheve and NOT the [[Wizstaff]] - they have enough problems to handle already.

[[Category:Tapestries locations]]

The Plush Pile

2006-11-04T22:47:11Z

Ruhemaus:

Merriam's Pub

2006-11-04T22:29:11Z

Ruhemaus:

'''Merriam's Pub''' (''[[teleport pattern|t merriam]]'') is a small pub on [[Tapestries]] owned by [[Harwich]] and [[Travi]]. Merriam's Pub caters to those who believe that the quality of one's text-based self-presentation (i.e. the overall quality of one's writing, including grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary, etc), and in fact believe it to be an integral part of their patron's enjoyment of the text-based medium.

=== Rules ===

Rule #1. This is a room dedicated to those who believe fundamentally that quality writing and readable typing are both important to a better experience in a text-based environment. However, no one is required to be Pulitzer Prize material. Hostility toward those who do not type or write well is forbidden. They wouldn't be in here if they weren't interested in improving. Help them, don't hurt them.

Rule #2. [[Harwich]] and [[Travi]] own and run this joint. Please defer to them for anything that requires decision-making. The main room of the pub is logged by Regulus, the pub mascot, to make settling disputes easier. No other rooms are logged.

Rule #3. This area is an explicit mixture of [[OOC]]/chat and [[IC]]/roleplaying. Both types of social activity are to be tolerated. We expect you wouldn't have made it past the "entrance exam" if this wasn't okay with you. If you're looking for "pure" roleplaying of any kind, turn around. If you're looking for "pure" OOC/chat, go to [[IRC]]. kthx.

Rule #4. Yes, [[sex]]. Sex. Sex, sex, sex. SEX. Sexity-sex-sex. Sexx0rz. Sexitude. Sex. Thank you.

[[Category:Tapestries locations]]

Merriam's Pub

2006-11-04T22:28:48Z

Ruhemaus:

Talk:List of furry LiveJournal communities

2006-11-04T22:12:59Z

Ruhemaus: /* Furry Rants LJ Community */

== Cash for Livejournal ==
Imagine if LJ started charging for existing journal. Damn, what a great way to earn a billion dollars.

:Oh, hardly. If two million people stayed, Xanga would still have to charge about $40/month to earn a billion bux in a year (1bil/2mil=500, 500/12=~44). And that's assuming that many would stay; I think that maybe fewer than half the current non-paying users would hang around. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 10:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Nazi Furs ==
Regarding the adding/removal/re-adding of the Nazi Furs group, I did check out the group, and the info page explicitly says that the group is for furs interested in the history of the Nazi Party and World War 2. It goes on to say that it is not a hate group and will not tolerate trolls, white supremecists, etc. Given those details, I think that the entry for that group should stay on the page here. (they might have picked a better name though...) --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 15:42, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:I did too before I readded it, it looks reasonable and likewise even if it did have objectional content, this wiki is not a place to not list things because some people wouldn't like it. Otherwise the only place we might have listed is [[Yerf]].. and then that would be deleted because it contained too much drama over artist elitism. ;) -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 15:46, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
:::However, we do have to start being careful. Vandalism to this page (adding hate groups, changing URLs slightly) is hard to notice, seeing as it is a rather large list. Maybe my making this page was a bad idea. -_-; [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 07:06, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)
::::Such possibilities is why we have a big Revert button, watchlists and recent changes. Lists like this are good as it means we have almanac style content as well as articles, much like wikipedia. ;> -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 15:21, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Nationalist_fur ==
I'm not completely confident of my change re: Nationalist Furries. To me "nationalism" is specific to a political organism -- i.e., a nation. Their goals seem to be the unification of furries in philosophy and aims, but not (in my mind) in a "nation". Wikipedia's entries on [[Wikipedia:Nation|Nation]] and [[Wikipedia:Nationalism|Nationalism]] don't seem to address the issue -- or did they? They were tl;dr. ;) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 16:32, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Removed emphasis in names ==
When I was an editor at MacWEEK magazine, we had a rule: If a company or product name was spelled with exclamation points, all-caps, or other attention-grabbers, we removed them. I think it's a good idea. Without it, you get the equivalent of people Increasing their VOICES until EVERYONE! IS SHOUTING!!!!!! :) So I made that change to this article. --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 16:32, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Order of U.S. regions ==

I see [[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]] made some improvements. I'm not sure about his decision to reorder the U.S. regions, which were alphabetical, to run roughly East to West. What do others think? I know it's not that big a deal, but it seems a bit inconsistent to me. --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 20:26, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:There are few enough regions I don't think the ordering is a major issue, but I agree it seems counterintuitive to me since everything else is ordered alphabetically. [[User:Seanmcelroy|BlueOtter]] 20:59, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

::Well,I'm certainly not married to the idea :-) If you prefer it alphabetically, that's fine by me.--[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 22:44, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:::Eh, screw it... the more I look at how you have it, the more I like it. I have to learn not to be so anal. :) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 23:16, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)
== Related search terms for LJ Interests ==
I checked, and LJ returned the same number of hits for "furries" as "furry", so I guess it has a plural-checking gewgaw installed. (I didn't compare the two lists, though.) Text changed to give better-working examples, although I had a hard time elegantly saying, "These other search terms likely contain both new hits and redundant hits." I think it's fine, but change it if you feel poetic (and concise!) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 03:14, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Cleanup need ==

Due to the changes in cookie handling and user/community URLs, I think that pretty much all of the links on this page need to be adjusted. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 17:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== Splitting? ==

To my eyes this article is getting to be unwieldy. I would suggest splitting out Location-specific communities to another article, at least, if not some of the other sections (Art comes to mind). -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 21:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the location section was moved, what do others think of moving them to subcategories of [[:Category:Groups by country]] ? A WikiFur category for continents might have to be created. (BTW, South African Furs "Journal has been deleted." and they have 30 days to undelete.) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

::Sounds like a plan to me, and I'm all for continents. I wish we had a more generic name for Groups by country, as the country categories are used for more than groups, but it'd be a pain to rename at this point. Although not such a pain if we were fitting countries into continent categories... hmm. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 03:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if the list of anti-furry LJs should be moved to a seperate page. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

== Topic and Wikifur links ==

I don't think the topics should be Wikifur links to a particular community, as in the recent edit which links Victims of abuse to [[Wounded Paws]].

I actually think it's about time to include Wikifur links to individual communities, as well as the external links. I'm not sure what the best format for that would be. Thoughts? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 04:21, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

: I'd also prefer that topic headers not be a wiki-link to a wiki-article about a specific livejournal. How about formating that line into *'''Victims of abuse:''' [[Wounded Paws]]: [http://community.livejournal.com/woundedpaws/ Wounded Paws] . Another possibility is changing it to the double-asterisk format used in the [[List of furry LiveJournal communities#Art projects|Art projects]] section (although that could wait until there's a second victims-of-abuse livejournal). --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

== move Hobbies to Interests? ==

Currently there are the sections "Interests" and "Occupations and hobbies". Should the "hobbies" be moved into the "Interests" section? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

:'''Be bold.''' Do what you think should be done. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 22:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

:I don't think so, since there's a difference between hobbies and interests... there's communities for people who do x as a job or pastime, such as [http://community.livejournal.com/furrydjs/ Furry DJs] and [http://community.livejournal.com/furry_farmers/ Furry Farmers]. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 05:02, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

::I'm fine with Furry Farmers being in the OaH list ("Occupations and hobbies") since farming can be a major job, but there are 3 main things I'm wondering about:
::(1) "Cars: Motor Furs" being in the Interests list while "Weapons: Furry Gun owners" is in the OaH list.
::(2) Perhaps the header could be changed to "Occupations (that some do as a hobby)" ?
::(3) how far do we go in what we consider to be a job? (examples: (3a) furrytattoos LJ includes those making money from tattoos, (3b) Bernal considers SexyFur to be a job (see CrushYiffDestroy's interview of Bernal), and (3c) I assume there are fursuit makers and other artists who make enough money for their art to be a job (whether part-time or full-time). --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 20:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

== Art projects section ==

I don't think we need the Art projects section, as these are such specific communities and generally intended only for participants in the projects. Thoughts? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 05:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

== Horrors Community Updates ==

VCL Horrors, FA Horrors, SheezyArt Horrors, Elfwood Horrors, and DeviantArt Horrors (in conjunction with the "Big Bad Mod" account) have been deleted, permanently. The following communities were made to replace some of them:
wtf_vcl, vclhorrors, wtf_fa, deviantartsnark, vcl_snark {{unsigned|Surgat}}

== subcategories of Gaming? ==

I was going to be bold, but decided to ask here first. [[List of furry LiveJournal communities#Interests]] category includes Gaming subcategory, lines for Second Life and Tapestries. What do people think of the Second Life line and the Tapestries lines being moved into Gaming subcategory? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 08:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

== Furarthorrors and Artists_beware ==

Two information LJ communities to warm artists and commissioners about problematic artists and commissioners:

*http://community.livejournal.com/furarthorrors/
*http://community.livejournal.com/artists_beware/

Any suggestions about what heading and/or section they should be listed under? Danke [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 07:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

:Hmm. Since it's two entries, I should think that would be enough to merit its own subsection. Perhaps "Artist/Commissioner Discussion" under "Furry Art"? Oh, and you may want to make note of the fact that furarthorrors has membership by invitation only. ----[[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]]<sup>([[User talk:DuncanDaHusky|talk]])</sup> 12:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

::Ah, will do so =) Thanks for the help [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 02:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

== and relationships (parents and childfree) ==

I was going to add the furry_childfree LJ to the list, but noticed "Married Furs' Journal" was in "Sexuality and relationships" section while "Furry Parents" are in "Traits" section. Should "Furry Parents" be moved to "relationships" section? Should furry_childfree go in "relationships" section? (some childfree are single while others are in a relationship) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 03:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

== furry-inclusive? ==

List includes "100x100 Icon Exchange *" and "Conbadge Exchange *" with explanation that the the asterisks "* Note: These communities are not exclusively furry, but a majority of the participants are or have animalistic avatars." I think the explanation is fine for those two exchanges (since the explanation is right after) .. but what about other LJs that are not near the explanation? (example [[Artists beware]]) Should add something like "furry-inclusive" ? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 08:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:Perhaps the description should be something like "appear to have a significant proportion of members from the furry fandom"? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 20:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:: I have no strong opinion on which explanation wording is better, mainly I was wondering if format should switch FROM "name-of-LJ *" TO "name-of-LJ (furry-inclusive)" --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 20:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:::Given that it's on a list of furry LiveJournal communities, I think that's implied, to be honest. '''*grin*''' --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 15:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

== Furry Rants LJ Community ==

It amuses me to no end that the community created BY furs (I should know, I made the community) to vent about things that upset them in the fandom is listed as 'anti-furry'. I just find it humorous, that's all. [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]]

Talk:List of furry LiveJournal communities

2006-11-04T22:12:31Z

Ruhemaus: /* Furry Rants LJ Community */

== Cash for Livejournal ==
Imagine if LJ started charging for existing journal. Damn, what a great way to earn a billion dollars.

:Oh, hardly. If two million people stayed, Xanga would still have to charge about $40/month to earn a billion bux in a year (1bil/2mil=500, 500/12=~44). And that's assuming that many would stay; I think that maybe fewer than half the current non-paying users would hang around. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 10:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Nazi Furs ==
Regarding the adding/removal/re-adding of the Nazi Furs group, I did check out the group, and the info page explicitly says that the group is for furs interested in the history of the Nazi Party and World War 2. It goes on to say that it is not a hate group and will not tolerate trolls, white supremecists, etc. Given those details, I think that the entry for that group should stay on the page here. (they might have picked a better name though...) --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 15:42, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:I did too before I readded it, it looks reasonable and likewise even if it did have objectional content, this wiki is not a place to not list things because some people wouldn't like it. Otherwise the only place we might have listed is [[Yerf]].. and then that would be deleted because it contained too much drama over artist elitism. ;) -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 15:46, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
:::However, we do have to start being careful. Vandalism to this page (adding hate groups, changing URLs slightly) is hard to notice, seeing as it is a rather large list. Maybe my making this page was a bad idea. -_-; [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 07:06, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)
::::Such possibilities is why we have a big Revert button, watchlists and recent changes. Lists like this are good as it means we have almanac style content as well as articles, much like wikipedia. ;> -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 15:21, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Nationalist_fur ==
I'm not completely confident of my change re: Nationalist Furries. To me "nationalism" is specific to a political organism -- i.e., a nation. Their goals seem to be the unification of furries in philosophy and aims, but not (in my mind) in a "nation". Wikipedia's entries on [[Wikipedia:Nation|Nation]] and [[Wikipedia:Nationalism|Nationalism]] don't seem to address the issue -- or did they? They were tl;dr. ;) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 16:32, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Removed emphasis in names ==
When I was an editor at MacWEEK magazine, we had a rule: If a company or product name was spelled with exclamation points, all-caps, or other attention-grabbers, we removed them. I think it's a good idea. Without it, you get the equivalent of people Increasing their VOICES until EVERYONE! IS SHOUTING!!!!!! :) So I made that change to this article. --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 16:32, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Order of U.S. regions ==

I see [[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]] made some improvements. I'm not sure about his decision to reorder the U.S. regions, which were alphabetical, to run roughly East to West. What do others think? I know it's not that big a deal, but it seems a bit inconsistent to me. --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 20:26, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:There are few enough regions I don't think the ordering is a major issue, but I agree it seems counterintuitive to me since everything else is ordered alphabetically. [[User:Seanmcelroy|BlueOtter]] 20:59, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

::Well,I'm certainly not married to the idea :-) If you prefer it alphabetically, that's fine by me.--[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 22:44, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:::Eh, screw it... the more I look at how you have it, the more I like it. I have to learn not to be so anal. :) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 23:16, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)
== Related search terms for LJ Interests ==
I checked, and LJ returned the same number of hits for "furries" as "furry", so I guess it has a plural-checking gewgaw installed. (I didn't compare the two lists, though.) Text changed to give better-working examples, although I had a hard time elegantly saying, "These other search terms likely contain both new hits and redundant hits." I think it's fine, but change it if you feel poetic (and concise!) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 03:14, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Cleanup need ==

Due to the changes in cookie handling and user/community URLs, I think that pretty much all of the links on this page need to be adjusted. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 17:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== Splitting? ==

To my eyes this article is getting to be unwieldy. I would suggest splitting out Location-specific communities to another article, at least, if not some of the other sections (Art comes to mind). -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 21:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the location section was moved, what do others think of moving them to subcategories of [[:Category:Groups by country]] ? A WikiFur category for continents might have to be created. (BTW, South African Furs "Journal has been deleted." and they have 30 days to undelete.) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

::Sounds like a plan to me, and I'm all for continents. I wish we had a more generic name for Groups by country, as the country categories are used for more than groups, but it'd be a pain to rename at this point. Although not such a pain if we were fitting countries into continent categories... hmm. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 03:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if the list of anti-furry LJs should be moved to a seperate page. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

== Topic and Wikifur links ==

I don't think the topics should be Wikifur links to a particular community, as in the recent edit which links Victims of abuse to [[Wounded Paws]].

I actually think it's about time to include Wikifur links to individual communities, as well as the external links. I'm not sure what the best format for that would be. Thoughts? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 04:21, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

: I'd also prefer that topic headers not be a wiki-link to a wiki-article about a specific livejournal. How about formating that line into *'''Victims of abuse:''' [[Wounded Paws]]: [http://community.livejournal.com/woundedpaws/ Wounded Paws] . Another possibility is changing it to the double-asterisk format used in the [[List of furry LiveJournal communities#Art projects|Art projects]] section (although that could wait until there's a second victims-of-abuse livejournal). --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

== move Hobbies to Interests? ==

Currently there are the sections "Interests" and "Occupations and hobbies". Should the "hobbies" be moved into the "Interests" section? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

:'''Be bold.''' Do what you think should be done. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 22:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

:I don't think so, since there's a difference between hobbies and interests... there's communities for people who do x as a job or pastime, such as [http://community.livejournal.com/furrydjs/ Furry DJs] and [http://community.livejournal.com/furry_farmers/ Furry Farmers]. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 05:02, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

::I'm fine with Furry Farmers being in the OaH list ("Occupations and hobbies") since farming can be a major job, but there are 3 main things I'm wondering about:
::(1) "Cars: Motor Furs" being in the Interests list while "Weapons: Furry Gun owners" is in the OaH list.
::(2) Perhaps the header could be changed to "Occupations (that some do as a hobby)" ?
::(3) how far do we go in what we consider to be a job? (examples: (3a) furrytattoos LJ includes those making money from tattoos, (3b) Bernal considers SexyFur to be a job (see CrushYiffDestroy's interview of Bernal), and (3c) I assume there are fursuit makers and other artists who make enough money for their art to be a job (whether part-time or full-time). --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 20:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

== Art projects section ==

I don't think we need the Art projects section, as these are such specific communities and generally intended only for participants in the projects. Thoughts? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 05:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

== Horrors Community Updates ==

VCL Horrors, FA Horrors, SheezyArt Horrors, Elfwood Horrors, and DeviantArt Horrors (in conjunction with the "Big Bad Mod" account) have been deleted, permanently. The following communities were made to replace some of them:
wtf_vcl, vclhorrors, wtf_fa, deviantartsnark, vcl_snark {{unsigned|Surgat}}

== subcategories of Gaming? ==

I was going to be bold, but decided to ask here first. [[List of furry LiveJournal communities#Interests]] category includes Gaming subcategory, lines for Second Life and Tapestries. What do people think of the Second Life line and the Tapestries lines being moved into Gaming subcategory? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 08:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

== Furarthorrors and Artists_beware ==

Two information LJ communities to warm artists and commissioners about problematic artists and commissioners:

*http://community.livejournal.com/furarthorrors/
*http://community.livejournal.com/artists_beware/

Any suggestions about what heading and/or section they should be listed under? Danke [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 07:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

:Hmm. Since it's two entries, I should think that would be enough to merit its own subsection. Perhaps "Artist/Commissioner Discussion" under "Furry Art"? Oh, and you may want to make note of the fact that furarthorrors has membership by invitation only. ----[[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]]<sup>([[User talk:DuncanDaHusky|talk]])</sup> 12:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

::Ah, will do so =) Thanks for the help [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 02:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

== and relationships (parents and childfree) ==

I was going to add the furry_childfree LJ to the list, but noticed "Married Furs' Journal" was in "Sexuality and relationships" section while "Furry Parents" are in "Traits" section. Should "Furry Parents" be moved to "relationships" section? Should furry_childfree go in "relationships" section? (some childfree are single while others are in a relationship) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 03:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

== furry-inclusive? ==

List includes "100x100 Icon Exchange *" and "Conbadge Exchange *" with explanation that the the asterisks "* Note: These communities are not exclusively furry, but a majority of the participants are or have animalistic avatars." I think the explanation is fine for those two exchanges (since the explanation is right after) .. but what about other LJs that are not near the explanation? (example [[Artists beware]]) Should add something like "furry-inclusive" ? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 08:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:Perhaps the description should be something like "appear to have a significant proportion of members from the furry fandom"? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 20:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:: I have no strong opinion on which explanation wording is better, mainly I was wondering if format should switch FROM "name-of-LJ *" TO "name-of-LJ (furry-inclusive)" --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 20:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:::Given that it's on a list of furry LiveJournal communities, I think that's implied, to be honest. '''*grin*''' --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 15:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

== Furry Rants LJ Community ==

It amuses me to no end that the community created BY furs (I should know, I made the damn thing) to vent about things that upset them in the fandom is listed as 'anti-furry'. I just find it humorous, that's all. [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]]

Talk:List of furry LiveJournal communities

2006-11-04T22:10:34Z

Ruhemaus: /* Furry Rants LJ Community */

== Cash for Livejournal ==
Imagine if LJ started charging for existing journal. Damn, what a great way to earn a billion dollars.

:Oh, hardly. If two million people stayed, Xanga would still have to charge about $40/month to earn a billion bux in a year (1bil/2mil=500, 500/12=~44). And that's assuming that many would stay; I think that maybe fewer than half the current non-paying users would hang around. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 10:44, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

== Nazi Furs ==
Regarding the adding/removal/re-adding of the Nazi Furs group, I did check out the group, and the info page explicitly says that the group is for furs interested in the history of the Nazi Party and World War 2. It goes on to say that it is not a hate group and will not tolerate trolls, white supremecists, etc. Given those details, I think that the entry for that group should stay on the page here. (they might have picked a better name though...) --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 15:42, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:I did too before I readded it, it looks reasonable and likewise even if it did have objectional content, this wiki is not a place to not list things because some people wouldn't like it. Otherwise the only place we might have listed is [[Yerf]].. and then that would be deleted because it contained too much drama over artist elitism. ;) -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 15:46, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
:::However, we do have to start being careful. Vandalism to this page (adding hate groups, changing URLs slightly) is hard to notice, seeing as it is a rather large list. Maybe my making this page was a bad idea. -_-; [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 07:06, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)
::::Such possibilities is why we have a big Revert button, watchlists and recent changes. Lists like this are good as it means we have almanac style content as well as articles, much like wikipedia. ;> -[[User:Nidonocu|Nidonocu]] - [[User talk:Nidonocu|talk]] [[Image:Trans 168.png|16px|Nidonocu]] 15:21, 19 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Nationalist_fur ==
I'm not completely confident of my change re: Nationalist Furries. To me "nationalism" is specific to a political organism -- i.e., a nation. Their goals seem to be the unification of furries in philosophy and aims, but not (in my mind) in a "nation". Wikipedia's entries on [[Wikipedia:Nation|Nation]] and [[Wikipedia:Nationalism|Nationalism]] don't seem to address the issue -- or did they? They were tl;dr. ;) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 16:32, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Removed emphasis in names ==
When I was an editor at MacWEEK magazine, we had a rule: If a company or product name was spelled with exclamation points, all-caps, or other attention-grabbers, we removed them. I think it's a good idea. Without it, you get the equivalent of people Increasing their VOICES until EVERYONE! IS SHOUTING!!!!!! :) So I made that change to this article. --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 16:32, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

== Order of U.S. regions ==

I see [[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]] made some improvements. I'm not sure about his decision to reorder the U.S. regions, which were alphabetical, to run roughly East to West. What do others think? I know it's not that big a deal, but it seems a bit inconsistent to me. --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 20:26, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:There are few enough regions I don't think the ordering is a major issue, but I agree it seems counterintuitive to me since everything else is ordered alphabetically. [[User:Seanmcelroy|BlueOtter]] 20:59, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

::Well,I'm certainly not married to the idea :-) If you prefer it alphabetically, that's fine by me.--[[User:DuncanDaHusky|Duncan da Husky]] 22:44, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

:::Eh, screw it... the more I look at how you have it, the more I like it. I have to learn not to be so anal. :) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 23:16, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)
== Related search terms for LJ Interests ==
I checked, and LJ returned the same number of hits for "furries" as "furry", so I guess it has a plural-checking gewgaw installed. (I didn't compare the two lists, though.) Text changed to give better-working examples, although I had a hard time elegantly saying, "These other search terms likely contain both new hits and redundant hits." I think it's fine, but change it if you feel poetic (and concise!) --[[User:Tomhowling|Tom Howling]] 03:14, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Cleanup need ==

Due to the changes in cookie handling and user/community URLs, I think that pretty much all of the links on this page need to be adjusted. -- [[User:Siege|Siege]] 17:54, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

== Splitting? ==

To my eyes this article is getting to be unwieldy. I would suggest splitting out Location-specific communities to another article, at least, if not some of the other sections (Art comes to mind). -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 21:54, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

:If the location section was moved, what do others think of moving them to subcategories of [[:Category:Groups by country]] ? A WikiFur category for continents might have to be created. (BTW, South African Furs "Journal has been deleted." and they have 30 days to undelete.) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

::Sounds like a plan to me, and I'm all for continents. I wish we had a more generic name for Groups by country, as the country categories are used for more than groups, but it'd be a pain to rename at this point. Although not such a pain if we were fitting countries into continent categories... hmm. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 03:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I was wondering if the list of anti-furry LJs should be moved to a seperate page. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

== Topic and Wikifur links ==

I don't think the topics should be Wikifur links to a particular community, as in the recent edit which links Victims of abuse to [[Wounded Paws]].

I actually think it's about time to include Wikifur links to individual communities, as well as the external links. I'm not sure what the best format for that would be. Thoughts? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 04:21, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

: I'd also prefer that topic headers not be a wiki-link to a wiki-article about a specific livejournal. How about formating that line into *'''Victims of abuse:''' [[Wounded Paws]]: [http://community.livejournal.com/woundedpaws/ Wounded Paws] . Another possibility is changing it to the double-asterisk format used in the [[List of furry LiveJournal communities#Art projects|Art projects]] section (although that could wait until there's a second victims-of-abuse livejournal). --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:30, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

== move Hobbies to Interests? ==

Currently there are the sections "Interests" and "Occupations and hobbies". Should the "hobbies" be moved into the "Interests" section? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 01:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

:'''Be bold.''' Do what you think should be done. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 22:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

:I don't think so, since there's a difference between hobbies and interests... there's communities for people who do x as a job or pastime, such as [http://community.livejournal.com/furrydjs/ Furry DJs] and [http://community.livejournal.com/furry_farmers/ Furry Farmers]. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 05:02, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

::I'm fine with Furry Farmers being in the OaH list ("Occupations and hobbies") since farming can be a major job, but there are 3 main things I'm wondering about:
::(1) "Cars: Motor Furs" being in the Interests list while "Weapons: Furry Gun owners" is in the OaH list.
::(2) Perhaps the header could be changed to "Occupations (that some do as a hobby)" ?
::(3) how far do we go in what we consider to be a job? (examples: (3a) furrytattoos LJ includes those making money from tattoos, (3b) Bernal considers SexyFur to be a job (see CrushYiffDestroy's interview of Bernal), and (3c) I assume there are fursuit makers and other artists who make enough money for their art to be a job (whether part-time or full-time). --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 20:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

== Art projects section ==

I don't think we need the Art projects section, as these are such specific communities and generally intended only for participants in the projects. Thoughts? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 05:42, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

== Horrors Community Updates ==

VCL Horrors, FA Horrors, SheezyArt Horrors, Elfwood Horrors, and DeviantArt Horrors (in conjunction with the "Big Bad Mod" account) have been deleted, permanently. The following communities were made to replace some of them:
wtf_vcl, vclhorrors, wtf_fa, deviantartsnark, vcl_snark {{unsigned|Surgat}}

== subcategories of Gaming? ==

I was going to be bold, but decided to ask here first. [[List of furry LiveJournal communities#Interests]] category includes Gaming subcategory, lines for Second Life and Tapestries. What do people think of the Second Life line and the Tapestries lines being moved into Gaming subcategory? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 08:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

== Furarthorrors and Artists_beware ==

Two information LJ communities to warm artists and commissioners about problematic artists and commissioners:

*http://community.livejournal.com/furarthorrors/
*http://community.livejournal.com/artists_beware/

Any suggestions about what heading and/or section they should be listed under? Danke [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 07:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

:Hmm. Since it's two entries, I should think that would be enough to merit its own subsection. Perhaps "Artist/Commissioner Discussion" under "Furry Art"? Oh, and you may want to make note of the fact that furarthorrors has membership by invitation only. ----[[User:DuncanDaHusky|DuncanDaHusky]]<sup>([[User talk:DuncanDaHusky|talk]])</sup> 12:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

::Ah, will do so =) Thanks for the help [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 02:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

== and relationships (parents and childfree) ==

I was going to add the furry_childfree LJ to the list, but noticed "Married Furs' Journal" was in "Sexuality and relationships" section while "Furry Parents" are in "Traits" section. Should "Furry Parents" be moved to "relationships" section? Should furry_childfree go in "relationships" section? (some childfree are single while others are in a relationship) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 03:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

== furry-inclusive? ==

List includes "100x100 Icon Exchange *" and "Conbadge Exchange *" with explanation that the the asterisks "* Note: These communities are not exclusively furry, but a majority of the participants are or have animalistic avatars." I think the explanation is fine for those two exchanges (since the explanation is right after) .. but what about other LJs that are not near the explanation? (example [[Artists beware]]) Should add something like "furry-inclusive" ? --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 08:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:Perhaps the description should be something like "appear to have a significant proportion of members from the furry fandom"? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 20:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:: I have no strong opinion on which explanation wording is better, mainly I was wondering if format should switch FROM "name-of-LJ *" TO "name-of-LJ (furry-inclusive)" --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 20:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

:::Given that it's on a list of furry LiveJournal communities, I think that's implied, to be honest. '''*grin*''' --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 15:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

== Furry Rants LJ Community ==

It amuses me to no end that the community created BY furs (I should know, I made the damn thing) to bitch about things that upset them in the fandom is listed as 'anti-furry'. I just find it humorous, that's all. [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]]

Talk:Katatraz

2006-10-11T00:19:42Z

Ruhemaus:

Sorry, I need to get better at copyediting when submitting new articles... [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]] 00:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Katatraz

2006-10-10T21:35:37Z

Ruhemaus: + teleport pattern

'''Katatraz Prison''' (t katatraz) is the correctional institute for criminal furs on [[Tapestries]] owned by [[Serene]]. Katatraz Prison is a multi-purpose prison, containing facilities for many different levels of criminals. As the only long-term prison in the area, Katatraz houses everything from local offenders to those furs requiring maximum security cells, and/or Death. In addition, the prison is fully integrated, making almost no distinction between male or female prisoners.

While male and female prisoners are not housed in the same cell, they are housed in the same cell blocks. (Some exceptions to this have been rumored to occur, but are not officially sanctioned by the prison, and are usually the result of lost paper work. The entire area is [[NC]], or acceptable for Non-Concentual sexual [[RP]].

== Security ==

Since Katatraz Prison incarcerates a widely ranging span of prisoners, several steps beyond simple walls and bars have needed to be taken to ensure that the inmates do not escape. The walls and grounds of the prison have been imbued with a powerful enchantment that limits magical abilities to a bare minimum, calculated to allow magical beings to survive, but too weak for very much in the way of external projections of power. This has the additional effect of preventing any teleportation in or out of the prison. Also, the [[tport]], [[msummon]], and [[mjoin]] commands have been disabled in the prison.

Although Katatraz Prison strives for an efficient and just system, like most prisons it does have it's share of corrupt guards willing to do favors for prisoners in exchange some type of payment. It also has Areas where one can ease their mind, soul, and body as well. Also a growing department for healers, alchemists, and yes psionics.

=== Magic ===

As mentioned above, magic is far weaker at Katatraz than elsewhere. The entire prison is inside of a near-null magic zone. Only enough magic seeps in to allow creatures that require a small amount of magic to survive to live. Furs that need more magic for survival often find themselves weakened or getting very sick due to the absence of mana (or whatever else is used for magic).

The main effect of this is that magical abilities, whether spells cast by wizards or manifested as a natural part of a magical creature, fail due to lack of mana. For example, a dryad would be unable to meld with a tree, and a kitsune could not use illusions, and a dragon can not use it's breath weapon. While these are natural abilities, they are also magical. A non-magical natural ability, such as a serpent's venom, would still work. Of course, other methods would be found to prevent inmates from using non-magical dangerous abilities.

In other words, when it comes to magic, don't use it. There 2 rings running about that allow magic in a certain area. One is used in the Healing room for mortal wounds that one would die from normally. This one is protected by extreme measures, and unable to be stolen. The other is kept by the Head warden.

=== Weapons ===

Weapon rules are also strict, to promote better RP. The only weapons that are permitted to be carried on a regular basis are the stun batons, Tranq guns, and truncheons that are issued by the prison. Other weapons must be okayed by A Warden! If they are then they become legal. This is to give an aspect of role-play for any type of new weaponry. Swords, and other medieval weapons are NOT allowed. Also nothing like them are to be allowed either (i.e. Light sabers).

Not being stupid or blind to the inherent possibilities of natural weapons,
Katatraz officials do take steps to neutralize natural weaponry as best they
can, stopping short of permanent damage. Inmates with dangerous claws will
have them trimmer regularly, or if that is not enough, coated with a non-
dangerous material which will blunt the claws. This is similar to coating the
claws in rubber. (Most vets have pamphlets on this procedure) Other methods
will be used to prevent inmates from using non-magical breath weapons,
including medical means such as administering drugs that restrict the needed
biological processes.

In short, no inmate is going to be permitted to run around the prison with a
built-in weapon, natural or not, that allows him or her to have a viable means
of assaulting a member of the Katatraz staff, guards, or other inmates.
Natural weapons possessed by guards or staff are not going to be neutralized
as a matter of course, but restraint and proper behavior are expected of them,
and the use of such abilities falls under the same rules as those governing
non-natural lethal weapons. Any use of natural weaponry, even in dire
circumstances, will provoke an investigation into it's use. Guards and staff
who use their natural weaponry recklessly could have it restrained while in
the prison, but are more likely to be fired.

== Uniforms ==

Prison uniforms are simple, the standard consisting of a plain black and white striped shirt and matching pants. The orange jumpsuit, or any other state approved jailbird outfit. (if you want to do some homework so you can stand out go for it) Occasionally prisoners transferred in have other uniforms, which are usually allowed for economic reasons, as long as they meet the prison's basic stands of covering and cleanliness. Guards are required to provide their own uniforms, which must be neat, professional-looking and promote a sense of authority. Each Cell block set of Guards are allowed to have their own uniforms to tell them apart. Staff members are expected to dress in a professional manner, with attire appropriate to their jobs.

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Katatraz]]

Katatraz

2006-10-10T21:34:44Z

Ruhemaus:

'''Katatraz Prison''' is the correctional institute for criminal furs on [[Tapestries]] owned by [[Serene]]. Katatraz Prison is a multi-purpose prison, containing facilities for many different levels of criminals. As the only long-term prison in the area, Katatraz houses everything from local offenders to those furs requiring maximum security cells, and/or Death. In addition, the prison is fully integrated, making almost no distinction between male or female prisoners.

While male and female prisoners are not housed in the same cell, they are housed in the same cell blocks. (Some exceptions to this have been rumored to occur, but are not officially sanctioned by the prison, and are usually the result of lost paper work. The entire area is [[NC]], or acceptable for Non-Concentual sexual [[RP]].

== Security ==

Since Katatraz Prison incarcerates a widely ranging span of prisoners, several steps beyond simple walls and bars have needed to be taken to ensure that the inmates do not escape. The walls and grounds of the prison have been imbued with a powerful enchantment that limits magical abilities to a bare minimum, calculated to allow magical beings to survive, but too weak for very much in the way of external projections of power. This has the additional effect of preventing any teleportation in or out of the prison. Also, the [[tport]], [[msummon]], and [[mjoin]] commands have been disabled in the prison.

Although Katatraz Prison strives for an efficient and just system, like most prisons it does have it's share of corrupt guards willing to do favors for prisoners in exchange some type of payment. It also has Areas where one can ease their mind, soul, and body as well. Also a growing department for healers, alchemists, and yes psionics.

=== Magic ===

As mentioned above, magic is far weaker at Katatraz than elsewhere. The entire prison is inside of a near-null magic zone. Only enough magic seeps in to allow creatures that require a small amount of magic to survive to live. Furs that need more magic for survival often find themselves weakened or getting very sick due to the absence of mana (or whatever else is used for magic).

The main effect of this is that magical abilities, whether spells cast by wizards or manifested as a natural part of a magical creature, fail due to lack of mana. For example, a dryad would be unable to meld with a tree, and a kitsune could not use illusions, and a dragon can not use it's breath weapon. While these are natural abilities, they are also magical. A non-magical natural ability, such as a serpent's venom, would still work. Of course, other methods would be found to prevent inmates from using non-magical dangerous abilities.

In other words, when it comes to magic, don't use it. There 2 rings running about that allow magic in a certain area. One is used in the Healing room for mortal wounds that one would die from normally. This one is protected by extreme measures, and unable to be stolen. The other is kept by the Head warden.

=== Weapons ===

Weapon rules are also strict, to promote better RP. The only weapons that are permitted to be carried on a regular basis are the stun batons, Tranq guns, and truncheons that are issued by the prison. Other weapons must be okayed by A Warden! If they are then they become legal. This is to give an aspect of role-play for any type of new weaponry. Swords, and other medieval weapons are NOT allowed. Also nothing like them are to be allowed either (i.e. Light sabers).

Not being stupid or blind to the inherent possibilities of natural weapons,
Katatraz officials do take steps to neutralize natural weaponry as best they
can, stopping short of permanent damage. Inmates with dangerous claws will
have them trimmer regularly, or if that is not enough, coated with a non-
dangerous material which will blunt the claws. This is similar to coating the
claws in rubber. (Most vets have pamphlets on this procedure) Other methods
will be used to prevent inmates from using non-magical breath weapons,
including medical means such as administering drugs that restrict the needed
biological processes.

In short, no inmate is going to be permitted to run around the prison with a
built-in weapon, natural or not, that allows him or her to have a viable means
of assaulting a member of the Katatraz staff, guards, or other inmates.
Natural weapons possessed by guards or staff are not going to be neutralized
as a matter of course, but restraint and proper behavior are expected of them,
and the use of such abilities falls under the same rules as those governing
non-natural lethal weapons. Any use of natural weaponry, even in dire
circumstances, will provoke an investigation into it's use. Guards and staff
who use their natural weaponry recklessly could have it restrained while in
the prison, but are more likely to be fired.

== Uniforms ==

Prison uniforms are simple, the standard consisting of a plain black and white striped shirt and matching pants. The orange jumpsuit, or any other state approved jailbird outfit. (if you want to do some homework so you can stand out go for it) Occasionally prisoners transferred in have other uniforms, which are usually allowed for economic reasons, as long as they meet the prison's basic stands of covering and cleanliness. Guards are required to provide their own uniforms, which must be neat, professional-looking and promote a sense of authority. Each Cell block set of Guards are allowed to have their own uniforms to tell them apart. Staff members are expected to dress in a professional manner, with attire appropriate to their jobs.

[[Category:Tapestries locations|Katatraz]]

User:Ruhemaus

2006-10-07T07:31:06Z

Ruhemaus: + Language Ability

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Bloody Rats

2006-08-26T06:07:44Z

Ruhemaus:

The Bloody Rats started as an homage to the Mafia, and is an underground crime TP or [TinyPlot] on [Tapestries]. It was started by [Ruhemaus], and it's main 'Family' members are [Sara_C] & [EngleMaus]. The idea of the Bloody Rats were simple: Take over abandoned areas no one visits and use it as bases for illegal actions. They often will still have violent fights with other gangs in [Layleux], and often recruit from [Catatraz] for new enforcers.

The main strength in the Bloody Rats is a horde of blood-thirsty, near-feral rats that can be called at will to run errands, work as muscule, or even be cruel assasins when needed. No one's sure how the Maus family has kept control over the rats, but rumor has it that it's because their leader's daughter, Sara_C, is currently protected by the Maus family; as well as raised as one of their own. No matter the reason, they work as a seemingly never-ending wave that can swarm and overwhelm most enemies to the gang.

Along with the rats, the Bloody Rats also have an eccentric and inbred ferret family that works as indentured families to the Maus family. Known as the Arfurnio Family, they are a talented family of clothing designers that keeps every member of the Bloody Rats' upper echilon always in the best suits. The family, though, is spoilt off the money the Maus family provides them, and they are quite insane from generations of in-breeding.

Currently Ruhemaus has backed out of running the Bloody Rats, and is leaving that to EngleMaus and Sara_C. But, if needed, he still provides advice and acts as a mediator or patriach of the Maus Family when needed to solve issues with other gangs in Layleux. But after running most the others out, they currently see themselves as having no real threat for the moment.

RuheMaus

2006-08-17T04:29:36Z

Ruhemaus:

The owner of the [[Golden Lash]], a BDSM club on [[Tapestries]], '''RuheMaus''' is a well-dressed mouse in a world filled with nudity and sex. A self-proclaimed gentleman's dominant, he prefers sensation play and gentle restriaints over the rougher elements of BDSM. Very proud of his jewish faith, he runs the [[FurryJews]] mailing list so other Jewish members of the Furry Fandom can keep in touch. He also created [[Maus's law]], the furry answer to Godwin's Law.

== The Character ==

Ruhe is usually a quiet rodent, true to his name. He is rather modest, & prefers to talk and flirt mostly. In the underbelly of Layleux, though, Ruhe has an ongoing RP that in a bloody coup he took over the sewers and rules them by controlling several nests of rabid rats that answer to his beck and call. The [[Bloody Rats]], as they are called can be called forth to defend him - or others for a price. Lately, though, he just relaxes as the head of '''The Golden Lash''' and raises his virtual family of mice.

== The Player ==

Unlike most furs, he seems to prefer plus-sized females. Some think it stems from his love of cooking, but he claims he just prefers females with rounder, more realistic curves. Whichever the case, he has helped the flow of some of the full-figured roleplay and artwork in the fandom to edge away from extreme BBW, and instead feature women who just have a few extra pounds. He also encurages shopping at plus-size stores and consignment shops, and usually has links to places to get fetish and/or BDSM gear designed for those with thicker curves in mind.

Very outspoken on the rights of the new incoming generation of furry fans, he works with other married furs and parent furs to encourage furry cons to join the movement other fandom conventions have started in creating child-safe zones. He believes that doing this will help avoid younger furs (and children of fur parents) being hurt at conventions. In a similar vein, he strongly dislikes [[ageplay]], and has discouraged its practice in the Golden Lash as far as possible.

In his younger years, he ended up homeless for a few years. If asked about it, he openly admits his shame over those years and some of his actions during them, and yet is also proud to have survived and learned from the experience. Also, he seems to now have a more protective side, and will do anything in his power to help friends who need it. Many the fur has spoken of him travelling hours overnight to rescue female furs from bad situations, offer a couch to those down on their luck, and even give food and money to those furs who need it more than him, just to save furs from suffering the pain of being homeless.

He is currently married in real life, and is also attending school to become a Kosher Chef. Eventually he hopes to move back to Seattle, once he and his wife finish school, so they can open a kosher resturant and start a family.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Ruhemaus}}
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furryjews/ FurryJews Mailing List]
* [http://renegadekosher.blogspot.com/ His Kosher Cooking Blog]
* ''[http://furrymouse.livejournal.com The Ramblings of a Rodent]'' - RuheMaus' [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3448f750f043334 An interview he did] with the now infamous [[Sibe]]
* [http://www.wolfiespack.com/furry/furrymousecol.jpg A picture of RuheMaus]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Mouse characters]][[Category:California]][[Category:1978 births]]

RuheMaus

2006-08-17T04:20:23Z

Ruhemaus:

The owner of the [[Golden Lash]], a BDSM club on [[Tapestries]], '''RuheMaus''' is a well-dressed mouse in a world filled with nudity and sex. A self-proclaimed gentleman's dominant, he prefers sensation play and gentle restriaints over the rougher elements of BDSM. Very proud of his jewish faith, he runs the [[FurryJews]] mailing list so other Jewish members of the Furry Fandom can keep in touch. He also created [[Maus's Law]], the furry answer to Godwin's Law.

== The Character ==

Ruhe is usually a quiet rodent, true to his name. He is rather modest, & prefers to talk and flirt mostly. In the underbelly of Layleux, though, Ruhe has an ongoing RP that in a bloody coup he took over the sewers and rules them by controlling several nests of rabid rats that answer to his beck and call. The [[Bloody Rats]], as they are called can be called forth to defend him - or others for a price. Lately, though, he just relaxes as the head of '''The Golden Lash''' and raises his virtual family of mice.

== The Player ==

Unlike most furs, he seems to prefer plus-sized females. Some think it stems from his love of cooking, but he claims he just prefers females with rounder, more realistic curves. Whichever the case, he has helped the flow of some of the full-figured roleplay and artwork in the fandom to edge away from extreme BBW, and instead feature women who just have a few extra pounds. He also encurages shopping at plus-size stores and consignment shops, and usually has links to places to get fetish and/or BDSM gear designed for those with thicker curves in mind.

Very outspoken on the rights of the new incoming generation of furry fans, he works with other married furs and parent furs to encourage furry cons to join the movement other fandom conventions have started in creating child-safe zones. He believes that doing this will help avoid younger furs (and children of fur parents) being hurt at conventions. In a similar vein, he strongly dislikes [[ageplay]], and has discouraged its practice in the Golden Lash as far as possible.

In his younger years, he ended up homeless for a few years. If asked about it, he openly admits his shame over those years and some of his actions during them, and yet is also proud to have survived and learned from the experience. Also, he seems to now have a more protective side, and will do anything in his power to help friends who need it. Many the fur has spoken of him travelling hours overnight to rescue female furs from bad situations, offer a couch to those down on their luck, and even give food and money to those furs who need it more than him, just to save furs from suffering the pain of being homeless.

He is currently married in real life, and is also attending school to become a Kosher Chef. Eventually he hopes to move back to Seattle, once he and his wife finish school, so they can open a kosher resturant and start a family.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Ruhemaus}}
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/furryjews/ FurryJews Mailing List]
* [http://renegadekosher.blogspot.com/ His Kosher Cooking Blog]
* ''[http://furrymouse.livejournal.com The Ramblings of a Rodent]'' - RuheMaus' [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a3448f750f043334 An interview he did] with the now infamous [[Sibe]]
* [http://www.wolfiespack.com/furry/furrymousecol.jpg A picture of RuheMaus]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Mouse characters]][[Category:California]][[Category:1978 births]]

User:Ruhemaus/Maus's Law

2006-08-17T04:18:52Z

Ruhemaus:

Created by [[Ruhemaus]] in 2003, he noticed that while Godwin's law covered most the internet, it didn't really come into play to stop most flame wars in the [[furry]] community. Thus he crated '''Maus's Law'''. Since it's creation, it's been proven true time and time again to be accurate. The law itself is as follows:

''Maus's Law: As a discussion in a furry newsgroup or community (Be it on the [[MUCK]]s, [[IRC]], [[Livejournal]], [[Blogs]], or any internet forum.) grows longer, the probability of someone involded in the discussion being implicated in art theft in some form approaches one.''

Once this occurs, whomever mentioned one of the triggers has 'lost' whatever argument was in progress. This does not mean that the thread will end by any means; it just means that any
further posts to this thread are going to be pointless to read. Also, it should be noted that if you try to invoke Maus's Law just to end a thread, it will likely backfire & the fighting will become much more severe.

On a side note, As with Godwin's Law itself, the mention of [[Sibe]] and others like him are akin to name-dropping Hitler in a normal 'discussion'. To call the big names accused of art theft into the mix, and to insinuate someone was like them or may be them is referring to art theft itself, thus still enacting the law.

Sociopolitical Ramifications

2006-07-09T11:36:52Z

Ruhemaus: + Corrected start date

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'''Sociopolitical Ramifications''' ('''SPR''') is the third-largest furry [[MUCK]], after [[Tapestries MUCK|Tapestries]] and [[FurryMUCK]]. An average of 60 to 80 furs are connected.

* '''Addresses'''
** '''MUCK server''': [telnet://spr.ctrl-c.liu.se:23 spr.ctrl-c.liu.se, port 23]
** '''Website''': http://www.sociospace.org/sprmuck/
** '''Ran from/to''': September 1994 - present

== Areas ==

SPR's main 'city' is themed like a computer, with different areas named after different parts of a computer's hardware or architecture. Much of SPR's central and western landscape, as well as the MUCK's title screen, was designed by [[unci]], a building [[wizard]] of the first years, who left SPR in 1999.

[[SocioSpace]] is a hard sci-fi minigame (similar to a MUD) built into SPR. This system includes combat, healing, and a spaceship system, programmed by the lead wizard for that area, [[Arian]].

==History==

SPR was founded by [[Snout]] and [[DivineVixen]] on Sep 19th 1994 at 04:27:49 CEST, and was announced via @shout just before one of [[FurryMUCK]]'s infamous six- to eight-hour database saves. The name SPR actually comes the parody comic of [[Tank Vixens]], hence why the initial line when you connect is, <i>"Oooh, say the words.."</i> The phase also made an appearance in the [[Anthropomorphic]] Sci-fi comic [[Albedo]]. On that first day, over thirty players connected, each of whom was given a wizbit to make it easy for them to build and attach things.

[[Murphy]] the MUFMouse was a wizard from opening day in September 1995 to his resignation in October 1996. Murphy built the original space station (then called SPR Station), the first solar system, and coded all the vehicle programs.

In 1997, during a fit of pique, the wizard [[Mystique]] chose to @purge, thus destroying everything that she owned, including the page program and the say program. At this time, [[Winged]] was given a wizbit (along with [[Kathalla]]) to help piece SPR back together from a backup that Snout started running on another port.

Eventually, DivineVixen had to step down as head wizard due to her player's fight with Multiple Sclerosis, leaving Snout in charge. [[Syvel]] chose this time to @purge, thus getting rid of a lot of functionality that the MUCK relied upon.

It was just after Syvel's @purge that [[CATerwaul]] chose to limit the MUCK to wizards-only, for a period of some months. During this time, many inactive wizards were dewizzed, and several new rules and regulations went into effect -- including the requirement that MUCK-essential programs and objects needed to be owned by a new, wizbitted character named SPR, so that no @purge could damage the MUCK again.

Eventually, SPR came back for players to use, though its user base was much diminished (from a high of 191 characters connected, it now averages 60 to 80). Snout didn't want anything to do with the administration of the new MUCK structure, so he appointed three wizards to be "gods" -- wizards with the power to grant or remove wizbits. These were [[Natasha]], Winged, and [[Benjamin]].

Due to internal friction (and a lot of miscommunication), Natasha ended up leaving. It was at this point that Winged became pretty much the main God character. He made several unpopular decisions during this timeframe: Space became Arian's area to allow or banish people as he saw fit. [[Zinn]] was toaded and banished for alleged (i.e. disputed) violation of an order to stay out of Arian's space areas. [[Gud]], DivineVixen's non-wizard character, was given a wizbit, and immediately began to violate SPR's rules of ownership, yanking possession of a BDSM-themed area from its owners. When Winged de-wizzed him, he began to bad-mouth the administration of SPR in the park, and Winged @toaded and banished him from what had been his own MUCK several years before.

Winged resigned as a wizard (much less head wizard) in November of 2001, amidst complaints that he was misusing his power -- among other things, Syvel asked for ownership of her programs back from SPR (Syvel having been removed as a wizard due to her @purging), attempting to revoke the GPL that she had originally licensed them under. Winged refused, citing her prior @purge and her player's legal issues, as well as the GPL which allowed SPR to maintain its own copy of her programs.

== Physical location ==

SPR's server is physically located in [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]]. Therefore, SPR is not restricted by US laws. In particular, the use of the internet by children less than 13 years old is restricted in the US.

However, rules 0.1 as well as 1.1 of the SPR policies imply that anything you do is subject to:
# Swedish law
# international law, and
# any laws which apply where you are

Pedophilia and soliciting RL sex with those under the age of 15, or in some cases, 18, is not legal in Sweden.

== See also ==

*[[FuzzBall TinyMUCK]]
*[[:Category:Sociopolitical Ramifications locations|Sociopolitical Ramifications locations]]
*[[SocioSpace]]

[[Category:Multiplayer worlds]]
[[Category:1995 births]]

Sociopolitical Ramifications

2006-07-09T11:34:52Z

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'''Sociopolitical Ramifications''' ('''SPR''') is the third-largest furry [[MUCK]], after [[Tapestries MUCK|Tapestries]] and [[FurryMUCK]]. An average of 60 to 80 furs are connected.

* '''Addresses'''
** '''MUCK server''': [telnet://spr.ctrl-c.liu.se:23 spr.ctrl-c.liu.se, port 23]
** '''Website''': http://www.sociospace.org/sprmuck/
** '''Ran from/to''': September 1995 - present

== Areas ==

SPR's main 'city' is themed like a computer, with different areas named after different parts of a computer's hardware or architecture. Much of SPR's central and western landscape, as well as the MUCK's title screen, was designed by [[unci]], a building [[wizard]] of the first years, who left SPR in 1999.

[[SocioSpace]] is a hard sci-fi minigame (similar to a MUD) built into SPR. This system includes combat, healing, and a spaceship system, programmed by the lead wizard for that area, [[Arian]].

==History==

SPR was founded by [[Snout]] and [[DivineVixen]] on Sep 19th 1994 at 04:27:49 CEST, and was announced via @shout just before one of [[FurryMUCK]]'s infamous six- to eight-hour database saves. The name SPR actually comes the parody comic of [[Tank Vixens]], hence why the initial line when you connect is, <i>"Oooh, say the words.."</i> The phase also made an appearance in the [[Anthropomorphic]] Sci-fi comic [[Albedo]]. On that first day, over thirty players connected, each of whom was given a wizbit to make it easy for them to build and attach things.

[[Murphy]] the MUFMouse was a wizard from opening day in September 1995 to his resignation in October 1996. Murphy built the original space station (then called SPR Station), the first solar system, and coded all the vehicle programs.

In 1997, during a fit of pique, the wizard [[Mystique]] chose to @purge, thus destroying everything that she owned, including the page program and the say program. At this time, [[Winged]] was given a wizbit (along with [[Kathalla]]) to help piece SPR back together from a backup that Snout started running on another port.

Eventually, DivineVixen had to step down as head wizard due to her player's fight with Multiple Sclerosis, leaving Snout in charge. [[Syvel]] chose this time to @purge, thus getting rid of a lot of functionality that the MUCK relied upon.

It was just after Syvel's @purge that [[CATerwaul]] chose to limit the MUCK to wizards-only, for a period of some months. During this time, many inactive wizards were dewizzed, and several new rules and regulations went into effect -- including the requirement that MUCK-essential programs and objects needed to be owned by a new, wizbitted character named SPR, so that no @purge could damage the MUCK again.

Eventually, SPR came back for players to use, though its user base was much diminished (from a high of 191 characters connected, it now averages 60 to 80). Snout didn't want anything to do with the administration of the new MUCK structure, so he appointed three wizards to be "gods" -- wizards with the power to grant or remove wizbits. These were [[Natasha]], Winged, and [[Benjamin]].

Due to internal friction (and a lot of miscommunication), Natasha ended up leaving. It was at this point that Winged became pretty much the main God character. He made several unpopular decisions during this timeframe: Space became Arian's area to allow or banish people as he saw fit. [[Zinn]] was toaded and banished for alleged (i.e. disputed) violation of an order to stay out of Arian's space areas. [[Gud]], DivineVixen's non-wizard character, was given a wizbit, and immediately began to violate SPR's rules of ownership, yanking possession of a BDSM-themed area from its owners. When Winged de-wizzed him, he began to bad-mouth the administration of SPR in the park, and Winged @toaded and banished him from what had been his own MUCK several years before.

Winged resigned as a wizard (much less head wizard) in November of 2001, amidst complaints that he was misusing his power -- among other things, Syvel asked for ownership of her programs back from SPR (Syvel having been removed as a wizard due to her @purging), attempting to revoke the GPL that she had originally licensed them under. Winged refused, citing her prior @purge and her player's legal issues, as well as the GPL which allowed SPR to maintain its own copy of her programs.

== Physical location ==

SPR's server is physically located in [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]]. Therefore, SPR is not restricted by US laws. In particular, the use of the internet by children less than 13 years old is restricted in the US.

However, rules 0.1 as well as 1.1 of the SPR policies imply that anything you do is subject to:
# Swedish law
# international law, and
# any laws which apply where you are

Pedophilia and soliciting RL sex with those under the age of 15, or in some cases, 18, is not legal in Sweden.

== See also ==

*[[FuzzBall TinyMUCK]]
*[[:Category:Sociopolitical Ramifications locations|Sociopolitical Ramifications locations]]
*[[SocioSpace]]

[[Category:Multiplayer worlds]]
[[Category:1995 births]]

Sociopolitical Ramifications

2006-07-09T11:29:36Z

Ruhemaus: /* History */ + Corrected date

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'''Sociopolitical Ramifications''' ('''SPR''') is the third-largest furry [[MUCK]], after [[Tapestries MUCK|Tapestries]] and [[FurryMUCK]]. An average of 60 to 80 furs are connected.

* '''Addresses'''
** '''MUCK server''': [telnet://spr.ctrl-c.liu.se:23 spr.ctrl-c.liu.se, port 23]
** '''Website''': http://www.sociospace.org/sprmuck/
** '''Ran from/to''': September 1995 - present

== Areas ==

SPR's main 'city' is themed like a computer, with different areas named after different parts of a computer's hardware or architecture. Much of SPR's central and western landscape, as well as the MUCK's title screen, was designed by [[unci]], a building [[wizard]] of the first years, who left SPR in 1999.

[[SocioSpace]] is a hard sci-fi minigame (similar to a MUD) built into SPR. This system includes combat, healing, and a spaceship system, programmed by the lead wizard for that area, [[Arian]].

==History==

SPR was founded by [[Snout]] and [[DivineVixen]] on Sep 19th 1994 at 04:27:49 CEST, and was announced via @shout just before one of [[FurryMUCK]]'s infamous six- to eight-hour database saves. On that first day, over thirty players connected, each of whom was given a wizbit to make it easy for them to build and attach things.

[[Murphy]] the MUFMouse was a wizard from opening day in September 1995 to his resignation in October 1996. Murphy built the original space station (then called SPR Station), the first solar system, and coded all the vehicle programs.

In 1997, during a fit of pique, the wizard [[Mystique]] chose to @purge, thus destroying everything that she owned, including the page program and the say program. At this time, [[Winged]] was given a wizbit (along with [[Kathalla]]) to help piece SPR back together from a backup that Snout started running on another port.

Eventually, DivineVixen had to step down as head wizard due to her player's fight with Multiple Sclerosis, leaving Snout in charge. [[Syvel]] chose this time to @purge, thus getting rid of a lot of functionality that the MUCK relied upon.

It was just after Syvel's @purge that [[CATerwaul]] chose to limit the MUCK to wizards-only, for a period of some months. During this time, many inactive wizards were dewizzed, and several new rules and regulations went into effect -- including the requirement that MUCK-essential programs and objects needed to be owned by a new, wizbitted character named SPR, so that no @purge could damage the MUCK again.

Eventually, SPR came back for players to use, though its user base was much diminished (from a high of 191 characters connected, it now averages 60 to 80). Snout didn't want anything to do with the administration of the new MUCK structure, so he appointed three wizards to be "gods" -- wizards with the power to grant or remove wizbits. These were [[Natasha]], Winged, and [[Benjamin]].

Due to internal friction (and a lot of miscommunication), Natasha ended up leaving. It was at this point that Winged became pretty much the main God character. He made several unpopular decisions during this timeframe: Space became Arian's area to allow or banish people as he saw fit. [[Zinn]] was toaded and banished for alleged (i.e. disputed) violation of an order to stay out of Arian's space areas. [[Gud]], DivineVixen's non-wizard character, was given a wizbit, and immediately began to violate SPR's rules of ownership, yanking possession of a BDSM-themed area from its owners. When Winged de-wizzed him, he began to bad-mouth the administration of SPR in the park, and Winged @toaded and banished him from what had been his own MUCK several years before.

Winged resigned as a wizard (much less head wizard) in November of 2001, amidst complaints that he was misusing his power -- among other things, Syvel asked for ownership of her programs back from SPR (Syvel having been removed as a wizard due to her @purging), attempting to revoke the GPL that she had originally licensed them under. Winged refused, citing her prior @purge and her player's legal issues, as well as the GPL which allowed SPR to maintain its own copy of her programs.

== Physical location ==

SPR's server is physically located in [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]]. Therefore, SPR is not restricted by US laws. In particular, the use of the internet by children less than 13 years old is restricted in the US.

However, rules 0.1 as well as 1.1 of the SPR policies imply that anything you do is subject to:
# Swedish law
# international law, and
# any laws which apply where you are

Pedophilia and soliciting RL sex with those under the age of 15, or in some cases, 18, is not legal in Sweden.

== See also ==

*[[FuzzBall TinyMUCK]]
*[[:Category:Sociopolitical Ramifications locations|Sociopolitical Ramifications locations]]
*[[SocioSpace]]

[[Category:Multiplayer worlds]]
[[Category:1995 births]]

Talk:Sociopolitical Ramifications

2006-07-09T11:24:21Z

Ruhemaus: /* History of SPR */ + correction & clarification

Erm... I think this one should be flagged for NPOV. Additionally, it seems whoever wrote this doesn't seem to know that the GPL is not a perpetual, unrevocable license... [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] 20:40, 4 Nov 2005 (UTC)
:Regarding the GPL, I'm not sure the article actually implies that the license is not non-revokable. According to section 4 of the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html the GPL], the license can only be voided if the program was modified, copied, sublicensed, or distributed in a way other than the GPL allows. Looking at the article, none of that seemed to happen, just that Winged was had (presumably un-modified) copies of the program.

:Not having any additional knowledge about the situation, I don't know how to best word the entry, though. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 21:11, 4 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:: I did some research about this, and yes, it does indeed seem that [[Wikipedia:Public domain#Revocability where no consideration|revocation is possible]], and indeed more a problem for the GNU GPL than certain other "free" licenses. The revocation mentioned in the license is automatic, but the licensor ultimately retains the ability to revoke their license at any time (unlike a contract, which is not breakable on such terms due to the consideration given by the other party). Of course, doing so is against the spirit of the license, and therefore this is not typically a situation that comes about, but it is possible. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 04:50, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Use of revoked works ==

This phrase was added by [[User:63.107.185.23|63.107.185.23]]:

''In an event the GPL is revoked from a piece of software, this prevents further distribution of the software under GPL's terms, but cannot require persons already possessing the software to stop using it.''

I am unclear as to what legal basis there is for this statement. [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci Copyright covers performance of a work], not just the action of copying. Moreover, it is very likely that copying is occurring, either for the purposes of backup or while actually running the code. Licenses are generally assumed to cover such copying - however, without the license, the right to perform such copies is similarly lost.

I have emailed GNU asking them about this. If I get a reply back, I'll post it here. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 16:47, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:It had never occurred to me that running a program could be considered "public performance" in the same sense as performing a song in a public place. I think that's a highly questionable and rather unreasonable idea, though I'd love to see any references to how the courts have interpreted it. Likewise, I believe that copyright laws in the USA only restrict distribution of a work, as opposed to the mere action of copying it. Thus, any incidental copies made while running the code, making backups, and so forth would appear to be outside the scope of the law. -- [[Zobeid]]

::I believe it ''is'' against the law to copy material in most cases, but nobody really knows or cares about it if you don't distribute it (although it's probably possible to think up a case where someone would care). The sticky part comes when you're not distributing it but when you are distributing the results of running the code . . . which may contain copyrighted works.

::As to your specific concern, yes, it turns out there '''is''' a [http://www.bitlaw.com/source/17usc/117.html restriction in US law on exclusive rights] that allows the owner of a copy to run it. However, note the lanugage - the '''owner''' can do it. But the MUCK does not own the code! They were ''licensed'' it under the GPL, and that license has now been revoked. This is why most software is not sold nowadays - it is licensed, to more clearly restrict the rights that are being transferred. The GPL is a license, not a transfer of ownership, and therefore if it is revoked there are no ownership rights, and so no rights to copy the code in the act of running it - or even to keep it. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 03:47, 11 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Err. . . Most software these days is indeed sold. Much of it also includes a EULA that says it's only licensed, not sold. But writing that in a EULA doesn't make it so -- sale is still a sale in the eyes of the law, no matter what you write in a EULA. Indeed, the holder of the copyright generally has nothing licensable except the distribution and performance rights. In the case of GNU software, once you've received it, it's in your possession, it's under your control, and its yours. A good comparison would be with a book. The book's publisher may lose his distribution rights, but the people who bought the book still own their copies and can do what they wish with them. As long as they don't engage in the activities that copyright law concerns itself with (namely, distribution and performance), there's no need for a license and no basis for one.

Put another way. . . For a software author to revoke my right to possess and use his software, he would first have to grant it. The law doesn't give him that power -- it would be redundant, because there is no law restricting my ability to own and use it in the first place. Copyright law doesn't concern itself with that. -- Zobeid

== NPOV and recent history ==

Somebody who actually plays there should add a bit about recent history. When I read what is written here, I am glad to have left the mess behind six years ago. I could contribute a lot more, but it would only be about the "golden age" with probably little relevance to what is going on there today. And I'm not so inclined to log in there as a guest to see how things might have changed in the last years/months. - [[User:Unci|Unci]] 17:08, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

:I would say that [[User:Benjamin|Benjamin]] would be most suited to doing so, given that he remains a wizard there. Of course, NPOV issues come up there, but he would have the most access to raw information . . . --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 17:13, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

== Who Purged and Who didn't... ==

Actually, the history is inaccurate. I, Syvel, never @purged, and in fact, SPR still has in it's possession many of the original GPL'd works I placed there. I was brought in after Mystique and Murphy purged thier programs, crippling the MUCK, to help put it back together, and to bring in my colorized versions of many popular muck programs.

I do recall us running the restricted mode, a program which I wrote actually, but I talked to Snout today, and neither of us can remember WHY we did that. Maybe it had something to do with reconstructing.

I was originally brought in to help with SocioSpace, which Murphy wrecked with his purge, but I never got very far. Arian did a much better job than I did.

And I was never dewizzed for @purging, since I never did that. Even Snout would tell you, I retired my wizbit due to RL demands on my time and life, and no longer wanted to participate in the administration of a MUCK. It was about the same time I turned over control of FurryFaire to Snowpony.

The ONLY MUCK I've ever @purge'd myself (and programs) from, was Tapestries, and I was severely intoxicated at the time.

I'd have edited the entry itself, but I don't have a clear picture of what exactly took place then. It was a long time ago. It'd be nice if unci, or Winged, would chime in on that period of SPR history.

On GPL, yes, I did alter the licensing of my works about a year after leaving SPR's wizstaff, and tried to apply it retroactively, but found I could not, so I changed the new license to affect new releases only. This was in direct responce to continued plagurism of my works by unknown parties, but I found copies of my code, without my original GPL licensing or name, but the code was exactly the same otherwise, line for line.

As of this writing however, SPR still possesses older GPL licensed versions of my code, with my permission. When I was signed on as a wizard, I *PROMISED* Snout I'd never erase my code, no matter what happened, a promise I've still not broken, nor ever intend to break. I'm personally honored SPR still chooses to use many of my programs.

Thanks for reading to my side of the story.

== History of SPR ==

Might I suggest adding in the fact that the name comes from an issue of Albedo? I'd add it to the article myself, but I honestly for the live of me can't remeber the issue. *emo* - Ruhemaus

:That was actually a question in the "[[You Know You're A Furry Fan When]] . . ." [http://www.furry.org.au/mayfurr/ykyaffw.htm list] by [[Terry Knight]] - however I've been unable to find the answer anywhere. It's [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/d3ddd1611e9b34e2 suggested] that it was an episode of ''[[Tank Vixens]]''. Anyone got old copies hanging around? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 15:40, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
::The reference predates [[Tank Vixens]] by a good 10 years, sadly. :( Let me sometime catch Snout when he's online because if anyone still knows... [[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]] 05:56, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Okay, my bad. From Snout himself: We got it from Tank Vixens, the parody comic. Issue.. one or two. Perhaps Tank Vixens stole it from Albedo, but it's the TV one that's used here. Hence the initial line when you connect, 'Oooh, say the words..'
So, yeah. My bad. It needs to be added to the article that the title IS from Tank Vixens, and we need to confirm if it's issue one or two that first used the term in Albedo.[[User:Ruhemaus|Ruhemaus]]

== Founding date ==

The MUCK's title screen includes: Founded 19th September 1994.

I'd assume this is accurate, considering the source, but we have more than one assertion of 1995 in the article. Does anyone have information to back this? -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 17:00, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

== Is "playing with emotions" a matter for the law? ==

While the writing of sexual poses is one thing, and quite uninteresting for the law, playing with emotions is of course an altogether different matter.. /Gud

:Is it? Where's the law? As far as I know there are few places which have laws on the books about emotions, as it's hard to show harm. Civil cases, perhaps . . . --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 23:37, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Fisk Black

2006-06-26T11:56:45Z

Ruhemaus: + stub

Fisk Black is the personal [[fursona]] of the furry artist [[Jay Naylor]], and is also the main character of the semi-autobiographical furry comic strip [[Better Days]]. A black feline with a fondness for guns, he currently is on [[Tapestries]] and can be found at a variety of hangouts.

On a side note, fisking (Or to Fisk) is also a blogosphere term describing ruthlessly detailed point-by-point criticism that highlights errors, disputes the analysis of presented facts, or highlights other problems in a statement, article, or essay.

Unleashed (Web forum)

2006-06-10T04:53:42Z

Ruhemaus:

'''Unleashed''' is a web forum dedicated mainly to the furries of [[Wikipedia:Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada]]. However it also welcomes furs from all over the world.

Unleashed is run by two [[feline]] administrators, [[Zalika Kittess]] and [[Ever Ashen]], who are both located in Ottawa and participate in the local Ottawa furry community. The administrators set up social events for locals to attend and has a great success with these events so far.

The forum is steadily growing, with 101 members as of January 2006. The atmosphere is friendly, low key and many enjoy posting in the art, writing, and role-play sections.

As of April 2006, due to unforeseen circumstances Unleashed has been moved to a new server and has picked up pretty much where it left off.

==External links==
*[http://unleashedfurs.proboards106.com/index.cgi Unleashed]

[[Category:Forums]][[Category:Ontario]]

Zalika Kittess

2006-06-10T04:52:31Z

Ruhemaus: + fixed link

'''Zalika Kittess''' is a white [[Tiger|tigress]] who goes about her online and real life in a happy manner. She's a mommatigger who is currently a single parent to her [[RL]] child, and is a mother to a handful of little ones online.

Her online self is happily collared to a Master, [[RuheMaus]], who runs the [[Golden Lash]] on [[Tapestries]]. Zalika is a BBW tigress, and proudly declares so. This coming out of her RL chubby self into the online world of furry perfection was due, in most parts, to Ruhe who helped her feel more comfortable with who she is.

Zalika is also the co-administrator of [[Unleashed (Web forum)]], which is a general furry forum, but caters mainly to those who live in the Ottawa area, nearby places, and those who have friends in that area. Her co-admin is [[Ever Ashen]].

== External links ==

* [http://zalika-cutie.livejournal.com/ Zalika's LiveJournal]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Tiger characters]][[Category:Ontario]][[Category:1985 births]]