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Omaha The Cat Dancer

2008-08-21T01:13:23Z

Shii:

[[Image:Omaha The Cat Dancer 1.jpg|right|thumb|''Omaha the Cat Dancer'' vol. 1 #1, featuring the principal characters, Charles Tabey Jr. and Omaha.]]
'''''Omaha The Cat Dancer''''' was a highly acclaimed and controversial comic book created and drawn by [[Reed Waller]] and predominantly written by [[Kate Worley]]. Its first episode was published in ''[[Vootie]]'' #8 as the response to [[Taral Wayne]]'s question to Waller: "why isn't there more sex in [[funny animal]]s?"

It featured the adventures of Omaha (her last name is never given), a feline exotic dancer, and her lover Chuck Tabey, who turns out to be the heir to Charles Tabey, Sr., a powerful but mentally ill millionaire.

This comic was one of the first major furry series to use an existing non-furry genre called "slice of life", in which the furry nature of the characters is mostly a cosmetic artistic style for realistic stories anchored in contemporary human society. The furry nature is usually restricted to animals' heads, [[fur]] colour, and [[tail]]s. The environment is indistinguishable from the real world, and all characters have [[human]]oid body shapes and wear regular [[clothing]] (but [[Free paws|no shoes]]).

Omaha was written like a sexually explicit soap opera in plot structure and melodrama. It was highly praised for its writing, especially for its confident [[wikipedia:feminist|feminist]] sensibility. However, unlike the stereotyped stance, the series refused to flatly condemn erotic entertainment with the lead character usually enjoying her work and preferring it to other careers. For example, when she was once working in a clerical setting, she felt humiliated and belittled with the sexist management enough to quit in defiance and then immediately successfully auditioned at the local strip club.

The series drew considerable controversy with numerous obscenity charges for its sexual content. The Toronto police department, in one raid of a comic book store, charged that it depicted [[bestiality]], an accusation fans dismissed as ludicrous. The series was eventually deemed legal in Canada. By contrast, the New Zealand government committee charged with examining books for their suitability for admission into the country ruled that the series was suitable for all ages because of its mature depiction of relationships and sexuality.

==Publishing history==
The comic had an erratic publishing history aggravated by a serious accident suffered by Worley and the resulting poor medical care for it. In addition, Waller developed cancer, prompting two fundraising comics titled ''Images of Omaha'', published by Kitchen Sink Press in 1992 but further interfering with publication.

Additionally, there was growing friction between the partners (Waller and Worley had married) which culminated in a violent incident at a convention. After that, the team disbanded and the comic ceased publication.

In early 2004, Waller and Worley had moved beyond their disagreement, and were collaborating to finish the hanging storyline. However, Worley's death interrupted that work. Her widower, [[Wikipedia:Jim Vance|Jim Vance]], using her notes, took her place. The title has been picked up by NBM Publishing, and resumed publication in November 2005 in the magazine ''Sizzle'', as well as bringing back into print new trade paperback collections of the comics.

However, its influence is noted in the furry comic book scene with ''[[Shanda the Panda]]'' being the most successful series to emulate ''Omaha'' in many respects.

==External links==
*[http://www.omahathecatdancer.com/ Omaha The Cat Dancer official website]
*[http://rwaller.blogspot.com/ Reed Waller's Official Blog]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cat-Dancing-with-OMAHA/ Yahoo! Groups, Cat Dancing with Omaha]
*[http://www.hootisland.com/reviews/comics/waller_omaha.html Hoot Reviews, Omaha The Cat Dancer]
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/allender/omahacat.htm "Omaha" The Cat Dancer Collectible Cards List]

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Talk:There She Is!!

2008-08-20T19:27:48Z

Shii:

Considering that this animation is Korean and not Japanese, I don't think it makes sense to refer to everything in Japanese. -- [[User:K.M. Hirosaki|K.M. Hirosaki]] 01:06, 24 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Plot summaries imported from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_she_is!!]. GFDL [[User:Shii|Shii]] 19:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

There She Is!!

2008-08-20T19:26:50Z

Shii:

[[Image:There she is1.JPG|250px|thumb|right|She's found him...]]
'''There she is!!''' (known to some as '''Ddautta''') is a popular flash saga made by a team of three Korean flash artists who go by name of '''[[SamBakZa]]''', and which is based on a Korean manga they made called '''[[One Day]]'''.
== There she is!! ==
The first animation in the series was released on the website on [[April 20]], [[2003]]. Its soundtrack is the [[Korean pop]] song "There she is" (떳다! 그녀!!) by [[Witches (band)|Witches]] (위치스).

The plot revolves around a female [[rabbit]], Doki (도키, [[cf.]] Korean word ''tokki'' 토끼 "rabbit") chasing a male [[cat]], Nabi (나비, cf. Korean word ''goyang'i'' 고양이, "kitty") in a world where love between the two species is socially unacceptable. The theme of the animation is that all love can be accepted and has a chance.

The two meet in front of side-by-side [[vending machine]]s. Doki drops her [[carrot juice]] while spotting Nabi going for a cup of fish tea. Pink hearts appear above her head, and Nabi is horrified. He looks to the cats and the rabbits for help, and both groups look awkward and disapproving. When Doki makes it obvious she's attracted to Nabi, he runs away. Nabi is totally against any thought of being together with her. Nevertheless, Doki starts [[stalking]] him everywhere. They go through several interesting situations where Doki tries to win Nabi's heart. Usually, as part of this, she stuffs [[carrot]]s in his mouth.

In the middle, Nabi sits Doki down and tries to explain (via a slide show presentation) that they are not meant to be together. Nabi tries to make her realize that there can't be anything between them -- that romance between a cat and a rabbit can only lead to heartbreak -- but Doki does not understand why and does not care why. Nabi even presents her with three more "suitable" rabbit suitors. Angry (with stars in her eyes) she walks towards them, afraid of her appearance the three try to get away, but too late, she knocks them aside as she goes and follows Nabi who is running from her again.

In the end, Nabi finally surrenders and accepts Doki as his girlfriend, after she cuts down a tree he is hiding in. When Nabi gets to know her better, he realizes that there is not so much of a difference between them. In the [[Coda (music)|coda]], as Nabi watches a male rabbit (referred to only as "Grey Rabbit") pursuing a female cat (Hana) with flowers, he accepts a cup of carrot juice from Doki. As he drinks it, surprised to find he likes the flavor, he sees Doki drinking a cup of fish tea -- with a clothespin on her nose. He and the viewer realize that Doki must hate fish tea, but she drinks it to please Nabi; he quickly tries to conceal the evidence of his sudden affection for her.

In addition to being on the SamBakZa website, a version with [[English language|English]] titling was published in [[2004]] to high acclaim. This, along with the English-titled sequel, has given a much wider audience for SamBakZa in the western world where they now have a respectable fan base. Although the animations have no dialogue, and the characters names weren't disclosed until [[2006]], the webtoons are admired for their constant and well-played action, which gets laughs and "aw"s from its viewers.

"There she is!!" was nominated for both the ''Professional Award'' and the ''Cyber Jury Award'' at the ''Anima Mundi Web Festival'' in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] in [[2004]]. It won both categories. [http://www.animamundi.com.br/web_galeria.asp?ano=2004&cod=25]

== There she is!! Step 2 -- Cake Dance ==
[[Image:Theresheis-step2.jpg|right|275px]]
The second animation in the series is called '''There she is!! Step 2 - Cake Dance''' (떳다 그녀!! step 2. - 케잌 댄스) and was released on the SamBakZa website on [[February 25]], [[2005]]. Its soundtrack is the Korean pop song "Happy Birthday to Me" by [[Bulldog Mansion]].

Like its predecessor, it is carried by classic [[manhwa]] style elements, but also includes considerable amounts of full-animation action. That, along with the success of the original, allowed Step 2 to become popular very rapidly.

The cartoon continues the story of Nabi and Doki, but now the two are happily going steady. As before, names are not disclosed in the toon and there is no dialogue (however, character names are now available on the casting page in Amalloc's section of the [http://www.sambakza.net/ SamBakZa site]). It is Doki's birthday, and her family and friends are gathering for her party. Nabi is lagging behind; he is supposed to be bringing the birthday carrot cake.

The story revolves around Nabi's efforts to bring the cake to the party. It isn't easy. He has to navigate urban crowds<ref>The pictures on the wall of the subway station lead to bulldogmansion.com (now defunct) if clicked.</ref>, evade randomly stampeding animals<ref>During this scene, a fish goes across the moon. If clicked on, it will show a cartoon, translated from Korean to English, with Nabi and Doki, and a special thanks screen.</ref> and various other hazards, all while struggling to keep the cake intact. Meanwhile the two families arrive at the restaurant, but Doki does not want to start the party without her boyfriend. During this point in time a rabbit does arrive with a cake, however it was either intended for one of Nabi's feline friends, or intended to get said friend's attention to how nice he is (much to her friend's dismay). Doki, either oblivious to this fact that the cake hadn't actually been intended for her, or seeing the real reason the grey rabbit brought it, eats it all on the spot to conceal the evidence from Nabi; or because she thinks anything but Nabi's cake is just another present, and not an actual ''birthday'' cake.

With the restaurant in sight, Nabi runs straight into Sam-ho of the Jjintta set (gang), knocking them both down. Yi-ho (the one with the eyepatch) tells Il-ho (the gang leader) that Nabi has been bullying Doki, effectively forcing her to be with him. Then the gang tries to rough him up. Although Nabi does his best to keep the cake safe, he is pushed through the door of the restaurant, where the cake is ruined before his girlfriend's eyes.

Looking up from the ruined cake Doki has angry stars in her eyes and stares, along with the other guests, at the gang. But then Doki tries and loves the shattered cake and shows her affection for Nabi in her usual over-the-top way. The Jjintta are forced to stay, Il-ho seeming particularly irritable with Yi-ho because he's is flirting with a female cat. Il-ho throws a sideways punch to Yi-ho's head, and Doki, in the background, affectionately pounces on Nabi, and proceeds to make a scene that bans the party (and inter-special relationships whatsoever) from the restaurant. In the end, Nabi runs into a younger rabbit in the same predicament as he was in, and he offers to help her safely negotiate the streets with her cake.

== There she is!! Step 3 -- Doki and Nabi ==
The third animation in the series is called '''There she is!! Step 3 - Doki and Nabi''' and was released May 30, 2008. Its soundtrack is the Korean pop song "Sam-cha Seong-jing" by T.A.COPY. Like the last two, there is no dialogue between the characters, but as usual they communicate without words.

The story revolves around Doki and Nabi's first real date. The video starts off with Nabi waking up from slumber. After doing what seems to be a typical morning routine like brushing his teeth clean and sharpening his claws as he watches T.V., somebody knocks the door. He goes up to answer and he is knocked down by a giant gift box with a tag marked "From: Doki" After getting dressed, he opens the box, were Doki jumps out of the box, pom-poms in hand.<ref>There is a hidden alternate intro to the video, which can be found on the upper right hand cloud. This shows Doki carrying a large box and a rolled up flag up a great hill. She rests a little, makes sure her pompoms are perfectly fluffed and signs the card "From Doki". She frowns a little at the slight scratch at the end of her name but shrugs and leaves the card as it is. She rings the doorbell and the scene shifts back to Nabi. Oddly, rather than see the whole Step from Doki's point of view, the rest of the video proceeds as before.</ref> She fires multiple hearts at Nabi, who easily dodges them unlike in the first instalment. Doki waves a giant flag saying "I love Nabi" on it while Nabi himself tosses the hearts back into the gift box. Doki dances around Nabi, throwing confetti around as he sweeps it up and both (comically) sit in front of cameras with a banner saying "Our First Date" in the background. In all these scenes, Doki is overjoyed while Nabi seems completly unfazed.<ref>On their way out there is a clickable "T.A. COPY" sign that leads to their site, much like in Step 2 in the subway station.</ref>

Their date starts and both Doki and Nabi seem to enjoy themselves. However, they soon pass by a "No Cats and Rabbits love" sign and Nabi suddenly becomes self-conscious about his actions towards Doki, again giving in to prejudice the townsfolk have concerning Rabbit/Cat love back from the previous steps. Doki notices a cat couple pass by, who shows obvious affection publicly. She tries this with Nabi, only to have him pull away as a nosy crowd surrounds them. As he tries to explain why he pulled back, she pulls out multiple objects in order to catch him. He quickly sprints away, narrowly dodgling all the objects she attempts to use, only to be stopped by a [[pokeball]]. As he stumbles, Doki passes a truck full of carrots and buys a big bag. This soon attracts the same stampede from the previous step. Doki hands the bag to Nabi, who is also swarmed by the green-scarfed animals who quickly gobble the carrots up. This explains why the stampede followed Nabi in the previous step, as the cake Nabi bought for Doki's birthday was entirely made out of [[carrots]].

Nabi notices Doki pick up a small hedgehog and ties a green ribbon around its neck. Nabi gazes at her until he notices the animals staring at him with mocking looks. He quickly notes that he has unintentionally created a gigantic heart larger than any of Doki's. Afterwards, they go at the [[Movie theater|cinema]] to watch a movie. Interestingly enough, rather than Doki herself, Nabi tries to get close to his girlfriend. He tries to reach out for Doki's hand, but as he does this, she pulls away as the movie ended. As Doki and Nabi walk down the road again, they encounter Jjintta set. Doki steps forward and pulls Il-ho into a strange submission pose and somehow injures him. Doki and Nabi resume their date as Sam-ho laughs at Il-ho's embarrassment. Il-ho recovers and proceeds to repeatedly pummell Sam-ho in anger.

As the couple continue to walk along, it is obvious the date has not gone as well as initially planned. They seem to be straying apart as they pass by an older rabbit holding yet another "No Rabbit and Cat love" sign and walk through a piazza full of couples. By sunset, Nabi escorts Doki home before returning to his own home. As he walks to the front door, he notices the box Doki had used earlier as well as all the props. He ponders about the effort Doki made for their date to succeed and runs back to her house. Doki, who is on a balcony, stares out at the sunset with an unusual frown. She notices Nabi walking down the street. He seems hesitant at first, but he pulls out a small banner that asks for a second date. Doki, obviously overjoyed by this, happily accepts the offer.

The scene once again fades to Nabi who shows the viewer that he is self-sufficient by stacking papers in nocturnal hours. As he finishes, he meets Doki waiting for him in an alleyway whilst playing with little animals. Nabi crouches next to her, getting really close in the process. Here, Doki and Nabi are shown as [[silhouettes]] from afar as they share their first kiss in the series. Although not directly stated, it's possible that the pair may have started to meet secretly away from the narrow minded public eye, as here they met at night and have become close enough to kiss without hesitation. It seems that their relationship is finally coming together, however, as the music begins to end, a rock flies abruptly through Nabi's window. The rock was presumably thrown because of the legal prejudice that a cat and rabbit should not be together in any way. This would be continued in Step 4: Paradise.

== There she is!! Step 4 -- Paradise ==

The fourth animation in the series is called There she is!! Step 4 - Paradise and was released August 20, 2008. Its soundtrack is the Korean pop song "wolsik" by Tabu. Like the previous videos, there is no dialogue between the characters, the story being told by images.

Step 4 is much darker in contrast to its predecessors, dealing with the social controversy around cat-rabbit relationships.

The video begins with showing the first rock thrown through Nabi's window at the very end of Step 3. The scene then pans out, revealing multiple rocks littering the floor, the window shattered and the blinds ruined. The outside of his house is covered in grafeti made by those who are prejudice against Doki and Nabi's realationship. The scene then moves to a lot of shops and a cafe. The door to the cafe suddenly flies open and Nabi is roughly shoved outside. Doki crouches down beside him to see if he's alright.

He glares at the rabbit owner and when the rabbit closes the door on him and Doki, a "No Rabbit and Cat Love" sign bounces against the door. Nabi loses his temper and begins to yell from outside while Doki holds him back in concern. In the end he futiley kicks the door in retaliation. The scene moves to a crowd of cats and rabbits, most specifically an elderly cat who is lecturing Nabi who is sitting next to Doki on a bench, wagging his cane at him. When Nabi appears to not be listening, the elderly cat jabs him in the chin with his cane. To everyone's surprise, Nabi lashes out and grabs the cane in anger. He lets go seconds later then gets up to walk away. The next scene shows him and Nabi as [[silhouettes]] walking down the road, Doki holding Nabi's arm while people stare at them.

Another scene shows that the older rabbit from Step 3 who had the "No Rabbit and Cat Love" sign is now a supporter of Cat and Rabbit love. He, along with multiple others are shown attempting to convince others that the love should be encouraged, not discouraged. The scene pans over Grey Rabbit and then to the Jjintta set who are watching a growing crowd of cats and rabbits carrying a huge "No Rabbit and Cat Love" banner from a balcony.

Eventually one of the non-supporters find Doki alone with the small animals from Step 3. She attempts to scare him off by giving him her evil glare, but he signals more to her pressence. She scoops up the animals and flees while protesters give chase. One of the animals, a porcipine, jumps out of her arms in anger and spreads his quills in defense against the pursuers. Doki stops and jumps back to grab the animal as the crowd quickly approaching.

The scene switches to Nabi running down a hallway. He eventually reaches a hospital room where Doki and Hana(apparently she's a Doctor) are waiting. Doki is happy to see Nabi has come to visit and waves to him, the only apparent injury from her attack is a hurt ear and Nabi is relieved. The room around Nabi is shown, revealing it is a rabbit wing of the hospital. The rabbits are giving him disappointed, surprised and concerned looks and Nabi begins to feel the serious strain on his and Doki's relationship, pictures of his and Doki's good times flash as well as Doki starting off well, then rapidly being injured as he screams in anger and frustration.

The next scene shows him inside of his house, him being seen through one of his windows. in the scene, Nabi has brought his knees to his chest and his covering his head with his arms. As the scene goes on, Nabi's scarf turns from green to black. Another scene switch shows Nabi painting grey over all of the grafetii on his house, now wearing a black scarf. Doki is shown at the front door while Nabi finishes painting. He looks at her and no words are exchanged. He simply goes inside and closes the door behind him. There is now a "No Cat and Rabbit Love" sign on his door.

The scene switches to Doki's house. She is crouched down over a box taking care of the injured hedgehog, a shadowed figure in her window. She pulls out two airplane tickets, both saying "To: Paradise" on them. As she stares at them, she remembers being with Nabi, another Cat and Rabbit couple(this time a male rabbit and a female cat) and waving. The figure then dashes off.

The figure is revealed to be Il-ho of the Jinta set. Il-ho runs down the street and soon finds Nabi. When he reaches him, he punches him in the face and knocks him to the ground. He pulls Nabi up to him and begins to yell at him about Doki. When Nabi simply stares at the ground, ignoring his words, Il-ho draws his hand back to punch Nabi again, but as he does, he spotted by a large group of Rabbit and Cat Love supporters and they run toward them. Il-ho attempts to pull Nabi back to Doki's house, only to find his path cut off by Rabbit and Cat Love protesters. Trapped between the two, he drops Nabi as the supporters close in and lashes out at the nearest one. To his surprise, he finds he has struck Yi-ho. The crowd then rushes in and Il-ho attempts to fight them all, only to be knocked down by another rabbit soon after he's attacked.

The video then shows Doki staring at the hedgehog which has now stopped breathing. It appears to have died and her eyes fill up with tears. She screams as the tears flow and the scene jumps to Nabi's cell phone ringing, the screen saying Doki is calling. The scene pans out to reveal Nabi's belongings in a basket. It also shows that he and Il-ho are in a jail cell, both with injuries from the crowds.

The scene switches back to Doki and shows her silhouettes falling down as the words "Missed Call" race upwards, getting smaller and smaller each time they pass. It then shows her own cell phone hit the ground and shatter into pieces. Doki is shown on top of her roof, her usually pink collar is now black, while her blush is now grey. She then walks off of the roof.

The scene then shows the two plane tickets on a table, along with a passport. Soon, Doki's hand grabs the passport and only one of the tickets. The scenes fades out, showing only the one place ticket to Paradise. The caption, "To be concluded" then appears as the video ends.
==DVD==
Amalloc has indicated that, once the complete series of five is finished, he hopes to produce for sale inline a DVD of all the works. There already exists a fan-produced DVD of the first two episodes (complete with subtitles) but this has not been publicly released due to copyright concerns.
==Notes==
<references/>
==Website==
*[http://www.sambakza.net/ SamBakZa's website]

==There she is!! series==
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/161181 There she is!! (Newgrounds)]
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/224148 There she is!! step2 - Cake Dance (Newgrounds)]
* [http://www.flashplayer.com/music/theresheis.html There she is!! (FlashPlayer)]
* [http://www.flashplayer.com/music/theresheis2.html There she is!! step2 - Cake Dance (FlashPlayer)]
* There she is!! step3 - Doki and Nabi : This is available via the SamBakZa website.
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/442805 There she is!! step 3 (Newgrounds)]

[[Category:Animations]][[Category:Ursa Major Award winners]]

Shii

2007-10-30T06:19:09Z

Shii: dead link

[[Image:Shii is a butt.png|thumb|right|Self-portrait]]
'''Shii''' is a cat in a box.

Shii's favorite video game is [[wikipedia:Doukutsu Monogatari|Doukutsu Monogatari]].
{{-}}

==External links==
{{Contributor|Shii}}
* [http://shii.org Shii's sites]

[[Category:People]]

Cathouse

2007-10-30T06:17:54Z

Shii: true story

'''''Cathouse''''' is a novel by Dean Ing. It was published in 1990 by Baen Books with ISBN 0671698729. The stories which comprise it were originally published in ''[[The Man Kzin Wars]]'' and ''The Man-Kzin Wars II''.

''Cathouse'' is about a stranded human's experience with [[Kzin]] females revived from stasis. One of the females is dubbed "Lolita" (later "Loli") by the protagonist and has her pubescent body parts described with unusual preciseness.

{{fiction-stub}}

[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:1990 births]]

Lulz.net

2007-01-17T00:47:28Z

Shii: /* 2007 (back on line) */

{{Unreferenced}}
[[Image:LulzLogo.png|right|280px]]
'''Lulz.net''' (formerly known as '''WTFur''') was a [[2ch]] style art community for the posting of [[erotic]] [[furry art]], and populated with former members from the /furi/ board on [[WTFux]].

{{rating-ma-button}}
*'''Addressess''':
**'''Main imageboard''' http://lulz.net/
**'''Discussion forum''': http://lulz.net/dis/
**'''IRC''': irc://irc.lulz.net/wtfur
*'''Founders''': [[cho0b]]
*'''Administrators''': cho0b
*'''Moderators''': cho0b, [[Kiba]], [[Joe]], [[Sibe]]
*'''Ran from/to''':
** Early summer 2006 - July 24, 2006 (as WTFur)
** August 25, 2006 - November 30, 2006 (as Lulz.net)
** January 7, 2006 - Current (as Lulz.net)
*'''Logo''': ''"Furry art discussion and critique"''

==Policies and content==

This board does not feature a list of people that draw furries that don't want them posted. Although polite takedown requests from said people are usually heeded, impolite or impatient takedown requests from artists are often disregarded, and sometimes even mocked<ref>[http://www.pleasedontsue.com/wtfur/ WTFur's message board at pleasedontsue.com]</ref>.

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

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

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

==2006 server move==
[[image:GovWTFur.png|250px|right]]
On July 25, 2006, in preparation to moving the site to a new server, WTFur's splash page was replaced by cho0b with a fake notice from the US [[wikipedia:fbi|Federal Bureau of Investigation]], [[Wikipedia:NSA|National Security Agency]], [[Wikipedia:MPAA|MPAA]], and the [[wikipedia:RIAA|RIAA]].

The "message" informs the viewer that "''This website has been closed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, in association with the United States National Security Agency, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Recording Industry Association of America; pending a federal investigation''," that their [[wikipedia:IP|IP]] has been logged, and to "''Please stay where you are. You will be contacted for questioning regarding the investigations related to this website.''"

Clicking on "''Piracy Doesn't Pay''" lead to a placeholder image board on the server (/temp/,) with the title '''/pedofur/'''. Finally, until the move was completed, all hosted images were archived in a single [[wikipedia:rar|RAR]] image, and uploaded to the [http://thepiratebay.org/ The Pirate Bay], a [[Wikipedia:BitTorrent|BitTorrent]] tracker.

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

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

==Controversy==

=====Single board approach=====

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

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

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

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

=====Cub art=====

When questioned in particular about 'cub porn' and the policy on the site of such material after one of many such threads caught the eye of [[CrushYiffDestroy]], the moderators of the site responded with the following:

*"''Enforcing rules based on morals is not the job of the moderators and/or administrators of an imageboard site''"
*"''If users think that a thread contains morally offensive images or text, they can sage the thread until it is permasaged into nothing"''
*''"While I whole heartedly agree that child pornography is not something that should be smiled upon, I feel that I must reinstate the fact that 'cub porn' is not child pornography"''<ref>[http://crushyiffdestroy.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2478&highlight=lulz&sid=4f2e452174093b8a828829e76302d5fb cho0b and "cub porn" art on Lulz.net]</ref>.

These policies have been in place since Lulz's inception, and, for better or worse, remain unchanged to this day.

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

On November 30, 2006, cho0b redirected the Lulz.net domain name. All other admins from the former Lulz began work on [[Sidechan]] that night, while cho0b set to find new hosting for WTFux.org and a new WTFur.org. Lulz goes offline

=====Sidechan gets hacked=====

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

==2007 (back on line)==

Lulz came back on line the same day Sidechan was hacked in January 2007. The set-up is still a single board approach and a lack of a [[DNP]]. The frontpage sports a photoshopped version of the Sidechan logo, with name changed to "lulz.net" (using the [[wikipedia:Disney|Disney]] font,) and sidechan's mascot '''Downsy''' "head-[[wikipedia:Fisting|fisting]]" the persona of [[4chan]]'s moot.

==References==
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Onechan

2006-10-18T03:16:10Z

Shii:

[[Image:1chan.png|right]]
'''Onechan''' is a [[2ch]] style [[wikipedia:Germany|German]] art community with English support. Visitors submit content in various categories, such as: /h/ for [[Wikipedia:Hentai|Hentai]], /d/ for alternative hentai ([[Wikipedia:Futanari|Futanari]]), /ya/ for [[Wikipedia:Yaoi|Yaoi]], /t/ for [[Wikipedia:BitTorrent|torrents]], etc. [[Wikipedia:Loli|Lolicon]] and [[Wikipedia:Shotacon|Shota]] are not allowed.

* '''Address''': http://onechan.net/eng_index.html
**'''Furry board''': http://onechan.net/f/wakaba.html
* '''Founder''': "one"
* '''Asministrators''': ?
* '''Ran from/to''': 2005 - present

==Onechan and furries==

Onechan maintains a [[furry]] image directory called '''/f/'''. This board does not feature a furry "Do Not Post."

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2ch

2006-10-18T03:10:34Z

Shii:

'''2channel''' is a huge BBS in Japan that covers all kinds of eclectic topics, similar to [[Something Awful]], except 200 times larger, and without a registration system.

* '''Address''': http://2ch.net/
** '''Furry [[oekaki]] board''': http://tusk.x0.com/site/pbbs/kemonote.cgi
* '''Founder''': "Hiroyuki"
* '''Administrators''': Selected by Hiroyuki for particular boards
* '''Ran from/to''': 1999 - present

==2channel and furry==

A majority of the geeks on 2channel are [[anime]] and [[manga]] fans, but there is a small furry community, mainly confined to a single thread on one of the thirty-odd adult boards. The site features an [[Wikipedia:Oekaki|oekaki]] board for 2ch [[kemono]] artists, plus it has an ongoing thread for furries (in Japanese):
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1112354747/ Part 1] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1130040111/l50 Part 2] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1141994968/ Part 3] (active)

Kemono artists in Japan have a mixed opinion of 2ch. Because of its [[troll]] culture and light moderation, it is generally not a friendly place to post artwork. However, artists who don't mind this, including some objectively good ones, post their artwork anyway. They do it anonymously (following 2ch etiquette), using upload boards or oekaki BBSes like the one linked above.

==2ch AA art==

2channel has its own brand of simplified kemono art, made using Unicode characters and posted in threads without having to link to outside images. Shift_JIS art ("AA") is best displayed with Japanese fonts.

AA is only vaguely [[anthropomorphic]], but Flash movies such as ''[[Nightmare City]]'' give AA characters colorful and humanoid designs and are popular with furries and kemono fans around the world.

==AA characters==
[[Image:Mona.gif|frame|right|Monar]]
One of the most common AA characters is '''Monar''', 2ch's mascot. Others include '''Shii''', '''Giko''', '''Shobon''', and Hattoushin, but because AA is so easy to make, there is a universe of characters, compiled in large printed (published!) dictionaries as well online at AA dictionary websites such as the one listed below.

==External links==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel 2ch] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [http://astrange.ithinksw.net/shii/faq 2chgrounds FAQ] (with some descriptions of AA characters)
* [http://4-ch.net/ascii/kareha.pl/1112629846/ Translation of 2ch character descriptions] at 4-ch.net
* [http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/maruheso/aadic/index.html AA Dictionary]

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2ch

2006-08-21T03:18:56Z

Shii: joozu desu ne

'''2channel''' is a huge BBS in Japan that covers all kinds of eclectic topics, similar to [[Something Awful]], except 200 times larger, and without a registration system.

* '''Addresses''':
** '''Website''': http://2ch.net/
** '''Furry Oekaki board''': http://tusk.x0.com/site/pbbs/kemonote.cgi
* '''Founder''': ?
* '''Administrators''': ?
* '''Ran from/to''': ? - present

==2channel and furry==

the site features an [[Wikipedia:Oekaki|oekaki]] board for 2ch [[kemono]] artists, plus it has an ongoing thread for furries (in Japanese):
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1112354747/ Part 1] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1130040111/l50 Part 2] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1141994968/ Part 3] (active)

Kemono artists in Japan have a mixed opinion of 2ch. Because of its [[troll]] culture and light moderation, it is generally not a friendly place to post artwork. However, artists who don't mind this, including some objectively good ones, post their artwork anyway. They do it anonymously (following 2ch etiquette), using upload boards or oekaki BBSes like the one linked above.

==2ch AA art==

2channel has its own brand of simplified kemono art, made using Unicode characters and posted in threads without having to link to outside images. Shift_JIS art ("AA") is best displayed with Japanese fonts.

AA is only vaguely [[anthropomorphic]], but Flash movies such as ''[[Nightmare City]]'' give AA characters colorful and humanoid designs and are popular with furries and kemono fans around the world.

==AA characters==
[[Image:Mona.gif|frame|right|Monar]]
One of the most common AA characters is '''Monar''', 2ch's mascot. Others include '''Shii''', '''Giko''', '''Shobon''', and Hattoushin, but because AA is so easy to make, there is a universe of characters, compiled in large printed (published!) dictionaries as well online at AA dictionary websites such as the one listed below.

==External links==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel 2ch] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [http://astrange.ithinksw.net/shii/faq 2chgrounds FAQ] (with some descriptions of AA characters)
* [http://4-ch.net/ascii/kareha.pl/1112629846/ Translation of 2ch character descriptions] at 4-ch.net
* [http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/maruheso/aadic/index.html AA Dictionary]

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Babyfur

2006-05-05T00:55:35Z

Shii: /* Facts and Myths */ i hope we don't get "status reports"

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

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

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

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

== Terminology ==

=== Babyfur Roles ===

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

; babyfur : Used to describe the group as a whole, however, specifically it referrers to someone that roleplays as younger, up to the human equivalent of toddler age, characters. Baby paraphernalia is most likely to be involved for this group and role played speech is often either in gibberish or very basic speech.
; lilfur : This is a person that roleplays as a child character. Characters identified as lilfurs tend to between their toddler and teen ages. Diaper and other baby paraphernalia may or may not be involved. Role played speech is usually more refined at this point, but still somewhat juvenile.
; diaperfur : This is a person that roleplays as an adult character that still either requires or choose to wear diapers. Role played speech and actions are consistent with an adult. The person may also roleplay an adult character that is mentally regressed back to a younger state, but still has an adult physical form.
; sissyfur : This is a person that roleplays a male character, either adult or child, that is forced to dress and act as a young female character.
; caretaker : As the name suggests these are the people that roleplay caretaker characters, a 'mommy' or 'daddy' figure for other babyfurs.

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

=== Definition of AB/DLs ===

These are general non furry terms but are useful to understand in this context.

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

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

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

== "Cubbing Out" ==

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

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

=== The Caregiver's Role ===

Caregivers (or caretakers) are the 'mommy' and 'daddy' figures in the roleplay. For the most part, they interact with other babyfurs as a mother or father would with their child. This can include playing with, cleaning or disciplining the younger character. For those involved from a sexual standpoint, the caregiver may adopt the dominant role, while the regressed character adopts the submissive role.

=== Baby things (and why) ===

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

==== Clothing ====

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

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

==== Plushies and Toys ====

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

==== Objects ====

A toddler's life is not complete without many of the following items. Many babyfurs use these objects in online roleplay and would love to be able to use them in the real world:

* Cribs
* Walkers
* Strollers
* High chairs
* Car seats
* Booster seats
* Pacifiers
* Baby bottles
* Sippy cups
* Talcum powder
* Bubble baths

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

=== Diaper Usage (and why) ===

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

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

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

=== Babyfur behavior ===

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

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

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

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

=== Babyfurs at Furry Conventions ===

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

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

==Facts and Myths==
* Myth: Babyfurs publicly dress as a baby.
** Sometimes true. Some babyfurs dress as a baby to express their interest in being a babyfur unashamed, and a few are avid seekers of humiliation or embarrassment. However, most babyfurs do not engage in the public dress of infantile paraphernalia.

* Myth: Babyfurs are sexually attracted to children just as some furry fans are sexually attracted to furries.
** False. Being a babyfur is very different from being a pedophile. While a small number babyfurs may be pedophiles, this is largely not the case. See section VII about the difference between babyfurs and pedophiles.

== History of the Babyfur Community ==

* '''1995''' - [[Proxima Centauri]] opens [[The Nursery]] on [[FurryMUCK]].
* '''1995-01-13''' - Proxima Centauri runs the first official "AB/DL Furry" convention gathering at [[ConFurence 6]], though unsuccessful.
* '''1995-08-04''' - [[BitterGrey]] opens [http://understanding.infantilism.org Understanding Infantilism], then known as "BitterGrey's Den," a website for ABDLs and Furries.
* '''1996-09-09''' - Proxima Centauri officially opens [http://nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails].
* '''1997''' - [[Snuggems]] opens the FurryMUCK DayKare and Bottoms-Up Diaper Company.
* '''1998-01-15''' - Snuggems runs ''The Nursery'', the first successful convention gathering for babyfurs, at [[ConFurence 9]]. The Nursery has been held at 16 furry conventions to date.
* '''1998-07''' - [[Chipper]] and [[OshKoshFox]] create [[babyfurs (IRC)|#babyfurs]] on [[YiffNet]].
* '''2000-05-05''' - [[Kasi]] and OshKoshFox create the Babyfurs mailing list on One Groups.
* '''2000-05-18''' - [[RayFerret]] creates #littlepaws on YiffNet after heated disagreements on #babyfurs.
* '''2000''' - #nowhere_grotto is created on YiffNet as an alternative to #babyfurs and the defunct #littlepaws. The new channel grows to rival the size of #babyfurs, but falls before #babyfur is created in 2004.
* '''2001-07''' - [[LilPup]] runs the first [[C'ubHouse]] at [[Anthrocon]].
* '''2004-07''' - [[Ludwig]] creates #babyfur as an alternative to #babyfurs, now on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]], to allow users to chat with fewer rules and regulations.
* '''2004-09-13''' - The Babyfurs mailing list, having moved to Yahoo! Groups, is deleted by Yahoo! and is revived as "Babyfurs_part2."
* '''2004-12-11''' - Yahoo! again deletes the mailing list, and the group moves to [http://clubs.wanadoo.co.uk/group/group.cfm?GID=2982050 Babyfurs on Smartgroups].

== Community Leaders and Important Babyfurs ==

The following babyfurs are among the most known and respected in the furry fandom, recognized here for their contributions and devotion to the babyfur community:

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

* [[Orca]] co-moderates the Babyfurs mailing list with SwiftFox. He maintains the Babyfurs mailing list and an external file archive. He routinely reports links to interesting or humorous online articles relating to AB/DLs. Orca is also the famed inventor of the "Orca Stack."

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

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

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

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

== Babyfur Art & Literature ==
A few of the authors and artists in the babyfur community are:

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

* [[Genesis Eve Whitmore]] is not as popular as Marci but just as talented. She dominates the babyfur art market at Pawpet Megaplex in Orlando, FL in March, and her regular furry art gets plenty of attention as well. (About as much as her dazzling pink hair!) [http://www.madcoyote.com/gen/ Gen's Webpage]

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

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

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

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

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

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

* [[Astolpho]], also known to his friends outside the furry community as [[rootdown]], had a unique technique involving bright pastel-like colors on babyfurs, with baggy clothes, large eyes and innocent expressions. Astolpho innovatively expanded on the existing "squiggly" concept by animating outlines around static colors. Frustration with some fans as well as dissatisfaction with the quality of his work has prompted Astolpho to limit the availability of his artwork.

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

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

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

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

== Babyfur as a Paraphilia ==

A phenomenon exists throughout the furry fandom where it appears that a large amount of its members find a sexual attraction to anthropomorphic animals. As babyfurs are also furries, the phenomenon adheres to babyfurs as well. Because most babyfurs tend to enjoy roleplaying as children or toddlers, the question constantly arises: Are babyfurs pedophiles?

===Babyfur versus Pedophilia===
Babyfurs are not inherently pedophiles. While babyfurs roleplay as underage characters, the vast majority are not sexually attracted to children.

As babyfurs are defined in section 1, most roleplay as young furries usually because of their longing to be young again; in fact, some babyfurs don't even include a sexual element in their interests (and some do). Babyfurs assert that an adult roleplaying a child should not be considered the same thing as a child.

As with the general population, however, a small subset of babyfurs may be pedophiles.

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

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

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

While there is some conflict between babyfurs and the general fandom, such conflicts are not widespread throughout the entire fandom nor are they very severe. The majority of babyfurs and non-babyfurs coexist quite well because the majority of babyfurs do not engage in the more extreme behaviors mentioned here.

== Babyfur Links and Media ==

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

=== Web pages ===

==== Informative pages ====
Want to learn more about babyfurs, who they are, and why they are? These web pages may be helpful.
* [http://understanding.infantilism.org Understanding Infantilism] by [[BitterGrey]]
* [http://babyfur.com Online Babyfur Community] by [[LilPup]]

[[Image:sr_secondlife.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Two babyfurs hug in the world of [[Second Life]].]]
==== Art/fiction pages ====
* [http://nurserytails.ca Nursery Tails] by [[Proxima Centauri]]
* [http://www.foxtalestimes.com Fox Tales Times] by [[CS Fox]]
* [http://foxcrib.sk1p.com/ Fox Crib] by [[OzzyFox]]
* [http://www.furryjadefox.com Furry Jade Fox] by [[JadeFox]]
* [http://www.karisplayground.com/ Karis' Playground] by [[Karis]]

=== LiveJournal Communities ===

* [http://www.livejournal.com/community/babyfur/ Babyfur Community]

=== Mailing Lists ===

* [http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/babyfurs Smartgroups Babyfurs] (Invitation only. Send requests [mailto:babyfurs-subscribe@smartgroups.com here].)
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Babyfur_Cubhouse/ Babyfur C'ubhouse]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clubcargo/ Club Cargo]
* [http://clubs.wanadoo.co.uk/group/group.cfm?GID=3103378 LilFursCubhouse]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MDBabyFurs/ Maryland Babyfurs]

=== Internet Relay Chat ===
* [http://www.babyfox.org.uk/babyfurs/ Furnet #babyfurs] (PG13 rating)
* [http://www.furnet.org/news/ Furnet #babyfur] (Unrated)

=== MUCKs ===

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

=== Second Life ===

Many babyfurs can be found in [[Second Life]]. A major meeting place for babyfurs is the babyfur [[island (Second Life)|sim]] called [[Cub Conclave]], created and run by [[Raven Welesa]].
[[Category:Paraphilias]]
[[Category:Social groups]]
{{Featured article}}

2ch

2006-04-03T23:14:16Z

Shii: /* 2ch AA art */ frame

'''2channel''' is a huge BBS in Japan that covers all topics, perhaps like [[Something Awful]] except 200 times larger and with no registration system.

It has an ongoing thread for furries (in Japanese):
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1112354747/ Part 1] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1130040111/l50 Part 2] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1141994968/ Part 3] (ongoing)

* [http://tusk.x0.com/site/pbbs/kemonote.cgi Oekaki board for 2ch furries]

Kemono artists in Japan have a mixed opinion of 2ch. Because of its troll culture and light moderation, it is generally not a friendly place to post artwork. However, artists who don't mind this, including some objectively good ones, post their artwork anyway. They do it anonymously (following 2ch etiquette), using upload boards or oekaki BBSes like the one linked above.

==2ch AA art==
2channel has its own brand of simplified kemono art, made using Unicode characters and posted in threads without having to link to outside images. Shift_JIS art ("AA") is best displayed with Japanese fonts.

AA is only vaguely anthropomorphic, but Flash movies such as ''Nightmare City'' give AA characters colorful and humanoid designs and are popular with furries and kemono fans around the world.

[[Image:Mona.gif|frame|right|Monar]]
One of the most common AA characters is Monar, 2ch's mascot. Others include Shii, Giko, Shobon, and Hattoushin, but because AA is so easy to make, there is a universe of characters, compiled in large printed (published!) dictionaries as well online at AA dictionary websites such as the one listed below.

==See also==
* [[wikipedia:2channel]]
* [[Futaba Channel]]
==External links==
* [http://astrange.ithinksw.net/shii/faq 2chgrounds FAQ] (with some descriptions of AA characters)
* [http://4-ch.net/ascii/kareha.pl/1112629846/ Translation of 2ch character descriptions] at 4-ch.net
* [http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/maruheso/aadic/index.html AA Dictionary]

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:Japan]]

File:Mona.gif

2006-04-03T22:58:39Z

Shii: Monar from 2ch.

Monar from [[2ch]].

2ch

2006-04-01T03:12:26Z

Shii:

2ch

2006-04-01T03:11:34Z

Shii:

2ch

2006-03-27T17:36:05Z

Shii: +cat

Kemono

2006-03-27T17:32:01Z

Shii: /* External links */ add dr. comet

'''Kemono''' ([[Wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]] 獣 or けもの "beast") is a genre of [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]] art and character design that prominently features animal-like fictional characters in human-like settings and situations. It is used widely in drawing, painting, [[manga]], [[anime]], and video game designs, many of which are popular in the rest of the world.

Human-like animal characters in the kemono genre are frequently called '''Jūjin''' ([[Wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]] 獣人 or じゅうじん "[[Wikipedia:therianthrope|therianthrope]]"; alternatively, these characters are also sometimes read as ''kemonobito'' "beast-human"). Their unique design differs from artist to artist, but in general they combine popular character design with animal traits deemed cute and endearing. However, most kemono character designs retain a fundamentally human character and personality, seldom acting like the real animals after which they are designed. As such, kemono are usually shown living the way normal humans live in the same setting: speaking normal language, wearing normal clothes, eating normal food, living in normal homes, in ways that blur their distinction from ordinary humans.

Though based on very different cultural ideals, kemono and [[furry fandom]] on the Internet can occasionally overlap, both geographically and in influence. Some kemono artists appeal to both at the same time. Due to similarity in subject matter, people interested in kemono art are also frequently interested in furry art (and vice versa).

== External links ==
''(This is a brief list of well-distinguished kemono websites on the Internet. These websites are all [[wikipedia:hyperlink|link]]-free or have been irrevocably permitted to be linked to by their webmasters. Most of the sites are written only in [[Wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]], and some may contain themes perceived as mildly adult in nature.)''
* [http://www.fang.or.jp/ 獣コミュニティ・FANG] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www.fang.or.jp/ en] ''(Kemono Community FANG)''
* Popular and distinguished artists:
** [http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~sippo/ 網走しっぽ Sippo Abasiri] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www1.ocn.ne.jp/%7Esippo/ en]
** [http://exz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ EXZ] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//exz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en]
** [http://wolf.fang.or.jp/kazuma/ 一馬 Kazuma] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//wolf.fang.or.jp/kazuma/ en]
** [http://ww81.tiki.ne.jp/~kurotani/ 玄谷狂屈 Kyōkutsu Kurotani] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//ww81.tiki.ne.jp/%7Ekurotani/ en]
** [http://www6.big.or.jp/~matsu/ SATORU] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www6.big.or.jp/%7Ematsu/ en]
** [http://www.geocities.jp/seki6718/forest/ Jinroh] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www.geocities.jp/seki6718/forest/ en]
** [http://www17.cds.ne.jp/~rankasu/ 杉野大雅 Taiga Sugino] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www17.cds.ne.jp/%7Erankasu/ en]
** [http://yanusi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ 大地千尾 Seno Daichi] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//yanusi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en]
** [http://chad-f.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Chad Falseface] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//chad-f.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en]
** [http://toraiwa.cside21.com/ 虎岩もとい Motoi Toraiwa] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//toraiwa.cside21.com/ en]
** [http://www.interq.or.jp/dog/kazao/nk.html 二木　かざお Kazao Niki] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www.interq.or.jp/dog/kazao/nk.html en]
** [http://lieferant.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ North] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//lieferant.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ en]
** [http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~pnd-h/ ぱんだ林屋 Panda Hayashiya] [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http%3A//www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Epnd-h/ en]
** [[Dr. Comet]] [http://www.kurumi.sakura.ne.jp/~kemono/html/menu.htm site]

{{Wikipedia|Kemono}}

[[Category:Comics]][[Category:Anime]]
[[Category:Japan]]

User:Shii

2006-03-27T17:29:54Z

Shii: still screwing around

Hi. I like [[kemono]] art. I'm here to help fill out stuff about [[2ch]] and related kemono business. Just for fun.

The scenic route is my only fandom. I renounce all creeds and schools, I harbor for good or bad, etc.

==Some WikiFur-relevant links==
{{ContributorU|Shii}}

* [http://www.livejourbal.net/users/shii/ Livejourbal]
* [http://shii.sheezyart.com/ SheezyArt]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/shii/ FurAffinity]

==Navigation==
* [[wikicities:User:Shii|Up to my Wikia page]]

Shii

2006-03-27T17:18:26Z

Shii: creating

[[Image:Shii is a butt.png|thumb|right|Self-portrait]]
'''Shii''' is a cat in a box.

Shii's favorite video game is [[wikipedia:Doukutsu Monogatari|Doukutsu Monogatari]].
{{-}}
==External link==
{{Contributor|Shii}}
* [http://shii.org Shii's sites]

[[Category:People]]

Furry

2006-03-27T17:02:38Z

Shii: more...

'' So what is this ''furry'' thing, anyway? ''

That's a tricky question, because everyone has a different answer!

* Some people would say that a furry is a [[:Category:People|person]] in the [[furry fandom]]
* Still more equate it with a style of [[anthropomorphic]] [[:Category:Arts and Crafts|artwork]]
* If you've stumbled across this website by accident, chances are you would think of a [[funny animal]] (although you probably wouldn't use that term)
* Others think that furry is a [[furry lifestyle|way of life]]
* Some believe in various forms of furry [[spirituality]] (and, just like mainstream religions, some are faking it)
* People more familiar with Japanese CG art might equate furry with [[kemono]]
* People who've just read the [[Vanity Fair]] article or watched ''[[CSI]]'' probably think that a furry is an overweight middle-aged guy with a [[bestiality]] [[:Category:Fetishes|fetish]] and a habit of dressing up in [[fursuit]]s and "getting it on" with poor, defenseless [[plushie]]s, though they might recognize that as somewhat of an exaggerated stereotype.
** On the other hand, if they're from [[Something Awful]] they probably think the stereotype is 100% correct.

Any of these definitions may be accurate, to some extent. It depends who's using it, and when.

{{stub}}

== See also ==
*[[Furries]]
*[[Furry fan]]
*[[Furry fandom]]
*[[Fursuit]]er
*[[Furvert]]
*[[Lifestyler]]
*[[What is Furry?]]

== Resources discussing the meaning of furry ==

* [http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/intro.html PeterCat's Furry InfoPage]
* [http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/furfaq.txt FAQ] for [[alt.fan.furry]]
[[Category:Terms]]

Template:-

2006-03-27T16:55:05Z

Shii: this template clears both margins

File:Shii is a butt.png

2006-03-27T16:53:49Z

Shii: self-portrait

self-portrait

User:Shii

2006-03-27T14:33:27Z

Shii: namechange

Hi

* [http://www.livejourbal.net/users/shii/ Livejourbal]
* [http://shii.sheezyart.com/ SheezyArt]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/shii/ FurAffinity]

==Navigation==
* [[wikicities:User:Shii|Up to my Wikia page]]

The Overchan

2006-03-26T17:21:02Z

Shii: wiki me

[[Image:Overchan.png|right|The Overchan]]
'''The Overchan''' is a directory of "chan" imageboards, many of a mature nature. It is similar to the [[Wikipedia:Futaba Channel|Futaba Channel]]. It was founded and administered by [[User:Shii|Shii]] in 2005 and was recently taken over by Thatdog, neither of whom are furries. However, it does purport to list all imageboards, including furry imageboards such as [[Fchan]].

* '''Address''': http://www.1chan.net/overchan/

== See also ==

* [[FAP]]
* [[2chan]]
* [[4chan]]
* [[Fchan]]

[[Category:Art archives]]

User:Shii

2006-03-26T17:18:17Z

Shii: nav

2ch

2006-03-26T17:07:33Z

Shii: part 3

Deishling

2006-01-31T23:01:13Z

Shii: transwiki from Wikipedia

'''Deishlings''' are an anthropomorphic species that resemble dogs to some extent. They have fluffy ears and no tail. Their fur color can range from white to sandy-colored, shades of brown, and even black. They are special in that they possess some magical abilities. Aside from that, they are biologically immune to heat, so that they can even swim in lava. They are, however, weak to cold.

The race itself was created by well-known roleplayer Janna Willis, also known as Elec. Famous deishlings include but are not limited to Mikorysa Nukumi (Miko), Kuroshi Akumi (Kuro), Raika Castillo, Beebi Castillo, Anya Nanashi, Sayuri Nanashi, Fabreanne Kimishie, etc.

They appeared in all sorts of fictional stories, most of which can be read at http://vgrp.myfreebb.com

'''Some pictures of deishlings:'''
* [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/GeminiSaint/Miko-Kuro.jpg]
* http://www.deviantart.com/view/19802842/
* [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/GeminiSaint/Kuro2.jpg]
* [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/GeminiSaint/Kuro-C5.jpg]
* [http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/GeminiSaint/Trades/anya.gif]

Deishlings have been drawn by other artists as well, such as Samias Dragonlord, Kayorei and Thalzon, but no deishling picture from them currently exists on the web.

[[Category:Species]]

2ch

2006-01-31T04:55:59Z

Shii: more

'''2channel''' is a huge BBS in Japan, perhaps like [[Something Awful]] except 200 times larger and with no registration system.

It has an ongoing thread for furries (in Japanese):
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1112354747/ Part 1] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1130040111/l50 Part 2] (700 posts, ongoing)

* [http://tusk.x0.com/site/pbbs/kemonote.cgi Oekaki board for 2ch furries]

{{stub}}

==See also==
* [[wikipedia:2channel]]
* [[Futaba Channel]]

2ch

2006-01-28T07:08:37Z

Shii: found thread

'''2channel''' is a huge BBS in Japan, perhaps like [[Something Awful]] except 200 times larger and with no registration system.

It has an ongoing thread for furries (in Japanese):
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1112354747/ Part 1] (1000 posts, archived)
* [http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/ascii2d/1130040111/l50 Part 2] (700 posts, ongoing)

{{stub}}

==See also==
* [[[[wikipedia:2channel]]]]
* [[Futaba Channel]]

Art exchange

2006-01-28T07:01:57Z

Shii: creating

An '''art exchange''' is a LiveJournal community where artists can set up agreements to draw pictures for each other. Typically, art exchanges have a cycle of one month; each month, one artist's subject (usually a [[fursona]]) is chosen by the moderator and all community members will draw it in their own style. The deadline is at the end of the month.

For a list of art exchanges, see [[List of furry LiveJournal communities]].

Foxxfire Crump

2006-01-28T05:56:14Z

Shii: redirect

#REDIRECT [[FoxxFire]]

FurNation

2006-01-28T05:51:34Z

Shii: add their own opinion

[[Image:Furnation.gif|right|FurNation]]
'''FurNation''' (soon to be '''AnthroNation''') is a website that specializes in web hostings for webpages with [[furry]] content. FurNation also operates a small adult-oriented comic publishing unit, producing titles such as [[Furnation Magazine]], [[The Wanderer]] and [[Carpe Diem]].

* '''Address''': http://www.furnation.com/
* '''Primary webmaster''': [[Nexxus]]
* '''Secondary webmaster''': [[Rackett]]
* '''Ran from/to''': 1996 - current

In addition, Nexxus also administers and operates the [[FurNation Worlds]] on [[Second Life]], a 3D virtual chat community bearing FurNation's flagship name. Currently there are two sims, FurNation Prime and FurNation Alpha, with a third and fourth on the way.

FurNation has long been a major establishment in the online furry community, providing a centralized location in which to find a variety of furry related content. They claim that, being "established in November 1996 we are one of the three most established websites in the genre!"[http://furplanet.com/shop/category.asp?catid=47] (No word on what the other two are.) In that time it has gained not only a name for being a major player in furry information, art, and stories, but has also gained a reputation for its periodic downtime. Some of these have been relatively short, while others have been quite a bit longer. Because of this, many who maintain web space on FurNation also maintain a website at another web address.

== History ==

* '''9 November 2001''': Nexxus temporarily [http://www.flayrah.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=490 suspended FurNation] due to [[Sibe]]'s actions.
* '''28 December 2004''': Nexxus announces his intent to convert FurNation to AnthroNation, with the addition of Fantasy and Sci-fi websites. He also announces the FurNation toolbar.

[[Category:Web hosts]]

User:Shii

2006-01-28T05:35:42Z

Shii:

Hi

* [http://www.livejourbal.net/users/shii/ Livejourbal]
* [http://shii.sheezyart.com/ SheezyArt]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/shii/ FurAffinity]

SheezyArt

2006-01-28T03:29:41Z

Shii: /* The Great Exodus */ it's not just persecution, it's...

[[Image:Dante.png|right|180px|Dante, erstwhile site mascot and President of SheezyArt]]
'''SheezyArt''', started on November 30, 2003, by [[Channel Cat]], is an online [[art archive]] devoted to all types of art, including traditional, digital, photography, writing, pixel art, and [[Macromedia Flash]]. No genre of art are excluded, though works containing explicitly sexual subject matter are forbidden.

SheezyArt's visual template is based on the one used at [[deviantART]], allowing user commentary on artwork, journals, and user pages. SheezyArt also has a set of forums in which the community can gather.

Since the summer of 2005, SheezyArt has been down for most of the time because of server problems. This has resulted in the site being $700 short on its server bills, which are usually paid by ad revenue; however, site members' donations have helped to pay the bill.

* '''Address''': http://www.sheezyart.com/

== From deviantART to SheezyArt ==

In its original incarnation, SheezyArt permitted all content, including [[pornographic]] imagery. This made it a popular archive for artists who create "adult" works, particularly those in the [[furry fandom|furry]] and [[yaoi]] fandoms. Because deviantART forbids pornography, many artists who liked deviantART's system but scorned its content restrictions migrated to SheezyArt.

Some Flash animators also disdained deviantART's restrictions on including [[copyright]]ed content in animations. Many of these artists also moved to SheezyArt, which permitted Flash animations with borrowed background music, imagery, and other copyrighted material. A user named "Sqeezy" ([[Tim Frommeyer]]) is credited with influencing other Flash animators to move to Sheezy.

== The Great Exodus ==

In January 2005 SheezyArt banned pornographic content and deleted all art and writing tagged as adult, citing a new host's policy restrictions as the reason. However, many adult artists expressed disbelief at the administrators' explanation. They believed the new policies to be unfair and unnecessary at the very least; some even felt that it was a form of intentional [[fursecution]].

As a result, most artists specializing in pornographic works left SheezyArt after the ban. A large number migrated to newly-created archives based on SheezyArt's model but specializing in adult artwork. The most popular were [[FurAffinity]] and [[y!Gallery]], both of which are furry-friendly and all-inclusive. FurAffinity's slogan, "Where free expression reigns," is intended to be a jab at SheezyArt's allegedly oppressive policies.

== Trolls on SheezyArt ==

In general, trolling on SheezyArt is perceived differently than on other online communities. Harmless trolling, often involving groups of people playing outrageous characters, is permitted and, to some degree, encouraged. The original set of SheezyArt trolls--[[Fungus]], [[Gene Ternruh]], [[Pitbull]], [[The Krampus]], [[Lobsternaut]], [http://reaganlodge.com Reagan], and [[Tengu (person)|Tengu]]--popularized troll behavior on SheezyArt, but now are largely non-participatory.

Argumentative and aggressive behavior is often frequently seen and tolerated, but outright aggression and harassment is usually reprimanded.

== See also ==

* [[VCL]]
* [[Yerf]]
* [[YNA]]
* [[Orlando]]
* [[Wikipedia:SheezyArt|SheezyArt]] on Wikipedia

[[Category:Art archives]]
[[Category:2003 births]]

SA

2006-01-28T03:28:35Z

Shii: disambiguation

Within furrydom, '''SA''' is an abbreviation for:

* [[Something Awful]]
* [[SheezyArt]]

{{disambig}}

Goon

2006-01-23T05:01:38Z

Shii: correcting pov (not all goons are anti-furry)

A '''goon''' is a netizen who has an active account on the [[Something Awful]] [[forum]]s. Goons are infamous for [[troll|trolling]] the furry fandom, starting pranks, and stirring up trouble in communities (although not all goons act this way). They are also known for targeting [[otherkin]], [[wikipedia:otaku|otaku]], Juggalos, and anything else they consider amusing.

When defacing a site or invading a message board, their actions generally take the shape of "swarming," or gaining numerous users to attack all at once. This usually happens via link to a particular web forum, wiki or other such website from Something Awful, usually in an unorganized accident. Due to their immense numbers, some consider their attacks a form of a [[Wikipedia:DDoS|DDoS]] attack, but it should be noted that those who take the added traffic in stride suffer the least ill effect. Forum invasions are bannable on the Something Awful forums, and admins sometimes step in to request IP addresses of the offenders, but this does not always do much good because forum lurkers without accounts often participate in invasions.

When invasions purposefully occur, they generally come in the form of an "Awful Link of the Day", a feature where Something Awful links to a website considered strange by the majority. This is done for comedy purposes, and all traffic from it generally fades within a day or two, although occasionally a random stalker will stick around.

Sometimes, individual goons take it upon themselves to invade a furry convention or similar meetup. Although it is officially and unofficially frowned upon, Something Awful rarely takes action against users who turn their online behavior into real-world harassment. However, there are very few accounts of this actually happening.

==Furry goons==
Some goons are also furries. See [[Something Awful]].

==See also==
*[[Trolls]]

==External links==
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/xydexx/498705.html Goonish to English Dictionary] - A humorous take on the verbage used when referring to furries in a thread on the Something Awful forums, compiled by [[Xydexx]]
* [http://slate.msn.com/id/2123673/?nav=navoa How I stopped an Internet sex hoax] - Aritcle in [http://slate.msn.com/ Slate] from a journalist who exposed a hoax perpetrated by Goons, and the subsequent harassment and retaliation that he faced.

[[Category:Culture]]

Talk:Something Awful

2006-01-23T04:54:28Z

Shii: /* 20% of SA goons being furries */

{{Featured}}

== Archived Discussions ==
* [[Talk:Something Awful/Archive1]]

== Why was this marked POV? ==
I see that this article was marked POV, with the comment about "SA hatred", but I have been unable to find anything that appears to be POV. Can anyone enlighten us to what parts of the article should be changed?
:Since this has not been clarified, I removed the tag.
::Works for me. And welcome to WikiFur, BTW. Thanks for you recent edits. Please let us know if you have any questions. --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 05:39, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)
*Several sections of the article gives the impression of SA as an evil website filled with spamming warlords bent on spamming every furry website out there. Expressions such as "fell prey to" are rampant. --[[User:Imperialles|Imp]] 15:32, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)
:So fix it! :-) You might want to provide evidence that they are, in fact, ''not'' an evil website filled with spamming warlords beng on spamming every furry website out there, though, as (right or not) that is the opinion of it shared by a large proportion of the furry fandom. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 15:39, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

== 20% of SA goons being furries ==
I [http://furry.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Something_Awful&diff=0&oldid=26573 rolled back] the change to the article about 20% of Goons being furries as "much, much too large" as no sources were cited. I think that the phrase "seems too large" is more accurate, given no hard statistics (that I know of). --[[User:Dmuth|Dmuth]] 00:45, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)
:SA users will of course dispute this figure, but I heard it from a furry goon, and as he would know the nature of SA better than anyone I don't see why he would make it SUPER HUGE as the anon claims. It does seem kinda big, I dunno. [[User:Shii|Shii]] 04:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Something Awful

2006-01-23T04:52:24Z

Shii: fixing npov (harassment hasn't been organized for a long time and is probably punishable. forum invasions are not allowed)

* '''Address''': http://www.somethingawful.com
* '''Founder''': Lowtax
* '''Ran from/to''': 1999 - Present
* '''Motto''': ''The Internet Makes You Stupid''

'''Something Awful''' is an internet community owned and operated by [[Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka]]. Among its users are stereotypical forum members with a somewhat higher sense of collective intelligence and pretension than the average forum grouping. It ranges from adults to teens, talented artists to talented writers, and also very avid gamers.

However, a minority of its users hold up the established SA tradition of mocking the furry fandom, including pranks, disorganized [[trolling]], and individual harassment of users themselves in places such as [[LiveJournal]], messageboards, and various furry websites. This includes [[WikiFur]] itself, which was vandalized on various pages with defamation toward the furry fandom or repetitions of the phrase "SOMETHING AWFUL DOT COM." While the administrators of the [[Something Awful|SA]] forums do not condone the actions taken, and do take action to remove these troublemakers from their ranks when they deem necessary, many [[goons]] take it upon themselves to invade websites, forums and LiveJournals when they are linked on or off the forums. (Examples of off-forums organized invasions includes the now defunct [[SALJ]].) There are three instances where goons "infiltrated" a furry [[convention]]. 

To many on the Something Awful forums now, however, furries are considered "old meme." But there are still members who continue to "hop on the bandwagon" and attack the fandom.

== Involvement with Furries ==
=== Conventions ===
==== Texas Furry Con 2004 ====
A newer SA forum user started a post detailing her first visit to a furry convention then decided it wasn't for her. She left a picture of a detailed pineapple hand-grenade which stated, "WE ARE WATCHING." [[Image:Sawarning.jpg|right|thumb|User's recollection of the original poster (somewhat inaccurate).]]

Later, SA member Vorpal Bunny, a resident of Texas, decided to pay the convention a visit, wearing a shirt that said "L33T LIEK JEFFK" and had a URL to the website. After being tipped off by furry and SA goon Labinnah, the con staff proceeded to catch and detain Vorpal Bunny and his pack of friends, forcing them to stay until they signed a form which stated they would not release anything to the Internet. This, of course, didn't happen.

An account in his own words of Vorpal Bunny's visit can be found online [http://www.viewfromuphere.com/writings/000122.php here].

The image above is a recollection of what the initial poster assumed she had left drawn again. The original displayed was left laying around in the dealers room and was given to con staff. The actual drawing had the grenade standing vertically, said "We are watching you!" and did not have the SA insignia anywhere. At the time, staff were perplexed and, although the logo of Something Awful is a hand-grenade, it is not a universally recognized symbol of the website. Equally, this hotel was right across the street from Bergstrom International Airport. Had the drawing identified itself as coming from SA, it would have been seen as harmless.

==== [[Feral!]] 2004 ====
A forum user posted about his "ninja infiltration" to a furry convention out in the woods. Sneaking around the camp area, he placed numerous paper flags with the [[Something Awful]] logo on various cars. In the thread he posted, he was ridiculed by the other forum goons for "having no life."

==== Anthrocon 2005 ====
An individual named [[Mix]] decided to bring an old 1960's-style '8-mm Kodak Ektachrome' video camera with him to Anthrocon, labeled with a bumper sticker that read "LOL INTERNET." He wore a t-shirt with his [[fursona]] on the front-- a blue hyenataur-- with his profile and "SomethingAwful.com" above it; on the back, a blown-up version of the Something Awful grenade logo. He visited the convention [[Con Ops|Operations]] office on the Monday morning of the convention, gave out 'I <3 VCL' buttons, shouted "SomethingAwful!" and ran out.

While many consider this behavior that for a ''Something Awful'' [[goon]], Mix denies his involvement with the site, saying that he was taking pictures and filming for a personal art project, and that the actions he took on that day were a joke and something he regrets.

Later, a [[Talk:Mix|heated debate]] arose over the inclusion of the above events in WikiFur. In fact, the matter tended to be taken far more seriously by those who heard rumors of it than those who were there at the time. [[Xydexx]] had this to say:

:''To be honest, I didn't think he was doing anything really malicious. I mean, he gave me an [[VCL#buttons|I <3 VCL button]]. That was kinda nice. The worst he did at AC was exercise poor judgement, that's all. Everyone makes mistakes.''

=== LiveJournal ===
==== SALJ ====
[[SALJ]], or "[[Something Awful]] LiveJournal", was a LiveJournal community which trolled pretty much all of LiveJournal. From auto-erotic asphyxiation communities to zoophile communities, they attacked them all. While not the main focus, one thing they did attack were other furry communities.

=== IRC ===
In late 2004, when the [[SALJ]] LiveJournal community was still around, many users of the community congregated in an IRC channel. They organized an attack on a channel on FurNet called #dragon_yiff. What happened was enormous amounts of spam with constant barrages of various catch-phrases from the [[Something Awful]] forums, such as the ever infamous "SOMETHING AWFUL DOT COM." The users, however, when everything calmed down, blamed it on [[Sibe]].

=== Awful Link of the Day ===
"The Awful Link of the Day" is a daily feature of Something Awful where a particularly awful web page is located and showcased. The websites featured range between horrendously created Tripod websites or the most bizarre of the bizarre forums on the Internet, and sometimes a random furry artist's website or community, such as [[vore]] or [[babyfur]], will pop up as the target. Furry-themed websites have been part of the Awful Link of the Day nearly since the site's inception. On July 16th, 2000, the web page of [[Tom Foxx]] was given the "Awful Link of the Day" treatment:

: ''[http://homepages.go.com/~tomfoxx/ The Foxx's Den] (down, [http://web.archive.org/web/20000617060945/homepages.go.com/~tomfoxx/indecks.html archived]) - Since I'm currently at a loss to explain this page (yes, it appears to only be one page), I'll just copy the description that was included in the email: "Gay anime boy goes to fantastical online make-believe land, becomes a gay humanoid fox creature, falls in love with fellow humanoid fox creature, takes care of baby dragons, and puts bad midi music on an already bad site. I think it's about some guy's roleplaying character, but I'm not sure."''

The page is long gone. Tom's site was more or less hammered with a combination of hits and hate mail in his guest book. The incident sparked allegations that the site ops were picking on Furries because they were gay. [[Lowtax]], the person responsible for the selection, stated that he chose the page because ''"it appeared to be written by a spastic 10 year old with ADD who was obsessed with becoming a magical humanoid fox and marrying another guy fox. If that's not a ripe candidate for an Awful Link, God help me, I don't know what is."'' He added: ''"And to all you furry-lovers out there: you can defend and rationalize and explain the act of pretending to be animals so you can have online sex with people all you want. The fact is that it makes for some hilarious websites, and prime ALOD links. If you don't want people making fun of your abnormal sexual fetishes, DON'T MAKE THEM PUBLIC."''

The resulting discussion has, unfortunately, now expired from their forums.

==WikiFur==

===August 15, 2005===

On August 15, 2005, WikiFur was invaded by goons from Something Awful only a few days after the project had been announced. Despite the "disclaimer" contained in the (now down) [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1642602 initial thread] in the Something Awful Forums ("''DISCLAIMER: DO NOT INVADE THIS SHIT YOU FUCKERS. YOU KNOW THAT'S AGAINST THE RULES. JUST POINT AND LAUGH''",) vandalism ramped up when the link to the site was chosen as the SA ''Awful Link of the Day'' on the same day.

At one point, pages were being maliciously edited every 45 seconds. However, their attempt to stop WikiFur backfired; the actions of Something Awful actually increased the visibility of WikiFur, and this attracted more legitimate users than SA could bring vandals. In hindsight, their actions were actually beneficial.

:''[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]: As they say, the only bad publicity is no publicity!''

===Random acts of vandalism===

Since then, WikiFur has been the target of [http://furry.wikicities.com/index.php?title=WikiFur:Community_Central&action=history sporadic acts] [http://furry.wikicities.com/index.php?title=WikiFur&action=history of vandalism] from one or more goons, or at least people claiming to be SA goons. The frequency of some of the edits as well as the effort required to hijack proxies from around the world to get around administrative blocks does raise the question of why some Goons seem particularly obsessed with WikiFur.

== Furry involvement with Something Awful ==
=== The "Furry Concentration Camp" ===
In January 2003, [[JJcoolJ]], a now ex-forum member and somewhat excommunicated from the furry community, organized users from the now defunct #safurs channel on FurNet to spam an internal forum called "FYAD," or "Fuck You and Die" with furry porn. [[Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka|Lowtax]], after getting rather annoyed with having the obtuse-humored sub-forum filled with even more horrendous furry spam, created the Furry Concentration Camp, a sub-forum which acted much like FYAD, but disconnected furries from the main forum. The furries who spammed-- and many others who didn't, but were labeled anyway for humorous effect, such as user Procrasturbator-- were placed in this sub-forum because they were incredibly annoying. It also proved to be a place where members of FYAD could come in and ridicule other furries for their own humor. However, after a few months, the furry goons took the forum for themselves and turned it into their own "Furry FYAD." Much to the disturbance of SA forum regulars, [[Sibe]] under an alias on an account purchased by JJcoolJ and several other furries began to post their collections of furry porn there. In mid-summer [[Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka|Lowtax]] deleted the forum. Sibe and several of the furries participating in the furry concentration camp were later banned for being a nuisance.

=== #safurs ===
<nowiki>#safurs</nowiki> was an [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]] started by a [[furry|fur]] named [[Jazzy]] around 2002. His SA forum handle was JJcoolJ, which is a play on the name of a famous rap artist, [[Wikipedia:LL cool J|LLcoolJ]]. While on the SA forums, on various occasions-- mainly in the [[furry porn game]] when it came around in FYAD-- he would advertise the [[IRC]] network as well as the channel.

The channel became popular and well-known among the SA community when the Furry Concentration Camp (see above) was created. Many [[trolls]], [[goons]], other furries and [[anti-furries]] alike began to visit, stick around to chat, harass the users for being furries or use the channel as a make-shift portal to troll other channels on the IRC network.

In late 2003/early 2004, [[Snowpony]], an administrator of FurNet deemed Jazzy unstable and therefore unable to keep administrating his channel. Forcibly, ownership was passed on to [[Bobby]] (aka [[Squnq]]). After getting bored, Bobby passed the channel on to [[Verix]].

At this point, the FurNet administration stated their belief in other users utilizing <nowiki>#safurs</nowiki> as a doorway to [[trolling]] other channels on the network. Snowpony began monitoring the channel by idling and logging. Annoyed, the users of <nowiki>#safurs</nowiki> took on a rule of "no idling," which was typically only enforced on Snowpony, and [[Wikipedia:kickban|kick-banned]] Snowpony from the channel. Flustered, Snowpony used her administrative powers to unban herself and rejoin the channel, only to have it happen again. She then proceeded to ''akill'' those who had removed her from the channel and rejoined.

For a few days after this, <nowiki>#safurs</nowiki> began to mock and taunt Snowpony constantly, perpetually kick-banning her every time she joined the channel, causing another round of [[Wikipedia:akill|akills]] and rejoins to occur. Another admin, [[Simba]] caught wind of this and began to look into the situation between Snowpony and this IRC channel. Believing that Snowpony was out of line with her actions, in a rather infamous display of quitting her administrative job of FurNet, turned the tables and akilled Snowpony.

=== Furry "Goons" ===
A "furry [[goon]]" is someone who is actively involved with both the Something Awful Forum and the Furry Community. Some furry goons are given "immunity" at Something Awful, but the large majority simply keep quiet. One secretly furry goon has estimated that 20% of SA members are furries, but this figure seems too large. 

== See also ==

* [[Anthrochat]]
* [[Wikipedia:Something Awful|Something Awful]] on Wikipedia

== External links ==

* [http://www.gbs.tv GBStv]
* [http://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php SA's SAclopedia] Built dictionary, with many terms related to furry fandom.

[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:Anti-furries]]
[[Category:Media coverage]]

Doug Winger

2006-01-19T03:26:44Z

Shii: reword so that description is also referring to the Man Himself

[[Image:Winger.jpg|thumb|right|The '''Man''' himself.]]
'''Doug Winger''' (also known as '''JustDoug''') is a well-known [[furry artist|artist]] in the [[furry fandom]] whose trademark is [[hyper-endowed]] [[herm]] characters. Though he is ''best known'' for the hyper-endowment depicted in most of his drawings, his art also characterizes his good humor and attention to detail.

Doug is also known for his quick wit and love of word play. The unofficial unit of [[squick]]age, the ''[[milliWinger]]'', is named after him, as is the term ''[[Wingerized]]''.

A rumor suggested that Doug was an animator for the acclaimed [[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] cartoon series [[Wikipedia:SpongeBob SquarePants|''Spongebob Squarepants'']]. This rumor is incorrect, but he has indeed worked as an offsite freelance animation background artist for the same company for [[Wikipedia:Dora The Explorer|''Dora the Explorer'']] and [[Wikipedia:Angry Beavers|''Angry Beavers'']].

Doug regularly [[role-playing|plays]] himself as a [[human]] character on [[FurryMUCK]], where he often spends time in the [[Herm Haven]] (a place whose very existence can be partially credited to him). One of his most famous furry [[character]]s, [[Pandora Pup]], is also a regular resident at the Haven -- but she/shi is not played by Doug.

Doug presently resides in [[Wikipedia:Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana, California]], USA, with fellow artists [[Steve Martin]] and [[Bob Guthrie]].

== See also ==

*[[Whamadoodles Online]]
*[[Whamadoodle]]
*[[Dougenesque]]
*[[Wikipedia:Doug Winger|Doug Winger]] on Wikipedia

[[Image:Censor_NC17.png|right]]

== External links ==

* ''[http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Doug-Winger/ Doug Winger gallery]'' on [[VCL]] (not work-safe)
* ''[http://www.macrophile.com/~doug/ Doug Winger gallery]'' on [[macrophile]].com (not work-safe)

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Comic artists]]
[[Category:Hyperfurs]]
[[Category:California]]

Yerf (art archive)

2006-01-05T04:54:02Z

Shii: domainifying

__NOTOC__[[Image:Yerf.png|right|Yerf]]
'''Yerf''' (formerly known as the '''Squeeky Clean Furry Archive''') is probably the world's best known non-adult [[furry]] [[:Category:Art archives|art archive]]. From December 2004 to November 2005 it is down as a result of a disk crash, currently the contents are accessible read-only.

*'''Addresses''':
**'''Website''': http://yerf.com/
**'''LiveJournal''': http://livejournal.com/communities/yerf/
**'''[[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]]''': [irc://irc.anthrochat.net/Yerf #Yerf] on [[Anthrochat]]
**'''Forums''': http://forums.yerf.com/
*'''Development''':
**'''Resources & Tools''': http://devel.yerf.com/scaa/
**'''Development news''': http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerfmonkeys/
*'''Administrators''': [[Dingo]], [[Rat (person)|Rat]], [[Scotty Arsenault]], [[Jedd Marten]]
*'''Developers''': [[User:Locoindigo|Locoindigo]]
*'''Operational dates''':
**'''Yerf I''' and '''Forums''': April 1, 1996 - December 27, 2004
**'''Forums''': November 10, 2005 - Present
**'''Yerf II''' archives return (http://yerf.com/archives/): November 11, 2005

== History ==

[[Image:SCFA.png|right|SCFA]]
=== SCFA ===

Yerf was initially founded as the ''Squeeky Clean Furry Archive'' by [[Rat (person)|Rat]], and hosted on his site, Rat.org. At that time it was little more than an ftp server, although it developed later.

At one point, a large proportion of the art uploaded to the SCFA was strongly influenced by [[Wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Eventually, people got sick of so much derivative artwork, and Sonic-based material was banned, to the complaints of some of those who had been uploading it.

At some point, Rat wanted the site to have it's own domain (previously it was at rat.org/yerf). Rat chose Yerf because, being a generic term, no matter what direction the site took, the name could stay the same. At that time it was generally accepted to mean "a noise foxes made", and yerf.com was not taken, so Rat registered it.

[[Image:Yerf_old.png|right|Yerf]]
=== Yerf ===

The name change to Yerf occured in 1998 - but that is all it was, a name change.
Over time, the quality standards got stricter, and artists who were previously members of the SCFA were [[Wikipedia:Grandfather clause|grandfathered]] in, which became a regular cause of complaint for those who either felt that artwork by the grandfathered artists was inadequate, or (more often) people who had been rejected who looked to this art as an excuse to complain about double standards. When Rat moved to California, he was no longer able to keep his server up, and so it moved to [[Tugrik]]'s purrsia.com server.

On 10 July 1998, Rat [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.lifestyle.furry/browse_frm/thread/60e8064c8c378d26 handed over] front end administration of the site to [[Scotty Arsenault]] - it had previously been run in part by [[Jedd Marten]]. At some point after that (Late 2001,) Scotty handed it over in turn to [[Dingo]].

=== The Crash ===

On 27 December 2004, Yerf's hard disk [http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerf/42523.html signalled a failure]. [http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerf/2005/01/04/ Initial hopes] for a quick fix were soon dashed, and eventually it became clear that all of the data had been [http://www.livejournal.com/community/yerf/55386.html lost], although over $2500 was raised in donations. Worse, the hard disk contained the only copy of the Yerf archive software.

=== The restoration ===

As of August 2005, Yerf is being rebuilt around a new core, the '''Squeeky Clean Art Archive'''. For now, members are allowed to post images on the community LiveJournal instead. The forums have also been re-opened. Once the core is back up, it should be possible to re-post the artwork, as some users had saved copies of the site before the crash.

As of 11 November 2005, most of the art from the original archive was reposted in a "read only" database, displaying first artist names, then thumbnail pages in each artist's directory of the art arrainged chronologically, and then finally the image. Final page layouts and structure are to be determined while work continues on the new gallery software. A wiki page coordinating the process of restoring the few artists, images, and descriptions which were lost in the crash was put online at the same time.

As of 24 November 2005 - Thanksgiving - the new gallery software's codebase is online on a development resource site, and coders of all stripes are being sought. Design goals for this software are to preserve the clean page layouts and simple navigation of the original layout, avoiding the design excesses of other larger archive sites. One focus of interest at the present time is the creation of a strong, speedy peer review system which will address previous criticisms of Yerf as being slow to respond to requests for new users.

== Art policy ==

[[Image:Censor_PG.png|right]]

As indicated by the name, the SCFA was always distinguished by a strong [[PG]] focus. Around the time it was relaunched as Yerf, new policies were introduced concerning the ''quality'' of artwork. At first, a large proportion of artists might still have qualified to enter, but the bar has raised over time to a point where even reasonably good artists might face several rejections before being allowed in, if they managed it at all. The long, usually six-month, mandatory wait period to reapply heightened this controversy considerably; some unsuccessful applicants believed this was sometimes applied as a form of punishment for failing to complete an application correctly.

This led to claims of elitism, which were (to an extent) ignored, as the majority of community members supported at least some level of quality filtering. Complaints about the speed of the review process were also frequent, due to the difficulty of getting qualified reviewers who could spare the time and effort to review submissions.

== References ==

*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/60e8064c8c378d26?scoring=d&q=big+changes+coming+to+yerf.com& Official announcement of the 1998 Yerf hand-over from Rat to Scotty Arsenault] on [[alt.fan.furry]]

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Yerf|Yerf]] at Wikipedia

[[Category:Art archives]]
[[Category:1996 births]]

User:Shii

2005-12-27T04:45:03Z

Shii: