XHTML hates me. Seriously. It does.
You know, I'm not entirely certain whether the 6A mess or trying to get an XHTML layout to display properly in Oracle for this bloody work website is going to be the death of me this week. They're both a bit...frustrating. :D The div tag hates me today. *shakes fist at it*
Honestly, though, I'm surviving today on about two hours of sleep and a great deal of caffeine as it took me until after five before I passed out this morning. I really wish I could get my brain to shut off sometimes, but that doesn't seem likely any time soon.
florahart totally brightened my morning with a little bit of Snaco (and a healthy, hysterical dash of current meta) that she posted in her insanejournal: Without Warning. OMG. So much love. Seriously. Go read it and tell her she's brilliant, 'cause she is. So very.
So according to an email in my inbox this morning from Amazon, advertising new YA fic they think I might buy, "There's Life After Harry." Obviously Amazon has not seen my journal lately. :D
In regards to me being in communication with LJ/6A, I feel like I need to say that for me personally, it's imperative that I open a dialogue with them about my concerns. It's what I've wanted since Strikethrough, and now that I have it, I want to make use of the opportunity. That does not mean that I trust LJ/6A right now. I think the warning system they're implementing is a good thing, yes. I still am very uneasy about a number of other issues that relate to underage fanworks, and, frankly, I don't know that my worries on that score will be assuaged. I suspect they won't be. But I'm willing to listen to them as long as they're listening to me. And right now, they are. Which is a first step.
I want to see how this discussion goes before I make any definite decisions about pornish_pixies. I know what I'm leaning towards at the moment, but, to be honest, I want to be as fully informed about LJ policies as I can be so that I can make an educated decision.
Also, in regards to the fact that, yes, some posts on pornish_pixies are going to have to be deleted...I hate that idea. I really do. Frankly, I hate the idea of locking the comm down, and it's not something I ever wanted to do, but in the current climate, it's the only way I can protect the artists and authors in the community. Pornish has gotten a lot of publicity this summer in ways that I'd prefer it not to have had. And locking it down means that the average person who stumbles across it can't just hit "report abuse" wily-nily. Once the community's locked down, if posts are reported, they're internally reported. And yes, I realize that can still happen. People can get sockpuppets; people can retaliate in grudgewank. But at least then, if it happens, we know it's internal.
Unfortunately, locking down the comm means that posts that can't (or won't) be edited by the original poster are going to have to be deleted. However. I have an LJArchive of the entire community, current through yesterday, thanks to djinnj. Those deleted posts will not be lost and I'll do everything I can to find a way for them to stay online if at all possible. However, I don't want to archive any fics or art under my own account (or another account) without doing everything I can to track the author/artist down and obtain their permission to do so. I know that's not going to be easy and in some cases will be virtually impossible. After I make the attempt to find people, if I'm not able to reach them, then I'll make a final decision about how whether or not to put the fics up. I just feel strongly, particularly after having some discussions with authors and artists, about not archiving the works without a concerted attempt to get permission to archive them.
I'm still splitting myself between IJ and LJ and I plan on continuing to do so. In fact, I'll probably be putting all my fic on IJ and linking to it from here. Well. If I can link to it, that is. Sigh. Still, I really like what squeaky's doing on IJ and how he's made HP fandom welcome and is working with us. That goes a long way in my book. A very long way.
Okay. Enough of this tl;dr ramble. I have to go find more caffeine and get back to fighting with XML. I'm behind on emails (particularly Dungeons one--so very sorry, you guys! I'm such a bad mod lately...sigh), but I'm going to try to catch up in spurts today.
Honestly, though, I'm surviving today on about two hours of sleep and a great deal of caffeine as it took me until after five before I passed out this morning. I really wish I could get my brain to shut off sometimes, but that doesn't seem likely any time soon.
florahart totally brightened my morning with a little bit of Snaco (and a healthy, hysterical dash of current meta) that she posted in her insanejournal: Without Warning. OMG. So much love. Seriously. Go read it and tell her she's brilliant, 'cause she is. So very.
So according to an email in my inbox this morning from Amazon, advertising new YA fic they think I might buy, "There's Life After Harry." Obviously Amazon has not seen my journal lately. :D
In regards to me being in communication with LJ/6A, I feel like I need to say that for me personally, it's imperative that I open a dialogue with them about my concerns. It's what I've wanted since Strikethrough, and now that I have it, I want to make use of the opportunity. That does not mean that I trust LJ/6A right now. I think the warning system they're implementing is a good thing, yes. I still am very uneasy about a number of other issues that relate to underage fanworks, and, frankly, I don't know that my worries on that score will be assuaged. I suspect they won't be. But I'm willing to listen to them as long as they're listening to me. And right now, they are. Which is a first step.
I want to see how this discussion goes before I make any definite decisions about pornish_pixies. I know what I'm leaning towards at the moment, but, to be honest, I want to be as fully informed about LJ policies as I can be so that I can make an educated decision.
Also, in regards to the fact that, yes, some posts on pornish_pixies are going to have to be deleted...I hate that idea. I really do. Frankly, I hate the idea of locking the comm down, and it's not something I ever wanted to do, but in the current climate, it's the only way I can protect the artists and authors in the community. Pornish has gotten a lot of publicity this summer in ways that I'd prefer it not to have had. And locking it down means that the average person who stumbles across it can't just hit "report abuse" wily-nily. Once the community's locked down, if posts are reported, they're internally reported. And yes, I realize that can still happen. People can get sockpuppets; people can retaliate in grudgewank. But at least then, if it happens, we know it's internal.
Unfortunately, locking down the comm means that posts that can't (or won't) be edited by the original poster are going to have to be deleted. However. I have an LJArchive of the entire community, current through yesterday, thanks to djinnj. Those deleted posts will not be lost and I'll do everything I can to find a way for them to stay online if at all possible. However, I don't want to archive any fics or art under my own account (or another account) without doing everything I can to track the author/artist down and obtain their permission to do so. I know that's not going to be easy and in some cases will be virtually impossible. After I make the attempt to find people, if I'm not able to reach them, then I'll make a final decision about how whether or not to put the fics up. I just feel strongly, particularly after having some discussions with authors and artists, about not archiving the works without a concerted attempt to get permission to archive them.
I'm still splitting myself between IJ and LJ and I plan on continuing to do so. In fact, I'll probably be putting all my fic on IJ and linking to it from here. Well. If I can link to it, that is. Sigh. Still, I really like what squeaky's doing on IJ and how he's made HP fandom welcome and is working with us. That goes a long way in my book. A very long way.
Okay. Enough of this tl;dr ramble. I have to go find more caffeine and get back to fighting with XML. I'm behind on emails (particularly Dungeons one--so very sorry, you guys! I'm such a bad mod lately...sigh), but I'm going to try to catch up in spurts today.