WikiFur
出自WikiFur
| WikiFur | |
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 WikiFur國際入口 WikiFur: 由獸而來、為獸而生、關於獸的各種事; 以及 WikiFur - 獸迷專屬的百科 | |
| 創始者 | 創始者: GreenReaper |
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| 更新 | 活躍中 |
| 開站 | 2005年7月24日 |
| 閉站 | 營運中 |
WikiFur是一個專注於獸迷社群、獸迷文化的資訊收藏的網站。它是由讀者們的貢獻慢慢建造起來的 － 任何人都可以編輯本站，並即時反應變更。於2009年四月，超過11,000篇文章在英文的主版本被撰寫，而各種翻譯/在地化正於各版本努力中：中文、捷克、德文、法文、義大利、 波蘭、葡萄牙、俄文、西班牙、芬蘭、瑞典。
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[编辑] 任務與內容
WikiFur的使命就是"存下資料造福獸迷社群"。這個任務已經被廣泛的推廣出去，WikiFur擁有了關於藝術、文學和其他各式各樣文化的文章，這些是由獸迷文化的各位所帶來的，跟著他們和心中的角色、他們的歷史和愛好、他們所居住的世界、當前發生的趣事、以及更多更多事物。本站也可提供獸世界的良好介紹，雖然WikiFur的創始者仍認為Wikipedia的此篇是目前最詳盡的單一文章。
貢獻者的動力來源都不太一樣。有些人單純喜歡收集和整理獸文章的時光。許多人則是某一篇主題的粉絲，希望幫忙寫出"決定性的文章"。也有些人將WikiFur視為針對有爭議的問題"找出真相來"的一種手段，像是BabyFur社群，當一邊人認為這些資料是有觀點的，雖然多多少少有偏見，但至少這是被同好們所審查和修正過的。
[编辑] 讀者與衝擊
WikiFur並不是一夜造成了，但僅僅花了三週時間就登上了Something Awful的版面。2005年12月，被Wikia選為精選Wikicity。[1]。2006年九月，WikiFur一天有2000到2500名訪客，以及15,000到20,000次pageviews。(Google Analytics的分析)。每月約有4000次編輯，75名貢獻者編輯5次或以上，8~9名更達到了100次以上之多(Wikia的分析)。除去稍後就被刪除的，平均每日就有十篇文章出爐。
WikiFur的實際影響是很難衡量的。當然，這裡的文章也被其他地方所參考，獸迷界內外都有，例如Animal Passions，一篇在Anthrocon 2006時刊登在Pittsburgh City Paper的文章。有些人提到WikiFur是他們鎖定聚會消息的好地方。它也和許多熱門網站交換連結，例如Crush! Yiff! Destroy!、Fur Affinity、PeterCat的介紹頁，Rabbit Valley、Yiffstar、Califur的網站。WikiFur也在國際享有一定地位，連結於Dutchfurs.com、FranFurence、Furbase.de、Furry.it，同時也和TurriWiki有夥伴上的協定TurriWiki，以及從各大洲前來的訪客和貢獻者。
[编辑] 組織
WikiFur 是由各維基社群依共同目標結合而成的寬鬆邦聯。以菁英政治的策略賦與那些展現實力、並願意犧牲時間在專題製作上的成員們更高的權利與義務。大部分的決定由各別專注特殊議題的小型編輯群討論共識，而較大的議題則由全體共同辯論。例如當要考慮搬新伺服器時，具備相關專業的 WikiFur 編輯者們會提出各項意見，然後由大多數資深的使用者們共同表決。
特別重要的職權由擁有 WikiFur 商標、網域名稱 wikifur.com 的創辦者 GreenReaper 負責，處理捐款事宜，以及管理由 Timduru 提供的伺服器。他是英文專題的公眾形象，並擴展代表 WikiFur 群體；不過編輯權力大多都還是由管理員群負責，而對於非英文 WikiFur 的參與通常僅限於提供技術性支援或一般建議。
維基專題並沒有使用到 WikiFur 商標或域名 wikifur.com ，但因分享共同的主題與方針(主要像是自由授權文本內容以及中立的觀點)而被視為姊妹網站，並在 WikiFur 加入跨語言聯結與國際門戶。
[编辑] 宣傳活動與廣告
WikiFur 進行了各項宣傳與廣告，後者由網站資助者掏腰包。宣傳活動通常有兩個目標：增加讀者群，以及吸引新編輯群。有時會強調 WikiFur 的聲勢壯大，包括條目量與閱聽者的數量，以及其任務的重要性。宣傳媒介包括 conbadge 形式的名片、宣傳單、布條、海報，以及在網站、論壇或 LiveJournal 上發文宣，還有在 conbook 與 Google AdWords 上買廣告。
[编辑] 媒體報導
WikiFur 在創立後第三週獲選 Something Awful 的當日驚人聯結(Awful Link of the Day)[2]，也因此湧入大波破壞，同時由於流量增加而促成了網站顯著成長。
在2009年5月， Cracked.com 雜誌的編輯 David Wong[3] 將 WikiFur 排入了 "5 Terrifying Bastardizations of the WikiPedia Model" 名單之中；WikiFur 排第四，其餘分別為第五的 Conservapedia 、第三的 Encyclopedia Dramatica 、第二的 Pagan Wiki 、以及第一的 Metapedia 。編輯介紹 WikiFur 所摘錄的條目包括 Nazi Furs 、 Yiff 、與 The Furry Map of Denmark 。而 David Wong 認為令人特別感到訝異的條目是將基督描述為獅子的 Christian Fur[4]。
[编辑] Controversy
As a popular fandom site with avenues of discussion, WikiFur has its share of controversy.
[编辑] Concern over mission and misuse
A few people worry that WikiFur provides a perfect source of information for trolls, furry-bashers, and others who delight in pointing out certain aspects of the fandom. WikiFur does contain information that confuse or disgust some people, and it has been linked to by websites that seek to highlight such information to promote stereotypes of the fandom, though so far the effect has not been particularly significant.
There is also concern that WikiFur may be co-opted by such people to push their point of view in the name of neutrality - this was highlighted when an Encyclopedia Dramatica user was found to be editing the same articles on WikiFur and on ED at the same time.[5]
[编辑] Removal of information
As of September 2006, roughly one article in three on WikiFur is about a person. Contributors are encouraged to make articles about themselves and other members of the furry fandom, as well as those who do not consider themselves members but who are related in some way. This sometimes leads to problems, especially when it turns out that the people concerned do not want information about them at WikiFur, and has led to the development of a personal information policy that is under continued review.
One of WikiFur's objectives is to do no harm to past or present members of the fandom. Some contributors and non-contributors feel strongly that people have a "moral right to privacy", and this has compelled removal of factually correct information from articles in some cases. At the same time, there are those who consider it to have a moral duty duty to other members of the fandom to preserve history, especially when they believe there is an unstated reason to remove it. Balancing the two views is not always easy, and has led to heated discussion and criticism of WikiFur from both sides - the former calling it a "stalker's heaven" while the latter accusing it of compromising its mission or "playing favorites" (as there are no absolute rules about what information may be removed).
Several people have proposed a legal right to privacy, but so far have failed to come up with any relevant laws when challenged to do so. The use of legal threats has not helped the case of those requesting a removal.
Exclusion of a person from WikiFur (as authorized by the consensus of the community) is typically implemented through locking the page about them with a short message. It is also possible to for administrators to implement a limited editing system, such that only administrators and the person concerned may edit an article.
[编辑] Examples
- Non-notable artists and other fans are usually removed on request without comment, although some have been convinced to watch the page or to turn the page into a personally-controllable page
- Notable people, including some "famous" artists, entertainers and members of the fandom who have caused controversy are opened to debate, and in some cases certain information is moved to relevant pages before exclusion is applied
- Extremely notable people are unlikely to receive full exclusion of the page about them, though some particularly decidedly personal information may be removed
- A person's real name and location is usually allowed to be removed without question, although there are cases in which even this has not been granted even after debate (the prime example of this is Sibe)
- Removal of a person's name from an article that is not specifically about them is generally only permitted if their identity is not important - for example, the name of a person who bought a painting for $10,000 at auction was not considered important since the issue was the price of the painting
- Articles about comics and other public works are not subject for removal even if the author requests it, as they are not "personal information" - some artists have contended that their work is "not furry", but as they are on WikiFur because they are of interest to furry fans, this is not considered a valid reason either
[编辑] Bias
There is an ever-present danger of bias on WikiFur. The most notable bias is due to the fact that most editors (and all of the most dedicated members) are members of the furry fandom, and the majority are likely to have a positive opinion of it. This can lead to accusations that articles are biased towards the furry fandom's position - and sometimes these accusations are accurate.
There is also little to stop people adding overly-positive information about things they like, or overly-negative (sometimes even downright malicious) information about things they do not like. Such information may or may not be removed by others when it is added; either way, it can cause controversy. Arguments are typically solved by removal of unsourced information, the provision of references, or (in the case of opinion) specific attribution of statements. Sometimes it is suggested that the relative proportions of content that is present in an article may itself put the topic in a false light - the usual answer to this is to suggest that the person complaining about it fix it by adding other relevant information.
Some people believe WikiFur can never be a reliable source of information. Despite this, WikiFur is perceived by some to be a more reliable source than others on contentious topics that it covers[6], and it has been praised for its attempts to provide useful information while avoiding bias.[7][8]
[编辑] Vandalism
Like many furry forums and sites which allow comments, WikiFur has its share of vandals. However, since it is a simple matter to return to a previous state, most vandalism is reverted within minutes. The members of 4chan's /b/ board took particular interest in the site, and regularly organized raids until August 2006.
Despite multiple attempts, no vandalism since Something Awful from any source has succeeded in disrupting WikiFur for more than a few hours - the worst case was a sophisticated account-registering bot that used the Tor proxy system, which has since been blocked.
[编辑] Timeline
WikiFur was conceived in July 2005 by British software developer Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry while creating an article for The Blind Pig on the English-language Wikipedia. Founded July 24, 2005 on the Wikicities (later Wikia) wiki hosting service, WikiFur was initially promoted on Wikipedia's furry fandom article talk page, followed by posts on LiveJournal and alt.fan.furry. By August 28, the wiki held over 1000 articles; the count reached 10,000 in 2008.
WikiFur also made inroads into non-English content, beginning in 2006 with an affiliation with the autonomously-administered Finnish-language Turriwiki; this was furthered with the launch of three Wikia-based language-specific WikiFur projects in 2007. New languages were launched on the wikifur.com domain from mid-2008, hosted on a server provided by Timduru.[9]
[编辑] Interesting facts
- What was the first content page? Sibe! Uncle Kage followed three hours later. :-)
- The first non-content page was the about page (initial version), while the first image was the Nyra button from Mab's Censorship Pandas. The very first edit was a reduction of MediaWiki:Lastmodifiedby.
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- WikiFur was not the first time the concept of a wiki for the furry community was raised - one was suggested by David Cooke in 2001 on alt.lifestyle.furry
- WikiFur has been a member of the Recommended Anthropomorphics List published by the Ursa Major Awards every year since 2006 (listed under "Recommended Anthropomorphic Miscellany").
[编辑] Quotes about WikiFur
- WikiFur? Furry has to take everything and make a down-syndrome version of it. -- Chuckles on HLM
- Furries have the worst case of Manifest Destiny ever. -- Spiral Cut Mink
- Someone recently told me about the WikiFur Central project. It's a wikicity on furryism, basically. It's pretty crappy and a perversion of what Wikipedia is supposed to be about, but that's not really my point. -- J of God Hates Furries
- Thank you very much, Wiki moderators. As to my drinking, this is indefensible, and you have my abject apologies. I find of late that I have very little choice in the matter of expressing emotions. When I browse WikiFur I can either drink, or I can weep. And drinking is so much more subtle. -- McGroarty in a shout on HLM MUCK
- Special:Allpages has its pages ranked into sections for listing. They should make the results a slogan. "Wikifur: From 2 to Zoophilia." Eh? EH? :) -- Crassus
- I first cringed at the thought of a furry wikipedia roaming on the net. I figured it to be a rather one-sided "don't talk about the bad, only use it as a propaganda site to make furries look good" website. What I found it to be instead was a rather well done unbiased encyclopedia on the fandom.[7] -- nothingkat
- Please do not take offence, but this site featured article scares me. It is a person dressed in an animal costume sitting on a couch. -- Makon, on the WikiFur nomination for Featured Wikicity
- OOH! Shakespeare wrote about some of them in Midsummer Night's Dream. - Robin Patterson, in reply
- I had no idea that furry culture was this big! Wow, this is really a nice community. :3 -- The LP
- Wikifur is definitely one of the fix-stars on the furry sky ;) -- Toumal
- It's a field crowded with high-quality entries, but WikiFur's emergence and growth after a smear campaign makes it uniquely qualified to receive attention, methinks.[1] -- Tom Howling voting for WikiFur as a Featured Wikicity
- Somewhere else in this thread somebody posted a link to the furry wiki. As of so far, this is the only even handed thing I have seen posted here regarding Starfinder as it reports the allegations, doesn't claim them as truth and provides information on what to do. How hard is that?[6] -- Darkwolven comparing WikiFur to artists_beware
- WikiFur was definitely useful, I would have spent months gathering information without it. Feh on that! I was also glad to see that it seemed to maintain a rather evenhanded point of view overall; considering how factionalized FF can be that can be difficult. One man's fair is another man's controversy...[8] -- Chris F. Grant
[编辑] Related terms
- The term 'Wikifur' (sometimes inter-capped as WikiFur, also Wikifurry/WikiFurry) is also used to describe a frequent contributor of WikiFur, much like 'Wikipedian' is used to describe a frequent contributor of Wikipedia
- A WikiFur page about a person is sometimes (incorrectly) referred to as "a wiki" or "my wiki", in the same way that people refer to "my LiveJournal" or "my MySpace"; this usage is not endorsed by regular editors
[编辑] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikia features WikiFur as Featured Wikicity, December 2005
- ↑ Template:Cite web
- ↑ David Wong's cracked.com member page. Retrieved 2009 June 12.
- ↑ 5 Terrifying Bastardizations of the WikiPedia Model - David Wong, Cracked.com (11 May 2009)
- ↑ Accusation of dubious editing practices by GreenReaper against SleepAtWork
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Comment about WikiFur in regards to Starfinder by Darkwolven in artists_beware, 9 August 2006
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Praise for WikiFur's attempts at avoiding bias by nothingkat
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Comment on the use of WikiFur by Chris F. Grant
- ↑ WikiFur:Moving hosts
[编辑] See also
- WikiFur at Wikipedia
[编辑] External links
[编辑] Statistics
- WikiFur statistics
- Local wiki statistics (note: page views and user count wildly inaccurate due to caching and global Wikia user database)
- Google Analytics reports (Google account and prior authorization required)
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