I'm an anon who's been following the meme since round 2. I understand the need for changes and maybe even more importantly the need for better archiving. I don't know if we should make a new Delicious archive unless Delicious is really the easiest, most intuitive way to do it because as we've seen, why waste people's time and energy going through thousands of comments if the people running Delicious are just going to screw it all up? My main concern is keeping track of old prompts, particularly unfilled ones--there are always duplicates every round because no one has the energy to sift through earlier rounds, and there are things I am working on from like round 1 that I do eventually want to fill and have seen. It'd also be great to have an archive that is searchable that isn't just AO3 because not all of us like to post under a name or have accounts there. I don't know how to accomplish things, but I just want to agree that organization is a goal in itself. I'm sure I'm not the only one who accidentally abandoned the meme for months because RL happened and it suddenly grew to a size that was almost unmanageable.
I know that reposting everything on Dreamwidth individually is a nightmare and will not happen. However, I just wish we could bring everything with us, because if we can't, the older stuff will ultimately be forgotten. And there's some great stuff in here that deserves to be read and reviewed and filled.
Thank you, ginger_maya, for not abandoning the meme and for trying to find the least painful way to keep everything together. Hopefully something will work out and you'll either get the mod password or someone else will come up with a good solution.
You're very welcome. I am trying to do my best though I am not sure how good the result is yet.
As you can see above, telera has begun to archive the meme in a new del archive. That is a lot of work and it may take a while, if you wish and you are able to lend her a hand we would all be most grateful.
I agree with you that we can't repost everything, obviously. My idea was only to repost current WIPs and whenever someone decides to fill an old prompt - obviously old completed fills and prompts won't be reposted.
I know that reposting everything on Dreamwidth individually is a nightmare and will not happen. However, I just wish we could bring everything with us, because if we can't, the older stuff will ultimately be forgotten. And there's some great stuff in here that deserves to be read and reviewed and filled.
Thank you, ginger_maya, for not abandoning the meme and for trying to find the least painful way to keep everything together. Hopefully something will work out and you'll either get the mod password or someone else will come up with a good solution.
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As you can see above, telera has begun to archive the meme in a new del archive. That is a lot of work and it may take a while, if you wish and you are able to lend her a hand we would all be most grateful.
I agree with you that we can't repost everything, obviously. My idea was only to repost current WIPs and whenever someone decides to fill an old prompt - obviously old completed fills and prompts won't be reposted.
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