RPF Fandoms Discussion Thread - optional
I have seen a couple of "what do I call my RPF" questions in other posts, so I thought I'd put up a post that focused on these fandoms, as was done last year.
So: if you want to nominate a RPF category and you're not sure what to call it - or if you want to see whether other people would be interested - ask here!
Caveat: Mods will not make definitive rulings on suggestions that come up in this post. That will not occur until tag sorting. I know that's frustrating, but it's not feasible and we don't want to lead you on. Please take what any mods or assistant mods say as suggestions/guidelines only. If you're not sure, making a case in the evidence post is recommended.
What the rules say:
- The following fandoms are too broad: Actor RPF, Ancient History RPF, [country] Actor RPF, Literary RPF, Music RPF, Sports RPF, History RPF.
- For real person fiction, character nominations are required.
- In addition to fandoms that are disallowed for being too broad, some RPF fandoms, such as Hockey RPF, are not rare enough. Sports teams are acceptable fandoms when the sport as a whole has too many fics.
- Please keep in mind that a person who is tagged in over 1,000 works on AO3 is not eligible in any RPF category.
- Please err on the side of narrower rather than broader labels for an RPF category to avoid large character lists (for example, nominate by groups of related people, rather than just by century or profession). The wider or vaguer the fandom name, the more likely it is to be rejected. The fandom name must be a clear and accurate description of the group nominated. The more tenuous the connection between the characters and the fandom, the less likely the fandom or all the characters are to be accepted (for example, we will sometimes allow partners of actors nominated in the film RPF the actor was in; but we would not generally allow their friends. Similarly, for a sports team we'd allow players, surrounding staff etc, but not rivals). In order to be allowed, RPF characters must be famous in their own right, regardless of whether or not they have a relationship with a famous person.
- If there are multiple nominated RPF fandoms with the same character list, the fandoms may be merged.
See last year's tag set for some possible examples.
Last year's RPF coordination post
Last year's rules discussion around RPF
So: if you want to nominate a RPF category and you're not sure what to call it - or if you want to see whether other people would be interested - ask here!
Caveat: Mods will not make definitive rulings on suggestions that come up in this post. That will not occur until tag sorting. I know that's frustrating, but it's not feasible and we don't want to lead you on. Please take what any mods or assistant mods say as suggestions/guidelines only. If you're not sure, making a case in the evidence post is recommended.
What the rules say:
- The following fandoms are too broad: Actor RPF, Ancient History RPF, [country] Actor RPF, Literary RPF, Music RPF, Sports RPF, History RPF.
- For real person fiction, character nominations are required.
- In addition to fandoms that are disallowed for being too broad, some RPF fandoms, such as Hockey RPF, are not rare enough. Sports teams are acceptable fandoms when the sport as a whole has too many fics.
- Please keep in mind that a person who is tagged in over 1,000 works on AO3 is not eligible in any RPF category.
- Please err on the side of narrower rather than broader labels for an RPF category to avoid large character lists (for example, nominate by groups of related people, rather than just by century or profession). The wider or vaguer the fandom name, the more likely it is to be rejected. The fandom name must be a clear and accurate description of the group nominated. The more tenuous the connection between the characters and the fandom, the less likely the fandom or all the characters are to be accepted (for example, we will sometimes allow partners of actors nominated in the film RPF the actor was in; but we would not generally allow their friends. Similarly, for a sports team we'd allow players, surrounding staff etc, but not rivals). In order to be allowed, RPF characters must be famous in their own right, regardless of whether or not they have a relationship with a famous person.
- If there are multiple nominated RPF fandoms with the same character list, the fandoms may be merged.
See last year's tag set for some possible examples.
Last year's RPF coordination post
Last year's rules discussion around RPF