Sink Into Your Eyes

Sink Into Your Eyes is a Harry/Ginny archive.
As of February 2017, it had 4359 stories, 1619 authors, and 9267 members.
==Some Links==
The Submission Rules are here.
The General FAQ is here.
The Archiving FAQ is here.
==The 2005 Obscenity Ban==
In 2005, the site found itself in the middle of a fandom discussion regarding censorship, what is "obscene," the right of archive owners to determine what was posted to their site, the value of reviews as fanworks unto themselves, who provides value to fans (archive mods or authors), and much more. 
 
===What Happened===
On February 16, 2005, the archive instituted a strict ban on vulgar language in new stories. The ban was posted to their front page, and was created in response to a 2004 article on J.K. Rowling which stated that she supported fanworks, but not the ones that were considered "obscene." This article may have been Rowling backs Potter fan fiction or one that was similar. 
This ban did not generate much comment until six months later when the administrators removed a story (and its 1400 reviews/comments) by LaFeeMechante. The story, "Jenny," was deleted without warning and was unrecoverable. 
LaFeeMechante was very vocal about her displeasure, and reposted one of the site administrator's response on her own journal: 
After receiving this message, LaFeeMechante began a petition. Because there can never be too much HP wank. Oh, wait....THERE CAN., fandom wank, July 31, 2005 
A fan wrote of their displeasure regarding the removal of a favorite fanwork: 
===The Letter from WizardTales===
Shortly after the ban, WizardTales, a competing Harry Potter archive, sent a letter to many fans. The letter encouraged fans to delete their fic from "Sink Into Your Eyes" and to post their fic to "WizardTales" instead. The letter included a long list of links to other sites, including fans' personal journals where the ban had been discussed. This letter was seen by some fans as unethical because it used a political situation to poach on another archive's members. "Wow, thanks for speaking out! I hadn't heard about this letter until now, but I have observed certain admins of the site that sent it out all but jumping up and down to pimp their archive through all this. It makes me sick to see one archive profitting from the loss of another," and "In all the years I've been involved in fandoms, I have NEVER seen an archive pull a stunt like this. This was a very unprofessional and quite frankly rude. This makes me questions the ethics of WT admins just as much as I've questioned the motives at SIYE admins the last few weeks" were two comments at a fan's site where the letter was reposted. -- More Fandom H/G archive Wankiness, by delylah, August 8, 2008 The links, some fans felt, were also inappropriate. "I have not been contacted by any staff member of Wizard Tales in order to ask whether they could link to the entry in my journal discussing the SIYE situation." -- More Fandom H/G archive Wankiness, by delylah, August 8, 2008 
 
===One Letter in Response===
One fan's post in reply touches on censorship, free speech, rights of archivists, and permissions: 
===A Retraction===
On August 9, 2005, "Sink Into Your Eye"s posted a retraction of the obscenity ban and an apology for the deleted accounts, which read in part: 
==References==
 
 
Category:Harry Potter Archives
Category:2000s
Category:2010s
Category:EFiction