Comment on Fandom nonfiction: seeking feedback

  1. shayheyred (Guest) Thu 14 Mar 2013 04:35PM UTC

    You make a very interesting and valid point, anon. Though it is currently impossible to retrofit works that were uploaded with incorrect tags, the above example (which seems very familiar to me) would be the reason for a complaint to Abuse. Though that requires some action on the reader's part, this is the kind of thing that is meant for Abuse -- which can do something about mis-tagged or misreperesented work. But changing the tags is dependent on notification.

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    1. shayheyred (Guest) Thu 14 Mar 2013 04:36PM UTC

      Should have said, "impossibly to mass-retrofit all works that are mislabeled and already in the Archive."

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    2. Penknife (Guest) Fri 15 Mar 2013 12:49PM UTC

      Okay, but the FAQ above says that the AO3 won't enforce rules about tagging for "relationship or other tags." If Abuse is willing to do something about mis-tagging in some cases, it would be nice to have a statement in the FAQ about what kinds of mis-tagging can be reported. Because right now the FAQ says "don't bother us, we can't enforce anything but work type," which is not going to encourage people to notify Abuse rather than arguing with the work's author in comments.

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      1. Abusemember (Guest) Fri 15 Mar 2013 03:27PM UTC

        I agree with you, Penknife. We're not shy about investigating incorrect tagging, and the FAQ probably could be more clear about this point. I can tell you that we have had cases of this sort, and the policy is to leave elaborate tagging alone, even if to us it makes no sense, because in a sense it's part of the fanwork. However, if there's misleading information about fandoms we will intervene.

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      2. Abusemember (Guest) Sat 16 Mar 2013 01:41AM UTC

        Actually we only investigate about ten percent of every reported case. There's just not enough people. I hope volunteer sign up is opened again soon.

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        1. Anon (Guest) Sat 16 Mar 2013 06:06PM UTC

          Wasn't volunteering supposed to start opening end of Feb? Now it's mid March and still nothing. Meh.

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          1. Sherry N. (Guest) Sun 17 Mar 2013 12:32AM UTC

            Hi, let me respond officially as Abuse Chair. The person above writing under Abusemember is not accurate. We investigate EVERY case that comes before us. Sometimes the complaint is actually a Support or Legal case, and under those circumstances we will involve other committees. But I can tell you after three years on the committee no complaint is ever ignored. Not sure why "Abusemember" would say otherwise -- and I doubt that person is actually a member of the Abuse team. We are a small team, but I like to think we're pretty effective, and if (when!) meta is included in the Archive and new and different issues arise, we will deal with them or grow as needed. As for new volunteers, I recommend you drop a note to the Volunteer Committee at the OTW to ask about the status and the process.

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