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Giza

2017-08-27T04:03:48Z

Shroud: /* Convention involvement */ Giza is staff this year at FM. Tah

{{Supporter}}{{LinkingSupporter}}__NOTOC__[[Image:01-taurinfox-giza.jpg|thumb|right|Giza, as drawn by [[TaurinFox|Taurin Fox]]]]

'''Giza''', real name '''Douglas Muth''', has been interested in [[Furry]] since 1998, when he first discovered it through ''[[The Lion King]]''. His first [[convention]] experience was [[Anthrocon '99]], and has attended over 27 furry conventions since, working as a staff member at the majority of them. <ref>[http://www.claws-and-paws.com/conventions Conventions I've Attended], retrieved from claws-and-paws.com</ref><ref>[http://www.claws-and-paws.com/conventions-ive-staffed Conventions I've Staffed], retrieved from claws-and-paws.com</ref>

He can frequently be found online in various IM programs. <ref>[http://www.claws-and-paws.com/contact Contact Doug], retrieved from claws-and-paws.com</ref>

== Real life ==

In [[real life]], Doug lives in [[Wikipedia:Ardmore, PA|Ardmore, PA]] and works in Center City Philadelphia as a Software Engineer for a medium size company.

He likes UNIX, [[YouTube]], [[wikipedia:bowling|bowling]], [[cheetah (species)|Cheetah]]s, and weight training. He is also a ham radio operator, which he makes use of for socializing purposes at furry conventions. His radio callsign is K3TCP.

He is involved with several local civic groups, including [http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/ The Save Ardmore Coalition] and [http://www.sabanews.org/ The South Ardmore Betterment Alliance], and maintains the websites and performs general technical work for both groups. He currently holds a seat on the Board of Directors of the Save Ardmore Coalition.

==Convention involvement==

Giza has been involved in one way or another with a number of furry conventions, including:
* [[Anthrocon]] - [[Internet Room]] staff in 2000 and 2001, [[Operations]] staff in 2002 and 2003, Operations [[Director]] and [[Board of Directors]] from 2004 to present, Sysadmin and webmaster from 2006 to present
* [[Camp Feral]] - Staff member and workshop instructor in 2001, past webmaster.
* [[FurFright]] - Assistant [[Operations]] [[Director]] in 2006, Security from 2007 to present.
* [[Furry Connection North]] - Security from 2008 to 2013. Webmaster 2009 to 2013.
* [[Midwest FurFest]] - [[Artshow]] staff in 2003, Artshow staff from 2008 to present.
* [[Furry Migration]] - Ops staff in 2017

He was inducted into the [[Dorsai Irregulars]], who provide security services for multiple furry conventions, at Dorsai Thing 33 in March, 2008. <ref>[http://www.anthrocon.org/node/2169 Some Furry Dorsai News], retrieved from Anthrocon's forums</ref>

== WikiFur involvement ==

Giza got involved with WikiFur shortly after it began in August of 2005. He either wrote the initial versions or made early contributions to a number of articles on here, such as [[Anthrocon]], [[Room party]], [[Con Ops]], and [[Dorsai Irregulars]]. He's also a [[User:Dmuth|WikiFur user]] and [[WikiFur:Administrators|administrator]].

In addition to regularly cleaning up and categorizing new articles on WikiFur, he has also done extensive work on the category system itself. He conceived and implemented the categorization for [[WikiFur:News/WikiFur records births and deaths|births and deaths]] and also refactored very large categories by splitting off a number of entries under them into sub-categories. Some of the bigger categories he has done this to are [[:Category:Characters]] and [[:Category:Terms]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Contributor|Dmuth}}
* [http://www.claws-and-paws.com/ Claws and Paws dot Com] - Personal website
* [http://www.livejournal.com/users/giza/ Giza aka Douglas Muth's Journal] at [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.claws-and-paws.com/furry/giza/ Who is Giza?] - Information on how the name 'Giza' was chosen
* [http://www.claws-and-paws.com/pictures/furry/giza Pictures of Giza] - A photo gallery containing pictures of Giza drawn by various artists
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmuth Douglas Muth] - Profile and resume on [[Wikipedia:LinkedIn|LinkedIn]]
* [http://twitter.com/dmuth dmuth] on Twitter
* [http://www.facebook.com/dmuth Douglas Muth] on Facebook

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[[Category:Anthrocon staff]]
[[Category:Programmers]]
[[Category:Ham radio operators]]
[[Category:FurFright staff]]
[[Category:Dorsai Irregulars]]
[[Category:Furry Connection North staff]]
[[Category:Midwest FurFest staff]]
[[Category:Leopard characters]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1976 births]]

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User talk:Higgs Raccoon

2012-03-04T03:42:16Z

Shroud:

==Archives of old stuff==
*[[/Archive 1|Archive 1 (August 26th, 2006 - July 18th, 2007)]]
*[[/Archive 2|Archive 2 (July 19th, 2007 - August 25, 2008)]]
*[[/Archive 3|Archive 3 (August 25, 2008 - February 1, 2010)]]
*[[/Archive 4|Archive 4 (February 1, 2010 - August 21, 2011)]]

==Current talks==

== Entry for Lynxcat (formerly Nessa) ==

Hi, Higgs -

In searching on Nessa's page, I saw that you had updated it with my nick, RL name, birth date, and location, as well as included my LJ. I'd really appreciate it if you'd change it back to just Nessa and remove all identifying information from the article and from its history - it is exceptionally important to me to keep the real life unawares, for employment purposes, etc.

Thanks much for understanding!
- Lynxcat

-- ETA2: I was able to check in with GreenReaper in #wikifur and he was able to take care of it for me. I'd definitely appreciate if it didn't go back up. Thanks! :) --

:Perhaps wherever it came from should be examined - did they really intend to link real names and fandom names? --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 23:55, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

::The real name (which I myself tend not to include in articles) originally appeared in [http://en.wikifur.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=Lynxcat&timestamp=20110804205234 this deleted edit] by [[User:Skippyfox]]. The edit got deleted when the Lynxcat article was merged with the existing Nessa article, but the text itself (with the name) got copied over as part of the merge. As for the birthdate and location, they were simply lifted from LiveJournal.--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 01:16, 22 August 2011 (EDT)

== Entry for Uaine Sionnach ==

Hi there, just wanted to say thanks for tidying up my page a little. It looks much neater now, and will be easier for me to expand on in future. :)

[[User:UaineSionnach|UaineSionnach]] 10:10, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

:No problem, Uaine.--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 10:13, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

==Moving Equivamp==
Hi GR, 
I'm curious as to why you went through the process of deleting Equivamp's article, moving the revision over, and restoring the old edits. Wouldn't it have been quicker to just cut and paste, or am I overlooking something?--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 23:10, 4 September 2011 (EDT)
:Perhaps, but it would have left the edits made by Equivamp separate. I felt it was better to keep them all together. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 23:12, 4 September 2011 (EDT)

== Draconas ==

Hey thank's for doing my page thing, appreciate it ^^--[[User:Draconas|Draconas]] 23:58, 4 September 2011 (EDT)

== Fritter Wiki ==

I appreciate the compromise, but there is only so much reference I can provide before getting the documents from my lawyer. Beyond that, AshleyAshes has a personal vendetta against myself and my boyfriend, so he's been consistently stalking that page with intent of slandering me. I need this changed so that my career in the future is not jeopardized. If it means it, I will take it up personally with GreenReaper to have the page removed all together, or at least modified to my liking as soon as I have the official court documents in a few days. Until then, I really have no wish of resting until the mention of those charges is stripped. I will find contact info for all mods if need be, to reach out to either my lawyer or the Ottawa courts, to verify. There is only so much citation online that backs up information like this.
-Fritter, 12:52PM EST

hello, I have no idea how to navigate around this website. I presume you are a curator? I am 'Roma Violet' and I would like to request for my page to be deleted, as it isn't in favour of my privacy and I am not a part of this community. Thank you

== Yay added people ==

Terribly impressed by what all you've been able to find and get in place from the People to add list. Just wanted to let you know! -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 12:47, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

:Seconded. It's really appreciated. [[User:Equivamp|Equivamp]][[User talk:Equivamp|talk]] 13:47, 17 October 2011 (EDT)

::Thanks Sine. I think between the two of us we've managed to whittle a fair chunk out the list, and there are still some I'm sure I can make articles for.
::I'd welcome your thoughts on those I've tried searching for without success, but not outright deleted. (There are some names where there are plenty of Google hits, but nothing that immediately springs out as ''relevant''.) --[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 10:17, 20 October 2011 (EDT)

== Entry for Shaui Raccoon ==

Hello fellow raccoon,

What a surprise to have found an article written about me, I wonder why it was added to begin with.

Sincerely, Shaui.

:Because you [http://twitter.com/#!/Shaui_Raccoon/status/127138271401746434 uttered the magic word].--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 22:24, 21 October 2011 (EDT)

Dear Higgs,
you at least wrote an accurate stub, and the part about my fursona having two forms and the origin of the word shaui, you did great hehe ^^
-Shaui Raccoon
p.s. mr fish clerk and baron bach aren't really my pseudonyms, just to fill in that space on FA

==People to Add==
Hello GR, 
I wonder if you could suggest a direction for the [[:Category:People/People_to_add|People to Add]] list? In particular, what should be done with names that defy a reasonable amount of research? Take "Susan Gui" or "John T Baptist", for example. Neither have any mention within WikiFur, and Google searches combined with obvious words like "furry", "furries", "fursona", "anthropomorphic", etc, produce no relevant hits. Neither do Google Groups searches or trying to guess a Fur Affinity account name.

Should such names be left, or removed?--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 17:25, 27 October 2011 (EDT)

:I'd suggest removing them, on the basis that placement on the list is only useful if other people know who you're talking about. If the original adder really wants to make that article, they can always do that. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]]) 17:29, 27 October 2011 (EDT)

== I've started another list project ==

Whitling down [[List_of_characters_in_The_Lion_King_MUCK|this list]] to articles / character stubs or if nothing else a To add list at [[:Category:The Lion King MUCK characters]]. I just wanted to share! -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 18:20, 28 October 2011 (EDT)

== Many Thanks for the Surprise! ==

Thank you for a surprise stub, and the swift clean up. I was most surprised to see someone had bothered to post about me! Sorry for the mumbo-jumbo. You must have one heck of a furry network going on there - you find us from all over the place!

Anyhoo, thanks again, and great work on all your stub... Stubbing? Stub-making? Thanks for helping to connect the community!

Cerby D.

== Editing Help? ==

Hey, I keep trying to edit the Wiki page Kara_Rawr, trying to detach it from my old, dead username Karatzue, but it keeps getting reverted. Can we talk about this? Thanks for any help!

. . .

Heya Higgs,

I'm a newbie to the WikiFur thing, and these flags on my page, [[Onyx Forepaw]], the one [[Equivamp]] made for me, I don't really know how to edit to confirm to the standards... Any tips you could give me so I can make my page better, hence getting rid of the flags? Thanks! c:

- [[User:DisneyBOLTno1FanEVER|Onyx Forepaw]]

== Deleting my article ==

Hi. Can you please remove the article about myself, [[Tikuko]]? I don't know what proof you need that it's me other than this is my account and I created and am probably the only person that has edited the article. Thank you.--[[User:Tikuko|Tikuko]] 16:41, 18 December 2011 (EST)

== Bad Dragon ==

That bit of information was added after 24.179.24.73's reason: "''BD was asked to not show up at anthrocon altogether. Will not attend''". If this was true, I added in with references tags. If he didn't follow up with one it would have been deleted - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] 21:25, 15 January 2012 (EST)

== Stolen username ==

My name is Urthdigger and I was recently informed that there was a page about me on here. I'm pleased with how my page looks now, but not so much with it's creation: On top of the original being unflattering, they used my name as their username to create that page. I wonder if it might be possible to remove their access to that username and let me use it? Considering they used that name to make a page about me, I believe it's a case of them trying to imitate me, and not simply a case of someone having the same name. --[[Special:Contributions/97.113.86.17|97.113.86.17]] 23:27, 25 January 2012 (EST)

:Hello, Urthdigger. You may want to direct your query to [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]. Although I'm a curator here on WikiFur, I don't think I have the ability to alter account details like that. GR will know if it is possible or not.--[[User:Higgs Raccoon|Higgs Raccoon]] 02:33, 26 January 2012 (EST)

== Thanks ==
Thank you for fixing up parts of Corsi's page that I'd missed [[User:Jester Spearmann|Jester Spearmann]]

== FursonaPod cast ==

"The Cast" section in [[FursonaPod]] has the potential for stub articles about people some time when you're in the mood. -- [[User:Sine|Sine]] 17:09, 22 February 2012 (EST)

==Entry from Shroud==

Hey, Shroud here. Thanks for adding me! I was shocked when I found out that I'd gained enough recognition to be listed here without intervention. Been about a half hour and I'm still shocked haha. *hugs you tight*

Mattox

2012-03-04T03:28:45Z

Shroud:

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'''Mattox''' is a [[furry]] whose [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Leaf-nosed bat|leaf-nosed fruit bat]]. It is one of the hosts of the [[FurCast]] [[podcast]]. Its co-hosts are [[Fayroe]], [[Paradox]], and [[Shroud]].

Mattox is fond of philosophies such as transhumanism and nephalism. It is also fond of Greek mythology and gods as well writings by H.P. Lovecraft.

Mattox has stated off-air to the co-hosts that the preferred pronoun is "It".

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[[Category:Podcasters]]
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Mattox

2012-03-04T03:26:58Z

Shroud:

{{unreferenced}}
'''Mattox''' is a [[furry]] whose [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Leaf-nosed bat|leaf-nosed fruit bat]]. It is one of the hosts of the [[FurCast]] [[podcast]]. Its co-hosts are [[Fayroe]], [[Paradox]], and [[Shroud]].

Mattox is fond of philosophies such as transhumanism and nephalism. It is also fond of Greek mythology and gods as well writings by H.P. Lovecraft.

Mattox has stated off-air that his preferred pronoun is "It".

{{person-stub}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Podcasters]]
[[Category:Bat characters]]

Mattox

2012-03-04T03:26:26Z

Shroud:

{{unreferenced}}
'''Mattox''' is a [[furry]] whose [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Leaf-nosed bat|leaf-nosed fruit bat]]. It is one of the hosts of [[FurCast]], a [[podcast]] that airs on Saturdays. Its co-hosts are [[Fayroe]], [[Paradox]], and [[Shroud]].

Mattox is fond of philosophies such as transhumanism and nephalism. It is also fond of Greek mythology and gods as well writings by H.P. Lovecraft.

Mattox has stated off-air that his preferred pronoun is "It".

{{person-stub}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Podcasters]]
[[Category:Bat characters]]

Mattox

2012-03-04T03:24:58Z

Shroud:

{{unreferenced}}
'''Mattox''' is a [[furry]] whose [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Leaf-nosed bat|leaf-nosed fruit bat]]. It is one of the hosts of [[FurCast]], a [[podcast]] that airs on Saturdays. Its co-hosts are [[Fayroe]], [[Paradox]], and [[Shroud]].

Mattox has stated off-air that his preferred pronoun is "It".

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[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Podcasters]]
[[Category:Bat characters]]

Mattox

2012-03-04T03:18:25Z

Shroud:

Mattox is a transsexual co-host and one of the two founders of [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/FurCast FurCast]. Its co-hosts are [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Fayroe Fayroe], Paradox, and [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Shroud Shroud]. Its [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Fursona fursona] is a leaf-nosed fruit bat.

Mattox has stated off air that the preferred reference pronoun is "It".