2minsforslashing | Mod note, re: Tags, f-locking

I just went through and cleared out a whole bunch of tags that were cluttering up the tags list. For various reasons, but almost all of them were for misspelled words/typos. So if I could please ask that you actually look through the tag list when you go to tag your fic, rather than entering in your own -- unless you've verified that the tag you want to use doesn't already exist -- I would really appreciate it. It's time-consuming on my part to go through and remove redundant tags.

I'd like to keep the tagging simple, so some guidelines:

rating (g, pg, pg-13, r, nc-17 -- this is how they are established in the tags)
your name (so if that's not listed, feel free to add it)
the team(s) (full team names, starting with the city, rather than nick names; these should all be listed already, at least for the NHL)
players (full names, and no person a/person b tags, please!!)

This will hopefully save the tags list from filling up too quickly again, and then I won't have to spend an hour clearing it out again. :-) Keep in mind, we only have 1000 tags to work with, and while that may seem like a lot, when you think about how many different people write how many different players, our tags list gets quite the workout! In case you're curious, here is a complete list of all our tags currently in use.

Thanks everyone... if there's any problems or questions about this, please let me know!

One more thing: I'm heavily leaning toward making this comm where all the posts are, by default, friends-only. This is mostly due to a lot of "outing" of fic going on outside our insular little communities, and some other smaller issues. I'm mostly curious about people's opinions at the moment, so let me know what you all think about that, please?

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It has one, and people find it without Google. And without risk of a brouhaha if some of it gets out to various other outlets, as has been happening around lately. As I said to someone else, I guess I've been in fandoms for so long, and it's never been a good place to be running around trying to out yourself in certain circles. It's always a bad idea to put fanfic into the hands of actors -- or in this case athletes -- especially when it's real-person fic... and it's always a bad idea to invite the media (small market or large, doesn't matter) into your private fandom gatherings -- cons don't count. *laugh*

I know it seems strange, but to me it's also a (secondary, and smaller) matter of respect, like yes, I write the stuff, I read the stuff, but if you think for a second I'd want the subjects of these stories to read them, you'd be wrong.

if you think for a second I'd want the subjects of these stories to read them, you'd be wrong.

Seconded. The thought makes me want to curl into a ball and cry.

Thirded.

Then again, that's what the "If you found this by Googling yourself, hit the back button now" warning is for, no? XD

(And apparently it *can't* be found by Googling here, anyway.)

Yeah, that warning helps, but even still, taking further steps to protect yourself isn't a bad idea. XD

Wow, sometimes I know when to use the right words.

Edited 2008-09-16 21:41 (UTC)

I write the stuff, I read the stuff, but if you think for a second I'd want the subjects of these stories to read them, you'd be wrong.

Originally I felt like this too. Until I found out that a few of the subjects (NHL players) are reading my fics and at least one of the players enjoys them. They didn't find them through google or any other search engine. A friend of theirs (who I know) told them about the fics. I was freaked out about it for 30 seconds but then I loved the idea. The one player who reads my fic was "intrigued" by my stories and asks his friend when I'm going to update. ;-) I do think he's the exception. A few of the other players that know about it (but haven't read them) are just amused.

The only bad thing about locking the posts are that I've had a few people join LJ just to read my fics or LJ message me. When all the stuff on the baseball communities was going on, I locked my fics on this community. I got a message asking why they were disappearing. Some people outside of LJ don't understand how it works. I hate the idea of someone not being able to read because they're not familiar with LJ. I ended up unlocking all my fics again. I think if they must be locked, I vote for option of the author being able to unlock the post.

Wow.

More power to you for being okay with that situation. It would make me go into hiding, and I'd kill my friend for telling them. But that's me, and I know enough hockey players that there's no way in hell I'd be okay with them knowing what I write.

If the comm goes friends-only by default, it's only by default -- you'd post, it'd be f-locked, and you could then go edit and unlock it to your hearts content.

Thanks :-) And thank you for all your hard work with the tags. I know that must have been extremely time consuming and it really helps when I'm looking for links to my fics.

The person I know, I came to know after she joined LJ to read my fics. She happens to be friends with 2 of the guys I write about...initially she didn't tell them where she found the stories but did after we talked. I was okay with it because they were so open minded about it. And yes, it surprised me to find out how open minded. One of their less popular teammates wanted to know why no one wrote him...so I ended up writing him.

I've written a few baseball slash fics and I probably would want to hide if those guys read my fics. I just have a feeling baseball players wouldn't be open to it as (some) hockey players. I think the influence of international players creates a a more accepting atmosphere than you find in other North American sports (baseball, American football, basketball). Either that or hockey players are just way more perverted than other athletes. :-)

I think the members only posting by default is okay and that's how I have my personal LJ set up. One question I did have is how would this affect all current fics. Would they all by members only? Or would this only affect future fics posted?

I think what you could do is post your fic in a separate journal (ie writing journal) or in your own, and post a link to your journal - which would be unlocked. That would be the best way to go if you want other people outside of this fic to read it.

I had thought about that and may still do it but it really would be a hassle since the post on this community (even if it just contains links) would have to be edited to be public after I post it. Since the mod did say I could edit my entry & make it public, I'll probably just do that.

Wow, that's... interesting. Goes to show there's always an exception to the rule. (Actually, I do know that at least one actor occasionally reads and enjoys fic written about him or his characters, and has even admitted getting "a huge kick out of the more far-out stuff.") Still, I think it's safe to assume that most subjects wouldn't be quite so OK with it.

I think, in general, you are right but (most) the guys I write are extremely open minded. With the exception of one(who is embarrassed with just the knowledge that slash fics of him exist & would never google himself)the others are all 100% okay with them. I've also heard that a few of the guys in rock bands who discovered slash fics on bandom message boards were also OK with them & read them regularly.

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