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They're here! Nominations are open
Nominate HERE at the tag set. Nominations close at 11:59pm EDT on July 26.
Everyone may nominate up to 8 fandoms and 6 characters or relationships per fandom. Limited further nominations can be added during sign-ups.
After you've nominated, please check this community again before nominations end. We may need more information about what you've nominated, and we will post questions here.
FFFX uses the Fandom and the Relationship tag slots for nominations. You can nominate relationships, single characters, and a worldbuilding option. Please read further for how to format each of these.
In the Fandom field, you can enter a canonical or non-canonical fandom (it's okay if there's no work for it yet on AO3). There are tips on labelling new fandoms here.
What to enter in the Relationships field
To nominate a relationship, please enter Character/Character (Fandom) (for romantic or sexual relationships) or Character & Character (Fandom) (for platonic relationships).
Do NOT put "Group" or another prefix in front of a relationship nomination.
The punctuation / and & is very important to indicate what sort of relationship it is.
Putting the fandom at the end of the nomination is really helpful to stop tag misbehaviour.
Multiple relationships in one tag are OK - ie, "Character/Character & Character/Character" means you're asking for two sets of pairings who are doing something together or otherwise relate to each other.
To nominate a character, enter them in the format "Char: Name (Fandom)" - that is, actually type out "Char: ", but swap in the appropriate name and fandom, such as Char: Lucy Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis).
All nominated characters should explicitly exist in the fandom where they're nominated. Original characters are also fine as long as you describe a character who could have existed in canon, such as Char: Original Force-sensitive Character (Star Wars Original Trilogy).
To nominate Worldbuilding for a canon, enter it in the format "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom)" (filling in the relevant fandom), e.g. Oth: Worldbuilding (Narnia - Lewis). Not "Other".
Group nominations (ie "The Marauders") should be formatted as in this post. Groups need to have clearly-defined members. We won't approve tags of this type unless we're confident we know who's included - so when you nominate a tag of this type, consider commenting here in order to speed up our approval.
Some fandom notes
Please separate out Marvel movies and separate TV shows - ie, Iron Man (Movies) rather than MCU.
We will not approve "Star Wars (All Media Types)". Trilogies are fine. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types is an exception. Please nominate The Acolyte as its own canon.
DC's Arrowverse includes (at least?): Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, and Batwoman.
"All Media Types" fandoms will probably be approved last, overall, because if someone else wants a more specific version of canon, we'd prefer to approve that. If you believe All Media Types is what's right for your fandom, please comment so we can discuss that. Assassin's Creed - All Media Types is fine.
Where possible, we will not approve a larger set of fandom and a subset that is covered by the larger set.
To nominate a relationship between characters who appear in different fandoms, please nominate them under Crossover Fandom and include the fandom for each. For example: Arya Stark (ASoIF)/Elsa (Frozen - Movies). Please be specific if the fandom name could refer to different versions and adaptations. You can ask for general crossovers between fandoms by nominating "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom 1 & Fandom 2)"
You can also nominate characters and groups under Original Work. Please indicate the genders of the characters if that is important to you. If someone requests Original Work characters or relationships with ambiguous genders, the preference of the person requesting takes precedence over the preference of the person offering. (But you can ask to add a more specific version to the tag set during sign-ups if that is an issue.)
Sign-up requirements
The following information about sign-ups may help you plan your nominations:
-You need to request at least 4 separate fandoms with at least 1 relationship in each - so every nominated fandom needs at least one character, or one relationship, or one worldbuilding tag nominated underneath it
-Offer minimums are set as low as possible - you just have to be able to offer for someone else's request
-It's fine to request or offer a fandom more than once using different tags (so you can divide up your art/fic requests/offers with different tags)
Other
Please feel free to use the comments to ask questions or brainstorm with others.
If you find it helpful to keep a record of your own nominations, please save that information off AO3, because we will clear personal nominations during sign-ups to make it easier to add things at that time.
This group of moderators has not all worked together before - please be patient with inconsistencies and let us know of problems and we'll do our best to sort them out. (Thank you, other tag approvers!)
Everyone may nominate up to 8 fandoms and 6 characters or relationships per fandom. Limited further nominations can be added during sign-ups.
After you've nominated, please check this community again before nominations end. We may need more information about what you've nominated, and we will post questions here.
FFFX uses the Fandom and the Relationship tag slots for nominations. You can nominate relationships, single characters, and a worldbuilding option. Please read further for how to format each of these.
In the Fandom field, you can enter a canonical or non-canonical fandom (it's okay if there's no work for it yet on AO3). There are tips on labelling new fandoms here.
What to enter in the Relationships field
To nominate a relationship, please enter Character/Character (Fandom) (for romantic or sexual relationships) or Character & Character (Fandom) (for platonic relationships).
Do NOT put "Group" or another prefix in front of a relationship nomination.
The punctuation / and & is very important to indicate what sort of relationship it is.
Putting the fandom at the end of the nomination is really helpful to stop tag misbehaviour.
Multiple relationships in one tag are OK - ie, "Character/Character & Character/Character" means you're asking for two sets of pairings who are doing something together or otherwise relate to each other.
To nominate a character, enter them in the format "Char: Name (Fandom)" - that is, actually type out "Char: ", but swap in the appropriate name and fandom, such as Char: Lucy Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis).
All nominated characters should explicitly exist in the fandom where they're nominated. Original characters are also fine as long as you describe a character who could have existed in canon, such as Char: Original Force-sensitive Character (Star Wars Original Trilogy).
To nominate Worldbuilding for a canon, enter it in the format "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom)" (filling in the relevant fandom), e.g. Oth: Worldbuilding (Narnia - Lewis). Not "Other".
Group nominations (ie "The Marauders") should be formatted as in this post. Groups need to have clearly-defined members. We won't approve tags of this type unless we're confident we know who's included - so when you nominate a tag of this type, consider commenting here in order to speed up our approval.
Some fandom notes
Please separate out Marvel movies and separate TV shows - ie, Iron Man (Movies) rather than MCU.
We will not approve "Star Wars (All Media Types)". Trilogies are fine. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types is an exception. Please nominate The Acolyte as its own canon.
DC's Arrowverse includes (at least?): Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, and Batwoman.
"All Media Types" fandoms will probably be approved last, overall, because if someone else wants a more specific version of canon, we'd prefer to approve that. If you believe All Media Types is what's right for your fandom, please comment so we can discuss that. Assassin's Creed - All Media Types is fine.
Where possible, we will not approve a larger set of fandom and a subset that is covered by the larger set.
To nominate a relationship between characters who appear in different fandoms, please nominate them under Crossover Fandom and include the fandom for each. For example: Arya Stark (ASoIF)/Elsa (Frozen - Movies). Please be specific if the fandom name could refer to different versions and adaptations. You can ask for general crossovers between fandoms by nominating "Oth: Worldbuilding (Fandom 1 & Fandom 2)"
You can also nominate characters and groups under Original Work. Please indicate the genders of the characters if that is important to you. If someone requests Original Work characters or relationships with ambiguous genders, the preference of the person requesting takes precedence over the preference of the person offering. (But you can ask to add a more specific version to the tag set during sign-ups if that is an issue.)
Sign-up requirements
The following information about sign-ups may help you plan your nominations:
-You need to request at least 4 separate fandoms with at least 1 relationship in each - so every nominated fandom needs at least one character, or one relationship, or one worldbuilding tag nominated underneath it
-Offer minimums are set as low as possible - you just have to be able to offer for someone else's request
-It's fine to request or offer a fandom more than once using different tags (so you can divide up your art/fic requests/offers with different tags)
Other
Please feel free to use the comments to ask questions or brainstorm with others.
If you find it helpful to keep a record of your own nominations, please save that information off AO3, because we will clear personal nominations during sign-ups to make it easier to add things at that time.
This group of moderators has not all worked together before - please be patient with inconsistencies and let us know of problems and we'll do our best to sort them out. (Thank you, other tag approvers!)