Trekiverse

Trekiverse is the central archive of Star Trek fanfiction posted to the usenet groups Alt Startrek Creative, Alt Startrek Creative Erotica Moderated, and Alt Startrek Creative All Ages.
Probably the largest collection of online Trekfic, the archive is associated with the ASC Awards and the Golden Orgasms.
==Gallery==
File:Trekiverse_Voyager.png|Star Trek Voyager page
File:Trekiverse_Chakotay_Thomas_Paris_Page_1.png|Voyager pairing subpage Chakotay/Paris, part 1
File:Trekiverse_The_Next_Generation.png|TNG page
File:Trekiverse_The_Original_Series.png|TOS page
File:Trekiverse_Enterprise.png|ENT page
File:Trekiverse_Deep_Space_Nine.png|DS9 page
File:Trekiverse_ASC_Awards.png|ASC Awards page
== History ==
Trekiverse was established in 1991 as an ftp Alt.StarTrek.Creative archive at ftp.cis.ksu.edu under the administration of Joseph Young. He maintained it until April 1995 when he left Kansas State University. In July Alara Rogers took over as archivist, bringing the alt.sex.fetish.startrek archive as well as the alt.fan.q archive. In 1996, a Web Index was created with Matt C. Steenberg as Index Maintainer. By the end of the year, FAQ Maintainer Stephen Ratliff took over the web Index as Index Maintainer. Dina Lerret and Katie Redshoes joined the archive team in 1997, prior to Alara stepping down in 1998. From 1998 to 2000 the archive was run by Dina and Katie. When Dina stepped down in 2000, Katie became lead archivist. Trekiverse.wordpress.com: Whither Trekiverse? (accessed 10 December 2013)
On November of 2000, the Alt.StarTrek.Creative Archive became Trekiverse. At that time, the archive was split under several different servers, knitted together by indexes. Hosts included Slashcity, Crosswinds, Jovian.net and others. The archive team owns trekiverse.org .net .com and .us .
From the inception, Trekiverse has archived stories from the newsgroups alt.startrek.creative, alt.startrek.creative.erotica, alt.startrek.creative.all-ages, alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated, alt.sex.fetish.startrek, and alt.fan.q. Direct submissions were possible via email, and even at one point via an upload form, but required archivist approval. There was for several years a search form written by Joshua Macy but a software update caused that to be dropped. Trekiverse.wordpress.com: Whither Trekiverse? (accessed 10 December 2013)On the fifteenth of December in 2013 the archive was moved into an efiction system which will allow authors to upload without archivist intervention. Trekiverse.wordpress.com: Doors Are Open (accessed 20 December 2013)
==Some Links==
* Original Charter (not dated)
* Trekiverse is open (I'm pleased to announce that Trekiverse, the new ASC* Archive site for alt.startrek.creative, alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated and alt.startrek.creative.all-ages, is open for business.") (November 23, 2000)
* FAQ (Version 3.07)
* ASCEM Golden Orgasms Archive
==Some Stats==
In November 1997, a fan offered up these stats regarding archived fiction: 
* from 1987 to 1992 I believe about 300 stories were put in the archive (this is mostly from bitnet and usenet before asc was created in 1993)
*1993 and 1994 700 stories put in archive
*1995 about 600 stories put in archive
*1996 about 1000 stories posted to asc
*1997 about 750 stories posted to asc so far" ASC, November 1997 
 
==A Bridge Between Print and Online==
The line between reading fan fiction in print and online was sometimes not so easily traversed. A fan tells of her first exposure to Trekiverse: 
==Technical Difficulties: eFiction Archive==
In 2020, the site's eFiction archive became temporarily inaccessible due to technical difficulties.Trekiverse.org new archive section down (accessed August 24 2021) According to an official blog post, the stories still exist, but the eFiction database was lost, requiring significant work to restore archive functionality. As of 2024, the issue remains unresolved.Trekiverse :: Archiving Star Trek Fanfiction since 1991 (Front page of eFiction archive, accessed August 24 2021)
This issue did not affect the old archive, which remains up and functional.Trekiverse: Main Archive (accessed August 24 2021)
== Current Staff ==
*Stephen Ratliff - Index Maintainer (1996-present)
*Katie Redshoes - Archivist (2000-present)
*Ian Toldman - Assistant Formatter
== Previous Staff ==
Past staff and founders of the archive.
=== Index Maintainers ===
*Matt Steenberg (1995-1996)
=== Archivists ===
*Joseph Young (1991-1995)
*Alara Rogers (1995-1998)
*Dina Lerret (1998-2000)
=== Summary Editors ===
*Meghan Elizabeth (2000)
*Yvette, General active in 2000
*Tasha Simonova, Parody active in 2000
*Sileya, Adult active in 2000
==Recs, Reviews, Comments==
== References ==
Category:Star Trek Websites
Category:SlashCity
Category:1990s
Category:2000s
Category:2010s