Ask the Mods and FAQ

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Your friendly neighbourhood mod is back!

This is eventually going to be an FAQ post. Only, as of right now, there aren't any FAQs. So go ahead and ask questions, and we will do our best to answer them. We will then compile the likely-looking questions into an FAQ, and continue answering the others as they crop up.

Have at it!

Comments

[twilightshours.livejournal.com]

I really need to get to writing more, I miss posting to this place!

Anyway, this may be an odd question, but it's something specific I've been curious about with tagging. Let's say Sam's got a broken wrist, but he thinks it's fractured, or vice versa. Do you tag the story as what he thinks the injury is, what it really is, or both? It seems like a pretty unimportant question now that I'm thinking of it, but I'd like to avoid any future screw-ups.

Also, I'm pretty sure of the answer to this, but-- the injury tags are only for Sam, right? Or are they for any injury in the fic, regardless of what character? (Because as of late, I've been noticing some fics are tagged with an injury Sam doesn't have, although I don't read all of them so I could just be mistaken!)

*mod hat*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Yes, the injury/illness tags are only for Sam. I have asked the authors in question to edit their tags as necessary, but it's possible (probable, even) that I've missed some. I unfortunately don't have time to read every single story that's posted to the comm in order to make sure it's content-appropriate.

As for tagging your own story, use your best judgment. For instance, if Sam thinks he has bad heartburn but it's appendicitis, then I would go with the latter, but you could, for instance, use both. It's your story, so the decision is yours, so long as it's within reason (i.e., no using the "broken bones" tag for a fic in which Sam has the 'flu. ;) ).

Does that make sense?

Re: *mod hat*

[twilightshours.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay! Both answers are understandable and reasonable. :) Thank you very much!