dilemma, dilemma

[iambickilometer]

Folks using the Archive of Our Own! Does anyone have a preferred system of tagging characters who have multiple names? Like, for instance, Wolverine. I used the scans_daily format, but it looks too much like the pairing format. Thoughts?

Also (because I think we all need an ego boost right now):

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[joasakura]

I've tried using, like "Gaveedra-Seven (Shatterstar)" but apparently there's a character limit to character names that was recently imposed. :T

[damalur]

I haven't yet gotten around to archiving my comic book stuff, but I was thinking that I'd probably just use multiple tags - "Wade Wilson" and "Deadpool" instead of one long conglomerate. That seems a little messy too, though...

[athenemiranda]

This is all handled by tag wranglers - variant character names are autocorrected to a common standard. (Some other tags do this too - I've noticed that a 'Five Times' tag I added got shifted to the '5 Things' bundle when I submitted it.)

I discovered that there were tag wranglers dealing with the multiple names issue because I managed to give one of them a headache by starting up a fandom tag for my crazy spy fandom in which everyone has 5 different names. Presumably, they have Marvel covered already. :)

[franzeska]

*wanders by from google blogsearch*

Heya. Just for reference, the size limit on names is 42 characters. If you've got somebody with a really long name and a really long code name/pseudonym/callsign/alias/etc., you could always just tag with one or the other and wait for tag wranglers to connect the two to each other. For canonical tags, we've been using parentheses for certain kinds of disambiguation: Bob Smith (blah blah fandom), Bob Smith (Bob Smith's cool spy name), etc. We also sometimes use the standard nickname quotes thing: Bob "really unique nickname" Smith. Not that people have to tag their fics that way! Those are just some ideas that don't look like pairing names.

[iambickilometer]

I'll try that, then. Thanks so much for the suggestions.