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Wrangling Wizardry, part 4 of 4
Jan. 22nd, 2013 01:35 pm(Glossary)
We've talked database, powers, and process. Now for how wrangling actually works!
If you went to Charms class with wranglers, you'd very quickly learn that freeforms are the trickiest tags to work with. There's a simple reason for this. Fandoms, relationships, and characters have mostly clear-cut expectations for what will appear in those categories. If something doesn't match those expectations, we syn it when we can and mark it unwrangleable when we can't.
But Freeforms are literally anything that doesn't perfectly match the tags for another category. So "danny/jessica" would not be a freeform, but "past danny/jessica" would be.
So say I'm tootling along through my fandoms and I notice that BAMF Frigga in Marvel Cinematic Universe has 6 uses by 5 different users (on works, not bookmarks). Hey, that follows the Rule of 3! So I can make a canonical tag that will show up in the drop-down menus for future users.
But I need to follow the tag formatting guidelines.
Freeforms have a lot of variety, but for character tags we try to use the form "Adjective Name" with no exclamation point. (Other kinds of freeforms have their own standards.) So when choosing between "BAMF Frigga" and "Frigga is a BAMF", I pick the former.
Now I canonize "BAMF Frigga" to make it appear in the drop-downs, and I add it to any fandoms she might be associated with, including "Thor (Comics)". I make the following tags synonyms: "BAMF!Frigga", "Frigga is a BAMF", and "Frigga is kinda BAMF". I also syn tags about Frigga being badass or a boss, since there are only a few and the meanings are very close.
Because I keep a running list for myself, I add the tag to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Freeforms list. Other wranglers don't do this.
And voila! I'm done.
(I can't help but feel that Hermione would kick my butt at wrangling.)
Freeform of the day: BAMFs
We've talked database, powers, and process. Now for how wrangling actually works!
If you went to Charms class with wranglers, you'd very quickly learn that freeforms are the trickiest tags to work with. There's a simple reason for this. Fandoms, relationships, and characters have mostly clear-cut expectations for what will appear in those categories. If something doesn't match those expectations, we syn it when we can and mark it unwrangleable when we can't.
But Freeforms are literally anything that doesn't perfectly match the tags for another category. So "danny/jessica" would not be a freeform, but "past danny/jessica" would be.
So say I'm tootling along through my fandoms and I notice that BAMF Frigga in Marvel Cinematic Universe has 6 uses by 5 different users (on works, not bookmarks). Hey, that follows the Rule of 3! So I can make a canonical tag that will show up in the drop-down menus for future users.
But I need to follow the tag formatting guidelines.
Freeforms have a lot of variety, but for character tags we try to use the form "Adjective Name" with no exclamation point. (Other kinds of freeforms have their own standards.) So when choosing between "BAMF Frigga" and "Frigga is a BAMF", I pick the former.
Now I canonize "BAMF Frigga" to make it appear in the drop-downs, and I add it to any fandoms she might be associated with, including "Thor (Comics)". I make the following tags synonyms: "BAMF!Frigga", "Frigga is a BAMF", and "Frigga is kinda BAMF". I also syn tags about Frigga being badass or a boss, since there are only a few and the meanings are very close.
Because I keep a running list for myself, I add the tag to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Freeforms list. Other wranglers don't do this.
And voila! I'm done.
(I can't help but feel that Hermione would kick my butt at wrangling.)
Freeform of the day: BAMFs
