fandom Meta: archiving stories directly from LJ
So, this is all (once again) cesperanza's fault. It all started with a posting she made in which...well, I'll let you read it for yourself if you're interested, but what came to me while reading it was we need better archiving. Not that existing archives aren't beautiful and whatnot, but there is no tie in with LJ, and the LJ community is thriving, and many
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My proposal is orthogonal, anyway. I am hoping we can use existing archives such as 852prospect and squidge's DSA. If OTW eventually comes out with an open source archive package that's more robust than existing archives, we could always migrate the data to a new server and set it up. (I'm hoping for better searching. At present, you can't really search the story text at the aforementioned archives.)
Wherever we do end up, however, will be decided before we start gathering the stories. So anyone who has an objection to the ultimate archive location can simply opt not to participate.
->Arrow (up late with weird stomach-fu)
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What's interesting is that I was thinking the other day about the possibility of doing up a "Gen TS for Slash Lovers" list (a friend and I did one - ending up with 100 stories) for Blakes 7) An archive would be a godsend if I did have a go... I do like lists {g}
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I am the "some woman" (eeep!) cesperanza was referring to in that post, and I was sort of quoted out of context anyway. I am very much in favor of more widespread archiving. See my follow up post over here.
Your system is something like what I was picturing. I'd like to see if it is possible to only slightly alter existing habits (something like inserting tags or whatnot) and using the existing power of the resources we use.
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Plus, it doesn't have cutie icons. :)
We'll see if I can get any traction with my idea, which I think of as sort of "glue" between the best features of both methods.
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Title:
Author: KarieAuthoress
email: karierauthoress@gmail.com
Permission to archive: Yes, but please tell me where.
Fandom: The Sentinel
Genre:
Pairing:
Summary:
Warnings:
Notes:
For all my stories, I do this.
For TS writers though, I think there is an LJ community who is at least attempting to help us keep track of some of our stories.
I'll keep an eye on this for later...
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I like your template very much. It's what I had in mind. I would have to encourage people to rate their stories in a readable way and also include pairings.
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I agree about the tags, especially on some journal styles where there are no tags to click on and search. That can often be frustrating. Or if a writer doesn't use tags at all.
My only concern is most likely a technical one, something about the wording of your proposal. Clarification would be appreciated. Where would these stories be archived and in what format? I ask for a couple of reasons, but I want to make sure I don't put my foot in my mouth in the asking.
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