It's gonna be a hot, hot summer

[heavensqueen]

Yuletide is firing up the ovens already. Discuss the discussion about the changes of rules here

Flat: http://yuletide-coal.livejournal.com/5786.html?view=flat

Comments

[anonymous]

Let's get this party started with http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1193202.html

http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1193202.html?thread=18015986#t18015986 debirlfan replied to her post with this comment. Yuletide should definitely go the self-policing route like Parallels does. I have tons of big fandoms I'd love to request.

[anonymous]

I've never understood how a fandom with over 250 fics with 1000+ words is rare. And now people want to make it 500? Might as well forget the limit completely.

[anonymous]

It comes from comparison, I think. Many people also participate in megafandoms, and so by contrast, that seems really small to them.

[anonymous]

But it's already at 500.

If a fandom is over on one site and under on the other, it may be disqualified if there are more than double the limit on that site.

So they're asking for the limit to be something like 1000. How many fandoms were approved last year anyway? Couple of thousands at least. That seems like way too many "rare" fandoms and most of those aren't even 5 minute fandoms.

[anonymous]

Couple of thousands at least. That seems like way too many "rare" fandoms and most of those aren't even 5 minute fandoms.

As a rare fandom can be any book, any movie, any 5 minute fandom I don't see how the number tells you that the fandoms nominated weren't rare. If every participant nominated a fandom only they wanted and nobody else we would come out with many fandoms too.

[anonymous]

You're very good to us, heavensqueen. :D

[anonymous]

http://yuletide.livejournal.com/1193202.html?thread=18019826#t18019826

or, 'The rules suck, so someone with a professional qualification in rules should write new rules!'

I'm rolling my eyes, because either they mean "but I don't have that qualification, so not ME, make it someone else's job", or "And what a coincidence, I have that qualification, appoint me to write the rules!!"

Maybe they should actually give re-writing a go, with a sample rule, and see how far they get.

[anonymous]

In theory, I like the idea of starting from scratch and writing new rules rather than tweaking existing ones, but I'm not so sure on how that would work in practice.

[anonymous]

AYRT

It's not like "burn it down" makes any sense anyway. Most new rules would be based on existing ones, because a lot of the original principles haven't changed.

[anonymous]

DA

I think the idea has more to do how so many of the rules have gotten nigh as complicated as doing your taxes, because of the many times the mods have wanted to exclude one fandom/character but let in another fandom/character that's nearly identical in terms of qualification qualities.

[anonymous]

I wanted to be able to let it go, but Jenn's brusqueness re comics fandoms' legitimate concerns yet again has me bracing for action.

[anonymous]

Huh. While I agree that the first comment she made came across a little brusque, the second one and the post she made on the admin comm actually came off a little more pleasant than I've grown accustom to from her.
(The fact that she actually made a post directing peoples attention to the discussion post gives me hope that they are actually going to take peoples concerns with the ridiculously convoluted rules seriously this time around.)

[anonymous]

You're probably right. I just found "too much work" grating.