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