Fanlore:News/2015
December 21, 2015
We would like to invite you to a Fanlore editing party in the Fanlore chat room on Saturday, 26 December at 17:00 UTC (What time is that where I live?), with a focus on creating and editing Fanlore pages for your favorite past and present Yuletide fandoms and stories. We hope to see you there!
December 3, 2015
The Wiki Committee has posted an update and Dreamwidth, which addresses the recent OTW changes, recent site and search engine issues, more info about regular editing parties, and some of the editing projects and category discussions happening on Fanlore lately.
The next editing party will be on on Sunday, December 13th at 17:00 UTC (time is that in my timezone?) in the Fanlore chat room. We hope to see you there!
November 15, 2015
We will be organizing more regular editing parties in our Fanlore chat room, starting today (November 15th) at 17.00 UTC (find out what time that is in your time zone). Going forward, we'll aim to host editing parties an hour before each Wiki Committee meeting. Remainders about the chat times will be posted to our Twitter account. We hope to see you there!
October 3, 2015
Thank you all for making Stub September such a success! We had a great month full of additions to all sorts of character, relationship, fan community, and fandom pages!
The Wiki Committee has posted their September newsletter with some announcements and a summary of the September editing party. The next editing chat will be held on Saturday, October 18th at 17:00 UTC in the Fanlore chat room. We hope to see you there!
September 1, 2015
Stub September is a month-long challenge whose aim is to improve the 1900+ pages on Fanlore that are identified as stubs. There are also two other types of articles to focus on this month, pages that need expansion and examples wanted. Like last year, we will be posting weekly themes at the Fanlore Dreamwidth account to help provide some inspiration.
To celebrate Stub September and also provide an opportunity for new editors to ask questions, we will be holding an editing party on Saturday, September 12th at 17:00 UTC in the Fanlore chat room. We hope to see you there!
In other news, the Wiki Committee has also posted an August update, which includes information about Fanlore graphics and some issues with Fanlore's search engine.
July 3, 2015
Fanlore will experience a brief period of downtime this Sunday, July 5th at 6:45am UTC for some server maintenance and firewall upgrades. The site will be offline for approximately one hour.
June 1, 2015
Are you ready for a new month long challenge?
The Wiki Committee is thrilled to announce the first ever June Bloom challenge, where it's all about creating new pages and watching them grow! You can find all the details at our DW community.
For those in need of some inspiration, we will be posting weekly themes, so keep an eye on our community and Twitter account.
If you don't like editing on your own, the editing party will take place June 13th. (We plan on starting at 4pm UTC, but who knows how long the party will last?) For those who can't make it, there will be a staffer ready to help you every weekend in June. Simply stop by the Fanlore chatroom. If you find the Fanlore room empty, leave your your question (along with your Fanlore username) and we will get in touch with you on your Talk page. Plus you can always send an email to the Fanlore Gardeners.
Have fun and go wild!
May 23, 2015
The Wiki Committee has an exciting announcement about Fanlore and the Library of Congress! See the post at the Fanlore Dreamwidth comunity.
May 9, 2015
The Wiki Committee has posted an update at the Fanlore Dreamwidth community and will hold a May editing party on Sunday, May 17th at 7:00pm UTC in the Fanlore chatroom on Campfire. We hope to see you there!
April 1, 2015
It's time for April Showers on AO3 and Fanlore!
In the month of April, we hope you'll help us spruce up Fanlore by dusting off neglected wiki entries, and to kick off the event we will be holding an editing party in the Fanlore chatroom on Saturday, April 4th at 16:00 UTC (when is that in my timezone?) See this post for more information.
In other news, the Wiki Committee has posted an update with introductions from our three new staffers! Additionally, please note that Fanlore may experience brief periods of downtime between 8am to 8pm UTC on Friday, April 3rd.
March 18, 2015
Fanlore will be down for scheduled maintenance this Friday, 20th March, from 17:30 to approximately 20:45 UTC. (details)
February 17, 2015
Interested in Fanlore behind the scenes? Wiki is recruiting! To answer questions and just for fun we are holding a chat on Saturday 21 February 17:00 UTC. You can find more details here.