New policy update

[yourlibrarian]

In 24 hours, buffyversetop5 will be opening for its Classic Recs session. I wanted to alert everyone to a small change in community policy.

As anyone who has been trying to compile a list likely knows, older material has been disappearing from its former locations at an alarming rate. If one still has the old URL for the items, plugging them into the Wayback Machine may well produce a copy (thanks to tiashome for the reminder).

If that doesn't work, or if you can't find copies of the work archived elsewhere (painfully true for videos!) feel free to ask for help during Classic Recs. Normally, the rule is that only rec posts (with 5 recs) are allowed. However if you have a fic/art/video etc. search request, those are welcome as well during the Classic Recs weekend. After all, we can't celebrate it if we can't find it! Just remember, this posting period is for fan-created material from 2008 or earlier. (We'll be opening up for our 2009 session on Jan. 1).

Hope to see posts popping in tomorrow night!

Comments

[ruuger]

Just out of curiosity, will you be including Dollhouse as one of the fandoms for the 2009 session?

[yourlibrarian]

I had been wondering myself if there would be any interest in that. It's something I could ask for feedback on between Classic Recs and our 2009 session.

[devon-01.livejournal.com]

If you are using Mozilla Firefox as your browser, there is an button in the addons that will auto check the wayback machine for you if you get an error message. You do not need the url to use it.

[yourlibrarian]

Handy tip, thanks!