All Things Rat, an archive focused on the X-Files character Alex Krycek, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).
In this post:
- A bit of background explanation
- What this means for creators who have works on All Things Rat
- And what to do if you still have questions
Background explanation
All Things Rat is an archive which includes fanfiction about Alex Krycek, a character from the X-FIles. The fanfiction on All Things Rat is moving to AO3 so that it can be available to the widest possible audience for the longest possible time, no longer reliant solely on one person to maintain the server and archive website.
Open Doors will be working with the moderator, alice ttlg, to import the fanfiction on All Things Rat into a separate, searchable collection on the Archive of Our Own. We will begin importing works from All Things Rat to the AO3 after January.
What does this mean for creators who have work(s) on All Things Rat?
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.
Please contact Open Doors with your All Things Rat 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 archive
- 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 All Things Rat 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 All Things Rat mod 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 collection All Things Rat
If you still have questions…
If you have further questions, visit the Open Doors FAQ, contact the Open Doors committee.
We’d also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of All Things Rat 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 All Things Rat!
– The Open Doors team and alice ttlg