We always need help keeping the archive review up-to-date. At last count, we had twenty-five archives to keep track of, and five more that still need reviews. If you would like to contribute to the archive review, all the information you need is right here.

:: How to review
:: Authors’ questions
:: Readers’ questions
:: Sites waiting for reviews

‡ How to Review ‡

In order to get authors and archives in touch with each other, we ask two sets of questions about archives: from the reader's viewpoint, and from the author's viewpoint. We hope these reviews will help authors find a home for their stories.

If you want to contribute to this project, just follow these steps:

1. Decide if you would like to do a readers’ review, authors’ review, or both. The lists of questions are further down this page.
2. Pick the archive you would like to review. If you don’t have a particular archive in mind, we have a list of unreviewed archives to choose among. You may also add information to an existing review, or review a site not on our list. We only require that any site reviewed is an archive that accept unsolicited Harry Potter fanfic submissions.
3. Answer the questions as clearly and as impartially as possible.
4. Decide if your review is signed or anonymous, and if you would like a link back to your site.
5. Cut and paste your review into the body of your email, and send your review to dracopottamus@hotmail.com. PLEASE DO NOT SEND THE REVIEW AS AN ATTACHMENT.
6. After the review has been checked for accuracy, it will be added to the site.

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‡ Authors’ Questions ‡

• Are the rules and terms of submission easy to find?
• Do they supply a beta reader for authors?
• Are they polite about rejecting fics?
• Do they remove author's notes or copyright notices without asking the author first?
• Do they ever archive fics without permission?
• Are they prompt about removing fics at an author's request?
• What is their plagiarism policy...do they investigate or do they take a complainant at their word?
• Do they update at least once a month?
• Do they make it possible for readers to leave feedback?
• Is their location stable, or they move frequently?

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‡ Readers’ questions ‡

• Is the site attractive?
• 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?)
• How selective is the archive? (Are you likely to find a good story?)
• Are they a specialty (ship or genre centric) or general (only ratings restrictions) archive?
• Is it easy to navigate within multi-chaptered stories?
• Are there search engines? Are they easy to use?
• Are the indexes (author, title listings) clearly laid out?
• Are stories appropriately labelled if they require warnings?
• How many pages do you have to search through to get to the first story?
• Is it easy to leave feedback?

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‡ Unreviewed archive list ‡

:: Fan Domination

A multi-fandom automated archive that accepts ALL ratings.

:: Femmespark

A femmeslash archive that accepts ALL ratings.

:: Noire Sensus

A slash archive, all ratings.

:: Perfect?

An archive dedicated to Percy Weasley. All ratings, slash and het.

:: The Staff Room

An archive that features the staff of Hogwarts. Slash & het pairings, the site does not use ratings.

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