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wrangletangle:
I wish I were an artist so I could illustrate the ambiguous name problem on AO3. Like, even if we played Go Fish with just Marvel wranglers, it would go something like this:
Player 1, from MCU: Got any Hopes?
Player 2, from Comics: Argh! **hands over 6 cards**
Player 1: Ha! With my 2, that’s… is 8 the set?
Player 3, from some cartoon somewhere: Hehehe nope!
Repeat ad nauseum with Player 1 handing 3 Peters to the comics and 2 Wards to the cartoons, Player 2 handing 3 Thors to the MCU, and the X-Men player cackling wildly as they cash in all the Eriks at once, followed by all the Bobbys.
Maybe then it would be easier to understand why including only part of a character’s name in a freeform can cause problems for users who just want to find works for their beloved Sam, and not every one of the dozens (maybe hundreds?) of Sams on the archive.
Love your audience! Tell them who you mean in each tag, because they could be hoping for something exactly like your work but not be willing to wade through all the other Wades to find it.
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wrangletangle:
I wish I were an artist so I could illustrate the ambiguous name problem on AO3. Like, even if we played Go Fish with just Marvel wranglers, it would go something like this:
Player 1, from MCU: Got any Hopes?
Player 2, from Comics: Argh! **hands over 6 cards**
Player 1: Ha! With my 2, that’s… is 8 the set?
Player 3, from some cartoon somewhere: Hehehe nope!
Repeat ad nauseum with Player 1 handing 3 Peters to the comics and 2 Wards to the cartoons, Player 2 handing 3 Thors to the MCU, and the X-Men player cackling wildly as they cash in all the Eriks at once, followed by all the Bobbys.
Maybe then it would be easier to understand why including only part of a character’s name in a freeform can cause problems for users who just want to find works for their beloved Sam, and not every one of the dozens (maybe hundreds?) of Sams on the archive.
Love your audience! Tell them who you mean in each tag, because they could be hoping for something exactly like your work but not be willing to wade through all the other Wades to find it.
(Your picture was not posted)
