Posts by Caitlynne
Open Doors celebrates the completion of 8 (and one more) archive imports in 2025!
Open Doors is pleased to announce the completion of 8 archive import projects in 2025, plus an additional 5 subcollections, a total of over 34,000 works! We hope that you will find old and new favorites in the collections listed below. Remembering Tiger Lily Roar Completed: February 2025 Remembering Tiger Lily Roar is a memorial account for fanfiction written by Tiger Lily Roar, who was active in many fandoms, especially Young Justice. This memorial account was set up with the assistance of Open Doors with permission from Tiger Lily Roar’s family and is maintained by Eva. Find works at the Remembering Tiger Lily Roar AO3… Read more
AO3 Releases 0.9.440 – 0.9.446: Change Log
We spent the end of October and whole of November rolling out improvements across the site—from multiple fixes to the Download and Chapter Index menus on small screens to refreshing our footer and error pages to link to the status page. We also made an important security change: password resets can now only be requested using an email address when logged out. For some exciting news, we also finished our work making AO3 emails translatable! We’re now going to target other areas of AO3 for internationalization. Special thanks and welcome to first-time contributors Danaël / Rever, Daniel Haven, Edgar San Martin, Jr, Jennifer He, Kiyazz,… Read more
OTW Signal, December 2025
Every month in OTW Signal, we take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including issues related to legal matters, technology, academia, fannish history and preservation issues of fandom, fan culture, and transformative works. In the News Why some people are devoted to particular aspects of popular culture is a fundamental query in fan studies research. One common and familiar answer is that fandoms are like religions. A recent article offers a different approach to understanding the emotional intensity of fan devotion, suggesting that while fans often describe their devotion in terms that sound religious, this comparison “has some lingering… Read more
Five Things AuroraT Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with AuroraT, who volunteers as an administrative volunteer for Open Doors. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I’m an administrative volunteer with the Open Doors Committee, which helps import at-risk digital archives to AO3 in order to preserve fanworks that might otherwise be lost. I’m responsible for project management, walking an… Read more
AO3 Releases 0.9.433 – 0.9.439: Change Log
In October, we continued our internationalization efforts to make AO3’s interface and emails translatable. We also worked on usability improvements to a variety of site features, including clarified buttons for posting and editing works, improved password reset messages and forms, and more consistent redirects when logging in or out. Alongside these updates, we overhauled exchange participants’ Assignments pages and smoothed out other smaller issues across the site. Special thanks and welcome to first-time contributors Cole Kelling, Cubostar, John Pork, and Tani! Credits Coders: Abhinav Gupta, anna, Bilka, Brian Austin, CJ Record, Cole Kelling, Connie Feng, Cubostar, dismayonnaise, Emily Wiegand, Ivedonestranger, Jake Faulkner, james_, John Pork,… Read more