My concern is that this is just the forerunner to test the water after which this half-baked scheme will be applied to AO3. Sequential Art (under which I wouldn't have searched for comics from any country) and Animation thrown into one pot, but Books & Literature and TV Shows and films separate, despite them being at least a combination like Sequential Art and Animation. Added to that that certain Animations are TV Shows and others are Films, and certain Sequential Arts are Books and/or Literature. You say that you don't want to place certain categories under certain other categories because they'd contain too many entries, but like this there'd be many doubles in many categories (Will Shrek be Animation or Film or both?)
This looks very much like sorting the pears (Anime) into a scheme with the apples (TV Shows) and throwing a gardenia (RPF) in for good measure.
The categories currently look very much like the system ffn has been using for ages. If you want to shake that up and introduce a new way to categorize fandoms, do it completely and consistently. Don't make it looks like Barefoot Gen isn't Literature, My Neighbor Totoro isn't a Film and The Simpsons isn't a TV Show.
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Re: a few thoughts, in no particular order
Sequential Art (under which I wouldn't have searched for comics from any country) and Animation thrown into one pot, but Books & Literature and TV Shows and films separate, despite them being at least a combination like Sequential Art and Animation. Added to that that certain Animations are TV Shows and others are Films, and certain Sequential Arts are Books and/or Literature.
You say that you don't want to place certain categories under certain other categories because they'd contain too many entries, but like this there'd be many doubles in many categories (Will Shrek be Animation or Film or both?)
This looks very much like sorting the pears (Anime) into a scheme with the apples (TV Shows) and throwing a gardenia (RPF) in for good measure.
The categories currently look very much like the system ffn has been using for ages. If you want to shake that up and introduce a new way to categorize fandoms, do it completely and consistently. Don't make it looks like Barefoot Gen isn't Literature, My Neighbor Totoro isn't a Film and The Simpsons isn't a TV Show.