March Meta Matters Challenge, Check-in 2

[yourlibrarian]

Hello everyone! It's check-in time to see how we're all getting along with our meta importing.

Comment below with any of the following:

1) How do you motivate yourself when you're facing something daunting or overwhelming?

2) How many works have you identified for future transfers, or have you now moved to AO3?

3) Are you having any problems moving your meta?

Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part.

Also, if you've got tips you've developed during this process, do share them with the group! And if you can help someone out with a problem they're having, share a solution.

Comments

[nrgburst]

2. I've also made a new pseud so my subscribers know it's meta going up and not fic. So far I've uploaded one a day!

3. A lot of my GIF references were to blogs on tumblr that have now deleted or changed urls. A bit frustrating, especially since inserting an image on AO3 requires it to come from somewhere else on the internet- you can't just upload the image yourself! I tried working around this by uploading a new GIF I made to my DW instead, but AO3 didn't like the html reference because according to the FAQ:
"You can embed images you've hosted on Dreamwidth in your own journal, in other journals, in communities, in comments, and on other Livejournal and Livejournal-based sites like InsaneJournal, but Dreamwidth does not allow images to be embedded on other non LJ-related sites".
Le sigh. So I just combed through tumblr until I found images to fit my meta again.

[yourlibrarian]

Ooh, such progress! I feel quite envious :)

And especially since the image restrictions have been making so much extra work for you. I remember someone else reported early on that she was unable to use her images on LJ anywhere else -- they can't be hotlinked it seems.

I've been using Google Photos but it's involves using another tool to get a workable address for embedding. It's been quite stable but I'll certainly admit it's not the quickest process.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

"Dreamwidth does not allow images to be embedded on other non LJ-related sites"
OHHHH, that explains so much!! :D I'd have been less confused if it didn't work half of the time. [i.e. if they were all broken all the time; what threw me is that sometimes the embedded DW images decide to appear for a while]

[nrgburst]

Yeah, I know, it's weird! The GIF I uploaded alllmost worked, but it was grainy and refused to auto size and I was like ??? why are you on drugs? WHATEVER I GIVE UP. *goes grumbling to tumblr*

I might just make an image dump post on my own tumblr. Just for ease of reference. But tumblr also randomly deletes things, which is annoying AF. I'd do the google images thing mentioned above, but I want to keep real-me and fandom-me separate.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

"why are you on drugs?"
Heeee! Exactly.

alexseanchai just recommended Imgur, upthread. Hope that'll work for us. :)

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, it's sad to think that the problem you bring up about Tumblr deletions only contributes to the problem of content loss in other places.

If you do decide to go the Google Photos route, you can set up a new account for just fandom use with a pseud. And let me know if you have any questions. The workaround tool that someone else shared with me is https://ctrlq.org/google/photos/

You get the photo link from G Photos, put it in there and it generates the image embed code for you. Because the direct photo link doesn't work for embedding. An extra step, but I have had no problems with it.