A Few Notes on Noms and Wandering Superheroes

[moddington]

Two notes:

First: Insert a shocked Pikachu face that this well-known issue that I've seen other mods take preventative measures against has come for my own tagset. I've been disambiguating nominations as they've come in since yesterday, but there are wanderers from the first day of nominations. While I will continue to disambiguate going forward and be checking over fandoms in the coming days before signups open, I do ask that:

1) If you know your nomination is wandering, please let me know which tag it is, and which fandom you intended for them to be in.

2) Alternatively, if you know a character or group has wandered in a way that breaks the rules of the exchange (ex. they're only sometimes Black, and they're appearing under a fandom where they are not), please let me know.

3) If you are in the process of nominating and you know your nomination has the potential to wander (which usually happens when there are multiple adaptations, versions, or editions in the fandom), please disambiguate with fandom you are nominating them under.

This is only a mission to disambiguate. I will not be removing any characters unless I am absolutely positive that they are not Black in a given version that the tag has wandered into, and that will be the last step after making sure other versions have been secured, even if that means someone ended up somewhere where they weren't necessarily nominated, but the shoe fits.

Second: I could have been a lot more clear about  when to avoid "All Media Types" and when to nominate under parent megafandoms or more specific branches. The top priority here should be to avoid conflicting versions of the same characters, especially in cases where a character's race changes in different versions.

For Marvel and DC comics and movies, I've been accepting both under the general tags and the under more specific subfandoms (ex. Black Panther (2018)). The goal here is to prevent having to do weird dances around "crossovers" groups and characters who exist within the same universe and frequently the same canons together, while also being able to convey through your signups that you're more interested in specifically Black Panther than the larger Marvel world (or vice versa, or both).

I apologize for not being more clear on this front earlier. If your nominations have been affected, either because you would have nominated differently with this understanding or because you ran out of slots, I'd be happy to 1) copy characters or groups already in the tagset into your preferred fandom and 2) add a freebie fandom with characters. For this, you can either comment below, DM me, or email me at yetanothermod@gmail.com. Please be signed in or sign with your AO3 name for No. 2.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Modding has a learning curve like everything else. Thank you for working so diligently and being so transparent! *cheers you on*

[klutzygirl]

I've found a duplicate in Lost In Space (TV 2018)

Group: John Robinson & Judy Robinson
Group: Judy Robinson & John Robinson

[moddington]

Thank you!

[reconditarmonia]

Heads-up: Lafayette and Jefferson appear to have wandered over to Assassin's Creed - I have to assume they were nominated under Hamilton!

[moddington]

/o\ Thank you!

[fhionnuisce]

I wasn't sure how to properly nominate Heimdall (MCU). I would like him to be in the main MCU group as many others are, as he crosses over into several MCU movies (he's in Avengers as well as Thor) and that way if people don't want to choose Thor on its own they can still choose Heimdall?

I'd like to offer/request him, if I am able to sign up...is it okay for me to put him in under MCU?

I think I don't need a freebie fandom although I have a movie that I am going to be viewing in the next day or so which I might want to nominate...and keep going back and forth on another one as well.

roguefaerie :)

[moddington]

Sure, feel free to add Heimdall to the general MCU fandom!

[fhionnuisce]

Thank you! I also managed to find a slot to nominate the movie I was thinking of nominating so I'm psyched! Thanks so much for running this!

[somethingdarker]

I did not nominated Wally West, but he's turning up in a couple of animated fandoms in which he's white-- Teen Titans (Animated Series) and Young Justice (Cartoon).

My guess is that he's wandering in from The Flash (TV 2014).

[moddington]

Thank you for pointing this out--it should be sorted out now!

[(Anonymous)]

Curtis/Shiro (VLD), Group: Curtis/Shiro/Allura (VLD), and Lotor (VLD) are listed under Voltron Force when they should be under Legendary Defender! And Group: Ryan Kinkade/Nadia Rizavi (VLD) is listed as unassociated, as well.

[moddington]

Thank you, should be taken care of!

[sirvalkyrie]

Iris West has wadnered into DCU Comics. She is white in the comics. She probably came from The Flash (TV 2014) where she is black.

Reeva Payge might have wandered into X-Men (Comics). She is white from what Marvel wiki tells me. I know she was black in The Gifted.

Nick Fury (Marvel Comics) has wandered into The Avengers (Marvel Movies) and other parts of the MCU. Also they probably meant Nick Fury Jr (Marvel Comics). Nick Fury is white in the comics, it is his son that is black.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Nicholas_Fury_(Earth-616)
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Nicholas_Fury,_Jr._(Earth-616)

[moddington]

Thank you for pointing these out--they should all be sorted out now!

[acherry]

Hi. I've noticed two duplicate tags under Marvel Cinematic Universe:

Group: James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson
Group: James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson (MCU)

and

W’Kabi (BP 2018)
W’Kabi (MCU)

W’Kabi (BP 2018) is wandered in MCU from Black Panther.

There's a duplicate under Black Panther too, due to a wandering tag from MCU to Black Panther:

Okoye (BP 2018)
Okoye (MCU)

Okoye (MCU) is also wandered under The Avengers creating a duplicate:
Okoye (Avengers Movies)
Okoye (MCU)

There's also a duplicate in Star Wars Original Trilogy:

Group: Lando Calrissian/Han Solo/Leia Organa
Group: Lando Calrissian/Leia Organa/Han Solo (SW OT)

[moddington]

Thank you for pointing these out -- I'm still doing some detangling, but these should be taken care of!