As with previous changes to categories, The Books & Literature category has been updated to Books & Literature & Legends. We have quite a few religious and legend based fics, which always teetered on the edge of the category. This rename fixed that.
If anyone has further suggestions or questions, please feel free to reach out!
Because there are quite a few items that don't quite fit the definition of some of our categories, we're going to be updating some of our main media categories to reflect that truth. Therefore, "TV Shows" will become "TV and Streaming Video" and "Video Games" will become "Gaming". The former is because things like Watcher or College Humor/Dropout are fandoms that qualify to be under the "TV" category, but aren't on TV. Likewise, in the latter, there are some board games (the life of me, I can't remember the name of at the moment) that should qualify just as much as a video game - so it makes sense to put them both under "Gaming".
There may be some awkwardness with how the site is indexed for the next couple of hours. But after Sunday morning maintenance, things should once again be stable.
With regards to SquidgeWorld Archive and AI, I've written a blog post over on the Squidge.org Blog. You can find it by clicking this link.
Questions? You can leave a comment here or over on the Squidge.org Blog.
Squidge.org has been around since 1994, but it wasn't until recently that we became an official 501c3 - an official tax-deductible supporting non-profit here in the United States. And now that we've been approved, we can take donations. There are quite a lot of organizations that you can give to, but Squidge.org, the organization behind SquidgeWorld Archive among other properties, hopes that we'll earn your support.
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Per the details of the SquidgeWorld Monthly Contest post, here are the winners for April, 2023
Random story chosen by the computer:
On April 26th user A_Nameless_Gremlin posted a work called Married Papa Snippets
Random review chosen by the computer:
On April 22nd user KalicoFox left a comment on morgynleri's work The Long Way Around
Each user will be contacted asap about their win.
Per the details of the SquidgeWorld Monthly Contest post, here are the winners for March, 2023
Random story chosen by the computer:
On March 10th user Khauro posted a work called A Horcrux’s Fate
Random review chosen by the computer:
On March 22nd user Cat Moon left a comment on yourlibrarian's work Fansplaining's Shipping Survey, Some Comments
Users Khauro, Cat_Moon, and yourlibrarian will be notified of their win soon!
Per the details of the SquidgeWorld Monthly Contest post, here are the winners for February, 2023
Random story chosen by the computer:
On February 5th user Ysilme posted a work called Water Under The Bridge
Random review chosen by the computer:
On February 25th anonymous user Linda left a comment on Wgang16's work Vin's Nightmare
Users Ysilme, Linda, and Wgang16 will be contacted soon and notified about their wins. They each won a US$10 gift card of their choice.
For the German (Deutsch) speakers, readers, and writers among us, German language is now available as an option in the archive. Please let me know if you have any issues. And if you're looking for another language to be added, please don't hesitate to ask.
