Nonhuman Codes

For any interested here a few the old codes once used in the communities:



1st version of the Werecode: Blackfang. “Proposal: WereCode v.05,” alt.horror.werewolves, 26 September 1996, groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/alt.horror.werewolves/1cYEm0yfZZM .

2nd version of the Werecode: SabreLion. "Were Geek Code Version .09c," WereNet, 1998, web.archive.org/web/20010213200804/http://www.were.net/werecode.shtm

Draconity Code : Daniel hamel, “Dragon Code,” alt.fan.dragons, July 25th 1994, groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.fan.dragons/dqaQqYtABGc .

Multiple Code: www.astraeasweb.net/plural/code/

- Cavern-Risen

If I'm reading using the werecode correctly, mine would be:

WCM ms fw 6/1 A I- H++ T-- Wr F++++ N+++ E+++ C Nk+ RLSs a c+ g+ r+ e+++>++++ w h# I++ P- s#

That was fin to go through!

Still a lot of the werecode clearly reflects it's source and time (e.g. all the IRC stuff). I'd love to make an alterhuman code, especially one reflecting other identities such as heartedness and paratypes

I think they're neat! They're not always practical, but I think it's cool that they exist. I could see them coming in handy for places where you have more limited signature space

Swiftpaw: If I had to guess it may be because in old forums there were more signature limits or sometimes only the ability for a quick sign off. Being able to condense all of that into a quick and short phrase might have been easier than listing off say "cat, fictionkin, it/its, rp allowed, etc". With the dragon code it also seems to be more intended to allow people to give off their physical information much more easily, which would make sense since not everyone had access to digital art or a scanner. 

When it comes to geek codes they were also originally more used by people who had a programming or technological background, so shorter strings could make more sense to those groups. It might have also been to show community, and I can see with otherkin it might have been a way to give information without as much worry from trolls. 

So in faerie code Wei'd be (using n to represent nonbinary gender)

FC T? w n |g| H+ W- A-- r/f Ftmf M?

idk if Wei've got that right but honestly I'm still in the questioning phase

If we are reading the Werecode correctly ours would be: WUBDS/WCA ms fw 4/6 A++ H# I- N+ S+ T-- Wr- F+++++ N+++ E++++ C+c Nk+ RLA a c+ g+++ r e++ w+ h# i+ p+ s#