Question for my readers

[branchandroot]

Okay, I need some second opinions, here.

Do you think I should extensively tag my fanfic or not?

I mean, should I tag it with series, characters, arc, pairing and so on? Or just with 'fic' and 'series' and 'arc'?

I suppose the tags make it easier to browse, but the thing is none of the actual fic is here; the fic posts are summaries and links to my archive site. And the archive site has all the navigational bells and whistles on it already.

And before too long the complex tags will make my tag list really kind of huge and stunningly long.

So, what do you think? Basic tags or complicated tags?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Series is helpful, because I can't always tell which characters are which -- oi, I'm slow sometimes (and not really in any fandom much these days, anyway, but still, sometimes ya get a hankering).

Otherwise, uh, naw. If other info is inserted along the way to the actual item, so much the better: but I can't see reason to clutter the tags with more than just the broadest of categories.

- kaigou / sol

[uh, how is it that I could log into IJ with my LJ id, anyway? say what?]

[branchandroot]

Yeah, especially considering how many characters wind up with the same names. I see Itsuki/Sensui and think, 'wait, what, Initial D...?' *wry*

That... is definitely odd. Or were you using OpenID?