localbarnes 2 yr. ago that's alright! Press J to jump to the feed. Data is eliminated from the work(s) themselves, and also their chapters, associated series, and any feedback replies you may have left on them, transferring it to the Archive's specially created orphan_account. But there were still 16 fanfictions available that we cant access through her page anymore. But as long as it's a valid URL, the Wayback Machine should be able to archive everything. ago Sir. If you have the URL, I'd be happy to poke around for it, JJJadaran. An orphaned work remains in the Archive attached to the orphan_account, and cannot be edited or deleted. Follow @deletedfic and get more of the good stuff by joining Tumblr today. Does anyone know if this is something that can be done? If you're looking for how to read deleted fanfiction on AO3, you can search these archives; you could see a snapshot of the website at a point when the book was available. <3. They work by scraping websites periodically and automatically save a snapshot of the website at that particular time. Orphaning is an alternative to deleting a work which you no longer want associated with your account. The thing is, the FFN link for the story was saved (on March 4, 2020 as the site says), but it looks like the page that was actually saved was the "story not found" page. I wanted to find the cached version, and I plugged in the url for the fic (that no longer works) into http://www.viewcached.com. I tried that but it didn't work. . But let me tell you this isnt true. and our A lot of data has disappeared over the last 20 years, so it's not that the internet never forgets anything. 05:27PM UTC. If you could find it, that would be awesome but thanks for trying, too! (Of course I'm having a hell of a hard time trying to find my old, cringy fics from 2010 that I deleted out of embarrassment, thanks to FFN denying web crawlers, so you shouldn't worry too much. An unofficial sub devoted to AO3. The author also deleted their profile. Im going to be using @jbsforever as example. If I had to guess, it sounds like youre trying to view a work that was marked as Only show your work to registered users. Its the tax evasion series by the author standinginanicedress. for more information. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. All you will want to do is open google.com, type in the name of the writer (or the name of the fanfiction if you remember) + the website that their fanfiction was published on. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Orphaning is an alternative to deleting a work which you no longer want associated with your account. Always recommend saving files of your favorite fics or ones you really look forward to reading. showed up :/. So for example: jbsforever archive of our own Now you would have the normal search results appear, like here above ^^. Such is the nature of the internet. Contact The Author Online You will have to google each chapter individually (so type in google: author + title + chapter of choice), but honestly thats a small price to pay for having access to a goldmine of fanfiction! Where can I get more information if my question isnt answered here? For more information, refer to the, Orphan all works posted under a specific Pseud from the Pseuds page on your Dashboard. Question, whenever I try to view a fic on the Wayback Machine, AO3 asks me to log in, and then tells me the fic doesn't exist. We are proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. ACTIVITY Really cool! Occasionally, some writers delete their fanfiction from the website. We are proactive and innovative in protecting and defending our work from commercial exploitation and legal challenge. or any one for that matter. This site is the Italian version of FFN, and you'll have to create an account to access the fic. Heath Slater was Wade's servant. And you will have access to their deleted stories! https://archiveofourown.org/works/35224105. You've lost some control, but on the other hand the stuff you're proud of / indifferent about will be (relatively) safe. She had a lot more than that. Trusting the Internet to keep them up is never a good idea, haha. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The issue is mainly that if AO3 ever crashes really badly, or just dies a natural death, there'll still be a copy of it on the Archive. The thing is, the FFN link for the story was saved (on March 4, 2020 as the site says), but it looks like the page that was actually saved was the "story not found" page. She had a lot more than that. We reached out to its maintainers several times during this period, to find out why AO3 pages weren't archived anymore. I just checked and did not find anything :( I appreciate the suggestion, anyway! You can join by getting an invitation from our automated invite queue. So for example: jbsforever archive of our own. When I attempt to access a story on The Wayback Machine it briefly loads the story, then redirects me and I get stuck on the "Accept our terms and services" page as it won't allow me to check the box saying I accept terms and services. All you have to do, is take the title of the story you want to read. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. You can'torphaning is permanent and irreversible. Guess what her page looks like now? Reading has been a favored pastime of the civilized world for centuries; however, as with several other things, the internet has only made it more popular than it once was. >_<), Last Edited Fri 24 They decide not to fight because they have fallen in love and hope their people would understand that. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. You need to create a private collection first. The Archive of Our Own (AO3) offers a noncommercial and nonprofit central hosting place for fanworks. 09:38PM UTC, tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10, The OTW is Recruiting for Legal Committee Interns, News Translation Volunteers, and Volunteers & Recruiting Volunteers (0), A Priest in Korea is Moving to the AO3 (52), Thanks for Participating in International Fanworks Day 2023 (12), It's International Fanworks Day 2023! You could be in a situation where a book has been deleted that you enjoyed reading years ago, and you want to reread it. So, I'm just wondering if someone could help me to see if there's a way to recover the fic, or if they may have downloaded it at some point. (THANK YOU SO MUCH). Participate in challenges. Download works you might want to read again in a year, crosspost your own works to other sites, and be sure you save back-ups locally and/or with a trusted online service. TLDR at the bottom. Some examples of alternatives to AO3 areFanfiction.net,booksie.com,andtagpacker.com. You will want to click on this. I got to their account, but any link I tried to click I got a screen saying I have to log in, but when I do it's like it kicks me out of the Wayback Machine and into ao3 proper, or to an error page on the Wayback Machine. There's a fanfic I really liked that the author recently deleted. it's a shame, but thanks for trying to help! Is there anyway to find and download a story. I deleted some stories associated with the username and email Im posting with. Your user name and/or pseud is removed from the byline on the work and all its chapters. I might be wrong, but until you get an answer from someone smarter (hehe), I don't think hiding from the search engines would help. I think the Internet Archive's crawler visits the URLs directly, not through Google. Is there a way where fanfics get archived (despite ao3 technically also bein an archive)? Once you see the search result, you will notice a URL under the title tag. I checked Wayback machine too, but it's not there, probably since the story was published pretty recently. Late last year, the AO3 suddenly vanished from the Wayback Machine, a non-profit archiving service. The first chapter came up, and I copied it, but I can't find chapters 2, 3, etc. AO3 allows certain fandoms (including Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles) and story types (including songfic) that have been banned from FanFiction.Net. Good to know! How did you search for it? Particularly odd as I've already done that on the AO3 site proper. Anyone? How to find multiple chapters of a deleted fanfic on cached? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. For more information on how to do this, go to, Orphan all works posted in a series from either the Series index page or Edit Series page. their profile page or specific works), the entire archiveofourown.org domain had been mistakenly excluded. Once you post something online, assume that it will never disappear. I dunno, see I was trying to find a fic by an author who deleted. I tried the wayback machine but maybe I did it wrong. Idk. Thank youSource: https://myeveschoice.com/. The winner would take over both England and Ireland. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://archiveofourown.org/works/35224105. FrozenAnna. Tbh I don't want my fic to be visible for registered users only but I also don't want it to be saved where I can't delete it - Google updates its cache regularly, so if I take something offline it will disappear after a while. Oct 2021 So I was going through my favorites, reading some of the shorter stories there when I got to an entry that read sorry this story has been deleted and -after removing the bookmark- I was struck by this feeling, part frustration, and part regret. AO3 has almost three million works right now and starting from the assumption that the Wayback Machine supposedly stopped crawling AO3 less than a year ago (?) (the author-name would be deleted given that deleting the story does not always mean that they are gone). NOT THE ACTUAL WORK, Last Edited Thu 07 TLDR: Fanfic i read in 2017 probably got deleted and i want to find it. Webpages are constantly changing, and internet archives are a way to keep track of these changes to the internet. You will have to google each chapter individually (so type in google: author + title + chapter of choice), but honestly thats a small price to pay for having access to a goldmine of fanfiction! How do I orphan a work which I have co-authored/co-created with someone else? I mean, don't get me wrong, I love AO3, I actually think it's pretty perfect as it is, but I find it superconfusing that there's no info on these questions and everyone's just behaving as if we're standing on the Titanic which is about to sink every moment, and that seems a bit overly dramatic. So, check if the fanfiction youre looking for has been published if youre looking for it on AO3 and cant find it. Things change, and what's fine now may not be fine one, two, five years from now. . Privacy Policy. Is it hopeless? Even if it's not fool-proof, no one can expect that; but in the current phrasing it sounds like it's not working at all, with anything. In this post, we will tell you tricks on how to find deleted fanfics using Google, just like anybody else. The project's director contacted us this week and explained the problem. You can orphan the work according to the instructions in How do I orphan my work(s)?the byline on the work will read "orphan_account" or "your pseud (orphan_account)". Ugh this goes against all of my compulsive tendencies :/. Here is the link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3643800/chapters/16769512. It was a Tokyo Revengers fanfiction with the ship of Takemitchy and Mikey. Edit: Thank you everyone for replying! Logging in doesnt actually do anything if youre viewing a page saved on the Wayback Machine its a frozen page, not something you can interface with. The Wayback Machine only archived the WARNING PAGES that you receive when you open those kinds of works. The alternatives listed above are websites, but if you need an app on your Windows or Mac system to check for fanfiction, you can useoStorybookorMyStorybook. I download it. Online platforms likeRedditandQuoraallow internet users to connect with like-minded people in almost every aspect of life. My attempt was to work more on them using a word document, re-write some and do some plot changes. You can delete your account on your Profile page as follows: Log in and go to your Dashboard by selecting the greeting "Hi, [username]!" and choosing "My Dashboard" from the menu, or by selecting your profile image. amd merge some storylines I was dissatisfied with. wayback machine: https://archive.org/web/I thought I'd share the best method I know of to recover deleted ao3 works with you guys. there are pretty few copies of actual fic from earlier years on there. I know I did it a long time ago with a story I liked (around late 2020? Once you have orphaned your work, you can no longer edit it. The Price We Have To . Hello! And I get landed over your article, it was very informative. You can see a little arrow pointing downwards at the end of it. Since the Wayback Machine doesnt have an AO3 account, when the crawler found that story, it got redirected to the same page all unregistered viewers see, informing them that it was inaccessible. You should prepare a good memory because you are going to need . So yes, that. Here is the link. I don't care too much about this, because I simply don't want my texts to be archived elsewhere, but still. I can live with that. This is how her page looks like right now: As you can see there are only 3 fics available. Well i have been trying to re- find it for the better half of a year now with no success. myrach0ndria 2 yr. ago There, you'll be able to add that fic to the private collection you created. But there were still 16 fanfictions available that we cant access through her page anymore. Is there a way to read a deleted fic from ao3? We preserve our fannish economy, values, and creative expression by protecting and nurturing our fellow fans, our work, our commentary, our history, and our identity while providing the broadest possible access to fannish activity for all fans. Original TMNT Cartoon Fan. D: here i was, thinking i'd hit the jackpot and could read some of my favourite fics again. We all understand this. Go through the exact same process you just did with the authors name, but just type their name and the title into google now (author + title). Some fanfiction authors dont post their stories on just one website, so you might be in luck and find that they didnt delete the story on another website even though they removed it on AO3. Anyone remember the name of a fanfiction with Sheamus and Wade Barrett about 10 years ago, maybe between 2010 and 2012? In May 2013 I decided to do some additional works on my stories, so I deleted them here. And even went through EVERY SINGLE fanfic with the ship tag on ao3 in hopes of finding it) But i couldn't find any trace of it online. Examples of such internet archives are Archive.org, Time Travel and Stillio. In that case, youre pretty much out of luck. I think on the long run it will be pretty unlikely that everything will be saved, because most of the stuff on the net is either ephemeral or simply rubbish. Register on any of these platforms and start a thread asking for the books in question, and it might be a search that yields fruit. But I would like ao3 to consider the other side too - especially as they do know how much people harass and target authors. So we will be working with the words under there, the ones that appear in green. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4125694/1/Public_Affairs, http://www.fanfiction.net/u/594667/funkyflamingo, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jorORmEDrWPM_x94KzMCx5WetktwahXt/view?usp=sharing. Alternatively, double-check that the Wayback Machine hasn't archived the full version of the story somewhere. Get notified when your favorite works, series, or users update. In this post, we will tell you tricks on how to find deleted fanfics using Google, just like anybody else. Please consider turning it on! However, due to copyright law, they will probably restore that page 70 or 80 or 120 years after your death And if you're at all popular, people will make their own copies and possibly publish them. I can see none, unless of course I would choose to delete my work for whatever reason and people still want to read it (which is pretty hypothetical since it's not particularly popular). I have created this forum to be a helpful community for those of us who are in search of copies of deleted fanfictions or for the titles/locations of fanfictions long forgotten. It's p. weird. For more information, please see our I remember reading a fanfic in early 2017 that i just. Normally you would click on the words that are in blue to go to their page. You should . Glad you found it again. Luckily for us, shes putting them on again! The crawler isn't going to have an account, so when it visits the page of your story, the only thing archived will be a "you need to be logged in" page. Please consider turning it on! We hope you'll use the orphan_account to allow your works to remain in the Archive even if you no longer wish to be associated with them, or have them connected to your account. Now, I understand that authors have the right to remove their works at any point and there are even some kind ones that give us readers some warning about it, but I'm not writing this to vent on that (even though I have many feelings on the topic, warranted or not). Hi! Work Search: Like, in this particular case, does Archive.org respect the setting or not? Orphaned works will be maintained by the Archive to be enjoyed by future fans; existing bookmarks and links will not break. (31), International Fanworks Day Feedback Fest 2023 (104), Open Doors celebrates the completion of 17 archive imports in 2022! I can't be sure that I'm right about that, but it might be worth it to check with them. Anyway,jbsforeverrecently deleted all of her fics on Ao3. In this particular case I'm just a bit nonplussed to what exactly the gain of my fic being mirrored elsewhere should be when I already archived it here. They are a nonprofit website that allows users to post stories that could be fanfiction or original works; they run as a free-for-all, where anyone can write anything and share it. How can I get my work(s) back if I change my mind after orphaning a work? Also tried to search for the writer on google, but I think she deleted all her accounts. Have your favorite fanfictions suddenly disappeared without a trace? For an author to have posted his fanfiction on AO3, it means they have access to the internet, which in most cases means they have an online presence on social media. Try Wayback'ing archiveofourown.org/works/11579037/index.html , that got me "A way to a man's heart is through a photo of his food.". If you find the fanfiction youre looking for has been deleted and remember the authors name, you can search for them on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. (I checked some stuff that was posted in 2011 for example, which wasn't archived either.). And if you do just tell me and Ill delete this post. Hope this will come in handy for you! I think you may be able to ask ao3 for a copy of your deleted stories if they are yours. I did find the majority of the fic translated in Italian here. There are many other fanfiction readers on these spaces, and theres a chance someone else has an offline copy of the book you want to read so badly. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The first option you have when you want to read deleted fanfiction on AO3 is to check other fanfiction websites. Read Also: 10 Best Places to Buy Cheap Manga. I have been scouring the internet all day trying to find a way to get access to a copy of a now deleted fanfiction. Does this link work for you? I recently saw a post here on Tumblr that said that when a fanfic gets deleted from Archiveofourown.com or Fanfiction.net(or any other website you can think of)you will never be able to find this again. . That shouldn't happen :/The only problem I've had is with M/E-rated fics, where the agegate can trip up the Wayback Machine. i've been trying to save fics, but it just says that the site's robot texts do not allow it. Also, there are groups for fanfiction fans on Facebook; join in and ask for the book, you might find someone who has a copy to share. Here's the url: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11579037 I tried the wayback machine but maybe I did it wrong. Dive in! Save everything you want locally. If you change your mind, select "Cancel" to close the textbox. I am trying to look for this fic but cannot find any cache of it. For more information, refer to the, Orphan all your works from the Preferences page on your Dashboard. I remember that Hina and Takemitchy were dating but they broke up because Takemitchy found Hina cheating. After you have chosen which work(s) to orphan, you have two options: For more information on pseuds, please go to the Pseuds FAQ. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. This is how her page looks like right now: As you can see there are only 3 fics available. So I'm wondering what the criteria are whether a fic will be saved or not. On a mobile device, select "Filters" to access the form. And if you do just tell me and Ill delete this post. I have contancted the author and am now waiting for an answer, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. With an AO3 account, you can: Share your own fanworks. 04:10PM UTC. I'm really not super concerned about copy right but it's somehow weird that AO3 celebrates this undermining of my control over my own content as a victory for fandom. i appreciate you looking. AO3 because of its huge library and incredible search engine to find the . Below is the information about how to find deleted ao3 fics . (I tried searching for the title in the ao3 filter, search by date. So for example: jbsforever archive of our own. Hi. Firstly, a bunch of thanks for sharing such valuable information & experience with us.Actually, I was doing some research about the Wayback machine project usability & their development. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11579037. Fill in as many of the sections as you can, and see if you can find the fic then! But this will bring you to how the page is currently installed. If you need more help, please submit a Support request. This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast 16 9 comments Best Forums Writers Anonymous Recover deleted stories. See whoareyouandwhyshouldicare's whole Tumblr. Users have the ability to link various pseudonyms and names under one account and also to "orphan" stories to remove their names from them. An unofficial sub devoted to AO3. All fans and fanworks are welcome! How to find deleted ao3 fic Hey, a while ago an author I was following deleted their account for some reason. 16 fanfictions and their names for you to enjoy. I have tried using the Wayback machine to find a fanfic called "i regret to inform you that magic is real", Here is the link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35224105. Your best bet is probably searching in Bing, which seems to retain caches better than Google. I'm in a fandom where harrassment over shipping is very common (though appears to be waning post-finale), so if I really, really love a work, I don't take a chance. Press J to jump to the feed. For more information, please see our I'm wondering the same thing. I would also love to have some insight in what the option 'hide my work from search engines when possible' actually does or doesn't do. I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly or if the fic is just completely deleted. But let me tell you this isnt true. This was the link to the story itself: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4125694/1/Public_Affairs and this was the link to the author's profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/594667/funkyflamingo. Work Search: Please note that the work will not be removed from the seriesto do this, you must edit the work to remove it from the series before orphaning it. I recently saw a post here on Tumblr that said that when a fanfic gets deleted from Archiveofourown.com or Fanfiction.net(or any other website you can think of)you will never be able to find this again. If you're concerned about the public availability of your works, check our "How can I hide my works from non-Archive users?" Edit: Typically, if a fic wasn't saved/archived on archive.org / wayback machine, you'd have to track down someone else who may have saved the fic themselves. Can you really rely on Archive.org? Well, if you take them off restricted, then you will have to contact the archive and ask for the pages to be taken down. Orphaning will permanently eliminate all your identifying data from the selected work(s). Examples of such internet archives areArchive.org, Time Travel andStillio. Have you forgotten the name of that wonderful fanfiction you were reading five years ago? How would you feel if AO3 had the option to kudos each chapter, similar to Wattpad's feature? And thank you @jbsforever (ily ). Thank you very much for your help. Whichever you choose, your co-creator will not be affected and will remain a co-creator of the work. Refer to What is Orphaning? So far only one person has deleted from AO3 and the fic was still on FFN but I have my own copy to enjoy. Otherwise, if you have the URL of the fic from different sites, you could see if it shows up on the wayback machine . You will want to click on this. Is there a way to set back the website to before it got deleted? and our Normally you would click on the words that are in blue to go to their page. I've never seen a 'fic doesn't exist' error. 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