Posts by Lute
Fanlore Security Incident
On August 6, 2026, at approximately 01:30 UTC, the OTW discovered unauthorized access to the server hosting Fanlore by unknown third parties. Additionally, the third party leveraged Discord permission vulnerabilities to post spam on the official Fanlore Discord server. If you have a Fanlore account, find further information below about what happened and what next steps you might need to take. What Happened An attacker gained access to Fanlore’s files and database. AO3 was not affected. Immediately after this was discovered, we took the site offline to begin investigation. Concurrently, the attacker utilized permission vulnerabilities to post messages on the official Fanlore Discord, advertising a… Read more
2026 Candidate Q&A and Chat Round Up
The election season is in full swing! As part of the election season, we have a chat with our candidates coming up soon. You can also find links to the candidates’ answers to your questions at the bottom of this post. Chats There will be one public chat with all three candidates that will last 90 minutes. Chats will take place in our public chatroom (Discord). It is scheduled for: Saturday, August 8, from 4pm UTC to 5.30pm UTC – Live chat with all candidates (What time is the Candidate Chat where I live?) During this chat, chat attendees will have the opportunity to ask… Read more
OTW Board Meeting, August 1, 2026
The OTW Board will be holding its next public meeting at 02:00 on August 1 UTC (what time is that for me?). This meeting will be held in the Board Discord server. The server will have a team of moderators and a set of rules (including question rules) and community guidelines. The server will remain open even after the meeting, but the channels for meeting and asking questions will be read-only. Board will be posting replies to questions that do not get addressed during the scheduled meeting two weeks after the meeting in the server’s #questions-answers channel. The agenda will include: Decisions made since the… Read more
OTW Guest Post: Atticus Yus
On occasion, the OTW shares posts from a guest, providing an outside perspective on the OTW or specific aspects of fandom. These posts express each individual’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Atticus Yus (she/her) is a postgraduate student at Cambridge Digital Humanities, affiliated with Newnham College. A fanfiction writer herself, she is currently most active in the Identity V and Hannibal fandoms and enjoys baking banana bread in her free time. Today, Atticus talks about her research regarding fan communities with a particular focus on tagging systems and social networks. How did you first… Read more
Kraith Collected is Being Copied to AO3!
Kraith Collected, a collection of Star Trek zines set in the Kraith universe, is importing a copy of the zines’ fanworks to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) in Kraith Collected And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation Kraith Collected is a series of works in the Kraith universe, a series of Star Trek: The Original Series fanfictions, many originally published in other zines. Each volume contains works by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and other writers whose works went through several rounds of edits to be given… Read more