no archiving available for fanvidders and fanartists, and as far as I'm concerned that should be the top priority
Well, yes. But.
To allow "original" works, the archive need do... nothing. Maybe create a canonical tag in "Other media" called "Original fiction" (which there may already be; I forget). The debate about original works takes no (specific) resources from the archive, although it may distract some coders & other participants. Since they're all volunteers, the claim can't (reasonably) be made, "they should be working on *this!* Not paying attention to *that!*"
To allow art & vids, code needs changes, servers need maybe expanding, and so on. I don't want that work to stop, but I can't see how the current debate impedes that goal at all.
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Well, yes. But.
To allow "original" works, the archive need do... nothing. Maybe create a canonical tag in "Other media" called "Original fiction" (which there may already be; I forget). The debate about original works takes no (specific) resources from the archive, although it may distract some coders & other participants. Since they're all volunteers, the claim can't (reasonably) be made, "they should be working on *this!* Not paying attention to *that!*"
To allow art & vids, code needs changes, servers need maybe expanding, and so on. I don't want that work to stop, but I can't see how the current debate impedes that goal at all.