Medium Nomination Post

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Medium Nomination Post

Links:

• Tagset
• Medium Rulesets

Nominating

Nomination is how you add things to the tagset! Mediums aren't matchable via Ao3, but participants can opt into mediums other than fanfiction and then if you're someone who wishes to match on one of those mediums you'll be able to email us (ficinaboxmod@gmail.com) or contact us via a google form (to be posted later).

This post is where you should nominate any mediums you want added to the tagset!

If you're nominating a medium where the equivalent needs to be discussed you should only nominate if you are someone who intends to create the medium within the exchange. If it's a new length opt-in, another form of something already in the tagset, or something that fits easily into the Rulesets anyone can nominate.

When nominating a medium, please include the following categories:

Medium: Ruleset(s): Unique Rules: (only add if "Unique Rules" was chosen in Rulesets) What is it: Other Info:

There is an example (and by example I mean a real medium the mods are nominating) below for reference!

Other Info

Almost all tags from last year were imported into this year's tagset. Those excluded were because they required unique rules and weren't posted last year, with some of them being potentially out of scope of the exchange upon further reflection. The following tags were excluded (those with stars are potentially out of scope):
• *Animatics
• *Board Game
• The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview
• *Card Game
• *Conspiracy Board (Simpler Art/Comic Rules version left in!)
• *fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen
• *In-Universe Social Media (Simpler Art/Comic Rules version left in)
• In-Universe Wedding Reception Menu
• Shopping list
• *Tabletop Campaign
• *Translation notes
• *Translation notes: In-Universe translation notes
• Typeface Design
• Untitled Goose Style To-Do List

All of these can be renominated by someone who intends to create them, including those which may be out of scope! Those with stars will need further discussion (either due to scope issues or due to the addition of templates and the rulesets possibly changing how they should be equated), those without can be renominated directly. If the list style mediums are renominated I have a draft of a ruleset for those.

Comments

[muggle95]

the more I think about it, the more I think that text-only patterns should be treated like any other text category, so given the answers above, I'm going to request three additional media, inspired by the inclusion of knitting charts:

Medium: Knitting Pattern (text only)
Ruleset(s): Instructions
What is it: the alphanumeric version of a knitting pattern
Other info: many yarncraft patterns include photos of the in-progress craft at key stages. I haven't done any knitting projects in over a decade so if you need an example, hopefully mimsical can provide one?

Medium: Crochet Chart
Ruleset(s): Unique
Unique Rules: should match knitting chart rules as closely as reasonable (1 symbol equivalent to five words, minimum 200 symbols; post to ao3 should include a high quality image or an image in any quality plus a link to a site where the original chart can be downloaded without needing to create an account. Because crochet charts aren't grids, creators should indicate the symbol count with the finished product for mod review)
What is it: a visual representation of a crochet pattern using theoretically-standardized symbols
Other Info: looks more organic than a knitting pattern, unlikely to be a grid (certain niche styles of crochet - eg c2c - may still have gridlike patterns). Because symbols are only theoretically standardized, it would be polite to include a symbol-to-name key with the chart, including whether the names of stitches are in US or UK crochet terms.

Medium: Crochet Pattern (text only)
Ruleset(s): Instructions*
* Creator should specify whether the pattern uses US or UK crochet terms
What is it: the alphanumeric version of a crochet pattern (eg: "round 3: (sc 1 inc 1)* : 18")
Other info: many crochet patterns include photos of the in-progress craft at key stages

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Adding as:

Medium Opt In: Instructions - Knitting Pattern (text only)
Medium Opt In: Instructions - Crochet Pattern (text only)
Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Crochet Chart

I also added a variation on the Knitting Chart rules for the Crochet chart!