Archive of Our Own

OTW Board Approves Meta Hosting on the AO3

Submitted by Curtis Jefferson on

After a long period of discussion, the OTW Board has voted to allow the posting of meta on the Archive of Our Own. We considered a range of issues while making this decision, including how this move would fit into the overall mission of the OTW, the technical and financial resources required, and demand from users of the Archive and members of the OTW. We determined that there is already a demand for meta on the Archive, and that this use of our resources is consonant with our purview and mission.

We're aware that this decision has taken some time, and we sincerely apologize for the delay. We had hoped to reach a decision sooner, but the complexity of the discussion meant we needed to think carefully about the issues. As the term of some OTW Board members ended while the discussion was ongoing, we also needed time for the new Board members to get up-to-speed with all the issues involved.

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Category Change Says: "We're working!"

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on

This is a short update from the Category Change workgroup. You can read about what our work entails and how we were formed in our introductory post. As we want to keep users in the loop, we wanted to provide some information on what we’ve been doing since then, and what we’re planning to do in the near future.

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Archive of Our Own
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Category Change
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Spotlight on Systems!

Submitted by Lucy Pearson on

The OTW's Systems teams work behind the scenes to support, manage, and maintain all the technical systems needed to run the OTW and its projects, such as the Archive of Our Own and Fanlore.

Systems' work mostly happens behind the scenes, but they are BUSY, fielding requests from all parts of the organization and working hard to keep all our sites up and responsive. Systems team members have to be 'on call' in order to deal with emergencies at any time of the day or night: if the Archive of Our Own goes down, it's Systems who fly to the rescue (while over 130 thousand users wait impatiently!).

2012 was a particularly demanding year for Systems because of the speed with which the OTW and its projects grew. Over 2,970,103 people now access the Archive of Our Own in the course of a month, up from 808,000 a year ago. Meanwhile, Fanlore has also grown, passing 400,000 edits in 2012, and other projects have continued to develop. Managing these projects and their volunteers also requires technical resources, and Systems have helped the OTW to transition to some more effective tools over the past year.

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Archive of Our Own
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Systems Committee
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Spotlight

AO3 site security (constant vigilance!)

Submitted by Lucy Pearson on

While developing the Archive of Our Own, site security is one of our top priorities. In the last couple of weeks, we've been reviewing our 'emergency plan', and wanted to give users a bit more information about how we work to protect the site. In particular, we wanted to make users aware that in the event of a security concern, we may opt to shut the site down in order to protect user data.

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Archive Update
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Archive of Our Own

Por que outro arquivo?

Nosso objetivo primário é criar um novo pacote de software grátis e open-source que permita que outros fãs hospedem seus próprios arquivos de obras de fãs: robustos e repletos de recursos, capazes de conter centenas de milhares de histórias, e com funções sociais que permitam que fãs se conectem através de suas obras.

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Quem lucra com o Nosso Próprio Arquivo? Usuários têm que pagar?

Ninguém, incluindo a OTW enquanto organização, lucra com o Arquivo ou seu conteúdo. Na verdade, é o exato oposto, porque a OTW paga para hospedar o arquivo. Não há anúncios. Para arcar com os custos, fazemos ocasionalmente campanhas de angariação de fundos. Nenhuma doação jamais vai ser requerida para utilizar o Arquivo ou qualquer uma das suas ferramentas.

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Por que está demorando tanto tempo para construírem o Arquivo?

A criação do tipo de arquivo que a OTW almeja oferecer não é um processo simples. Não estamos somente configurando um arquivo utilizando software existente, e sim construindo um software novo, open-source, projetado para servir as necessidades de fãs, que possa ser mantido e reutilizado com facilidade, e que possa potencialmente abrigar milhões de histórias de centenas de milhares de usuários.

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A OTW está tentando tomar o lugar de outros arquivos?

Não. Na verdade, esperamos que outros fãs usem nosso software de arquivo — que é open-source e de livre utilização e modificação — para montar seus próprios arquivos.

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Como posso criar uma conta no Arquivo?

O AO3 entrou na fase de beta aberto em novembro de 2009. Para criar uma conta, você precisa de um convite. Nós utilizamos o sistema de lista de convites para que o crescimento do Arquivo seja mais controlado. Temos que adicionar novos usuários aos poucos para que o número de contas não exceda a capacidade do nosso hardware, banda, e time de suporte. Isso nos ajuda a ter certeza de que todos que usam o Arquivo tenham a melhor experiência possível.

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