Pretty much everything taichara said. I did e-mail AO3's support, though I didn't hear back til after nominations had ended and all I was told was that the exchange code is due to be reviewed and all the issues we experienced would be passed along to the coders.
I ended up having to hand-enter/re-enter quite a few nominations (and then edit) to get characters where they needed to be, etc. and even then had a lot of issues with wanderers. I am not 100% sure if anything disappeared, but we definitely had tags changing names and wandering after we'd approved them a very specific way to get them in specific spots. And a related fandom magically re-naming itself which broke a participant's nomination form midway through everything.
pumpkinkingmod, I offer all the sleepy hugs and support. You are doing a great job and I hope everything can be sorted out quickly.
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Date: 2015-09-12 10:56 am (UTC)Pretty much everything
I ended up having to hand-enter/re-enter quite a few nominations (and then edit) to get characters where they needed to be, etc. and even then had a lot of issues with wanderers. I am not 100% sure if anything disappeared, but we definitely had tags changing names and wandering after we'd approved them a very specific way to get them in specific spots. And a related fandom magically re-naming itself which broke a participant's nomination form midway through everything.