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Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009), two Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel archives, are being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).
In this post:
- A bit of background explanation
- What this means for creators who had work on Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives
- And what to do if you still have questions
Background explanation
Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives was established in 2003. After many years of hosting stories from many talented writers, the archivists have decided to move these collections to Archive of Our Own so that they may continue to be enjoyed by readers for many years to come.
Open Doors will be working with MrsGordo, GraceNM, and Chrislee to import Octaves of the Heart and I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009) into separate, searchable collections on the Archive of Our Own. As part of preserving the archives in their entirety, all fanfiction currently in the Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and the I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009) will be hosted on the OTW's servers, and embedded in their own AO3 work pages.
We will begin importing works from Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and the I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009) to the AO3 after November.
What does this mean for creators who had work(s) on Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and the I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009)?
We will send an import notification to the email address we have for each creator. We'll do our best to check for an existing copy of any works before importing. If we find a copy already on the AO3, we will invite it to the collection instead of importing it. All works archived on behalf of a creator will include their name in the byline or the summary of the work.
All imported works will be set to be viewable only by logged-in AO3 users. Once you claim your works, you can make them publicly-viewable if you choose. After 30 days, all unclaimed imported works will be made visible to all visitors. We will then permanently close down the site.
Please contact Open Doors with your Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and the I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009) pseud(s) and email address(es), if:
- You'd like us to import your works, but you need the notification sent to a different email address than you used on the original archives
- You already have an AO3 account and have imported your works already yourself.
- You’d like to import your works yourself (including if you don’t have an AO3 account yet).
- You would NOT like your works moved to the AO3.
- You are happy for us to preserve your works on the AO3, but would like us to remove your name.
- You have any other questions we can help you with.
Please include the name of the archive in the subject heading of your email. If you no longer have access to the email account associated with your Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and the I Will Remember You Marathon Archive account, please contact Open Doors and we'll help you out. (If you've posted the works elsewhere, or have an easy way to verify that they're yours, that's great; if not, we will work with the Octaves of the Heart and I Will Remember You Marathon Archive mods to confirm your claims.)
Please see the Open Doors Website for instructions on
- importing your works to the AO3
- adding your works to the new collections Octaves of the Heart or I Will Remember You Marathon Archive
If you still have questions...
If you have further questions, visit the Open Doors FAQ, or contact the Open Doors committee.
We'd also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and I Will Remember You on Fanlore. If you're new to wiki editing, no worries! Check out the new visitor portal, or ask the Fanlore Gardeners for tips.
We're excited to be able to help preserve Octaves of the Heart: Sublime Archives and the I Will Remember You Marathon Archive (2005-2009)!
- The Open Doors team and MrsGordo, GraceNM, and Chrislee