Fandom as a Category v2 Posted

[meri_oddities]

We have posted the revised version of the Fandom as Category policy change Here to the Fanlore wiki. We invite discussion on it. Please post your comments here on Dreamwidth. If there are no problems or issues that require a change, the policy will become final in seven days after posting (4/28/2010).

At that time, we'll start adding the fandom categories and we'll put out a call for help with moving and changing the pages the need it.

Comments

[meri_oddities]

*I* think of RPF and FRF as the same category, but if you've got an argument for separating them, I'd like to hear it. I'm not wedded to anything other than finding a structure that we think will work. As I said, I do not want it to grow organically.

Aethel's idea could work, too.

Fandom By Source Text (existing category)
_Real People (existing category)
___Actor RPF
___Music RPF
___etc.

And then we add the sub-categories for people and groups. Like Christian Kane, Jared Padalecki, Lotrips, My Chemical Romance et al.

[facetofcathy]

I don't really have a firm reason to split it, but I do think there is a distinction between the forms.

I like Æthel's idea, as the most functional for now, and it gives some good broad linkages. The more narrow linkages we would just have to put in the pages themselves--perhaps we should think about a see also line in the RPF template?

[msilverstar]

Musing about this... actor names on the same level as whole fandoms seems a little awkward to me. Would it be possible to put someone in multiple fandoms?

__Actor RPF
___Lotrips
____Orlando Bloom
...
___Pirates of the Caribbean
____Orlando Bloom

Or just jumble it in, assuming that the Orlando Bloom page has links to both LOTR and POTC?

__Actor RPF
___Orlando Bloom
___Billy Boyd
___Doctor Who RPS (fandom)
___The Faculty (fandom)
___Cristian Kane
___Jared Padalecki
___Johnny Depp
___Lotrips (fandom)

This would make the list get enormous...

thoughts?