Nominations Clarifications 1
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Thanks for all the great nominations so far! We have some queries and corrections for you, but also some updates!
More clarification on worldbuilding tags
Since different people have different definitions of worldbuilding, we're seeing a wide variety of tags, including some that seem as though they could only be explored with one character (who is not necessarily nominated) or would be the equivalent of a relationship or specific story prompt in another exchange. Topics are great; "fill out a specific scene" or "write this relationship" or "character study" may be out of scope. Please reach out to mods to discuss if you're not sure where your worldbuilding tags fall. We have adjusted some of our guidelines from last year, so a tag approved last year might not be automatically approved this year. We hope we can work with you so that everyone is happy with the eventual tags - please be patient with us.
Please add fandom name after your WB: tags
Please note that worldbuilding tags need to include a fandom or fandom abbreviation in parentheses at the end, e.g. "WB: Previous Intervals (Pern)". If we need to rephrase your worldbuilding topic to make that fit, we may not get it exactly right!
Specific fandom queries below! Please link your nominations page if telling us what to do about your nomination - thank you! Please either sign in to comment, or include a name with your anonymous comments, including replies to others' comments. Unsigned comments will stay screened.
Original Work - [genre] - We will not approve character nominations here other than gender-specific tags - see changes to nominations guidelines this year. As a specific example, instead of nominating Space Station Crew Member (OW-Hard SF), you could nominate WB: Working on a Space Station. In general, we recommend nominating broad worldbuilding tags, and saving specific scenarios for optional details in your sign-ups.
逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney - The tags “WB: No Callisto Yew (AA)” and “WB: No DL-6 incident (AA)” seem as if, rather than exploring unseen details of an aspect of the actual canon, they may be prompting for what-if AUs, which is outside the scope of this exchange. We’re happy to discuss possible worldbuilding tags that might include these broad topics within canon.
Andor (TV) - The tag "WB: Coruscant/senatorial politics and culture (Andor)" seems to cover several different ideas. Could this tag possibly be divided or narrowed down a bit - or help us understand what you're looking for, please?
曇天に笑う | Donten ni Warau | Laughing Under the Clouds (Anime & Manga) - The nominated characters include Older Fuuma Kotarou (DNW) and Younger Fuuma Kotarou (DNW). We will only accept Fuuma Kotarou | Fuuma Isame once; can you give us an idea of how you planned to request these tags, so we can discuss ways you might use the worldbuilding tags for this?
Dragon Age II - The tag “WB: Varric lying about someone's death in order to protect them (Dragon Age II)” seems to be more of a prompt than a worldbuilding exploration. Can you help us understand what you’re looking for, please?
Dragon Age: Origins - We’re not sure what is meant by the tag “WB: Aeducan's son's claim to the throne (DAO)”. Is this intended to refer to Aeducan’s son’s life after the King accepts him in the Of Noble Birth quest, or a prompt about him becoming the King’s heir, or something else? Can you help us understand what you’re looking for, please?
Event Horizon (1997) - We see the Event Horizon has been nominated both as a character and a worldbuilding tag. Could you please expand a bit on your thinking here?
Four Ways to Forgiveness - Ursula K. Le Guin - The tag "WB: in-universe texts/documents (Four Ways to Forgiveness) is a worldbuilding tag, but it seems to be already covered by a medium tag (in-universe meta). Did you want texts or documents about something specific? Could you give us a bit more information about what you were thinking of, please?
Geico GEICOween Horror Movie Commercial - We're not sure what the tags "WB: The Graveyard (Geico GEICOween Horror Movie Commercial)" and "WB: The Farm (Geico GEICOween Horror Movie Commercial)" are referring to. Is this the commercial you mean? Which aspects are the farm and the graveyard, please? The chainsaw murderer has been nominated as a worldbuilding tag, but seems to be a character - could you help us understand this tag please?
镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) - The tag “WB: Shen Wei acclimating to Haixing after waking up (Guardian (TV)” seems to be more of a prompt than a worldbuilding exploration. Can you help us understand what you’re looking for, please?
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells - "The Colony Solicitor - Sanctuary Moon (The Murderbot Diaries)", "The Terraforming Supervisor - Sanctuary Moon (The Murderbot Diaries)", and Sparga Delfin are not characters within the Murderbot Diaries, but within a further level of fiction. Nominator, could we explore what you're looking for here and what sorts of tags might suit it?
Also, the following worldbuilding tags: "WB: Scripts for Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon and Similar Media (The Murderbot Diaries)", and "WB: Visuals for Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon and Similar Media (The Murderbot Diaries)" seem to explicitly specify the media tags already available to select in this exchange. Could these be replaced with WB: Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon (The Murderbot Diaries), and/or WB: Entertainment Media (The Murderbot Diaries), which along with the choice of fic, art, or meta would cover these concepts? Let’s discuss.
Old Gods of Appalachia (Podcast) - The "Lockes" and "Barrows" are nominated as worldbuilding tags. They seem like groups of characters - would worldbuilding tags like WB: Locke Family History work for your purposes, or could you otherwise help us understand these nominations? Similarly, are the Feral Green a specifc faction?
Star Trek: The Original Series - The tag “WB: Sociology of the Enterprise (ST: TOS)” seems very broad and we're not completely sure we understand what you're hoping to request and offer - could you let us know what you had in mind please?
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The tag “WB: Sociology of the Enterprise (ST: TNG)” seems very broad and we're not completely sure we understand what you're hoping to request and offer - could you let us know what you had in mind please?
Star Wars: All Media Types - These two tags have a great deal of overlap:
"WB: Force cultures other than Jedi and Sith (SW AMT)" and "WB: Force traditions other than the Sith or the Jedi (Star Wars AMT)". May we combine them into WB: Force traditions and cultures other than Jedi and Sith (SW AMT)?
Also, we’re not quite sure what’s meant by WB: Mandalorian Foundling (SW AMT). May we rephrase as WB: Traditions around foundlings in Mandalorian culture (SW AMT), or did you intend something else?
The Walking Dead (TV) - These two tags have a great deal of overlap:
“WB: Early days of the apocalypse (Walking Dead TV)” and “WB: The Very First Hours and Days of the Zombie Apocalypse (TWD TV)”. May we combine them? Or do you want to separate them out into more distinct time periods?
Please include the link to your nominations page with your reply!
Thanks for all the great nominations so far! We have some queries and corrections for you, but also some updates!
More clarification on worldbuilding tags
Since different people have different definitions of worldbuilding, we're seeing a wide variety of tags, including some that seem as though they could only be explored with one character (who is not necessarily nominated) or would be the equivalent of a relationship or specific story prompt in another exchange. Topics are great; "fill out a specific scene" or "write this relationship" or "character study" may be out of scope. Please reach out to mods to discuss if you're not sure where your worldbuilding tags fall. We have adjusted some of our guidelines from last year, so a tag approved last year might not be automatically approved this year. We hope we can work with you so that everyone is happy with the eventual tags - please be patient with us.
Please add fandom name after your WB: tags
Please note that worldbuilding tags need to include a fandom or fandom abbreviation in parentheses at the end, e.g. "WB: Previous Intervals (Pern)". If we need to rephrase your worldbuilding topic to make that fit, we may not get it exactly right!
Specific fandom queries below! Please link your nominations page if telling us what to do about your nomination - thank you! Please either sign in to comment, or include a name with your anonymous comments, including replies to others' comments. Unsigned comments will stay screened.
Original Work - [genre] - We will not approve character nominations here other than gender-specific tags - see changes to nominations guidelines this year. As a specific example, instead of nominating Space Station Crew Member (OW-Hard SF), you could nominate WB: Working on a Space Station. In general, we recommend nominating broad worldbuilding tags, and saving specific scenarios for optional details in your sign-ups.
逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney - The tags “WB: No Callisto Yew (AA)” and “WB: No DL-6 incident (AA)” seem as if, rather than exploring unseen details of an aspect of the actual canon, they may be prompting for what-if AUs, which is outside the scope of this exchange. We’re happy to discuss possible worldbuilding tags that might include these broad topics within canon.
Andor (TV) - The tag "WB: Coruscant/senatorial politics and culture (Andor)" seems to cover several different ideas. Could this tag possibly be divided or narrowed down a bit - or help us understand what you're looking for, please?
曇天に笑う | Donten ni Warau | Laughing Under the Clouds (Anime & Manga) - The nominated characters include Older Fuuma Kotarou (DNW) and Younger Fuuma Kotarou (DNW). We will only accept Fuuma Kotarou | Fuuma Isame once; can you give us an idea of how you planned to request these tags, so we can discuss ways you might use the worldbuilding tags for this?
Dragon Age II - The tag “WB: Varric lying about someone's death in order to protect them (Dragon Age II)” seems to be more of a prompt than a worldbuilding exploration. Can you help us understand what you’re looking for, please?
Dragon Age: Origins - We’re not sure what is meant by the tag “WB: Aeducan's son's claim to the throne (DAO)”. Is this intended to refer to Aeducan’s son’s life after the King accepts him in the Of Noble Birth quest, or a prompt about him becoming the King’s heir, or something else? Can you help us understand what you’re looking for, please?
Event Horizon (1997) - We see the Event Horizon has been nominated both as a character and a worldbuilding tag. Could you please expand a bit on your thinking here?
Four Ways to Forgiveness - Ursula K. Le Guin - The tag "WB: in-universe texts/documents (Four Ways to Forgiveness) is a worldbuilding tag, but it seems to be already covered by a medium tag (in-universe meta). Did you want texts or documents about something specific? Could you give us a bit more information about what you were thinking of, please?
Geico GEICOween Horror Movie Commercial - We're not sure what the tags "WB: The Graveyard (Geico GEICOween Horror Movie Commercial)" and "WB: The Farm (Geico GEICOween Horror Movie Commercial)" are referring to. Is this the commercial you mean? Which aspects are the farm and the graveyard, please? The chainsaw murderer has been nominated as a worldbuilding tag, but seems to be a character - could you help us understand this tag please?
镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) - The tag “WB: Shen Wei acclimating to Haixing after waking up (Guardian (TV)” seems to be more of a prompt than a worldbuilding exploration. Can you help us understand what you’re looking for, please?
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells - "The Colony Solicitor - Sanctuary Moon (The Murderbot Diaries)", "The Terraforming Supervisor - Sanctuary Moon (The Murderbot Diaries)", and Sparga Delfin are not characters within the Murderbot Diaries, but within a further level of fiction. Nominator, could we explore what you're looking for here and what sorts of tags might suit it?
Also, the following worldbuilding tags: "WB: Scripts for Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon and Similar Media (The Murderbot Diaries)", and "WB: Visuals for Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon and Similar Media (The Murderbot Diaries)" seem to explicitly specify the media tags already available to select in this exchange. Could these be replaced with WB: Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon (The Murderbot Diaries), and/or WB: Entertainment Media (The Murderbot Diaries), which along with the choice of fic, art, or meta would cover these concepts? Let’s discuss.
Old Gods of Appalachia (Podcast) - The "Lockes" and "Barrows" are nominated as worldbuilding tags. They seem like groups of characters - would worldbuilding tags like WB: Locke Family History work for your purposes, or could you otherwise help us understand these nominations? Similarly, are the Feral Green a specifc faction?
Star Trek: The Original Series - The tag “WB: Sociology of the Enterprise (ST: TOS)” seems very broad and we're not completely sure we understand what you're hoping to request and offer - could you let us know what you had in mind please?
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The tag “WB: Sociology of the Enterprise (ST: TNG)” seems very broad and we're not completely sure we understand what you're hoping to request and offer - could you let us know what you had in mind please?
Star Wars: All Media Types - These two tags have a great deal of overlap:
"WB: Force cultures other than Jedi and Sith (SW AMT)" and "WB: Force traditions other than the Sith or the Jedi (Star Wars AMT)". May we combine them into WB: Force traditions and cultures other than Jedi and Sith (SW AMT)?
Also, we’re not quite sure what’s meant by WB: Mandalorian Foundling (SW AMT). May we rephrase as WB: Traditions around foundlings in Mandalorian culture (SW AMT), or did you intend something else?
The Walking Dead (TV) - These two tags have a great deal of overlap:
“WB: Early days of the apocalypse (Walking Dead TV)” and “WB: The Very First Hours and Days of the Zombie Apocalypse (TWD TV)”. May we combine them? Or do you want to separate them out into more distinct time periods?
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Date: 2024-02-15 03:03 am (UTC)How about:
WB: Consequences of Varric being an unreliable narrator (Dragon Age II)
WB: Succession in Orzammar after Bhelen Aeducan or Pyral Harrowmont (DAO)
and/or
WB: Life as Orzammar Royalty (DAO)
You could nominate Aeducan's son as a character tag, as he's a character who exists (conditionally) in the game. Alternatively, something like
WB: Aeducan's son's life at court after acceptance in Of Noble Birth
might suit?
no subject
Date: 2024-02-15 07:55 am (UTC)As do character tag + WB succession and WB life as royalty. I'll edit to that later if you don't get to it faster than me. :)