Yerf
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Yerf was probably the furry fandom's best known exclusively non-adult art archive. Formerly known as the Squeeky Clean Furry Archive, it presented itself as the benchmark in its class for the last ten years, due in part to the rising skill level required for admission.
Lengthy server downtime over 2005-6 and competition from newer archives has resulted in loss of popularity among both viewers and artists; it is yet to be seen whether or not this will be permanent. The site was the best place to find the early works of many well-known artists.
- Addresses:
- Website: http://yerf.com/
- LiveJournal: http://community.livejournal.com/yerf/
- IRC: #Yerf on Anthrochat
- Historical Archive: http://yerf.artspots.com/ (Courtesy of ArtSpots)
- Development:
- Resources & Tools: http://devel.yerf.com/scaa/
- Development news: http://community.livejournal.com/yerfmonkeys/
- Administrators: Scott Ruggels, Dingofox, Rat, Scotty Arsenault, Jedd Marten
- Developers: Locoindigo
- Ran from/to:
- Yerf I and Forums: 1 April 1996 - 27 December 2004
- Forums: 10 November 2005 - Present
- Yerf II:
- 20 January 2006 - July 2006
- October 16, 2006 - (mid-June 2007?)
[edit] History
- Main article: History of Yerf
[edit] Art policy
As indicated by the name, the SCFA was always distinguished by a strong PG focus. Around the time it was re-branded 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 been 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.
[edit] Controversy
Although a user called RobinLion warned people[citation needed] not to donate any money after the initial crash, as Yerf would "most likely never come back,"[citation needed] and the money would instead "be spent on everything but Yerf,"[citation needed] over $2500 was raised in donations. Just a few dollars were spent on a new hard-disk,[citation needed] the rest disappeared.[citation needed]
Volunteers who brought Yerf back up several times never received anything from their efforts, nor was the money ever refunded.[citation needed]
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