Would it be possible to see a screen shot of what a page that shows a list of all the fandoms in a subcat looks like? Is it a plain list like the current system or does it include all the meta data for each fandom like the screenshot for the currently popular page? I think the latter would be extremely hard to scroll through and browse as all the extra info and the bulky boxes will make the screen quite cluttered.
I second all the requests for an easy to find, one click link to get to the full list of fandoms without having to go through the currently popular page to get there. Otherwise, I like the idea of subcategories. Thank you!
I also have a question about fandoms being in more than one tag. For example, if I go to the movies section and select Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will I only be shown fic that's tagged specifically for the movie 'verse? And the same for book fic only if I go HHGTG through the Books & Lit gateway? Will there be any way to see everything that's tagged HHGTG, regardless of category? And where will fics go that are tagged HHGTG that don't specify whether they're movie or book 'verse? Will they turn up in both places or in neither?
This feature will not change fandom tags themselves, at all, except by attaching to them certain extra information (and in some cases, changing them from one pre-existing media category to another).
If you go to the movies section, you will probably encounter two fandom tags for your fandom, one for the movie-only version, and a 'metatag', usually formated 'HHGTG - All Media Types' (but in this case, just HHGTG: http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Hitchhiker%27s%20Guide%20to%20the%20Galaxy). If you click on the metatag, you get all works tagged with either of the subtags (i.e. tagged with the movie version or the book version) any of its synonymous tags, or tagged directly with the metatag or one of its synonymous tags.
You can read more about the way tags work in the Archive here: http://archiveofourown.org/archive_faqs/10
The interface isn’t actually coded yet - the figures in this post are mockups created to help guide the design discussion, and we will keep in mind your feedback about the fandom listing pages, as well as your suggestion for a quicker way to reach those pages.
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