March Meta Matters Challenge, Check-in No. 1

[yourlibrarian]

Welcome to year 6 of the Meta Matters Challenge! I'm your moderator, yourlibrarian.

These posts will be used for us all to check-in with one another, offer encouragement and answers to questions, and maybe tips we come up with as we copy our work to another location.

Before we begin, some reminders. Please look over the FAQ as there are some important bits for everyone to follow, namely:

Remember to tag all your posts with the "Nonfiction" tag in the "Additional Tags" section of the posting form.

Remember to add your meta to the March Meta Matters Challenge community on either AO3 or Squidgeworld.

If you've already begun copying over your meta, you can always edit the files to add in the tags and collection assignment.

Also for those using Squidgeworld.org for hosting, they will be adding fanvid hosting to their image hosting! The service may be down for upgrades over the next 24 hours but is expected back soon.

Since this is our first check-in, please comment with one or more of the following:

1) Details about you: This could include canons (if any) you've written meta in, years in fandom, things you tend to write about (if you've noticed themes), or whatever else you'd like to share.

2) Details about your meta: How much of your past work are you going to be looking through? Have you already started reviewing fandom accounts? Do you have organizing tips to share as we go sorting through our posts?

3) Goals you have: Maybe you want to back up a certain number of posts. Maybe you want to update older meta. Maybe you're looking forward to writing new meta. We all have hopes of what we can accomplish this month. Feel free to share them!
Also, if you have any questions not already covered in our introductory post or in our FAQ, include them here.

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. Just sign your messages with your username and we'll all get to know you!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

1) Details about you:

As of the last few years, what I've written mostly falls into TV show reviews, but there have been a few meta pieces too. At this point I've been in online fandom for 30 years though I wasn't writing and posting until 2004. Canons have changed a lot, but it's always possible I'll drag an old one into a current discussion ⚰️

2) Details about your meta:

I am very excited about this year, because I am finally going to catch up completely on my meta archiving! I left off at the end of 2023 last year, and started working on 2024 this past week. I didn't post that much these past two years so I think I'll get through the last two years partway through March.

3) Goals you have:

I hope to do some meta writing this year, something I've rarely done in March because reviewing and sometimes editing old posts (as well as copying them) has taken so much time. I have an Andor piece that has been waiting for several years, and came across notes for a Buffyverse one that predates MMM entirely! So let's see what happens.

[mrsluigivargas]

1) I seem to write meta about videogames :) Mostly Super Mario, but also some other miscellaneous canons, too. Sometimes one detail bugs you enough to write a few paragraphs about it, lol.

2) Luckily last year I finished a project where I crossposted nearly everything I've ever posted to social media onto Dreamwidth, so all I'll have to do is scroll through that to find meta to back up! I've even already gone and tagged some! Around 30 posts to sort through, after an initial scan. The actual number will probably be smaller. Plus I have one more that I wrote last week that I haven't posted yet! :D

3) My primary goal is to back up my meta to my personal site, because currently the meta masterlist there just links to the original posts. My secondary goal is to back up some meta to Squidgeworld (and some to AO3). My tertiary goal is to finish archiving that Voltron fandom survey blog I ran in like 2018, lmao. I've got one write-up left!