It's here!

[wickedwords]

We have launched Fanlore, the OTW wiki for fan information. This one has been in the works awhile, and it's taken a lot of work on the part of a lot of people to bring it live. So thank you to everyone who has helped so far, and to everyone else...Now's your chance! Go sign up for an account and set up a user page to tell your fannish story: how you got into fandom, and your own thoughts on fannish life. Not to mention all that factual stuff on source media and stories and zines and communities and everything else that makes up this loose collective of people called fandom. It's a pretty blank slate right now, so go for it and add things. Give it a try.

Comments

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

YEAH!!!!!

*dances you*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

It is very cool! I'm excited to have it available.

OT

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you're around, but if you are and have AIM, I'd love a quick word! *G*

Re: OT

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

We are just stepping out to dinner, but I will ping you via rachaelinhell when I get back.

Re: OT

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

OK!

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is ten kinds of cool. I will create a site and add stuff soon. How formal should the articles be? I started the Pros Circuit Archive. I was thinking about doing that first.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

They don't have to be formal at all. We aren't wikipedia, we're fandom, so we're interested in informative overall.

[lovelokest.livejournal.com]

Oh, very cool! Hsve joined and will slowly add stuff *g*

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

How do I add something to the archive? I don't have enough stuff for a complete article but it should be mentioned because it was important back in the day.

ksnicholas fan fiction on the net

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Once you create an account, you can go to the article you want to edit and click the edit button. That will let you make changes and add what you want; if possible, add a line under 'summary' at the bottom so we know what was changed when we look at the 'recent changes' listing. Then you can save it and be done.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

what do I do to create an article ab initio?

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Once you create an account, you can start a new page:

http://fanlore.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page

Type 'stub' into the search box, and it will show you stub articles that have been created. Select one, and then go to 'edit' on the top tabs. You can select the code, copy it, and then paste it for your new article, changing the information as fits for your new page.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[isagel.livejournal.com]

I am so excited about this! Just seeing the main page made me happy. And of course I can't keep away from adding stuff. Yay!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Oh, go you! Yay! for adding more stuff.

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Jeebus, I haven't been using it 20 minutes and it's broken. Can you tell me the address of an IT person or group that can help me with logging in? None of the options for Contacts or Help seemed appropriate.

Short story: "logged in" with OpenID, couldn't create a user page without an account, can't make an account because my user name is in use, can't log in to edit the user page with my OpenID (LJ) password, can't email password because there's no email address affiliated with the account. WTF.

Okay, I think I got it working. Still can't change my password, but I'll muddle through.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

I have passed along the question about Open ID. I know we had some problems with that early on, but I thought we had fixed it. I will ping the people in our chat room and see if I can get more details/troubleshooting info.

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks muchly. I know it's in beta; you probably feel like you're having to count straws while you move the haystack.

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Great, then. The password should be the same as your open id one, but that's the extent of what I know. I'm glad you got it working.