A few words from the mods
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npt_adminThere has been some questions regarding our megafandom list as well as the sizes of fandoms approved into Not Prime Time.
Our 20,000 limit was set to give Jenn and I a firm yes or no regarding our top limit. It was difficult to set because, as an example, Harry Potter has over 600,000 stories on fanfiction.net alone and that number will only grow with time. We wanted to provide our participants with a good number of options throughout each round. A megafandom is sized from 20,000 to infinity. As of right now on our list, there are 47 fandoms and that number will continue to grow. Fandom numbers are growing right now, which is why we lock the list during each round.
Our current round has +/- 176 fandoms on its tag set, and this is with our new ruling to include more movie fandoms. 2012's Yuletide tag set has over 3000 fandoms on it.
We do not base a fandom's eligibility on subjective activeness, quality, or hosted archive. We go by numbers and "Does this fandom have over 20,000 stories?" When it comes to the lower half of eligibility, we use Yuletide's requirements with its guidelines because we base our lower end on that exchange. We make exceptions as new rulings for our exchange, but that comes with long discussions and new rulings go into effect before a new round.
If you feel a fandom is a megafandom, or our limits should be raised/lowered, please let us know on our post at the end of the round when we ask people for their comments. It can be said anonymously or not. Both Jenn and I strive to be as transparent as possible.
As for fandoms you may think are Yuletide-sized, well, they probably are. To simplify things for both you the participant and us the mods, we decided that fandoms only had to surpass one of Yuletide's criteria, not two or more. We like to keep things simple and not dealing with guessing games.
Our fandom tag set, like Yuletide's, changes from year to year. A fandom may pass the megafandom threshold and become ineligible, or Yuletide's rules may change and fandoms we accepted last year aren't eligible the following year for us because of those changes.
Our 20,000 limit was set to give Jenn and I a firm yes or no regarding our top limit. It was difficult to set because, as an example, Harry Potter has over 600,000 stories on fanfiction.net alone and that number will only grow with time. We wanted to provide our participants with a good number of options throughout each round. A megafandom is sized from 20,000 to infinity. As of right now on our list, there are 47 fandoms and that number will continue to grow. Fandom numbers are growing right now, which is why we lock the list during each round.
Our current round has +/- 176 fandoms on its tag set, and this is with our new ruling to include more movie fandoms. 2012's Yuletide tag set has over 3000 fandoms on it.
We do not base a fandom's eligibility on subjective activeness, quality, or hosted archive. We go by numbers and "Does this fandom have over 20,000 stories?" When it comes to the lower half of eligibility, we use Yuletide's requirements with its guidelines because we base our lower end on that exchange. We make exceptions as new rulings for our exchange, but that comes with long discussions and new rulings go into effect before a new round.
If you feel a fandom is a megafandom, or our limits should be raised/lowered, please let us know on our post at the end of the round when we ask people for their comments. It can be said anonymously or not. Both Jenn and I strive to be as transparent as possible.
As for fandoms you may think are Yuletide-sized, well, they probably are. To simplify things for both you the participant and us the mods, we decided that fandoms only had to surpass one of Yuletide's criteria, not two or more. We like to keep things simple and not dealing with guessing games.
Our fandom tag set, like Yuletide's, changes from year to year. A fandom may pass the megafandom threshold and become ineligible, or Yuletide's rules may change and fandoms we accepted last year aren't eligible the following year for us because of those changes.
