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Fanart Central is an Online Art Community which allows artists to exhibit their works, as well as discuss the works of other artists through comments and Forums . Commonly abbreviated by its members as '''FAC''', the site is designed to accommodate Fanart ; however, original art by its members is also welcome. Fanart Central currently has over 35,000 registered members and over 200,000 art submissions {Link without Title} . HISTORY Fanart Central was originally conceived as a fanart site for a South Park fan community in the year 2001, and was initially named "SP Fanart", founded by "CstDenis" (Screen name,his real name is unknown by most members), the actual webmaster of the site. Later, as the particular fan community dispersed, the site's theme was changed to general fanart, and its name changed to "Fanart Central". Fanart Central registered its Domain Name on January 18, 2004 and has been running since then. On March 25th, the site registered one million page views, 5,4 million hits and 25000 visits,a record for the site's activity SITE FEATURES AND ORGANIZATION Intended as a public fanart gallery, Fanart Central has several categories, each organized by the source or series on which its fanart is based, including sections for Anime , Manga , Cartoon s, Movies , Video Game s, and many others. For original art, there are additional categories for themes such as Fantasy art and Furries . There is also a section for miscellaneous original art, as well as original art Tutorial s created by FAC members. Adult Content Policy As a general public , Nudity , or sexual content including Hentai , Yaoi , or Yuri . It is the submitter's responsibility to assign appropriate content advisories to each submission; neglecting to do so constitutes a violation of FAC's content policy, and will result in the submission being removed by site staff. {Link without Title} Approval Panel Because of early problems with users uploading Copyright ed content (such as official artwork or Screenshot s), as well as adult content not appropriately labelled and warned as such, starting in February, 2004, Fanart Central required that all user submissions to the site be prescreened by site staff before being made available for public viewing. This task was assigned to a group of members and labelled as the "Approval Panel" , or AP. This prescreening process caused a delay between when a picture is submitted and when it is made available for viewing (estimated at an average of eight hours), and was initially met with mixed reaction by FAC members. Quality Control |
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