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How Can We Better Help You Help Us?

This post is for folks who want to contribute to the Otherkin Wiki, but are having trouble for some reason. What we at the Wiki want to know is how we can make it easier for you to do that.

Contributing to the Otherkin Wiki can look like a lot of different things:

Writing new articles

Rewriting existing passages

Copyediting

Deciding which topics to cover

Finding sources

Managing technical aspects

And so on

All of these activities have barriers to entry and hurdles to overcome. So, here is my question for you (please reblog or reply with your answer):

If you want to help with the Otherkin Wiki in any way but haven't been able to, what has been preventing you from doing that? No wrong answers.

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Our latest article: Aquatic!

Aquatic is an umbrella term for people whose species live or spend much of their time in water. The common experience of being an aquatic cr

Aquatic is an umbrella term for people whose species live or spend much of their time in water. The common experience of being an aquatic creature living on land draws together many people with animal identities, but also mermaids and other mythical humanoids.

A "calling" towards bodies of water or the act of swimming is one of the most common experiences reported by aquatics.

Aquatics frequently report phantom sensations that align with their phenotype. These include fins, scales and gills. Many aquatics describe the feeling of gills in particular detail.

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Our latest article: Sidhe!

Sidhe (pronounced "shee", also called aos sí) are a kind of fae from Irish folklore. They are frequently depicted as incorporeal, glowing, a

Sidhe (pronounced "shee", also called aos sí) are a kind of fae from Irish folklore. They are frequently depicted as incorporeal, glowing, and having a connection to death. They are sometimes considered to be the same species or descendants of the Tuatha de Danann, although some sidhe and Tuatha in the alterhuman community contest this.

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Our latest article: Fae!

The fae are a type of European folkloric beings that are usually depicted as humanoids. Many types of beings from independent cultural mytho

The fae are a type of European folkloric beings that are usually depicted as humanoids. Many types of beings from independent cultural mythologies are considered to be under the fae umbrella in the modern day[...] They are usually defined by magic, glamour, and an association with nature.

Are you fae? What kind? Do you know any fae? What sort of magic or other associations do you have? How do you feel about these different myths being grouped together?

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Our latest article: Noema!

A noema (pronounced noh-EE-mə or noh-AY-mə, plural noemata) is intrinsic knowledge about one's kintype, hearttype, or other alterhuman ident

A noema (pronounced noh-EE-mə or noh-AY-mə, plural noemata) is intrinsic knowledge about one's kintype, hearttype, or other alterhuman identity. Noemata may include memories, things one experiences as memories but which are not believed to be real memories, gut feelings, and general knowledge about the looks, life, or habits of one's alterhuman identity. Noemata may have a psychological or spiritual basis, may be a mix of the two, or may have unknown origins. As noemata are intrinsic knowledge, knowledge from external sources such as books, films, and games are not noemata.

What sorts of noemata do you experience? Where do they come from? Do you associate them with a past life or something else?

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Our latest article: Wolf!

Wolves are a species of wild canine. They typically live and hunt in extended families known as packs. Wolf-identifying nonhumans tend to re

Wolves are a species of wild canine. They typically live and hunt in extended families known as packs. Wolf-identifying nonhumans tend to report phantom features such as ears and tails, shifts that involve wolfish behaviors and heightened senses, a desire for a pack structure, feeling drawn to wild spaces, dysphoria over their human bodies, an aversion to humans or human spaces, and a connection to domestic dogs. Wolves have historically been a plurality, or sometimes a majority, of the therian community.

Are you a wolf? Do you know any wolves? What's your most wolf-like attribute? Whom do you consider your pack?

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Our latest article: Voidpunk!

Voidpunk is a subculture of marginalized people reclaiming dehumanization. Voidpunks aestheticize nonhumanity, particularly monstrousness an

Voidpunk is a subculture of marginalized people reclaiming dehumanization. Voidpunks aestheticize nonhumanity, particularly monstrousness and the surreal and eldritch, as a way of coping with their oppression. Voidpunk takes inspiration from other punk movements with its roots in resistance and politics. Some voidpunks create voidsonas representing their nonhuman aesthetics. Voidpunk is not considered an alterhuman community, but many voidpunks are alterhuman or have an overlap in experiences.

Are you voidpunk? How have you used voidpunk to explore dehumanization? If you have a voidsona, share it in a reblog!

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Our latest article: Sourced individuals in plural systems!

In plural systems, sourced individuals are those people or entities who are, are based on, or in some way resemble another pre-existing pers

Fictives, factives, and introjects, oh my! This is our longest article yet, and in addition to those folks, it also touches on soulbonds, walk-ins, and spirit mediums.

In plural systems, sourced individuals are those people or entities who are, are based on, or in some way resemble another pre-existing person or character. Fictives are or resemble fictional characters or species. Factives are or resemble pre-existing real people. Introjection is a psychological phenomenon that involves internalization of external ideas. Soulbonds are versions of fictional characters that one develops a mental connection to. A walk-in is a soul that enters a body after that body's birth.

My personal favorite part of this article is that, as long as it is already, we still have sources we haven't incorporated yet. People have so much to say about sourced system members!

Does your system have any sourced members? Are you a sourced individual?

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Our latest article: Instincts!

Instincts are behavioural inclinations that are innate to a being, and occur reflexively, rather than being learned and deliberately execute

Instincts are behavioural inclinations that are innate to a being, and occur reflexively, rather than being learned and deliberately executed. Many alterhumans report instinctual behaviour related to their phenotypes. Community writing has paid particular attention to "ugly" instincts, such as prey drive. The acceptability of experiencing them, and how or whether one can responsibly manage such feelings, has been much discussed.

Do you experience instincts unusual for humans? What are they like? How do you feel about them? What do you think about acting on them or managing them?

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Our latest article: Elf!

Elves are mythical humanoids originating in Germanic folklore. They are typically depicted as tall, ethereal beings with pointed ears who ar

Elves are mythical humanoids originating in Germanic folklore. They are typically depicted as tall, ethereal beings with pointed ears who are particularly attuned with nature and magic. The popular image of elves was enormously influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's works, and this is the idea many elves align with. The otherkin community grew out of elven communities in the 90s, and elves have continued to have a strong presence in otherkin spaces. They have also formed many sub-communities based on shared culture, memories and ideas about themselves. As a result, many see elf as the archetypal kintype. Elves may also be considered a subtype of fae.

Are you an elf? Do you know any elves?

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Our latest article: Fictionfolk!

Fictionfolk is an umbrella term used to refer to anyone with an alterhuman identity based in fiction, such as fictionkin, fictives, people w

Fictionfolk is an umbrella term used to refer to anyone with an alterhuman identity based in fiction, such as fictionkin, fictives, soulbonders, people with fictional hearttypes, and people who experience fictionflickers. The term is also used by some individuals as their primary identity label as opposed to a different term fictionfolk encompasses.

Are you fictionfolk? Do you prefer the more general label, or a more specific one like fictionkin, fictionhearted, or fictive?

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Our latest article: Hearthome!

A hearthome is a location or item that feels familiar and integral. Typically, one's hearthome is a place that they have been to seldom if e

A hearthome is a location or item that feels familiar and integral.[3] Typically, one's hearthome is a place that they have been to seldom if ever. A person who has a hearthome, or the state of having one, may be called hearthic.[4]

Hearthomes can be places from real-life or from fiction. Usually, if a person's hearthome is from real-life, they've never been there or they haven't been very much. But sometimes, people might decide to move to their hearthomes.

Do you have a hearthome? Where is it? If you're able to visit or move there, would you want to?

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Our latest article: Median!

Median, midcontinuum, or singtiple describes being somewhere between singlet and multiple, where a multiple system is composed of distinct i

A multiple system is a group of distinct people who share a body. The word median (also known as midcontinuum or singtiple) describes all the shades of plurality in-between multiple and singlet.

A median system might be one person with parts, many people with little differentiation, otherkin with separate-ish kintypes, or any number of other things.

You can read and contribute to this article, and many more about otherkin and other alterhumans, on the Otherkin Wiki. We welcome editors of all skill and knowledge levels. See our How To Help page for more information about editing.

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Nonhumanity and gender

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Otherkin and other alterhumans report being transgender or nonbinary at a higher rate than the general population. Having an unconventional relationship with species can directly influence one's gender experience as well.

The relationship between nonhumanity and gender has been frequently discussed. There are mixed opinions on how interrelated the two categories are broadly, with some people considering nonhumanity a type of queerness itself, and some feeling that they should never be compared

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Our latest article: Dæmonism!

Dæmonism is the practice of creating mental constructs that have a symbolic animal form.

Our latest article! Dæmonism (or daemonism) is the practice of creating and interacting with an animal personification of one's subconscious, inspired by the His Dark Materials series. The daemonism community also created the word "otherhearted."

You can read and contribute to this article, and many more about otherkin and other alterhumans, on the Otherkin Wiki. We welcome editors of all skill and knowledge levels. See our How To Help page for more information about editing.

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Our latest article: Soulbonding

Soulbonding (sometimes stylized as SoulBonding) is the act or experience of forming a mental connection with a fictional entity. These ficti

A soulbond is a fictional character you have a mental connection to. The character can live with you in your head, communicate with you from their home universe/world/story, or travel back and forth. Soulbonders may or may not consider their experience to be plural. Soulbonding can be another name for the “living character” phenomenon, where authors’ characters sometimes come to life in their heads. It was soulbonders who popularized the word “fictive” among plural systems.

You can read and contribute to this article, and many more about otherkin and other alterhumans, on the Otherkin Wiki. We welcome editors of all skill and knowledge levels. See our How To Help page for more information about editing.