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Welcome to E621

Contents: Quick Links | Tutorials and Guides | Staff | Features | Contributors

E621 is a mature furry imageboard. It is based off, and inspired by, Danbooru.
Our mission is to archive and distribute the best / strangest / most excellent furry-related artwork, regardless of content, for all those who wish to view it.

Quick Links

Interesting and important information.

Code of Conduct of ServiceAvoid Posting List
         Takedowns            
       Frequently Asked Questions          
  Guidelines: ingFlaggingReportingTagging
Source Code and APICheatsheetBlacklistDText
            Translation

Tutorials and Guides

Artist Verification

Replacements Beta

Sites and Sources
Tagging Genders
Tag What You See

Wiki Editing Guide

Staff

These are the people who keep this site running. Please treat them with respect.
Need help in non-English languages?

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Site LeadNotMeNotYou
The site lead oversees all operations of the site and should be ed for important site matters, Takedowns, and Do Not Post inquiries. Appeals sent to this level will only be considered if they have been escalated from the level.
Bad Dragon StaffHal Greaves
The Bad Dragon staff member handles all advertising and corporate affairs. Do not them for any appeals or infractions on the site.
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Staff LeadRainbow Dash
The staff lead oversees all staff matters to ensure the highest standards of conduct are being followed. They should be ed for appeals from the Janitor or lead, or for reports against staff to include s.
Teamfurrypickle, spe
The team handles high level site functions such as the Tag Queue, records reviews, rule revisions, and other tasks as necessary. They should be ed for appeals from the Janitor or lead.
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LeadVersperus
The lead oversees all disciplinary actions on the site and is the first stop for appeals. They should be ed for contesting decisions, and further appeals should be taken to the level.
TeamAacafah, binaryfloof, FangTheWeavile, Labra, munchmallow-frosty, WispTheHusky
The team handles all disciplinary actions on the site. They should be ed directly for records and inquiries, and appeals should be directed to the lead.

Janitor LeadStrikerman
The Janitor lead oversees all post curation on the site and is the first stop for Janitor appeals. They should be ed for contesting Janitor decisions, and further appeals should be taken to the level.
Janitor Teamabadbird, Bearnaise, Catt0s, Clawstripe, DubsTheFox, IsFaputa, Lafcadio, laranja, lemongrab, Mairo, meowmcmeow, Plentyofsoup, Primonyr, Queen Tyr'ahnee, Rainbow Shoebill, Recursion, S87, Siral_Exan, Song, Swedistan_Doge, synf3ll, Wandering Spaniel
The Janitor team handles all post curation on the site. They should be ed directly for deletions and inquiries, and appeals should be directed to the Janitor lead.
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Developer LeadCinder
The Developer lead oversees and implements all technical development for the site. They should be ed for inquiries related to site updates, projects, or other higher level technical inquiries. Do not them for any appeals or infractions on the site.
Developer TeamAacafah, binaryfloof, Catt0s, Xch3l
The Developer team handles all technical work on the site. They should be ed only for technical inquiries, bugs, and feature requests. Do not them for any appeals or infractions on the site.
*Note: Some of these also occupy or Janitor ranks, and may be ed in relation to their work under those areas as well.
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Features

Imageboard

The imageboard is the primary focus of the site. Any with an may images, as long as they fit the ing guidelines.
How much you can is limited by your limit – you cannot have more posts pending approval or deletion than that.
E621 s s in multiple formats, including PNG, JPEG, GIF, and WEBM. Maximum file sizes differ depending on the file type.

Posts never expire – they will remain publicly available for as long as we can host them.
Artists, character owners, and copyright holders may request posts to be taken down by filing a takedown.

Tags are crowd-sourced, and anyone with an may edit them on any post. Some tags are locked on select posts, to prevent vandalism.
All general and species tags must follow the Tag What You See principles.

Images can be annotated with notes in order to provide translations or to clear up illegible text.
Please, do not use notes to for translations into languages other than English.

Wiki

That's where you are now.
E621 uses a custom wiki engine with basic functionality. All formatting is done via DText.

This wiki is primarily used to describe the meaning of tags, what their purpose is, what tags are aliased to them and what tags are implying them.

See the Wiki Guidelines for more information if you wish to contribute to it.

Forum

The forums are a place to discuss and share opinions related to the site or content itself.
That is also where you may request aliases and implications, as well as make Bulk Update Requests.

Bug reports and feature requests are also accepted on the forums.

Official Sites and Social Media

E621 has a presence on various sites. however there are some unofficial pages and social media that operate without our permission.
To clear up any confusion, the following pages are officially operated by e621:

Any other sites not listed above should be seen as unofficial.

Contributors

The following s made significant contributions to the e621 codebase:

List of contributors on GitHub