‡ A Family Affair ‡

• http://afa.expecto-patronum.net/
  
• Weasleycest archive
• Ratings: ALL
• Submission guidelines
• Authors' review by lightbringer and Jai, the site owner.
• Reader review by MidnightBast

‡ Authors' Review ‡

• Are the rules and terms of submission easy to find?
  “AFA recently switched over to an automated archive format, which means authors will be responsible for uploading their own stories. You will have to join their Yahoo Group or email the site maintainer in order to gain access to either the archive or the upload interface.”
  -lightbringer
• Do you supply a beta reader for authors?
  “No, but we do have a section for ‘Tips and Tools,’ which leads to, among other places, this site, where people can find a beta.”
  -Jai
• Are you polite about rejecting fics?
  “I have not rejected a fic yet. I like to think I would be polite.”
  -Jai
• Do you remove author's notes or copyright notices without asking the author first?
  Not applicable (automated archive).
• Do you ever archive fics without permission?
  “Never.”
  -Jai
• Are you prompt about removing fics at an author's request?
  [Editor’s Note: this answer applies to the stories archived before the automated system was installed.] “This has yet to occur, but again, it would be done within a week, if not sooner, as updates are generally weekly.”
  [In regards to stories archived with the new system…] “Authors can delete their own stories.”
  -Jai
• What is your plagiarism policy...do you investigate or do you take a complainant at their word?
  “Another one that has yet to happen on this archive, but such things always warrant thorough investigation.”
  -Jai
• Do you update at least once a month?
  Not applicable (author-controlled uploads).
• Do you make it possible for readers to leave feedback?
  “We include email addresses on the fics, or if the authors choose, links to on-site profiles with in-depth contact information.”
  -Jai
• Is your location stable, or you move frequently?
  “We’ve moved once since being founded in September, and there is a forward from that place.”
  -Jai

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‡ Reader review ‡

• Is the site attractive?
  It's a pretty blue. ^_^
• Is the site easy to navigate? (can you get to all the main sections from every page, or do they rely on the 'back' button an awful lot?)
  Yes, it is framed so you always have the ability to get to any part of the site at any time.
• How selective is the archive? (Are you likely to find a good story?)
  Not very (see here - http://afa.expecto-patronum.net/submissions.htm)
• Are they a specialty (ship or genre centric) or general (only ratings restrictions) archive?
  Must be Weasleycest.
• Is it easy to navigate within multi-chaptered stories?
  Yup yup.
• Are there search engines? Are they easy to use?
  Yup - Fiction By Title, Fiction By Author, and Fiction By Pairing.
• Are the indexes (author, title listings) clearly laid out?
  Yes.
• Are stories appropriately labelled if they require warnings?
  Yup yup.
• How many pages do you have to search through to get to the first story?
  Two, and the third is the story.
• Is it easy to leave feedback?
  Yes.

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