"Transformers Generation One" is a fandom tag that AO3 tag wranglers have canonized (made official), and it serves as a parent fandom for many other Generation One fandoms. If you view the AO3 tag page for "Transformers Generation One" you will see that there are many fandoms listed under the "Subtags" heading:
Transformers: Beast Machines
Transformers: The Headmasters
Transformers (Marvel Generation One)
Transformers (Dreamwave Generation One)
The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)
The Transformers (IDW Generation One)
Transformers: Kiss Players
Transformers: Victory
Transformers: Earth Wars
Transformers: Beast Wars (Cartoon)
This means that when you're looking at works under the tag "Transformers Generation One" you're seeing all works on the archive tagged with "Transformers Generation One" or any of the above listed subtags. We don't want to use tags like this as tagset tags, usually, because they're confusing about what the actual canon source is — someone who likes Beast Wars best doesn't necessarily want to match with someone who likes the Marvel Generation One stuff the most, right?
During nominations pregaming, we put up a clarification post asking Transformers fans if we should move from "Transformers Generation One" to more specific tags, and we were told A) that we should and B) that "Transformers Generation One" usually means "The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)".
"Transformers Generation One" accidentally made it into the tagset somehow during nominations, so we are belatedly following the advice we got and moving everything that was under "Transformers Generation One" into the fandom tag "The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)"
Someone might have nominated under "Transformers Generation One" wanting one of the other subtags, however, and if they did then they should let us know so we can move their tags where they should be.
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Date: 2024-08-24 01:23 am (UTC)This means that when you're looking at works under the tag "Transformers Generation One" you're seeing all works on the archive tagged with "Transformers Generation One" or any of the above listed subtags. We don't want to use tags like this as tagset tags, usually, because they're confusing about what the actual canon source is — someone who likes Beast Wars best doesn't necessarily want to match with someone who likes the Marvel Generation One stuff the most, right?
During nominations pregaming, we put up a clarification post asking Transformers fans if we should move from "Transformers Generation One" to more specific tags, and we were told A) that we should and B) that "Transformers Generation One" usually means "The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)".
"Transformers Generation One" accidentally made it into the tagset somehow during nominations, so we are belatedly following the advice we got and moving everything that was under "Transformers Generation One" into the fandom tag "The Transformers (Cartoon Generation One)"
Someone might have nominated under "Transformers Generation One" wanting one of the other subtags, however, and if they did then they should let us know so we can move their tags where they should be.