Reminder: GeoCities Rescue Project: Fanfic Writers, Please Be In Touch!

[francescacoppa.livejournal.com]

This is a reminder that the OTW will give Archive beta accounts to people's whose fic will be thrown off GeoCities when it closes at the end of next month! But you have to come and ask! (Please ask!) If you haven't found other hosting options for your own fic, or if you are an archivist or maintainer of a multi-author site, please email Open Doors with your site name and we'll try to hook you up one way or the other.

Meanwhile, some awesome fans are documenting the existence of fannish sites on GeoCities using Fanlore. If you ever wanted to try your hand at using Fanlore, this is a great time to learn: there's loads of sites that need documenting. And if you know any of the people hosted on or running these sites, please please encourage them to request Archive accounts: we don't want to lose the stories!

Mirrored from an original post on the OTW Blog.

Comments

"Marigold's Recommendations"

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm in no way affiliated with OTW, but I have been working on the Geocities Rescue Project for a little while now. I don't think you need permission to document sites on Fanlore (you can take a few screenshots, and describe the site's contents. Anything beyond that, I believe, would require permission from the site's owner).

You can see how other people are handling sites (often without the owner) over here: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/GeoCities_Rescue_Project.

ETA: I put up a stub for Marigold's Recommendations (http://fanlore.org/wiki/Marigold%27s_Recommendations). Please feel free to flesh out the entry.

Re: "Marigold's Recommendations"

[dreamflower]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it, and will be glad to add information to it once I figure out how!

Re: "Marigold's Recommendations"

[anenko.livejournal.com]

If you need any help figuring things out, I'd be glad to help. I'm no expert at the wiki, but I have been working on it for a few months now.