Tagset Nominations are Open

[pumpkinkingmod]

This is mostly a copy and paste from last year. The goblins will be around to approve things but I will be touch and go for a few days. I'm using the same fandom guidelines as last year.


Nominations are now open!

You can nominate six fandoms with six characters each.

You may nominate generic original characters such as Original Male Elf, Original Sailor Senshi, Original Tag Wrangler, etc. We will not be accepting specific original characters.

Do not use any fan nicknames when nominating characters. Describe the character instead.

We will not be accepting group or relationship nominations. If there is a character that is a special case in that they could sort of count as one individual or many then leave a comment to explain it to me.

The category of Original Works is allowed. Crossover Fandoms is not. All crossovers should be limited to your optional details.

There are three rules for RPF:
1. For contemporary RPF the individuals must be over the age of 18.
2. Non-famous friends and family are not eligible
3. The person in question can be removed from the tagset at the request of the individual

I will be prioritizing fandoms that are easy for me to accept. If you want to get your nominations accepted faster then here is how to help:
1. Check the fandom guidelines to see if your fandom should be done a specific way.
2. Disambiguate your characters. It makes it less likely for me to make mistakes and is faster. Disambiguating never hurts.
3. Make sure you are spelling the character’s name correctly, especially if the character’s name is spelt differently in different canons.
4. Link me info! If you want to link me to something like the fandom wiki page for each character then that is great! TVtropes character list page? That could work. IMDB? Wikipedia? If I don’t know a fandom I have to look it up and this will speed things up especially for small fandoms, Transformers, Tolkien, and comics.

Comments

[quillori]

I think most of my nominations are straightforward. For two characters that don't have canonical character tags, I've nominated them on the pattern used for similar existing tags. So, under Omar Rayyan - Works, I've nominated Spanish Mackerel (Omar Rayyan - Works) on the same pattern as eg the existing Lady in Furs (Omar Rayyan - Works), and under Le città invisibili | Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino, I've nominated Euphemia (Invisible Cities) on the same pattern as the existing Isaura (Invisible Cities).

The one issue is with what in previous years I have nominated as Reynardine (Traditional Ballad) [further info]. This is how it's always previously appeared, and indeed how the only story in the fandom is tagged. It's also the same pattern as eg Tam Lin (Traditional Ballad), Thomas the Rhymer (Traditional Ballad) or Scarborough Fair (Traditional Ballad).

But for some reason, the canonical tag on AO3 has been changed to Reynardine | The Mountains High - Anonymous (Song). It seems a shame to lose the 'Traditional Ballad' part of the tag, which makes it quick in exchanges to see what ballads have been nominated, but if ToT has a policy of going with the canonical name, it should of course be the current piped version. The problem is the canonical character tags - the fair maid/young woman/young lady has been synned to The Farmer's Daughter, despite only being identified as that in some versions. If it's possible, I would really prefer to keep the less specific name (I have nominated her as The Young Woman), which applies equally to all versions of the song, including I think the majority of modern recordings.