nominate on the AO3

[brightknightie]

I submitted my nominations for the everywoman exchange last night. (D&DC, FK, HL, YB, BSG78, and Pokemon GO.)

I've never nominated on the AO3 before, and I ran into what seemed to me a conflict between the letter of the instructions on the community and what I could do on the AO3. The instructions say to put all noms in the form "Name (Fandom)," so I did. But for many -- including Tessa, Janette, and Natalie -- the AO3-canonical form of the character tag doesn't include the fandom on the end. This morning, I posted a question to the mod, in case she'd prefer the canonical tag form, no matter what.

Separately, I decided to not also nominate in the "Rarest of Rare" event on rarepairficexchange, even though nearly all my own favorite pairs qualify. If I'm going to try to make a treat for fandom5k and also participate in everywoman, that's really a lot for me.

Are any of you planning to play in any of these events?

Comments

[brightknightie]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[skieswideopen]

Incidentally--and you may already know this--that's just for nominations and requests. When actually posting your story, you can certainly use the canonical tag, and most people do.

[brightknightie]

Thanks! I did not know that, but it clicks exactly with this new info.

I haven't done an "automated match" exchange before, only old-fashioned hand-matched exchanges. Last Fan Never To Have Done Yuletide... a million years ago, there was a reason for that, because some folks I care about were mad at the concept/naming and I felt I should stay away because of their feelings, but then it just slid into being habit, and busy that time of year, and that being when the annual HL exchange happens.