Many Happy Returns, Esteliel

Almost a year ago, Esteliel spent days (and nights) learning e-script to build this archive after the debacle with LOTRFF.com. She gave us a place to go, run by a person who understands the fandom inside out.
Esteliel has contributed so much to the fandom over many years; she is generous, kind and altogether a lovely person.

I want to thank Esteliel for everything she has done, and hope that today, her birthday, and every day thereafter will be kind to her.
Hugs and thank-you, Esteliel.

by Spiced Wine on May 20, 2012 9:49

Uploads of Multiple Older Stories. Pt II

Important.

This is being posted in response to concerns raised by other members regarding one person who continues to upload many short stories at one time. This results in other Most Recent stories being knocked down the page and overlooked.

Please note that this applies only to that one person who uploads to multiple archives and writes many shorter works. (On LOTRFF.com she had uploaded 193 stories in seven years, and also uses An Archive of Our Own.) AO3 is a large, stable multi-fandom archive, therefore the author need not be in any hurry to upload her work to Faerie since AO3 is not going anywhere, indeed it is only getting busier and more popular as time goes on.

I am therefore requesting this person to limit their uploads to two separate stories only, twice weekly on non-consecutive days, for instance Saturday and Wednesday, or Monday and Friday. The author is asked to do this out of consideration for the other members. To see five or seven stories by the same author dominating the Most Recent page is incredibly unfair on other members. These stories are uploaded on other archives, and can easily be read elsewhere. Certain members such as Glorfindel only use this one archive. There is a difference.

Thank-you. Please leave comments or use the contact button to message me if you wish.
by Spiced Wine on April 14, 2012 19:20

Drabbles

March is Back to Middle-earth Month, and as some of you probably know, this year's Back To Middle-earth Month: Bingo Baggin's Bingo Bash! has generated a flood of drabbles, short fics and artwork.
If you post them on Faerie, please group them into A B2Me drabble collection, (Some people are already doing that and I thank-you.) or, if your drabbles are not written for B2Me, please name the collection whatever you wish. It is unfair to authors working on long stories or series when they post a chapter only to find it lost under a deluge of drabbles or short stories. It is easier for the authors themselves when many drabbles are gathered in collections, people are more likely to read a collection than a single drabble, and it presents an organized appearance on the archive.
Many thanks.
Please comment or contact me if you have any questions.
Siân. (Spiced Wine).
by Spiced Wine on March 23, 2012 8:14

Using Images

This is taken from the SWG FAQ, which seems very reasonable.

Faerie allows images where the content is controlled by a single author or coauthor group. This includes member profiles, story notes and story content.

Images are not allowed in "public spaces," where multiple authors are contributing content. This includes story summaries.

Faerie ask authors to limit images to areas that they control since images load slower than other site content and may disrupt the layout of the site. When images are added to areas used by multiple authors, this may affect the loading speed and layout for multiple authors, most of whom do not control the image, and negatively impact readership for those authors.

Images tend to use far more bandwidth than text-only pages, and since Esteliel does not ask members of Faerie assist with paying for the webspace, please upload images using an image hosting service such as Photobucket or Image Shack in order to keep the bandwidth usage (and costs) low.

Image Content.
If an image is used in a space covered by a rating--such as story content--then the image's rating cannot exceed the story's rating. For example, a story rated General should not include an image depicting blood and gore. Likewise, warnings applied to the story should include warnings relevant to the image(s) used.

It is highly recommended that warnings for images be given independently of warnings for written content. Readers may have different sensitivities to visual depictions than written descriptions of the same. A reader who can handle violent content in a story may not be comfortable with images showing violence.

Image sizes.

Try to keep images under an upper margin of 100 kb, as high res images can 'weigh' a great deal.

Thank-you. Please contact me or leave a comment here if you have any questions.
by Spiced Wine on March 17, 2012 13:16

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