Another archive down?
Jun. 23rd, 2015 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowgallAnybody know what's happened to www.thequidditchpitch.org?
It seems like every few months another classic fanfic archive is in danger of closing. I know that these archives have nostalgic value (and indeed, as someone who's very concerned about accurate dating and records, I prefer having the original places of publication still available online) but it really seems to me that it would be prudent to try to get the owners of these sites to allow transfer to AO3 through the Open Doors project. Short term solutions like funding drives are just that - short term, and I worry about the long term availability of these fics.
But I'm pretty new here, so what do I know?
It seems like every few months another classic fanfic archive is in danger of closing. I know that these archives have nostalgic value (and indeed, as someone who's very concerned about accurate dating and records, I prefer having the original places of publication still available online) but it really seems to me that it would be prudent to try to get the owners of these sites to allow transfer to AO3 through the Open Doors project. Short term solutions like funding drives are just that - short term, and I worry about the long term availability of these fics.
But I'm pretty new here, so what do I know?
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Date: 2015-06-24 05:05 am (UTC)Do you know what the reasoning for changing their mind? It seems with the help offered it would have been a good time to do the transfer.
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Date: 2015-06-27 09:54 pm (UTC)And I know what that's like, as I have struggled with ADD, and this often makes me feel like starting anything new is impossible, no matter how easy other people tell me it will be.
But it's a real shame, as yes, this would have been the perfect time to do it.