Tags

These tags group signature codes; a code may belong to more than one category. Codes may overlap somewhat ("gaming" and "hobby", for instance). Tags group the overall codes; codes that mention affinity for certain media properties do not make them "fan codes".

Fan Codes (#fan)

These are fan codes, describing their user’s fandom for particular creators and media.

• AFP Code (alt.fan.pratchett Code)
• AFW Geek Code (alt.fan.wedge Geek Code)
• AmNin Code (alt.music.nin Code)
• Animaniacs Code
• Archers Geek Code (UMRA Geek Code, uk.media.radio.archers Geek Code)
• Buffy Geek Code (BTVS Code)
• dd Geek Code (amd-d Geek Code, alt.music.duran-duran Geek Code, Duran Duran Geek Code)
• Disney Afternoon Signature Code (DA Code)
• Doctor Who Geek Code
• Dragonball Z Otakode (DBZ Code, Dragonball Z Code, Dragonsig) 🔍
• Dragonlance Code (DL Code)
• Dresden Files Geek Code (DV Geek Code, Dresdenverse Geek Code)
• Due South Fan Code
• Faanish Code 🔍
• Floyd Code (Pink Floyd Code)
• Futurama Geek Code
• Good Eats Geek Code
• Harry Potter Geek Code
• Lion King Code (The Lion King Code, TLK Code)
• Mighty Ducks Code
• Moonie Code (Sailor Moon Code)
• My Little Pony Geek Code
• Otaku Code
• Pokémon Fan Code 🔍
• Power Rangers Fan Code
• R.E.M. Code (remf code)
• Ranger Code (Rescue Ranger Code, Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers Code)
• Rivetcode (Industrial Code)
• Rockapella Geek Code
• Saturn Geek Code
• Seinfeld Geek Code 🔍
• Serial Killer Geek Code
• Simpsons Code
• Ska!Code (Ska Code) 🔍
• Slayerette Code
• Sondheim Code
• Space Geek Code (Ghost Planet Code, Space Ghost Code)
• Star Trek Code
• Star Wars Fan Geek Code
• Star Wars Geek Code
• Stephen King Code (a.b.s-k Geek Code, alt.books.stephen-king Geek Code)
• Transformers Code (TF Code)
• U2 Fan Code
• Wallflowers Code (The (w) code)
• Wheel of Time Geek Code (rasfwrj Geek Code)

Furry Codes (#furry)

These are codes for the furry fandom. This list includes codes for the user’s own anthropormophic animal character, excluding real animals (like pets), slang (like Bear Code), and gaming characters (like UDIC Code).

• Affinity Code (Fur Affinity Code) 🔍
• Critter Code
• Dragon Code
• DragonHold DragonCode
• Furry Code (The Code of the Furries)
• Gryphon Code
• Inflation Code 🔞🔍
• Lion King Code (The Lion King Code, TLK Code)
• Nexus Code
• Plush Code 🔞
• Vore Code (VORE-CODE) 🔞
• Were Code (Blackfang)
• Were Code (SabreLion) (Were Geek Code)
• Were Code (SilverWere)
• Yiff Code 🔞🔍

Gaming Codes (#gaming)

These codes refer to games, particularly online video games.

• AGHL Code (alt.games.half-life Code)
• Angband Code
• ArM Code (Ars Magica Code)
• Board Game Geek Code 2005
• Board Game Geek Code 2023
• C-ADD Code (Creatures Addicts Code)
• Dakka Code
• Dragonlance Code (DL Code)
• NetHack Code
• Netrek Code
• OGRE Geek Code
• RGMW Geek Code (rec.games.miniatures.warhammer Geek Code)
• RLDev Code (RL Developer Code, Roguelike Development Geek Code)
• SF2 Code (Street Fighter II Code)
• Star Wars D6 Code
• Traveller Geek Code (IMTU, In My Traveller Universe)
• UDIC Code (Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter Code)

Geek Codes (#geek)

Though many signature codes are called “Geek Codes”, this tag is specifically for variants, extensions, and attempted successors of Robert Hayden’s Geek Code.

• Geek Code (The Code of the Geeks)
• Geek Code Weapons Extensions
• OmniCode
• Teen Geek Code

Hobby Codes (#hobby)

These describe the user’s hobbies.

• Action Figure Code
• BARGE Geek Code
• BikeCode
• Blogger Code
• Comic Geek Code (The Code of the Comic Geeks)
• Dakka Code
• Demo Scene Code (demoscene.code, Scene Code, SCENECODE)
• Juggling Code
• Knitter's Geek Code
• LEGO Code (rec.toys.lego Geek Code, Lego Geek Code, LGC)
• Marching Band Signature Code
• MTBer Code
• Scout Code
• Skatefan Geek Code (rec.sport.skating.ice.figure Code)
• Swinger Code 🔍

LGBTQ+ Codes (#lgbtq)

These are LGBTQ-oriented codes. Many of these overlap with soc.motss (Members Of The Same Sex), the formative LGBTQ newsgroup, but some soc.motss codes are not LGBTQ+ related and some LGBTQ+ codes did not come from soc.motss.

• Alternative Bear Code (Joshua's Bear Code, JBC)
• Bear Code (NBCS, Natural Bear Classification System)
• Body Codes
• Butch Code
• Fruitbat Code (The 'BatCode)
• Grrl Code (Womyn's Grrl Code)
• Muffdiva Index (Muffdiva Code)
• Pearce Code 🔞
• Pig Code
• soc.bi code (Bisexual Code, Soc.Bi C*b*l Tove code)
• Twink Code

Meta Codes (#meta)

Codes about codes.

• Code Code
• Meta Geek Code

Pet Codes (#pet)

These are codes about actual pets or animals (or their owners).

• Cat Code
• Hamster Code
• Rat Code

Religion & Spirituality Codes (#religion)

These codes are about the user’s faith or spirituality.

• Atheist Code 🔍
• Catholic Geek Code
• Faith Identification Code 🔍
• Magic Code
• PuritanBoard Geek Code
• Yiddishkeit Code (Hebrew Geek Code, HGC)

Sex Codes (#sex)

These codes are explicitly about the user’s sexual preferences and practices, as opposed to LGBTQ or soc.motss codes that may also refer to sexual acts and practices.

• Bear Code (NBCS, Natural Bear Classification System)
• Muffdiva Index (Muffdiva Code)
• Pearce Code 🔞
• Pig Code
• Sex Code (Powell) 🔞
• Sex Code (Psyche) 🔞
• soc.bi code (Bisexual Code, Soc.Bi C*b*l Tove code)
• Whore Code (Whorecode) 🔞🔍
• Yiff Code 🔞🔍
• Zoo Code 🔞

Site Codes (#site)

For users of particular websites.

• Attrition Code
• Board Game Geek Code 2005
• Board Game Geek Code 2023
• Dakka Code
• H2G2 Researcher Code
• Halfbakery Geek Code
• Orion's Arm Geek Code
• PuritanBoard Geek Code
• UDIC Code (Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter Code)
• Where's George? Code

soc.motss Codes (#soc.motss)

Codes that originated on the newsgroup soc.motss, standing for “Members Of The Same Sex”. This is one of the internet’s earliest LGBTQ+-oriented spaces.

Many early signature codes originated on this site.

• Bear Code (NBCS, Natural Bear Classification System)
• Body Codes
• Butch Code
• Fruitbat Code (The 'BatCode)
• Grrl Code (Womyn's Grrl Code)
• Muffdiva Index (Muffdiva Code)
• Nibelung Code (Der Kodex des Nibelungen)
• Pearce Code 🔞
• Pig Code
• Smurf Code (SmurfCODE(TM))
• Twink Code

Tech Codes (#tech)

These codes are about technology and tech-focused users. Though Geek Codes are arguably tech oriented, those codes refer to different types of geeks and do not presume the user’s tech skills.

• Acorn Code (AcornCode)
• Attrition Code
• Bob Code
• Demo Scene Code (demoscene.code, Scene Code, SCENECODE)
• Hacker Code
• Mac Code
• Perl Geek Code
• RLDev Code (RL Developer Code, Roguelike Development Geek Code)
• XML Geek Code (The Code of the XML Geeks)

Vanity Codes (#vanity)

These codes are about individual users, who had likely written the code themselves.

• Fruitbat Code (The 'BatCode)
• Shawn Code
• Wednesday Code

Untagged codes

• APhiO Code
• Australian Politics Code (AusPWW Code)
• AutCode
• Autism Spectrum Code
• BodMod Code
• Brit Code
• Cantab Code
• Childfree Geek Code (CF Geek Code)
• CoSy Code
• Faerie Code
• Frugal Geek Code (Frugal Code)
• Goth Code
• Homeschool Geek Code (Homeschoolers "Geek" Code)
• Linguist's Geek Code 🔍
• OTP Code (Ordo Templi Paisleianum Code)
• Personal Growth Geek Code
• Smoker's Geek Code
• Students Code 🔍
• uk.local.yorkshire Geek Code (ULY Geek Code)
• USENET Politics Code (Stross Code)
• Vamp Code