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Nominations Instructions

  • Jan. 26th, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Noms are OPEN and run until Tue 4 Feb 17:00 EET (in your timezone | countdown)

Tags that do not conform to these instructions will not be approved.


Please disregard everything AO3 says on the "nominate" page. Do NOT choose the canonical versions (offered by the dropdown) of whatever tag you're nominating. Tags are NOT restricted to characters only. Thank you. (AO3 doesn't let mods adjust what's on the nominations page.) If you have questions, please ask!


Please check what was agreed for your fandom on the franchise wrangling post. Write the fandom's name based on what was decided there. If your fandom has not been discussed on the franchise wrangling post, use the AO3 canonical. Please do not use "- All Media Types" tags unless decided on the franchise wrangling post. Please add the fandom name (or easily understandable abbreviation thereof) in (brackets) after the tag you are nominating. If nominating a crossover between two space canons, that is allowed; nom it under Crossover Fandom. (Allowed kinds of crossover tags for 2024: Relationship: Shmi Skywalker (SWPT) & Aeryn Sun (Farscape), Character: Jean-Luc Picard (TNG) in Mass Effect: Andromeda)

Nominating Characters
If you wish to receive a Thing centered on a character, nominate your character tag (type the tag into the form on AO3) as Character: Character's Name (Fandom). Some examples:
Character: Aria T'Loak (ME)
Character: Urdnot Wrex (ME)
Character: Miranda Lawson (ME)
Note: if you are nominating a RPG character whose gender one can choose (Shepard, The Jedi Exile, etc), please specify.

Nominating Relationships
If you wish to receive a Thing centered on a relationship between two or more characters, nominate your tag (type the tag into the form on AO3) as Relationship: Character A/Character B (Fandom) if you want a romantic or sexual relationship between A and B, or as Relationship: Character A & Character B (Fandom) if you want a platonic or familial relationship between A and B. Alphabetize by surname. (Yes, it goes into the slot called "Characters". This is so that matching would work.) Some examples:
Relationship: Miranda Lawson & Oriana Lawson (ME)
Relationship: Urdnot Wrex/Garrus Vakarian (ME)
Relationship: Male Shepard & Liara T'Soni (ME)
Note: if you are nominating a ship containing a RPG character whose gender one can choose (Shepard, The Jedi Exile, etc), please specify.

Nominating Worldbuilding
If you wish to receive a Thing centered on worldbuilding, nominate your tag (type the tag into the form on AO3) as Worldbuilding: A Clear Description (Fandom). (Yes, it goes into the slot called "Characters". This is so that matching would work.) Some examples:
Worldbuilding: Citadel Sewage System (ME)
Worldbuilding: Source of Cerberus' Funding (ME)
Worldbuilding: Mass Relays (ME).

Please do not nominate plot prompts as worldbuilding. If you want Liara to kick Kai Leng's ass straight through a mass relay into another dimension, request either Character: Liara T'Soni (ME) or Relationship: Kai Leng & Liara T'Soni (ME) and offer the prompt of Liara kicking Kai Leng's ass. Tags that are plot prompts will be rejected.

If you are unsure of what you want – say you'd like something with Ashley Williams exploring the Citadel sewage system. Would you be happier with Ashley Williams doing something completely different, or with someone else looking through the Citadel sewage system? Or, if you don't know what to nom at all, go trawl through the fandom promotion post in search of inspiration.

If you find these instructions confusing, or otherwise wish to flail, please comment here or PM me. The tag set is HERE!

Comments

mahmfic: (Default)
[personal profile] mahmfic wrote:
Feb. 1st, 2025 04:46 am (UTC)
I'm having difficulty nominating Star Trek Crossovers. I get an error message:

Sorry! We couldn't save this tag set nomination because:
The tag Star Trek Crossovers is already in the archive as a Freeform tag. (All tags have to be unique.) Try being more specific, for instance the medium or the fandom.

Screenshots from my phone
https://i.imgur.com/PArLl47.png
https://i.imgur.com/V87FrDF.png
extrapenguin: Picture of the Horsehead Nebula, with the horse wearing a hat and the text "MOD". (ssmod)
[personal profile] extrapenguin wrote:
Feb. 1st, 2025 02:43 pm (UTC)
Yeah that's an AO3 thing – unfortunately Star Trek Crossovers is a freeform tag already and can't be used in the fandom slot. Last year's incredibly creative solution was simply using Star Trek Crossovers - Fandom
mahmfic: (Default)
[personal profile] mahmfic wrote:
Feb. 1st, 2025 03:14 pm (UTC)
Worked! Thank you
alba17: (Andor)
[personal profile] alba17 wrote:
Feb. 4th, 2025 04:22 pm (UTC)
Maybe this is a stupid question. I'm looking at the tagset with an eye toward vids. If we want to request or offer a fandom but there are only a few specific pairings nominated, would I still be able to request/offer that fandom just generally? Or do I need to nominate specific characters?
extrapenguin: Picture of the Horsehead Nebula, with the horse wearing a hat and the text "MOD". (ssmod)
[personal profile] extrapenguin wrote:
Feb. 4th, 2025 04:24 pm (UTC)
You're only able to offer/request what's in the tagset, so please stuff in some specific characters! The minimum for offers is two tags per fandom, so if there's no extant tag you could vid, stuff in two.
alba17: (Prison Cassian)
[personal profile] alba17 wrote:
Feb. 4th, 2025 04:28 pm (UTC)
Okay, thanks. Oh also, do we consider Loki the tv show a space fandom?
extrapenguin: Picture of the Horsehead Nebula, with the horse wearing a hat and the text "MOD". (ssmod)
[personal profile] extrapenguin wrote:
Feb. 4th, 2025 05:01 pm (UTC)
Yes, Loki (TV 2021) is eligible!
alba17: (Sylvie)
[personal profile] alba17 wrote:
Feb. 4th, 2025 05:08 pm (UTC)
Thanks, I went ahead and submitted it with my nominations. :)