Posts in Systems Committee
Intermittent site slowness and errors
Since the end of December 2024, AO3 has had numerous periods of slowness, downtime, and related issues such as missing kudos emails and delayed invitations. We’ve been taking some steps to improve the situation, but we are also working on some highly time-sensitive updates to our infrastructure, so we can’t spend as much time as we’d like on performance improvements. We expect some slowness and downtime to continue until our new servers are delivered and installed in a few months. We first noticed some strain on the servers we use for Elasticsearch (which powers searching and filtering) in the middle of last year. The new… Read more
Five Things Frost the Fox 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 Frost the Fox, who volunteers on our Systems Committee. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? As a volunteer for the Systems committee, we’re responsible for all of the OTW’s IT infrastructure, including our physical equipment such as our firewalls/routers, switches, and servers, as well as the many different software components… Read more
The OTW is Recruiting for News Translation Volunteers, Tumblr Site Moderators, TWC Copyeditors, TWC Proofreaders, Systems Technical Writers, and Systems Project Managers
Are you an experienced copyeditor or proofreader? Would you like to help translate OTW/AO3 news posts? Are you a frequent Tumblr user who enjoys helping others? Do you want to write technical documentation? Or manage infrastructure projects? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: News Translation Volunteer – closing 27 October 2021 at 23:59 UTC Tumblr Site Moderator – closing 27 October 2021 at 23:59 UTC [or after 40 applications] TWC Copyeditor – closing 27 October 2021 at 23:59 UTC TWC Proofreader – closing 27 October 2021 at 23:59 UTC Systems Technical Writer – closing 27… Read more
The OTW is Recruiting for Elections, Fanlore, Policy & Abuse, Systems and Tag Wrangling
Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from Chinese to English? Are you interested in writing and editing public news posts? Or would you like to assist AO3 users by resolving complaints? Maybe you have an interest in wiki editing, or writing help documentation? Or you have systems administrator experience or a working knowledge of Linux? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: Elections Staff: Communications Specialist – closing 23 September 2020 at 23:59 UTC Elections Staff: Public Relations – closing 23 September 2020 at 23:59 UTC Fanlore Staff: Policy &… Read more
Five Things Matthew Vernon 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 Matthew Vernon, who volunteers as chair of our Systems Committee. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I am the Chair of Systems, which is the committee responsible for managing hardware and IT infrastructure for the OTW as a whole (not just AO3!) We work closely with a number of other… Read more