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Myxomatosis

2009-01-14T12:46:56Z

Ukatili: Created page with 'Myxomatosis is a moderator for fchan and a non-morphic Snow Leopard, usually to be found in a less-than-pleasant mood. Also known as Ukatili who happens to be a Spotted Hyena.'

Myxomatosis is a moderator for fchan and a non-morphic Snow Leopard, usually to be found in a less-than-pleasant mood. Also known as Ukatili who happens to be a Spotted Hyena.

Fchan

2009-01-14T12:45:52Z

Ukatili:

{{lowercase}}
{{Infobox website
| title = fchan
| image = [[Image:FChanLogo.gif|right]]
| caption =
| author = '''Founder''': [[Dr. Pon]]
* '''Lead administrators''':
** [[Sage Nadia]] (February 2005 - Present)
** [[Xenofur]] (April 2006 - present)
* '''Retired Administrators'''
** [[Sage Freehaven]] (February 2005 - June 2005)
** [[Raven Rivers|Raven]] (December 2006 - December 2007)
* '''Moderators''':
** [[Mousey]] (2008 - present)
** [[Myxomatosis]] (2007 - present)
* '''Former moderators''':
** [[FoxStar]] (May 2007 - 2008?)
| url = http://fchan.us/
** '''Forum''': http://fchan.us/dis/
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.fchan.us/fchan and irc://irc.binaryshadow.org/fchan
** '''DNP list''': http://fchan.us/home.html#dnp
| status =
| began = Late 2004
| ended = Ongoing
| genre = Imageboard
| rating =
}}
'''fchan''' (also known as '''Fchan''' and '''Furchan''') was designed to be a [[2ch]] style art community based on the [http://wakaba.c3.cx/ wakaba] system where users can request and post [[furry]] related images in [[wikipedia:English language|English]].

== History ==

fchan was created in response to the loss of 5chan and thus the furry boards that were hosted there and also as a response to the refusal of the 4chan administrators to create a furry board (some artists complained that their work was being posted without their consent to 4chan's prank board, which led 4chan owner "moot" to declare that "this is why we can't have a furry board").

Although some have suggested that fchan may have been created in response to the [[wikipedia:April Fool's Day|April Fool's]] joke on 4chan in which a fake furry board was opened and then closed a few days later with the banning of all those who posted in it, fchan predates 4chan's prank.<ref><nowiki>http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/April_Furs_Day</nowiki></ref>

fchan was designed to be the first 2chan-style image-board to cater specifically to furry related material. It was originally created by [[Dr. Pon]] in November 2004 and was hosted for free on freeserverhost.com. However, it soon ran into bandwidth limitations there, and hosting services were offered by [[hentaiplanet.net]]. Dr. Pon stepped down as administrator due to a lack of time to oversee fchan, and the users nominated [[Sage Freehaven]] as the new admin. In mid-2005, Sage Freehaven started handing control to a new team, led by [[Sage Nadia]], due to his impending loss of Internet access.

fchan was administered by [[Sage Nadia]] and moderated by [[Xenofur]] and [[Raven Rivers|Raven]] until late April 2006, when Sage Nadia stepped down and handed control over to Xenofur. Under Sage Nadia's administration, fchan deviated significantly from its original design of being a 2chan-style image-board: it is heavily moderated, not only for images, but also for comments deemed "disruptive" or otherwise overly antagonistic toward individuals, whether they be artists, other posters, or the site's staff. This is in sharp contrast with almost nonexistent moderation on 2chan, and the mostly-unobtrusive moderation of 4chan. In addition, the wakaba image-board software has been modified to highlight the site's most recent FAQs, and to provide a quick way for users to report comments and images they think should be removed. An attempt to create a furry image-board that stayed closer to the 2chan format, [[ChanPlz]], was short-lived.

fchan has evolved into a [[furry community]] meeting ground, a place for new artists to post their work and get feedback (sometimes more negative than positive), as well as a showcase for lesser known artists.

In December, 2007, Nadia once again took control of fchan<ref>http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Nadia#Return</ref>, resulting in some staff dismissal and some leaving of their own free will.

In March 2008, fchan banned the posting of pornographic [[cub]] art.<ref>[http://fchan.us/read.php/dis/1204764192/1-40 "Several changes and clarifications in policy"] post by Xenofur</ref> Shortly after this revision in policy, it was announced by Nadia that any attempt to discuss, debate, or justify cub porn on any section of fchan would result in an immediate and no questions asked ban of the individual responsible. This announcement, and subsequent bans, has drawn some criticism from the cub art community.

In June 2008, art depicting incestuous situations was also banned, presumably to prevent any "loopholes" allowing the previously-banned cub art to be posted.

==Structure==
Due to the longer history of fchan in comparison to other furry image boards, fchan possesses a base standard hierarchy structure that has been followed (to various extents) by other competing image boards.

=== Normal Image Boards===
* [http://fchan.us/f/ /f/ (Female)] - "Lesbian or solo female pictures. (no males or herms allowed)"
* [http://fchan.us/m/ /m/ (Male)] - "Gay or solo male pictures. (no females or herms allowed)"
* [http://fchan.us/h/ /h/ (Herm)] - "Pictures featuring dickgirls/herms. (unless it's /a/, /ah/, /toon/, or /c/ material)"
* [http://fchan.us/s/ /s/ (Straight)] - "Pictures of anything involving both genders. No solo pictures. (unless it's /a/, /ah/ or /c/ material)"
* [http://fchan.us/toon/ /toon/ (Toon)] - "Images drawn in a toony style and non-morphic characters. It is NOT meant for cartoon characters drawn in a realistic style. These belong in their relevant boards," as per [http://fchan.us/read.php/faq/1163274544 this thread]
* [http://fchan.us/a/ /a/ (Alternative)] - "Pictures of anything that wouldn't be considered "normal" furry porn, but is considered acceptable fetish by the majority of the fandom. (bondage, bukkake, micro/macro, tentacles, oviposition, <strike>hypnosis/mind-control</strike>, etc.)"
* [http://fchan.us/ah/ /ah/ (Alt(hard))] - "Pictures of the really hardcore stuff and that which squicks the majority of the fandom (guro, non-consentual, rape, scat, violence, vore, watersports, drug use, etc.) [[Babyfurs]] that are not clearly adult, and Cub art, will not be tolerated." Psychedelic fetishes and practices, including hypnosis, mind control and drugs, are also inserted into this board.
* [http://fchan.us/c/ /c/ (Clean)] - "Non-pornographic furry pictures. This board should be worksafe at all times."

=== Specialized Image Boards ===
* [http://fchan.us/artist/ /artist/ (Artist)]
* [http://fchan.us/crit/ /crit/ (Critique)]
* [http://fchan.us/b/ /b/ (Banner)]

=== Message Boards ===
* [http://fchan.us/dis/ /dis/ (Discussion)]
* [http://fchan.us/req/ /req/ (Requests)]
* [http://fchan.us/faq/ /faq/ (Rule Clarification)]

==Do Not Post Policy==

While some [[artist]]s (such as [[Kacey Miyagami]], [[Wookiee]] and [[James Hardiman]]) use fchan as a free advertisement tool and a way to contact their fans, others have requested that their work not be distributed on fchan, resulting in a [[Do Not Post]] list. Anyone intentionally violating the Do Not Post list is banned from posting on the image boards. However, inclusion on the DNP requires an "opt out" request<ref>[http://fchan.us/read.php/faq/1144430020/l40 "How to" properly request to be added to the DNP]</ref> on the part of the artist, or third party representative, which has to be made directly to the admin of the site and includes an identity verification. This additional policy was put in place after a number of attempts by unauthorized parties who attempted to impersonate artists and get them placed on the DNP list when they either enjoyed their artwork being posted or were neutral to the site.

Some believe this policy runs counter to the wishes of artists who have [[Leave The Fandom|left the fandom]]. These people are not around to apply for membership within the DNP list, and therefore their work will be distributed even if they have specified on the work itself that it is not to be copied.

== Downtimes ==

fchan used to be hosted for free on the experimental server of a private hosting company. Due to this there was a number of calamities that befell fchan, such as: Hardware failures in the server, the server rack or its power supply; hardware damage during maintenance; power outages to the datacenter or problems when the ISP changes their DNS configuration. Since then, fchan has moved servers to hentaiplanet.net. Up until now only one database corruption and not a single downtime can be attributed to the software itself, while all downtimes can be attributed to server failures.

== References ==
<references />

==External links==

* ''[http://crushyiffdestroy.com/b2/index.php?p=98&more=1 Sage Freehaven on fChan]'' at [[Crush! Yiff! Destroy!]]

{{Image boards}}

[[Category:Mature image boards]]
[[Category:2004 births]]

[[es:Fchan]]

Fchan

2009-01-14T11:57:56Z

Ukatili:

{{lowercase}}
{{Infobox website
| title = fchan
| image = [[Image:FChanLogo.gif|right]]
| caption =
| author = '''Founder''': [[Dr. Pon]]
* '''Lead administrators''':
** [[Sage Nadia]] (February 2005 - Present)
** [[Xenofur]] (April 2006 - present)
* '''Retired Administrators'''
** [[Sage Freehaven]] (February 2005 - June 2005)
** [[Raven Rivers|Raven]] (December 2006 - December 2007)
* '''Moderators''':
** [[Mousey]] (2008 - present)
** [[Myxmatosis]] (2007 - present)
* '''Former moderators''':
** [[FoxStar]] (May 2007 - 2008?)
| url = http://fchan.us/
** '''Forum''': http://fchan.us/dis/
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.fchan.us/fchan and irc://irc.binaryshadow.org/fchan
** '''DNP list''': http://fchan.us/home.html#dnp
| status =
| began = Late 2004
| ended = Ongoing
| genre = Imageboard
| rating =
}}
'''fchan''' (also known as '''Fchan''' and '''Furchan''') was designed to be a [[2ch]] style art community based on the [http://wakaba.c3.cx/ wakaba] system where users can request and post [[furry]] related images in [[wikipedia:English language|English]].

== History ==

fchan was created in response to the loss of 5chan and thus the furry boards that were hosted there and also as a response to the refusal of the 4chan administrators to create a furry board (some artists complained that their work was being posted without their consent to 4chan's prank board, which led 4chan owner "moot" to declare that "this is why we can't have a furry board").

Although some have suggested that fchan may have been created in response to the [[wikipedia:April Fool's Day|April Fool's]] joke on 4chan in which a fake furry board was opened and then closed a few days later with the banning of all those who posted in it, fchan predates 4chan's prank.<ref><nowiki>http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/April_Furs_Day</nowiki></ref>

fchan was designed to be the first 2chan-style image-board to cater specifically to furry related material. It was originally created by [[Dr. Pon]] in November 2004 and was hosted for free on freeserverhost.com. However, it soon ran into bandwidth limitations there, and hosting services were offered by [[hentaiplanet.net]]. Dr. Pon stepped down as administrator due to a lack of time to oversee fchan, and the users nominated [[Sage Freehaven]] as the new admin. In mid-2005, Sage Freehaven started handing control to a new team, led by [[Sage Nadia]], due to his impending loss of Internet access.

fchan was administered by [[Sage Nadia]] and moderated by [[Xenofur]] and [[Raven Rivers|Raven]] until late April 2006, when Sage Nadia stepped down and handed control over to Xenofur. Under Sage Nadia's administration, fchan deviated significantly from its original design of being a 2chan-style image-board: it is heavily moderated, not only for images, but also for comments deemed "disruptive" or otherwise overly antagonistic toward individuals, whether they be artists, other posters, or the site's staff. This is in sharp contrast with almost nonexistent moderation on 2chan, and the mostly-unobtrusive moderation of 4chan. In addition, the wakaba image-board software has been modified to highlight the site's most recent FAQs, and to provide a quick way for users to report comments and images they think should be removed. An attempt to create a furry image-board that stayed closer to the 2chan format, [[ChanPlz]], was short-lived.

fchan has evolved into a [[furry community]] meeting ground, a place for new artists to post their work and get feedback (sometimes more negative than positive), as well as a showcase for lesser known artists.

In December, 2007, Nadia once again took control of fchan<ref>http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Nadia#Return</ref>, resulting in some staff dismissal and some leaving of their own free will.

In March 2008, fchan banned the posting of pornographic [[cub]] art.<ref>[http://fchan.us/read.php/dis/1204764192/1-40 "Several changes and clarifications in policy"] post by Xenofur</ref> Shortly after this revision in policy, it was announced by Nadia that any attempt to discuss, debate, or justify cub porn on any section of fchan would result in an immediate and no questions asked ban of the individual responsible. This announcement, and subsequent bans, has drawn some criticism from the cub art community.

In June 2008, art depicting incestuous situations was also banned, presumably to prevent any "loopholes" allowing the previously-banned cub art to be posted.

==Structure==
Due to the longer history of fchan in comparison to other furry image boards, fchan possesses a base standard hierarchy structure that has been followed (to various extents) by other competing image boards.

=== Normal Image Boards===
* [http://fchan.us/f/ /f/ (Female)] - "Lesbian or solo female pictures. (no males or herms allowed)"
* [http://fchan.us/m/ /m/ (Male)] - "Gay or solo male pictures. (no females or herms allowed)"
* [http://fchan.us/h/ /h/ (Herm)] - "Pictures featuring dickgirls/herms. (unless it's /a/, /ah/, /toon/, or /c/ material)"
* [http://fchan.us/s/ /s/ (Straight)] - "Pictures of anything involving both genders. No solo pictures. (unless it's /a/, /ah/ or /c/ material)"
* [http://fchan.us/toon/ /toon/ (Toon)] - "Images drawn in a toony style and non-morphic characters. It is NOT meant for cartoon characters drawn in a realistic style. These belong in their relevant boards," as per [http://fchan.us/read.php/faq/1163274544 this thread]
* [http://fchan.us/a/ /a/ (Alternative)] - "Pictures of anything that wouldn't be considered "normal" furry porn, but is considered acceptable fetish by the majority of the fandom. (bondage, bukkake, micro/macro, tentacles, oviposition, <strike>hypnosis/mind-control</strike>, etc.)"
* [http://fchan.us/ah/ /ah/ (Alt(hard))] - "Pictures of the really hardcore stuff and that which squicks the majority of the fandom (guro, non-consentual, rape, scat, violence, vore, watersports, drug use, etc.) [[Babyfurs]] that are not clearly adult, and Cub art, will not be tolerated." Psychedelic fetishes and practices, including hypnosis, mind control and drugs, are also inserted into this board.
* [http://fchan.us/c/ /c/ (Clean)] - "Non-pornographic furry pictures. This board should be worksafe at all times."

=== Specialized Image Boards ===
* [http://fchan.us/artist/ /artist/ (Artist)]
* [http://fchan.us/crit/ /crit/ (Critique)]
* [http://fchan.us/b/ /b/ (Banner)]

=== Message Boards ===
* [http://fchan.us/dis/ /dis/ (Discussion)]
* [http://fchan.us/req/ /req/ (Requests)]
* [http://fchan.us/faq/ /faq/ (Rule Clarification)]

==Do Not Post Policy==

While some [[artist]]s (such as [[Kacey Miyagami]], [[Wookiee]] and [[James Hardiman]]) use fchan as a free advertisement tool and a way to contact their fans, others have requested that their work not be distributed on fchan, resulting in a [[Do Not Post]] list. Anyone intentionally violating the Do Not Post list is banned from posting on the image boards. However, inclusion on the DNP requires an "opt out" request<ref>[http://fchan.us/read.php/faq/1144430020/l40 "How to" properly request to be added to the DNP]</ref> on the part of the artist, or third party representative, which has to be made directly to the admin of the site and includes an identity verification. This additional policy was put in place after a number of attempts by unauthorized parties who attempted to impersonate artists and get them placed on the DNP list when they either enjoyed their artwork being posted or were neutral to the site.

Some believe this policy runs counter to the wishes of artists who have [[Leave The Fandom|left the fandom]]. These people are not around to apply for membership within the DNP list, and therefore their work will be distributed even if they have specified on the work itself that it is not to be copied.

== Downtimes ==

fchan used to be hosted for free on the experimental server of a private hosting company. Due to this there was a number of calamities that befell fchan, such as: Hardware failures in the server, the server rack or its power supply; hardware damage during maintenance; power outages to the datacenter or problems when the ISP changes their DNS configuration. Since then, fchan has moved servers to hentaiplanet.net. Up until now only one database corruption and not a single downtime can be attributed to the software itself, while all downtimes can be attributed to server failures.

== References ==
<references />

==External links==

* ''[http://crushyiffdestroy.com/b2/index.php?p=98&more=1 Sage Freehaven on fChan]'' at [[Crush! Yiff! Destroy!]]

{{Image boards}}

[[Category:Mature image boards]]
[[Category:2004 births]]

[[es:Fchan]]

User:Ukatili

2009-01-14T11:53:06Z

Ukatili:

Also known as Myxomatosis of http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Fchan, I need to use a different name for the internet, I really do.

User:Ukatili

2009-01-14T11:52:30Z

Ukatili: Created page with 'Also known as Myxomatosis of fchan, I need to use a different name for the internet, I really do.'

Also known as Myxomatosis of fchan, I need to use a different name for the internet, I really do.