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|moderator=[[R'ykandar Korra'ti]]
|moderator=[[R'ykandar Korra'ti]]
|url=http://www.murkworks.net/~elflist/
|url=http://www.murkworks.net/~elflist/
|status=Active
|status=Defunct
|began=March 26, 1990
|began=March 26, 1990
|ended=February 2, 2018
|messagecount=2600+ digests
|messagecount=2849 digests
|users=<100
|users=<100
|traffic=Low
|traffic=Low
|subject=Elves & General Otherkin
|subject=Elves & General Otherkin
}}
}}
'''The Elfinkind Digest''' is the oldest otherkin mailing list, created by [[R'ykandar Korra'ti]] in March 1990. This list is where the term otherkin was first coined, on April 18, 1990, in Elfinkind Digest #16 when [[Torin]], one of the list members, "got tired of typing elf/dragon/orc/etc.-kin and just used otherkin" as shorthand.<ref name="timeline">{{book|first=Orion|last=Scribner|title=Otherkin Timeline: The recent history of elfin, fae, and animal people|url=http://www.frameacloud.com/otherkin_and_therianthropes/otherkin_timeline|place=Online|publisher=http://www.frameacloud.com|year=2011}}</ref>
'''The Elfinkind Digest''' was the first otherkin mailing list, created by [[R'ykandar Korra'ti]] in March 1990. This list was where the term otherkin was first coined, on April 18, 1990, in Elfinkind Digest #16 when [[Torin]], one of the list members, "got tired of typing elf/dragon/orc/etc.-kin and just used otherkin" as shorthand.<ref name="timeline">{{book|first=Orion|last=Scribner|title=Otherkin Timeline: The recent history of elfin, fae, and animal people|url=http://frameacloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Scribner_Timeline2p0.pdf|place=Online|publisher=http://www.frameacloud.com|year=2011}}</ref>


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Revision as of 18:29, 2 February 2018

The Elfinkind Digest
Moderator(s) R'ykandar Korra'ti
Website
Status Defunct
Launch date March 26, 1990
End Date February 2, 2018
Message count 2849 digests
Users <100
Average traffic Low
Subject Elves & General Otherkin


The Elfinkind Digest was the first otherkin mailing list, created by R'ykandar Korra'ti in March 1990. This list was where the term otherkin was first coined, on April 18, 1990, in Elfinkind Digest #16 when Torin, one of the list members, "got tired of typing elf/dragon/orc/etc.-kin and just used otherkin" as shorthand.[1]

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