More about the tagging thing (now with a poll) + season 8 comics fics

[ruuger]

You all probably think that I have some weird fixation with tagging (and you would be right - I did once work as a librarian, after all), but here's yet another post about the tagging thing.

First, since a few people have asked me about it, I've now added a 'Season 8' tag to the community for those who want to post stories that use the new comics canon. If you have already posted Season 8 stories, I would love if you could go back and tag the posts accordingly with the new tag.

Because not everyone has access to the comics as they are released, please mark any comics spoilers clearly (preferably including which issues of the comics the story spoils) in your author's notes and try to avoid including spoilers in your summary, etc.

And just as a general reminder, by tagging your stories yourself, you save a lot of time for us mods, so read the previous posts about tagging if you haven't already. Any other questions, just ask me.

To make full use of this modpost, I would also like to hear your opinions about some (mostly tagging-related) community issues

[Poll #985016]

Oh, and because I also love statistics, looking at our tags list, the most popular characters in this community so far have been Spike (44 stories), Buffy (29 stories), Angel (22 stories), Giles (20 stories) and Xander (16 stories). The only characters in the tag lists still without any stories are Eve, Hamilton, Jasmine and Amy.

Comments

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

Interesting information, Ruuger.

I have a bit of a problem, to be honest. Though I still need it betaed, I've completed the next segment of my ongoing fic DeadWar (which, it so happens, contains Amy!). Unfortunately, I'm no longer sure the story belongs here. I initially intended to include only brief mentions of two non-canon relationships between characters who appear to be single post-Chosen and -Not Fade Away--Xander/Illyria and Dawn/Connor--to indicate that their lives have moved on since series' end. The trouble is, they've escaped the box I put them in, slowly assuming more symbolic importance. The story is still not remotely "about" them--in a broad sense, it's still gen--but it seems no longer to fit within the boundaries here.

I'm beginning to think it may be best to remove the story and send it over to somewhere like buffy_fanfic, but I'm happy to take my cues from the mods.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

I ADORE statistics. Maybe we should do them every month. :D It's a good move to add S8 comics for those who read and write it. Of course, must add spoilers.

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

I love the statistics things, too. You and your nifty polls. :)

I'll have to dig for one of my Hamilton gen ficlets. The guy needs some love.

Super seekret mod message #42: I haven't been able to work any on the judging rules for the challenge comm, but I do plan on doing those soon. I'll send you an email maybe this weekend? I really should get working on them. *g*

[rahirah]

I picked option 3 for the first question, but mainly because I'm in a situation somewhat similar to user. I have a number of stories that feature only canon relationships...but they take place in an AU where those relationships have developed in significantly different ways than they did in canon. So do they count as canon relationships, or not? Even when the stories aren't about those relationships per se, the differences are often important background information. I mean, if 95% of a story is about Spike and Dawn's adventures in Pylea, and Buffy shows up in the last five percent, drags Spike off-stage, and when they reappear for the curtain call, there is a strong inimation that she and Spike have done more than hold hands, does that make the story S/B?

After the massive What Is Gen? kerfuffle of a few months back, I prefer to err on the side of caution.