https://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&feed=atom&action=historyRat.org - Revision history2024-03-29T07:21:23ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.2https://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=351951&oldid=prevBSonirachi: Text replacement - "Infobox Website" to "WebsiteBob"2023-02-05T20:31:44Z<p>Text replacement - "Infobox Website" to "WebsiteBob"</p>
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</table>BSonirachihttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=312149&oldid=prevSegamaniac: Added further past tense words2020-05-30T19:15:53Z<p>Added further past tense words</p>
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</table>Segamaniachttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=312148&oldid=prevSegamaniac at 19:08, 30 May 20202020-05-30T19:08:43Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Rat.org''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Rat.org''' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </ins>one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the front page of Rat.org stated the focus of the resource was on the fandom and not the games{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/19970415045031/http://rat.org/}}, the archive featured a variety of audio, video, and text files relating to Sonic the Hedgehog in his many incarnations, including the earliest scans of the [[Sonic the Comic|Fleetway series]], which many American fans heard about but had yet to see.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the front page of Rat.org stated the focus of the resource was on the fandom and not the games{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/19970415045031/http://rat.org/}}, the archive featured a variety of audio, video, and text files relating to Sonic the Hedgehog in his many incarnations, including the earliest scans of the [[Sonic the Comic|Fleetway series]], which many American fans heard about but had yet to see.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Segamaniachttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=312147&oldid=prevSegamaniac: Original site official down and the domain is up for grabs.2020-05-30T17:09:26Z<p>Original site official down and the domain is up for grabs.</p>
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</table>Segamaniachttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=223768&oldid=prevGerbilSoft: Use ref template.2015-12-16T19:43:39Z<p>Use ref template.</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Rat.org''' is one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Rat.org''' is one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Eventually, becoming sick of the drama that was growing in the community he helped create, Ratman took down the entire collection with little warning. While many of its users attempted to back up the whole of the page, [[David Gonterman]] was the first to mirror it in its entirety. For a time it was considered the ultimate in Sonic the Hedgehog knowledge, but through the years other sites went far beyond anything Rat.org did, and the legendary status of the archive faded.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Eventually, becoming sick of the drama that was growing in the community he helped create, Ratman took down the entire collection with little warning. While many of its users attempted to back up the whole of the page, [[David Gonterman]] was the first to mirror it in its entirety. For a time it was considered the ultimate in Sonic the Hedgehog knowledge, but through the years other sites went far beyond anything Rat.org did, and the legendary status of the archive faded.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1998, the rest of Rat.org was removed, Ratman instead focusing on Yerf.com, an expansion of his furry art archive. "Got Rats?" was all that greeted visitors until the year 2000<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>http://web.archive.org/web/19990429175106/www.rat.org/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>, when the site vanished. Although the domain remained in Ratman's possession, he left it dormant until 2006, when he left a simple message saying who he was, and how to contact him.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1998, the rest of Rat.org was removed, Ratman instead focusing on Yerf.com, an expansion of his furry art archive. "Got Rats?" was all that greeted visitors until the year 2000<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{ref|</ins>http://web.archive.org/web/19990429175106/www.rat.org/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>, when the site vanished. Although the domain remained in Ratman's possession, he left it dormant until 2006, when he left a simple message saying who he was, and how to contact him.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the front page has remained virtually unchanged since, in July of 2009 Ratman reuploaded the Sonic resource page as it was in 1997, choosing not to update it any further. His site is now a historical document into the Sonic scene as it once was, and a testament of how much it has (and hasn't) changed since its humble beginnings.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the front page has remained virtually unchanged since, in July of 2009 Ratman reuploaded the Sonic resource page as it was in 1997, choosing not to update it any further. His site is now a historical document into the Sonic scene as it once was, and a testament of how much it has (and hasn't) changed since its humble beginnings.</div></td></tr>
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</table>GerbilSofthttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=145591&oldid=prevHivebrain: Text replace - 'Category:Sites' to 'Category:Fansites'2010-04-11T23:49:19Z<p>Text replace - '<a href="/index.php?title=Category:Sites&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Sites (page does not exist)">Category:Sites</a>' to '<a href="/Category:Fansites" title="Category:Fansites">Category:Fansites</a>'</p>
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</table>Hivebrainhttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=130801&oldid=prevDavid The Lurker at 01:37, 14 December 20092009-12-14T01:37:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Rat.org''' is one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Rat.org''' is one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the front page of Rat.org stated the focus of the resource was on the fandom and not the games[http://web.archive.org/web/19970415045031/http://rat.org/], the archive featured a variety of audio, video, and text files <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">related </del>to Sonic the Hedgehog in his many incarnations, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as well as themes for </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">major operating systems </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">day</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>While the front page of Rat.org stated the focus of the resource was on the fandom and not the games[http://web.archive.org/web/19970415045031/http://rat.org/], the archive featured a variety of audio, video, and text files <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relating </ins>to Sonic the Hedgehog in his many incarnations, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">earliest scans </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Sonic the Comic|Fleetway series]], which many American fans heard about but had yet to see</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Eventually, becoming sick of the drama that was growing in the community he helped create, Ratman took down the entire collection with little warning. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">People frantically tried </del>to back up the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">entire contents</del>, [[David Gonterman]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">being one of </del>the first to mirror it in its entirety. For a time it was considered the ultimate in Sonic the Hedgehog knowledge, but through the years other sites went far beyond anything Rat.org did, and the legendary status of the archive faded.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Eventually, becoming sick of the drama that was growing in the community he helped create, Ratman took down the entire collection with little warning. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">While many of its users attempted </ins>to back up the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whole of the page</ins>, [[David Gonterman]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </ins>the first to mirror it in its entirety. For a time it was considered the ultimate in Sonic the Hedgehog knowledge, but through the years other sites went far beyond anything Rat.org did, and the legendary status of the archive faded.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1998, the rest of Rat.org was removed, Ratman instead focusing on Yerf.com, an expansion of his furry art archive. "Got Rats?" was all that greeted visitors until the year 2000[http://web.archive.org/web/19990429175106/www.rat.org/], when the site vanished. Although it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reappeared in </del>2006, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it has been nothing more than </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">link </del>to Ratman<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s livejournal</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and occasionally a host </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Valve-related multiplayer games</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">almost certain </del>it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will never be </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sonic fansite again</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1998, the rest of Rat.org was removed, Ratman instead focusing on Yerf.com, an expansion of his furry art archive. "Got Rats?" was all that greeted visitors until the year 2000[http://web.archive.org/web/19990429175106/www.rat.org/], when the site vanished. Although <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the domain remained in Ratman's possession, he left </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dormant until </ins>2006, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">when he left </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">simple message saying who he was, and how </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">contact him.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">While the front page has remained virtually unchanged since, in July of 2009 </ins>Ratman <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reuploaded the Sonic resource page as it was in 1997</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">choosing not </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">update it any further</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">His site </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">now a historical document into the Sonic scene as </ins>it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">once was, and </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">testament of how much it has (and hasn't) changed since its humble beginnings</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>David The Lurkerhttps://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=Rat.org&diff=88122&oldid=prevDavid The Lurker: One of the classics.2008-10-27T23:47:56Z<p>One of the classics.</p>
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| screenshot=Ratorg.png<br />
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| owner=[[Ratman]]<br />
| url=http://rat.org/sonic<br />
| type=Fandom<br />
| launch=June 10, 1995<br />
| status=Online<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rat.org''' is one of the original Sonic the Hedgehog communities, and is credited by many with creating the entire notion of a [[Sonic scene|Sonic Internet scene]] in the first place. Founded by [[Ratman]], Rat.org was originally meant to house whatever interested Ratman at the time, covering such topics as Mortal Kombat, Gargoyles, and furry art. However, the scope of those sections paled in comparison to the "Sonic Resource Page", an attempt to catalogue everything that had to deal with Sonic. Perhaps too ambitious for the Internet of 1995, nevertheless it became the original meeting place for many Sonic fans, who kept in touch through the original [[Sonic Mailing List (mv)|Sonic mailing list]].<br />
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While the front page of Rat.org stated the focus of the resource was on the fandom and not the games[http://web.archive.org/web/19970415045031/http://rat.org/], the archive featured a variety of audio, video, and text files related to Sonic the Hedgehog in his many incarnations, as well as themes for the major operating systems of the day.<br />
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Eventually, becoming sick of the drama that was growing in the community he helped create, Ratman took down the entire collection with little warning. People frantically tried to back up the entire contents, [[David Gonterman]] being one of the first to mirror it in its entirety. For a time it was considered the ultimate in Sonic the Hedgehog knowledge, but through the years other sites went far beyond anything Rat.org did, and the legendary status of the archive faded.<br />
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In 1998, the rest of Rat.org was removed, Ratman instead focusing on Yerf.com, an expansion of his furry art archive. "Got Rats?" was all that greeted visitors until the year 2000[http://web.archive.org/web/19990429175106/www.rat.org/], when the site vanished. Although it reappeared in 2006, it has been nothing more than a link to Ratman's livejournal, and occasionally a host to Valve-related multiplayer games. It is almost certain it will never be a Sonic fansite again.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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* [http://www.rat.org Rat.org]<br />
* [http://www.doorsclosing.com/lursk/ratorg/sonic.htm Rat.org Archive] - An incomplete mirror of the original Sonic Resource Page.<br />
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[[Category:Sites]]</div>David The Lurker