Putting aside our differences for the greater good of fandom At Fan History, we've been busy trying to preserve the
history of fandom on Geocities. This is extremely important and we've hard at work since the news came out in July. This task would best be accomplished by a group of people, where different fandom projects were being coordinated. To this end,
Fan History has tried to reach out several times to the folks at
the Organization for Transformative Works for assistance. We've sent them e-mails, tweeted looking for people to get in touch, made posts on our LiveJournals asking people to help us get in touch with them. Most recently, we commented
on their LiveJournal community.
So far, all we've received in return is aching silence. Our replies are not returned. Time is quickly ticking down. It is likely that Fanlore and
Fan History are overlapping in some areas and completely lacking in the same areas. This makes no sense to us at
Fan History. We need to put aside our personal differences, work together for one big last push in the 10 days before Geocities closes. We need to coordinate to preserve this history of fandom, so that there will be a record of it, so that when people talk about fandom during the late 1990s and early 2000s, we have good secondary sources to cite as our primary sources are disappearing. It is important. We need to work together.
Yes, there has been bad blood between
Fan History and some of the people at the
the Organization for Transformative Works. It needs to be put aside for the greater good. That's one of the biggest lessons I've taken away from
Race Fail: Principles can and often should trump personal loyalties.
So if you know some one at the Organization for Transformative Works, please ask them to finally get in touch with us. We would love to work together for one last push to preserve the history of fandom on Geocities.