Tags and tagging

[unovis.livejournal.com]

Hi!
Just a few words on our tags and tagging your recs.

Tags are useful search tools for grouping the recs by categories: by pairing, genre, content, and sources for the stories or other fanworks.

We ask that reccers attach tags that are relevant to the works they rec. You don't have to add everything that applies-- for example, not a character tag for everyone who might appear in the story, or every theme or content. But if Molly has a significant cameo, say, that you think people searching for her might appreciate, then by all means list her in a tag. Likewise if you think this is the addiction story people should read, then use the content: addiction tag.

The required aspects to tag are pairing (if it applies), relationship genre (i.e., gen, slash, or het*), and verse (the source: ACD books, Sherlock BBC, Granada, etc.).

The easiest place to see all of the tags available is in this list of tags.

Tagging is enabled only for the author of the post and the mods. Only the mods can add new tags. We have a beginning list up now, anticipating likely categories and characters. We'll add more as recs are made, if characters and pairings, for example, aren't covered already. You can request a new tag to be added by commenting here or by contacting one of the mods. Keep in mind, again, that we'll be adding character tags as additional characters appear in recs.

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have been abbreviated as SH and JW in pairings and some other places (e.g., content: sick jw). Since this recs comm is open to all versions of Sherlock Holmes, it seemed the simplest way to identify the characters. Lestrade, Gregson, and Dimmock are listed as "inspector" following ACD book canon, and Moriarty is listed only once by his (their) surname alone. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is abbreviated throughout as ACD.

*We won't add a category for "slash-if-you-squint" or similar invitations for the reader to see subtext in a story. If the author hasn't labeled her work as slash, then it's genre: gen or genre: friendship.

Comments

[phoenixfalls.livejournal.com]

Hey, can I get a couple more tags for the rec I want to post tomorrow?

character: alfredo llamosa
pairing: marcus bell/ms. hudson/alfredo llamosa

Thanks!

[unovis.livejournal.com]

I'll add a character tag for alfredo, but not for that rare threesome. It will be on the spreadsheet, though.

[phoenixfalls.livejournal.com]

Can I ask why this threesome is considered too rare for a tag that I will immediately use, but there's a tag for, for example, "pairing: jw/sh/irene/mary" which has never been used in a rec and has even only been used on AO3 four times?

And looking to the future, I'm also planning on reccing fics with Sherlock/Gregson, Joan/Marcus and Joan/Ms. Hudson as pairings. . . are those pairings too rare for a tag? And will the Joan/Moriarty fic I'm going to rec go under the existing "pairing: jw/moriarty" tag, or does it need a "pairing: joan watson/moriarty" tag?

[unovis.livejournal.com]

Sorry, you're right. I did delete the jw/sh/irene/mary (don't know where that came from, unless the rec was deleted or the tag wasn't used). I'll add the threesome tag. Once again, Joan Watson is a unique character and NOT the same as John Watson or JW, so she has to have her own tags. Since Elementary's version of Moriarty is also gender swapped and has a double identity, she should be added if necessary as Irene Adler-Jamie Moriarty.

[phoenixfalls.livejournal.com]

Okay, cool. I'll come back to ask for the "character: irene adler-jamie moriarty" and "pairing: joan watson/irene adler-jamie moriarty" tags (or however you want to list them) when I'm ready to post that rec.

What was the verdict on rarity in regards to the other pairings? Should I ask for pairing tags when I'm ready to rec the fics I mentioned before (Sherlock/Gregson, Joan/Marcus, Joan/Ms. Hudson) or do you not want the pairing tags proliferating like that?

Thanks for all your help!