I have no firm opinion on Original Works except that you should do what's easiest for you.
I am against relationship nominations (/ or &) because I agree with others that it would make it harder to focus on the worldbuilding. I think it would also make nominations harder for both you and us and lead to a decrease in single-character nominations, which I don't think I'd like. But I would really love to be able to nominate categories of canon characters because frequently I want to see worldbuilding associated with that category of character but have A) no preference which character in the category I recieve and B) do not have enough nomination slots to nominate them all. This kind of problem can somewhat be solved by the WB nominations, but not entirely...
For example, if I select "WB: Uchiha Clan internal politics" or something, I think we can all safely agree that I will get at least one Uchiha character of some kind in my gift. However, there's no way I can nominate all of the canon Uchiha characters without socking up, and even if I do I can only request 8 canon characters...or 7 if I want to include "Original Uchiha Character(s)". And one might think, "Well, surely you can pick your 7 favorite Uchiha..." but it might be in this hypothetical situation that I really don't have a favorite Uchiha! I might be interested in the Uchiha only for the sake of worldbuilding, and so my only concern is that my creator be able to pick literally any Uchiha they want, including the obscure ones from anime filler. I can give permission for that in my optional details ("Hi, I selected the 7 most popular Uchiha but I don't really care if I get them as long as there's an Uchiha!") but that's less likely to catch the eye of someone who wants to write an obscure Uchiha as well as being more complicated for you as a mod!
I feel there are also cases where a set of canon characters definitely exists, but we don't have names for them or they're almost-but-not-quite blank slates who just share a common trait. Something like...the characters who get helped in a monster-of-the-week show but who don't ever show up again? I could try to pick 7 or 8 favorites across several seasons, but if they all only get about 5 minutes of screen time I probably don't have favorites and don't care which one I get; I just want my creator to pick the one they think is most interesting.
So basically...I guess "Any [Type of Character]" are "your choice from group: A & B & C & D & ...", but I think that that's a good thing.
Finally, I think that rejecting incorrect tags that linger for more than 48 hours is fine. If you set up an eternal tagset, I'll definitely help you populate it but it does feel like it might get really unwieldy? Either way, thank you for your hard work!
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I am against relationship nominations (/ or &) because I agree with others that it would make it harder to focus on the worldbuilding. I think it would also make nominations harder for both you and us and lead to a decrease in single-character nominations, which I don't think I'd like. But I would really love to be able to nominate categories of canon characters because frequently I want to see worldbuilding associated with that category of character but have A) no preference which character in the category I recieve and B) do not have enough nomination slots to nominate them all. This kind of problem can somewhat be solved by the WB nominations, but not entirely...
For example, if I select "WB: Uchiha Clan internal politics" or something, I think we can all safely agree that I will get at least one Uchiha character of some kind in my gift. However, there's no way I can nominate all of the canon Uchiha characters without socking up, and even if I do I can only request 8 canon characters...or 7 if I want to include "Original Uchiha Character(s)". And one might think, "Well, surely you can pick your 7 favorite Uchiha..." but it might be in this hypothetical situation that I really don't have a favorite Uchiha! I might be interested in the Uchiha only for the sake of worldbuilding, and so my only concern is that my creator be able to pick literally any Uchiha they want, including the obscure ones from anime filler. I can give permission for that in my optional details ("Hi, I selected the 7 most popular Uchiha but I don't really care if I get them as long as there's an Uchiha!") but that's less likely to catch the eye of someone who wants to write an obscure Uchiha as well as being more complicated for you as a mod!
I feel there are also cases where a set of canon characters definitely exists, but we don't have names for them or they're almost-but-not-quite blank slates who just share a common trait. Something like...the characters who get helped in a monster-of-the-week show but who don't ever show up again? I could try to pick 7 or 8 favorites across several seasons, but if they all only get about 5 minutes of screen time I probably don't have favorites and don't care which one I get; I just want my creator to pick the one they think is most interesting.
So basically...I guess "Any [Type of Character]" are "your choice from group: A & B & C & D & ...", but I think that that's a good thing.
Finally, I think that rejecting incorrect tags that linger for more than 48 hours is fine. If you set up an eternal tagset, I'll definitely help you populate it but it does feel like it might get really unwieldy? Either way, thank you for your hard work!