Nominations queries post #1

[worldbuildingmod]

Nominations are coming in thick and fast, which is very encouraging; it's great to see the range of different ideas out there. I have a busy couple of days coming up IRL; I'll be approving as and when I can but the pace will probably be a little slower than it has been so far. Before that happens, though, I did want to put up the first queries post.

General issues with nominations

A significant minority of fandoms currently awaiting approval do not yet have all of the required tags, and are in danger of being rejected when the nominations period ends if this is not amended. The minimum needed for a fandom to be approved is:

• "Any or No Characters (Name of Fandom)" as one of the Character fields
  
• "Original Character(s) (Name of Fandom)" as another of the Character fields
  
• At least one worldbuilding tag ("WB: [some worldbuilding idea] (Name of Fandom)") in the Relationship fields

Of fandoms already in the tag set, "Tron (Movies)" is a good example of a fandom with a minimal set of tags.

There are also a number of fandoms where disambiguations (the "(Name of Fandom)" bits) are missing from some or all of the tags for the fandom. I ask for these disambiguations for two reasons: to try to prevent "migration" of tags within the tag set, but also to allow me to reunite tags that AO3 fails to associate automatically with their fandom (the tag set remembers where they came from for 99%+ of tags, even when they're not canonicals, but the remaining few can be difficult to deal with if it's not clear within the tag itself).

For what it's worth, a fairly large number of fandoms I can see on the approval screen have the characters disambiguated, but not the worldbuilding tags. Please also make sure that if you are nominating a subdivision of a fandom that your disambiguations are specific to that subdivision. (e.g. A disambiguation like "(Star Wars)" does not help me work out which fandom the tag belongs to, should it get lost, when there are many different versions of Star Wars nominated.)

Specific queries

• Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling - there are a couple of nominations so far for this fandom. In previous rounds, we have avoided using this as it does not necessarily make clear the scope of canon material under consideration. I am happy to approve it if the nominators confirm that they are happy for it to be the most expansive definition, including Pottermore, Cursed Child, etc. However, it may be that other fandom tags are more appropriate ("Harry Potter - Books Only" has already been approved this year and in previous years we've also had things like "Harry Potter - Wizarding World" alongside "Harry Potter - Wizarding World No Pottermore")
  
• In the Flesh - WB: Amy + Kieren + Simon hadn't died. What would their lives be like? (In The Flesh) and WB: Amy if she had lived/become human (In the Flesh) seem like tags for AU prompts, which are outside the scope of worldbuildingex. However, I don't know this fandom so if there is a reason why they ought to be considered on topic, please do let me know.
  
• Labyrinth (1986) - Both a character tag "Jareth's family", and a worldbuilding tag "WB: Jareth's family", are nominated - please could the nominator explain the distinction here? (I think perhaps this is somewhere where the new "Any" character tags might help - would "Any member(s) of Jareth's family" work for the character tag which could then be requested/offered in conjunction with the worldbuilding tag?)

Comments

[the_kellephant]

Hi, I'm one of the nominators for Harry Potter. I'm more than happy for the most expansive definition of the fandom and can switch my tag if need be. Thanks!

[worldbuildingmod]

Thanks. I want to wait a bit to see if the other nominator chimes in, so don't do anything yet, but I think I'm leaning towards "Harry Potter - Wizarding World" as the more informative version of the tag, as has been used in previous rounds.

[worldbuildingmod]

It's been nearly two days now and the other nominator hasn't spoken up - if you're happy to change yours to "Harry Potter - Wizarding World" then please go ahead.

[the_kellephant]

I just changed it. Thanks!

[worldbuildingmod]

It's just popped up on my approval screen now. Unfortunately, you haven't got "Original Character(s)" and "Any or No Characters" amongst the character tags (the other nominator must have had them in); you'll need to choose two of your currently nominated characters to swap out for them.

[the_kellephant]

I went ahead and fixed it. At first, it wouldn't accept it so and suggest I add the fandom at the end of the Original Characters/Any or no characters tags, so I did that. Let me know if that works!

[worldbuildingmod]

Thanks! I've put them through now, though I've changed the disambiguations to distinguish them more clearly from the "HP Books Only" tags already in.

[the_kellephant]

That's perfect, thank you so much!

[sheliak]

I have a nomination for the fandom "Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind (Video Game)", and I've been using "Six Ages" as the disambiguation. It is the first of a planned series, but no other games are out yet (nor will be within the scope of the exchange). Should I change this to something more specific?

[worldbuildingmod]

That seems fine as a disambig in those circumstances. (I've actually just seen that set of noms at the top of my approval screen, but unfortunately I accidentally hit refresh before I got the chance to process them. I'm sure they'll come back round again eventually ...)

[skatzaa]

Hello! It appears that some of my SW:PT worldbuilding tags have gone wandering, and now I can't find them :( they've been approved on my nominations page, but I can't seem to find them anywhere in the tagset. Not sure how fixable that is on your end (and I know you've got a lot on your plate right now, so there's no rush!) but I did want to let you know about it.

This is the link to my noms page, if that's helpful at all :) https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/5397/nominations/182025

[worldbuildingmod]

They're in the tag set - it's just that they're currently in the "Unassociated" section down at the bottom. Approving the tags is one step, and then getting the archive to associate them (based on associations it remembers from that step) is a separate process. I'm doing the associations in batches after approving several sets of tags; they'll be in the right place soon.

[skatzaa]

Ah, gotcha! Sorry to jump the gun then, it looks like I completely missed the Unassociated section this time around :-) thanks for all your hard work on this, I'm excited to participate again this year!