I would recommend emphasizing, in any outreach, that the anime/manga side of the wiki is a work in progress and very unfinished. And then be ready to field suggestions for structure that differ significantly from the way the Western media pages and categories are structured. The sources act very differently, and the fandoms act pretty differently too. One size is not going to fit all, not when that one size has, to date, been completely based on only one shape of sources.
This is why I howled about doing outreach a lot, lot sooner, because now Fanlore is going to have to retrofit some things. I think that should be acknowledged going into this. But it isn't actually too late, as long as the anime/manga (and other!) fans who are invited in are not expected to just make do with what's already there. There should be an expectation that contributions will result in organic change.
One general style recommendation for outreach posts: they should not be in that perky "this is something new, come try it!" tone with exclamation points. I think they'll have a better chance of being heard if they acknowledge that Fanlore is missing representation from a/m and has been for a while, and that the people currently on the boards and committees sincerely want to fix that problem. OTW, if it's on the horizon of most a/m fans at all, has some history to live down, and seeming to ignore that won't help the organization's case. So I'd recommend a slightly more humble "hey, we're missing you guys, we'd really like to see you, do you want to make this thing talk about you too?".
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I would recommend emphasizing, in any outreach, that the anime/manga side of the wiki is a work in progress and very unfinished. And then be ready to field suggestions for structure that differ significantly from the way the Western media pages and categories are structured. The sources act very differently, and the fandoms act pretty differently too. One size is not going to fit all, not when that one size has, to date, been completely based on only one shape of sources.
This is why I howled about doing outreach a lot, lot sooner, because now Fanlore is going to have to retrofit some things. I think that should be acknowledged going into this. But it isn't actually too late, as long as the anime/manga (and other!) fans who are invited in are not expected to just make do with what's already there. There should be an expectation that contributions will result in organic change.
One general style recommendation for outreach posts: they should not be in that perky "this is something new, come try it!" tone with exclamation points. I think they'll have a better chance of being heard if they acknowledge that Fanlore is missing representation from a/m and has been for a while, and that the people currently on the boards and committees sincerely want to fix that problem. OTW, if it's on the horizon of most a/m fans at all, has some history to live down, and seeming to ignore that won't help the organization's case. So I'd recommend a slightly more humble "hey, we're missing you guys, we'd really like to see you, do you want to make this thing talk about you too?".