Tagset Clean Up

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Navigation: Rules/General Info | AO3 Collection | Nominations Guidelines | Medium Nominations | Tagset | Mod Contact: ficinaboxmod@gmail.com OR Screened Mod Contact Post

Tagset Clean Up

This post is very specifically for issues with tags already in the tagset. If you have a question about a queried/rejected nomination or if you think tags you nominated got lost in the shuffle, please instead comment on the last Nominations Clarification post.

Your report must include:

• The tag(s)
• The fandom
• The issue and if necessary what needs to be changed to fix it.

---

Things to definitely report to us

• Wandering tags: These are tags that belong in one tagset fandom, but are showing up in others. This is usually caused by the fandoms being connected, but some tags just like to show up any ol place. Please indicate both the correct fandom and the fandom(s) being invaded.
• Misspellings: Please tell me the correct spelling.
• Duplicate tags: One will need to be removed, so please say which you would rather keep.
• Doubled disambiguation: Sometimes we do this by accident, I will trim it back off.
• Synning catastrophes: Sometimes a tag, or even a whole fandom, is synned to another thing in the tagset which then devours it. Make sure to tell me both the devoured tag/fandom and what is consuming it.
• Tones/diacritics: Did you nominate Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) and now the tagset has Jiāng Chéng/Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)? We'll fix this!
• Ambiguous tags: Does a relationship in your fandom use a codename/alias/assumed name/etc that could apply to more than one character? Let us know which characters.
• Confusing tags: Are you just not sure what a tag means? We might not be able to fix it, but we'd like to know.
• Mod whoopses: Did we say to do things one way and then went and accepted it the wrong way? Hopefully this won't happen often, but if it does please report it here!
• Other structural fixes: Things I missed that aren't on the lists below.

Things you don't need to report

• Crossover tags with ambiguous or AMT fandoms – we're happy to leave picking the specific adaptation up to the creator for those tags.
• Fandoms sorted into the wrong media category – official AO3 tag wranglers handle this, we don't have any control over it and thus can't fix it.
• Anything in the "Unassociated Characters & Relationships" bucket at the bottom.
• Weird spaces in your disambiguations: I probably put them there to fix some issue.

Comments

[lionessvalenti]

Duplicate in Star Trek: Lower Decks

Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn (Lower Decks)
Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn (ST:LD)

I nominated the second one, but I have no opinion on which one stays. Either one gets me the thing I'm looking for.

I figured while I was here I'd give the other Star Treks a once over. I didn't nominate any of the rest of these. Maybe a nominators have an opinion on which tag stays.

Duplicate in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock (SNW)
La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock (ST: SNW)

Duplicate in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Benjamin Sisko & Jake Sisko (DS9)
Benjamin Sisko & Jake Sisko (ST:DS9)

Duplicates in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Felisa Howard/Ronin & Beverly Crusher (TNG)
Felisa Howard/Ronin & Beverly Crusher(TNG)

Jean-Luc Picard/Q (ST: TNG)
Jean-Luc Picard/Q (TNG)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the duplicates

[toothpastepancake]

Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn (Lower Decks)
Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn (ST:LD)

Is a duplicate, the (Lower Decks) one could probably be removed, either one

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the first one

[toothpastepancake]

Under Ghosts (US TV 2021)

Trevor Lefkowitz/Pete Martino (Ghosts CBS)
Trevor Lefkowitz/Pete Martino (Ghosts US TV 2021)

Is a duplicate, 2nd one may be more clear

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the first one

[scintilla10]

Some duplicates:

Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon)
Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn (Lower Decks)
Beckett Mariner/T'Lyn (ST:LD)
WB: The Arts in a Future where AI Is Standard (Lower Decks)
WB: The Arts in a Future where AI Is Standard (ST: LWD)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock (SNW)
La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock (ST: SNW)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Benjamin Sisko & Jake Sisko (DS9)
Benjamin Sisko & Jake Sisko (ST:DS9)

Stranger Things
Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair (ST)
Maxine Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair (Stranger Things)

ETA: Oops, sorry, I didn't refresh the page in time to see that several people got to the Star Trek ones before me!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the duplicates.

[echotunes]

Hi! I noticed two QSMP | Quackity SMP tags that list the character names in non-alphabetical order:

JuanaFlippa & CodeFlippa (QSMP)
Slimecicle & CodeFlippa (QSMP)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Since QSMP is a high wandering risk fandom we're going to leave those as is! One of the ways to deal with a wandering tag is to flip the name order, I don't think we did that ourselves in this case but it could be the reason they were nominated that way

[snickfic]

Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
Solo: Yelena Belova (Thunderbolts 2025)
Solo: Yelena Belova (Thunderbolts)

I am not the nominator, but I think either one would be fine.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the second one

Gravity Falls

[amoldfield]

Mispellings: In quite a few tags, Gravity is misspelled as Gravitiy
The list of tags with mispellings:
Amorphous Shape/Pyronica (Gravitiy Falls)
Bill Cipher & Stanford Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Dipper Pines & Mabel Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Dipper Pines & Stanford Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Dipper Pines & Stanford Pines & Mabel Pines & Stanley Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Dipper Pines & Stanley Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Dipper Pines/Mabel Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Kryptos/Pyronica (Gravitiy Falls)
Mabel Pines & Stanford Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Mabel Pines/Pacifica Northwest (Gravitiy Falls)
Solo: Stanford Pines (Gravitiy Falls)
Solo: The Gang of Interdimensional Criminals and Nightmares (Gravitiy Falls)

Mabel Pines/Pacifica Northwest is also in the list twice

Re: Gravity Falls

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you, I've fixed those!

[(Anonymous)]

Hiya, here are some duplicate tags from the tagset:


Under the fandom 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù:
Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (MDZS - MXTX)
Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian (MDZS - MXTX)

Jin Ling | Jin Rulan/Lan Jingyi (MDZS - MXTX)
Jin Ling/Lán Jǐngyí (MDZS)


Under the fandom The Magnus Archives (Podcast):
Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist (tma)
Martin Blackwood/Jonathan “Jon” Sims (TMA)


Under the fandom Yellowjackets (TV):
Lottie Matthews/Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)
Lottie Matthews/Natalie Scatorccio (YJ)

Callie Sadecki/Shauna Shipman (Yellowjackets TV)
Shauna Shipman/Callie Sadecki (YJ)

Shauna Shipman/Jackie Taylor (Yellowjackets)
Shauna Shipman/Jackie Taylor (YJ)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the duplicates!

[trobadora]

There's a fandom tag "uperman (Movie 2025)" with one worldbuilding tag under it, sitting in "Uncategoriued Fandoms".

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I'll delete that fandom tag and move the WB one to the Superman (Movie 2025) fandom.

[corvusumbranox]

There’s a duplicate nomination under The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim:

Female Dovahkiin | Dragonborn/General Tullius (Elder Scrolls: Skyrim)
Female Dragonborn/General Tullius (Elder Scrolls: Skyrim)

I don’t mind which one is kept, but the one with piping is probably more correct according to the nomination rules

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the one without piping

Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft/Thor (Movies)

[(Anonymous)]

In the Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft tag there are a few missplellings in the following tags (mostly the disambiguations, where they were Cthulu Mythos should be spelled Cthulhu Mythos). Here are the relevant tags.

Solo: Hastur (Cthulu Mythos)
Solo: Narrator (The Outsider - H. P. Lovecraft) (Cthulu Mythos)
Solo: Nyarlathote (Cthulu Mythos)
WB: Arkham Massachusetts (Cthulu Mythos)
WB: Dreamlands (Cthulu Mythos)
WB: Elder Things' Civilization on Pre-Human Earth (Cthulu Mythos)
WB: Innsmouth Massachusetts (Cthulu Mythos)
WB: Necronomicon (Cthulu Mythos)

Additionaly, the tag Solo: Nyarlathote (Cthulu Mythos) should be spelled Solo: Nyarlathotep (Cthulhu Mythos)

Also the Thor (Movies) fandom is both in the Movies category and in the Other Media category. If this is only a wrangling issue that is okay, I just thought I should mention it.

Re: Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft/Thor (Movies)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've fixed those

[(Anonymous)]

Under the fandom "镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)," I'm a little confused by the tags "Lǐ Qiàn/Science (Guardian (TV))" and Shěn Wēi & Professor Zhōu & Lǐ Qiàn & Science (Guardian (TV))." There's no character or entity called "Science" in the drama. The named characters in these tags all work in the science department of a university, so I guess the tags are asking for stories about their relationship to science as a field of study?

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

If Science is not a character or entity then those are actually not allowed, so I've removed them. Thank you for letting us know!

[(Anonymous)]

under Arthurian Mythology
Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Mordred & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
have wandered in from Merlin (TV)

under 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù:
Fēng Xìn/Huā Chéng/Mù Qíng/Xiè Lián (TGCF)
Feng Xin/Hua Cheng/Mu Qing/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)

Yushi Huang/Ling Wen (TGCF)
Líng Wén/Yǔshī Huáng (TGCF)

Gi Zi & Qi Rong ( TGCF )
should be
Gu Zi & Qi Rong (TGCF)

under 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù:
Liu Qingge/Shen Jiu | Original Shen Qingqiu/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu (SVSSS - MXTX)
Liu Qingge/Shen Jiu/Shen Yuan (SVSSS)
are duplicates

duplicates under 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù:
Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin & Jin Ling | Jin Rulan (MDZS - MXTX)
Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin & Jin Ling | Jin Rulan (MDZS)

Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao/Nie Mingjue (MDZS - MXTX)
Jin Guangyao/Nie Mingjue (MDZS)

Jin Ling | Jin Rulan/Lan Jingyi (MDZS - MXTX)
Jin Ling/Lán Jǐngyí (MDZS)

Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén/Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo/Niè Míngjué (MDZS - MXTX)
Jin Guangyao/Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue (MDZS)

duplicates under Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica:
Akemi Homura & Kaname Madoka & Miki Sayaka & Sakura Kyouko & Tomoe Mami (Madoka Magica)
Akemi Homura & Kaname Madoka & Miki Sayaka & Sakura Kyouko & Tomoe Mami (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Miki Sayaka/Sakura Kyouko (Madoka Magica)
Miki Sayaka/Sakura Kyouko (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

under Ouran High School Host Club - All Media Types,
Haniznozuka Mitsukuni & Morinozuka Takashi (Ouran)
should be
Haninozuka Mitsukuni & Morinozuka Takashi (Ouran)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I have fixed all of those except for the Qi Rong one because it's likely like that deliberately (sometimes we'll use disambiguation spacing or DFE to fix a problem that won't fix with anything nicer)

[(Anonymous)]

Under Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica:

Akemi Homura & Kaname Madoka & Miki Sayaka & Sakura Kyouko & Tomoe Mami (Madoka Magica)

Akemi Homura & Kaname Madoka & Miki Sayaka & Sakura Kyouko & Tomoe Mami (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the first one

[silveredeye]

duplicate in A House of Many Doors (Video Game)
Solo: Genevieve Caul (A House of Many Doors)
Solo: Genevieve Caul (AHoMD)

Let's keep the first one. I nominated the second myself, so keeping the one with the full fandom name avoids psyching its nominator.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the second one

[merle_p]

Kraven the Hunter (2024) duplicates:

Sergei Kravinoff/Dmitri Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter 2024)
Sergei Kravinoff/Dmitri Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter)
Sergei Kravinoff/Dmitri Smerdyakov (Kraven the Hunter 2024)
Explanation: The last one is also a duplicate of the first two because the movie character is called "Dmitri Kravinoff" but the comic character he's based on uses the last name "Smerdyakov" and this is also the canonical tag people use for the movie character on AO3, even though the movie credits list him as "Kravinoff". It's the same character though. There's only one Dmitri in the movie.

Sergei Kravinoff/Dmitri Kravinoff/Female Reader (Kraven the Hunter 2024)
Sergei Kravinoff/Dmitri Kravinoff/Female Reader (Kraven the Hunter)

---

Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe) duplicates:

Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik/Agent Stone (Sonic Live Action)
Dr. Ivo Robotnik/Agent Stone (Sonic Live Action Universe)

---

Thunderbolts (Movie 2025) duplicates:

Solo: Yelena Belova (Thunderbolts 2025)
Solo: Yelena Belova (Thunderbolts)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the duplicates (including the Smerdyakov tag, thank you for the context!)

[edriss]

Duplicate tag -
Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate

Marco & Cassie (Animorphs)- keep this one!
Cassie & Marco (Animorphs)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the second one

[(Anonymous)]

Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik/Agent Stone (Sonic Live Action)
Dr. Ivo Robotnik/Agent Stone (Sonic Live Action Universe)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the second one

[withthekeyisking]

Hello! Wandered from Crossover Fandom and into DCU (Comics):
Trisana Chandler & Daja Kisubo & Briar Moss & Sandrilene fa Toren (Emelan) in Batman (Comics)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've fixed that one so it's only in Crossover Fandom

[desertvixen]

Looks like a pair of dupes under Wicked (Movie 2024)

Elphaba Thropp & Fiyero Tigelaar (Wicked 2024)
Fiyero Tigelaar & Elphaba Thropp

Also, two La'an/Spocks in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock (SNW)
La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock (ST: SNW)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've removed the duplicates

[chancellorxofxtrash]

Typo in ヴぁんぷ! - 成田良悟 | Vamp! Series - Narita Ryohgo

Ferret von Waldstein & Gerhardt von Waldstein & Relix von Waldstein (Vamp!)

Should be

Ferret von Waldstein & Gerhardt von Waldstein & Relic von Waldstein (Vamp!)


Sorry about it, I misspelled it!


Also a dublicate in Kamen Rider Decade:


Hikari Natsumi/Kadoya Tsukasa/Kaitou Daiki/Onodera Yuusuke (Kamen Rider Decade)
Hikari Natsumi/Kadoya Tsukasa/Kaitou Daiki/Onodera Yuusuke (KR Decade)

(also in Decade some of the tags are disambigged as "KR Decade" and others as "Kamen Rider Decade" not sure if that's reportable or not)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

I've fixed the first one, but it looks like both tags have been requested and offered for the second one so we won't be able to fix that at this point!

[tegulai]

Fandom wrongly split in two - Philza Hardcore S4 Lore and Philza Hardcore Season 4 Lore (DFE)

These are the same fandom, but the tags are not the same across each instance. I am the sole nominator for this fandom, and I know that it had to be DFE'd after getting canonised/synned to the DSMP a week into nominations. Is it possible to put all the tags from the non-DFE'd fandom into the DFE'd one? There isn't any crossover with the two fandoms aside from the WB: All tag. DFE everything if need be lol.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

I've merged those together into the DFE one!

[prizefig]

duplicate in original work

Gamerbro/Crossplayer of His Waifu (M/M) (OW)
Gamerbro/Crossplayer of His Waifu (OW)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

It looks like both M/M and M/NB would apply to the second tag, so we'll leave it as a less specific version.

[ambiguouslydisordered]

Falsettos - Lapine/Finn
Whizzer Brown/Marvin & Jason (Trina)
should be Whizzer Brown/Marvin & Jason (Falsettos)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Fixed!

Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

[(Anonymous)]

Duplicates in 魔尊也想知道 - 青色羽翼 | Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know - Cyan Wings

Baili Qingmiao & Zhongli Qian (Devil Venerable) and Zhongli Qian & Baili Qingmiao (Devil Venerable): please keep Baili Qingmiao & Zhongli Qian (Devil Venerable) since it's in alphabetical order

Re: Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Unfortunately both have been requested or offered so we won't be able to fix this one at this point