Fannish Preservation


	Fannish Preservation

aerynvala

4-25-2009 1:24 PM

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geocities, fandom, fan ficiton, organization for transformative works

aerynvala says:

The Organization for Transformative Works is offering shelter (hosting space) in their Open Doors project for fanworks that are losing their homes with the closing of GeoCities.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/98db429d-9212-43ca-a410-3af1eadb528d/59FE8169-6F07-4B5D-B98E-86DEAF1B20EC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://transformativeworks.org/news/geocities-closing" href="http://transformativeworks.org/news/geocities-closing" style="font-size: 11px;">transformativeworks.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://transformativeworks.org/news/geocities-closing"><H2>Geocities Closing</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://transformativeworks.org/news/geocities-closing"><P>Like many fans, we are concerned about the news that <A href="http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/geocities-05.html">GeoCities</A> is going to close at the end of the year, especially as many older sites and fanfiction archives are housed there.  As the chair of <A href="http://transformativeworks.org/node/98">Open Doors</A>, which is dedicated to protecting at-risk fannish projects, I can assure you that we will work out some sort of gameplan; in the interim, if you have an archive or webpage there, or if you can put us in contact with any archivists located there, please contact Open Doors through the <A href="http://transformativeworks.org/contact/open%20doors">Open Doors</A> contact page.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/" href="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/" style="font-size: 11px;">opendoors.transformativeworks.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/"><P>The Open Doors project of the <A href="http://www.transformativeworks.org/">Organization for Transformative Works</A> is dedicated to preserving fanworks for the future.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/"><P>For further information, or to inquire about Open Doors hosting a project you are associated with, please <A href="http://transformativeworks.org/contact/open%20doors">contact us</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/"><H2>For More Information</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/"><P>For more information, please see the <A href="http://transformativeworks.org/faq/opendoors">Open Doors section of the FAQ</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/59FE8169-6F07-4B5D-B98E-86DEAF1B20EC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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