Posts in Fanlore
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
Five Things Dae 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 Dae, who volunteers as a member of the Fanlore Policy & Admin team and the Elections committee. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I have been… accumulating hats. In the Fanlore committee, I’m a Policy & Admin team member, so my work with Fanlore is mainly focused on handling user… Read more
Five Things Alicia 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 Alicia, who volunteers as a Social Media & Outreach volunteer on our Fanlore Committee. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I’m a member of Fanlore’s Social Media and Outreach team! Our team drafts posts and makes graphics for our social media pages to promote Fanlore, the OTW’s fan-run and fan-authored… Read more
OTW Signal, February 2022
Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News OTW’s Legal Committee chair Betsy Rosenblatt was interviewed by Tech Crunch about Tumblr’s Post+ feature.
Fanlore Celebrates One Million Edits
Fanlore, the Organization for Transformative Works’ collaborative wiki about all things fandom, is celebrating a huge milestone: one million edits! Fanlore is a multi-fandom, free and open wiki that was designed to be a living, evolving record of fandom’s past and present. Like AO3, it was created by fans in 2008 and, since then, fans have built an ever-expanding record of our shared history. To celebrate this momentous event, we’re inviting you to take part in a scavenger hunt across Fanlore for the chance to win a Citrus Scale sticker set, as well as commemorative badges that you can add to your Fanlore User page… Read more