Holy crap. This is amazing - a great fandom resource and obviously a labor of love on your part. So much so that it makes me feel bad to even make this list of corrections as far as my fic goes. But you know, just for whenever, FYI, since you asked, etc
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You ARE that girl with the genderbending pairings :p
This is *exactly* what I am asking for and you are doing me a huge favor by quality checking - I know there will be errors and I can't personally check all 17,000 links.
OK I've fixed all the ones you've given me and thank you - very easy to follow.
Given that you have written a foursome - do you have preferences as to how you would like the pairings tagged?
This way you can drill down via as many ways as possible. I tend to leave out pairings if they are so unusual that they might as well just be represented in the group sex listing = Jared/Sandy/Danneel/Jensen.
And I think your preference is correct and probably the best for the "user" (Also, in this case it's pretty accurate as well).
Things get pretty complicated when there's multiple pairings in a fic, or if the story isn't straight up ABOUT any of the pairings exactly. (I always get perplexed making the headers for when I write character studies or things I consider "gen" but which are rated R or NC17 or have some incidental sex in them etcetera.) I think what you've got going--just using multiple tags and simplifying somewhat--is probably the best option I can imagine for something as large as this project.
Especially since the definition of "gen" itself is so disputed/complicated. (Like does it mean "not focused on sex or pairings?" "Close to canon?" *boggle*)
Well, it certainly makes sense that you'd replicate the "spn newsletter" definitions of "gen" for this.
Random: but I particularly get confused about things like say, that story about Dean and Faith's daughter's relationship with Dean that is NOT about romantic/sexual relationships and yet is the er, RESULT of a non-canon pairing/situation.
And hee! I've always been too paranoid to read ANY kind of fic at work, but yeah, I can see that.
I'd call that Gen, the backstory wasn't but the story itself is.
Nodnodnod, I wouldn't at my work but AH works on a family violence call centre so has long periods of inactivity late at night and very strong motivation to avoid loading wee!cest.
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This is *exactly* what I am asking for and you are doing me a huge favor by quality checking - I know there will be errors and I can't personally check all 17,000 links.
OK I've fixed all the ones you've given me and thank you - very easy to follow.
Given that you have written a foursome - do you have preferences as to how you would like the pairings tagged?
My preference right now is :
Jared/Sandy/Danneel/Jensen +
Jared/Jensen +
Jared/Sandy +
Jensen/Danneel +
Sandy/Danneel
This way you can drill down via as many ways as possible. I tend to leave out pairings if they are so unusual that they might as well just be represented in the group sex listing = Jared/Sandy/Danneel/Jensen.
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And I think your preference is correct and probably the best for the "user" (Also, in this case it's pretty accurate as well).
Things get pretty complicated when there's multiple pairings in a fic, or if the story isn't straight up ABOUT any of the pairings exactly. (I always get perplexed making the headers for when I write character studies or things I consider "gen" but which are rated R or NC17 or have some incidental sex in them etcetera.) I think what you've got going--just using multiple tags and simplifying somewhat--is probably the best option I can imagine for something as large as this project.
Especially since the definition of "gen" itself is so disputed/complicated. (Like does it mean "not focused on sex or pairings?" "Close to canon?" *boggle*)
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This partly so that the Gen tag on my personal delicious collection can be read by ascetic_hedony at work.
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Random: but I particularly get confused about things like say, that story about Dean and Faith's daughter's relationship with Dean that is NOT about romantic/sexual relationships and yet is the er, RESULT of a non-canon pairing/situation.
And hee! I've always been too paranoid to read ANY kind of fic at work, but yeah, I can see that.
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I'd call that Gen, the backstory wasn't but the story itself is.
Nodnodnod, I wouldn't at my work but AH works on a family violence call centre so has long periods of inactivity late at night and very strong motivation to avoid loading wee!cest.
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Oh! No doubt.
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