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sageHi ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ds_noticeboard users! We've had a request to consider altering our tag structure, and so I wanted to get some input from you.
Right now, the tags are set up mostly by genre (podfic, vid, art, fic) and category (het, gen, femslash). Fic has sub-classifications by slash pairing (and DS or C6D) because LJ only holds 1000 entries within a tag, and anything older simply doesn't show up. Art is sub-classified by DS or C6D.
The request is that we redo the tags to classify fanwork posts first by relationship (or gen), regardless of what medium the fanwork is in.
Our current relationship tags would either need to be revised or left behind, and we would need to agree on the new set of top-level relationship tags.
Please note that if we do a major revision, we'll have to decide whether to go back and re-sort all the old works tagged by genre into the NEW relationship categories. If that happens, then we would need a team of volunteers to go through them all individually and retag them. We might also need to subdivide the gen tag by year, as our nearly-nine-year total of art, podfic, vids, and genfic definitely exceeds 1000 entries, and not all of them would go into the new relationship tags. (I cannot do the sorting myself, although I'm happy to rename and create new tags. If we do it that way, it's going to have to be a group effort.)
So, tag-users, what do you think? Would top-level relationship tags be more useful to you than top-level genre tags? I'm especially interested in thoughts and ideas from those of you who actively use the noticeboard's tags to find works -- or who WOULD use the tags if they were constructed differently. Helpful suggestions for new tag architecture are welcome, esp if easily implemented.
We'll have some further discussion if there's enough volunteer support for an overhaul. Thanks!
ds_noticeboard users! We've had a request to consider altering our tag structure, and so I wanted to get some input from you.Right now, the tags are set up mostly by genre (podfic, vid, art, fic) and category (het, gen, femslash). Fic has sub-classifications by slash pairing (and DS or C6D) because LJ only holds 1000 entries within a tag, and anything older simply doesn't show up. Art is sub-classified by DS or C6D.
The request is that we redo the tags to classify fanwork posts first by relationship (or gen), regardless of what medium the fanwork is in.
Our current relationship tags would either need to be revised or left behind, and we would need to agree on the new set of top-level relationship tags.
Please note that if we do a major revision, we'll have to decide whether to go back and re-sort all the old works tagged by genre into the NEW relationship categories. If that happens, then we would need a team of volunteers to go through them all individually and retag them. We might also need to subdivide the gen tag by year, as our nearly-nine-year total of art, podfic, vids, and genfic definitely exceeds 1000 entries, and not all of them would go into the new relationship tags. (I cannot do the sorting myself, although I'm happy to rename and create new tags. If we do it that way, it's going to have to be a group effort.)
So, tag-users, what do you think? Would top-level relationship tags be more useful to you than top-level genre tags? I'm especially interested in thoughts and ideas from those of you who actively use the noticeboard's tags to find works -- or who WOULD use the tags if they were constructed differently. Helpful suggestions for new tag architecture are welcome, esp if easily implemented.
We'll have some further discussion if there's enough volunteer support for an overhaul. Thanks!
luzulaI recorded podfics of:
One Warm Line, by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
melannen (due South/Dresden Files crossover, Maeve and Ray K gen)
Puzzle Pieces, by me (due South, with Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie MacKenzie/Frannie Vecchio, Maggie MacKenzie/Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Bob Fraser/Buck Frobisher, Bob Fraser/Caroline Fraser, Caroline Fraser/OFC, Buck Frobisher/OFC )
Details and download links here.
One Warm Line, by
melannen (due South/Dresden Files crossover, Maeve and Ray K gen)Puzzle Pieces, by me (due South, with Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Maggie MacKenzie/Frannie Vecchio, Maggie MacKenzie/Ray Kowalski, Benton Fraser/Frannie Vecchio, Bob Fraser/Buck Frobisher, Bob Fraser/Caroline Fraser, Caroline Fraser/OFC, Buck Frobisher/OFC )
Details and download links here.