Nominations Clarifications #4

[worldbuildingmod]

I've decided to make this post a round-up/repost of all remaining issues.

New query

• Critical Role (Web Series) - Original Character(s): Cyclops Stormcaller and Original Character(s): Goliath Stormborn - it isn't clear to me whether these are specific characters whose existence is stated in canon (in which case they could just be nominated as "Cyclops Stormcaller" and "Goliath Stormborn") - nominations for characters which don't actually appear in canon but whose existence is stated or implied are fine in worldbuildingex - or whether they are descriptions of a type of character of which there could be more than one (in which case they could be nominated as "Original Cyclops Stormcaller" and "Original Goliath Stormborn").

Outstanding queries

These are queries from previous posts which have not yet received replies. I am going to explain what I intend to do in each case if I still haven't received any feedback on these within the next 48 hours. (I will prioritise feedback from the nominator - you can prove that you are the nominator by posting a link to your nominations page; only yourself and I as the mod of the tag set will be able to access this link.)

• Original Work - WB: Hallmark Channel Small Town Gothic - I still feel as though this is a setting in which more specific worldbuilding tags could be nominated, rather than a worldbuilding tag in and of itself. At present, I am leaning towards rejecting this, but I have the feeling I may be misunderstanding the intent.
  
• Supergirl (TV 2015) - WB: the Xenosexual Scene and Maggie's Bildungsroman - if "Maggie's Bildungsroman" is something Maggie is writing (i.e. a text within the text) then it is definitely fair game as worldbuilding, but I can't find any evidence for this searching online, and my instinct is that this is more like a mixed worldbuilding and character prompt. My intention here is to edit the tag to just "WB: the Xenosexual Scene" - someone who wanted to match on this specifically in the context of Maggie could do so by using Maggie (who is in the tag set) as the only character tag
  
• End of Eternity | Resonance of Fate - WB: Massacre Cult details - I still can't find any evidence for the existence of this (e.g. searching for the word "cult" on the fandom's wiki gets no returns), so am leaning towards rejection. This is currently the only worldbuilding tag nominated for this fandom; I will not reject the whole fandom at this stage, but it will not be approved without worldbuilding tags

Fandoms that will currently not be approved

I am loath to reject fandoms outright, partly because I would prefer their nominators to be able to use the slot for something else, and partly because other nominators might later come and nominate valid tags, but find themselves unable to do so if the entire fandom had been rejected. However, fandoms with no worldbuilding tags will not be accepted and will be rejected at the close of nominations.

At present this applies to the following fandoms:

• TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms - only character tags nominated; I also feel that this is too broad, encompassing Tolkien works that have no connection to one another and so fall under the "no non-canonical crossovers" rule (a specific Lord of the Rings books-only tag is already in; in previous years, a lot of Tolkien tags have been nominated under categories like "Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien")
  
• Final Fantasy XV - "relationship" slots have been used for canonical AO3 ship tags, not worldbuilding tags
  
• Naruto - "relationship" slots have been used for canonical AO3 ship tags, not worldbuilding tags
  
• Star Trek - only character tags nominated; a lot of smaller subdivisions of Star Trek are now in the tag set, but I could be persuaded on this fandom tag being useful, although it is very broad
  
• X-Men - All Media Types - "relationship" slots have been used for canonical AO3 ship tags, not worldbuilding tags; also another broad fandom, though again one that an argument could be made for