What Does This Mean?

Restricted Work

[ SLANG ][ FANDOM ][ AO3 ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: FandomCLUSTER: AO3 Platform Terms

An Archive of Our Own setting in which the author makes a fanwork visible only to logged-in AO3 account holders. Visitors who are not signed in do not see the work's content.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""The sequel is a Restricted Work now, so you need to log in to read it.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wikipedia notes that AO3 content can be viewed without an account unless the author chooses to make a work available only to registered users; that option is what fans call a restricted work. Authors use it to keep works out of public view and out of search-engine and scraping reach, and the setting is also called an archive-locked or login-locked work in fandom wikis.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (AO3 feature; no dated first use found)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s-2020s

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ FANDOM ][ AO3 ]

RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (AO3 feature; no dated first use found)

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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