podfic collections on the audiofic archive -- a tagging dilemma

[eosrose]

Over on twitter this evening, I was discussing with general_jinjur the possibility of adding a new tagging feature to the audiofic archive: adding tags to collections of podfics that are compiled together but are not directly related like a “series” or a “verse” (fyi, the super awesome series tags are all here!).

Comments

[hollyxu]

The first two look good, the third one sounds like a repeat of #2? As long as there's internal consistency to the tagging system, whichever way you choose will work in the long run, provided fandom doesn't suddenly find a new definition for anthology/collection. :P

I tend to think of a bunch of collected works in a series (i.e. story, sequel story #2, story #3 as a sequel of that, etc) as simply a 'series', though using collection as a synonym of 'series' is more intuitive to me than anthology; I tend to define anthology as short stories independent of each other with overall themes in common.

Also, I really appreciate all the work the both of you have put into maintaining the archive and making it so easy for us to search. Thanks so much!

[eosrose]

We already have series tags, which I *love* and use often, so I'm pretty excited at the prospect of trying to bring together non-series collections/anthologies in some way. :-)

Thanks for throwing in your two cents.

[jesperanda]

Hm. I like "collection," which seems nicely general and wouldn't clash with the existing "anthology" tags (for single or multiple readers). Or does that just make it confusing, using two different words?

[lacylaces]

Maybe collection is the better way to go to avoid confusion regarding those in a series or verse being called an anthology. That one looks fine to me.

All of your hard work is so appreciated.

[citrusjava]

Interesting. Yeah, some collections only have one or two stories I'm interested in, and when I started out in podfic it was hard to figure out where those were. As a reader, I also had trouble understanding how my podfic was gonna be archived when I participated in a collection (I think it isn't, as a result) - but that's all about me being a huge n00b. As for accidentally downloading a podfic I've already heard - I don't really mind that very much. If I remember the title, it won't happen, and if I don't, I just as well might do that anyway, regardless of it being part of a collection. Not such a big deal, as far as I'm concerned. at least.

[endeni]

HI, I have no idea which terminology would apply better, but I do think that a collection/anthology tag of some sort would be super-handy! :)