Open Doors would like to update Sentinel fandom on the continued delay in importing 852 Prospect to the Archive of Our Own. We've unfortunately had a bit of a coding setback on the 852 Prospect import, and it looks like an import isn't likely until 2013.

We apologize for this continued pushback of the import, as when we first announced the project we expected that 852 Prospect was going to be finding a new home soon. But due to continued work on the AO3 as well as further import testing, we've realized that there is still going to be a substantial delay in this happening.

Hello, this is Sole G., the Category Change workgroup lead, and I'd like to introduce the workgroup, talk a little about our goals, and ask for some initial feedback from all of you as fellow fans and users of AO3.

The OTW website and the Elections and Open Doors subdomains will be down for planned maintenance for approximately seven hours on Wednesday 24 October. The downtime is scheduled to begin at 1700 UTC (see what time this is in your timezone), though there is the possibility the site may be taken offline earlier as the process is being coordinated with our managed hosting provider.

This post was contributed by jackiekjono, Development & Membership staffer.

As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the OTW, I'd like to share some thoughts about how OTW has changed my fannish life.

I entered the secret world of vidding about 18 years ago when my roommate received a large box of VHS tapes containing all of the episodes of Wise Guy and a couple of extra tapes with these weird little music videos on them. A few months later, she and our neighbor Wendy were making vids — and a few years later, so was I.