Archive questions

[gatewaygirl]

(Cross-posted from IJ

Comments

[kennahijja]

Gah, I hope it's not permanent! It's my favourite archive out there.

There's Skyehawke, which has some rules about chan elements, but never enforced them as far as I recall.

[gatewaygirl]

Mm. I'm wary of unenforced rules. I'll probably go with An Archive of Our Own (Hm... AAoOO? Looks like a werewolf archive!), but based on my experience with WtP and P&S, would still like an H/D archive.

[ambersnake]

The most common abbreviation I've seen is AO3 :)

[kennahijja]

It's weird that there seems to be no H/D archive, it's so overwhelming in terms of output...

And damn, I wish I hadn't slept through the announcement about The Archive closing down... I'd have saved some fics, and my reviews :(.

[joanwilder]

Yeah, I believe it's gone for good. This was announced a while ago, I think, and a few months ago I saved a few of my favorites stories that were only hosted there.

So far as other archives, there's hpfandom dot net (no restrictions that I know of, and unmoderated). I admin on Sycophant Hex, which has a slash archive (E/S) and a Snape-centric archive (Occlumency), a all-other characters archive (Lumos). Slash fics can be posted on more than E/S, though. There's no restriction on content, but no explicit/graphic sexual detail involving characters under age 17 is permitted. In addition, like WtP, this is a moderated archive, which isn't a problem if fics are beta read.

[gatewaygirl]

Thanks! For a general archive, I'll probably go with Archive of Our Own, but I've had good experiences with the specialized archives.

[joanwilder]

I do like the specialized archives too. All at your fingertips, no weeding through stuff you don't want. I like AO3 too, but it's so huge, and damn it, I like the little places.

[gatewaygirl]

Nothing against it (actually, I was considering it as a general archive), but the specialized archives seem like they may be more active as communities than the general ones.

And yeah -- I was all set to post to the Hex Files until I read their submission rules. I'm told I could post anything there and it would be fine until/unless someone complained, but that's not the sort of system I want to get mired in....

[calanthe_fics]

I modded at hex for a number of years and there was one, maybe two, people who vigorously enforced the positive relationship rule. I tried to get it binned on a number of occasions and was always voted down. I think it's a daft rule, and one that in some cases comes down to personal preference rather than a strict definition. Which then causes divisions and all sorts of problems. Of which there were quite a few while I was there.

I love the remaining people left at Hex, but I don't post there any more, and likely won't post there again full stop.

Archive wise there is Cipher, which is multi fandom, multi pairing, and pretty tiny. I believe they rule out stuff like W/S etc, so probably not for you. I think HPFandom has no posting rules as such.

[gatewaygirl]

Thanks for the note. I can certainly see that rule lending itself to idiosyncratic enforcement. For a general archive I'm going to go with AO3, but if a more open H/D-specific one became available, I'd definitely be interested in it.

[cordelia_v]

I was going to suggest Archive of Our Own, as well. It's the one place you could house everything. And it has a higher likelihood lasting a long time than some fannish archives, because it has a stable financial and governance structure. Just saying.

I'm very sad about Archive At the End of the Universe, though. Had some wonderful stories.

[gatewaygirl]

Yes, I'll definitely consider that one for a general replacement. Thanks!

[snowrose]

I see it's already been mentioned, but I'd just like to throw in my two cents and say I'd be very excited to see you post at AO3!

[gatewaygirl]

Yes, that looks like the replacement for the "everything" category!