I would really love it if you would go back to calling Fanlore, Fanlore in these posts.
It may come as a surprise to a lot of OTW insiders, but Fanlore does not have a lot of name recognition even within the areas of fandom you'd expect it to. I've also seen OTW staffers be less than fully familiar with it, even in the midst of running for the board. I've often wondered if OTW staffers/volunteers reading this all realize the wiki referred to isn't the internal one.
Just this week someone followed a link from Fanlore to my journal and called the site they'd just been at something other than Fanlore. This or someone not knowing the difference between Fanlore, Fanhistory Wiki, Metafandom or Fandom Wank has happened to me personally at least six times.
I also think it would really help in this newsletter, if all committees are referred to in a way that doesn't require any insider understanding of the structure to understand. For example, if Abuse only handles AO3 complaints, that would be good to have noted.
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It may come as a surprise to a lot of OTW insiders, but Fanlore does not have a lot of name recognition even within the areas of fandom you'd expect it to. I've also seen OTW staffers be less than fully familiar with it, even in the midst of running for the board. I've often wondered if OTW staffers/volunteers reading this all realize the wiki referred to isn't the internal one.
Just this week someone followed a link from Fanlore to my journal and called the site they'd just been at something other than Fanlore. This or someone not knowing the difference between Fanlore, Fanhistory Wiki, Metafandom or Fandom Wank has happened to me personally at least six times.
I also think it would really help in this newsletter, if all committees are referred to in a way that doesn't require any insider understanding of the structure to understand. For example, if Abuse only handles AO3 complaints, that would be good to have noted.