Archive of Our Own

nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works
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Archive of Our Own

Summary

Archive of Our Own is a service on Internet[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of service_on_internet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,481 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Archive of Our Own received the Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3].
  • Archive of Our Own received the Hugo Award[4].
  • Archive of Our Own's image is recorded as Ao3-screenshot.png[5].
  • Archive of Our Own's instance of is recorded as service on Internet[6].
  • Archive of Our Own's instance of is recorded as fiction repository[7].
  • Archive of Our Own's owned by is recorded as Organization for Transformative Works[8].
  • Archive of Our Own's operator is recorded as Organization for Transformative Works[9].
  • Archive of Our Own's logo image is recorded as Logo Archive of Our Own.svg[10].
  • Archive of Our Own's programmed in is recorded as Ruby on Rails[11].
  • Archive of Our Own's Commons category is recorded as Archive of Our Own[12].
  • Archive of Our Own's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • +2008-10-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Archive of Our Own[14].
  • Archive of Our Own's official website is recorded as http://archiveofourown.org/[15].
  • Archive of Our Own's main subject is recorded as fan fiction[16].
  • Archive of Our Own's main subject is recorded as fan art[17].
  • Archive of Our Own's main subject is recorded as user-generated content[18].
  • Archive of Our Own's described at URL is recorded as https://dc.uwm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=etd[19].
  • Archive of Our Own's web feed URL is recorded as https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts.rss[20].
  • Archive of Our Own's Library of Congress item ID is recorded as lcwaN0026729[21].
  • Archive of Our Own's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8419[22].
  • Archive of Our Own's different from is recorded as OTW-Archive[23].
  • Archive of Our Own's X is recorded as ao3org[24].
  • Archive of Our Own's X is recorded as AO3_Status[25].
  • Archive of Our Own's uses is recorded as OTW-Archive[26].
  • Archive of Our Own's uses is recorded as Ruby on Rails[27].

Body

Founding

+2008-10-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Archive of Our Own[14].

Operations

Archive of Our Own's operator is recorded as Organization for Transformative Works[9].

Ownership

Archive of Our Own's owned by is recorded as Organization for Transformative Works[8].

Recognition

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3], a science fiction award[28], founded in 1980[29] and Hugo Award[4], a group of awards[30], founded in 1953[31].

Why It Matters

Archive of Our Own ranks in the top 5% of service_on_internet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,481 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Archive of Our Own receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Related Work[3] and Hugo Award[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . numerama.com. numerama.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . archiveofourown.org. archiveofourown.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . archiveofourown.org. archiveofourown.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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