Looking for mods of DMHG Fic Exchange

[boundbooks]

Hi!

I'm looking for the original moderators of the DMHG Fic Exchange. I've been looking at their journals, and a lot of them seem to be deleted or inactive.

I want to talk with them about the possibility of making the DMHG Fic Exchange a rescued archive over at AO3, through the Open Doors project.

https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts?tag=18&language_id=en&commit=Go

It's my understanding that the community was not intended to go inactive/closed/shutdown, but to remain as an open archive for readers to continue to peruse for years to come. However, it did require moderator approval to be added as a new member, but it seems like it's been years since new members were added.

"1. Are you closed?

No, we are not closed. dmhgficexchange will remain an active community. We will continue to maintain the archive of gifts as well as community memberships. The only activity we have retired from is the big one: hosting Draco/Hermione gift exchanges. We feel confident you will not lack for such fests given the options currently available."

https://dmhgficexchange.livejournal.com/429214.html?view=comments#comments

https://dmhgficexchange.livejournal.com/430209.html?view=comments#comments

https://dmhgficexchange.dreamwidth.org/390183.html#comments

Has anyone heard from them/have contact with them?

edit - March 15, 2023

I'm currently contacting Dreamwidth, and asking to be made a community administrator of dmhgficexchange (https://dmhgficexchange.dreamwidth.org) so that access to the fanfic can be preserved.

Comments

[boundbooks]

I do hope to hear from someone! The goal with any AO3 Open Doors action would be to exactly what the Dreamwidth version (https://dmhgficexchange.dreamwidth.org) of the community was intended to be - a simple backup.

"This community exists as a mirror of the dmhgficexchange community on LiveJournal in the event that site is not accessible. Please note that all links currently lead to locations on LiveJournal and not the related content on this mirror (for example, master lists). For questions, comments, or concerns, please email us at dmhgficexchange@gmail.com."

I actually emailed the dmhgficexchange@gmail.com address, it would be wonderful to hear back. On the rare occasions I go to LJ, I feel like I can actually hear the servers creaking. Also, LJ's fondness for deleting 'inactive' accounts - a practice that started years after the fic exchange closed, means that I think LJ's quite unstable as an archive these days. :(

[musyc]

I still have my account and login from time to time just to keep it 'active', but yeah. It's not safe as an archive. I wouldn't trust ff.net either (not that I ever did.) and we both saw CG and H&V go down. I often say I'm a shill for AO3, because I really agree with and believe in what they're doing.

It would be great if those old fics can be saved to the collection. Hope one of the mods get back to you!

ETA: I just saw this in a news post - https://archiveofourown.org/comments/612309727 - imported works do not merge with current works, so any works currently posted to the collection could potentially get doubled.

[boundbooks]

"ETA: I just saw this in a news post - https://archiveofourown.org/comments/612309727 - imported works do not merge with current works, so any works currently posted to the collection could potentially get doubled."

Sadness! :(

Ah well, I guess it's a tradeoff that would still be worth it. There's currently 37 works in the AO3 collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DMHG_FIC_EXCHANGE, versus the 1,518 Journal Entries in https://dmhgficexchange.dreamwidth.org/. So, conservatively, probably over 1,000 stories? Duplicates of 37 stories, to archive 1,000+, seems like a worthy trade-off.

Side note, apparently there's a very active Dramione reddit? 18,000+ members....!?!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dramione/