A gentle reminder

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Over the last four days, I had to delete two posts and ask for rephrasing on a further three. I am getting rather tired of this, so please: this community is called sgagenrefinders, with emphasis on SGA. If you are looking for SG-1 stories that are not crossovers, this isn't the place to ask for them. The guys over at stargate_search will be more than happy to help you out; debris_k tells me we're even linking to them in our community sidebar (which I didn't know, so whoops).

Also, because I know not everyone checks out the userinfo, I'll just throw in the general rules as well. Please read them. Thank you.

The Rules:

This is a community for finding SGA stories in a specific genre. If you are looking for recs of SGA stories containing certain elements (such as: stories that take place on Earth, stories where aliens make them do it, stories with a specific kink), this is the place to ask.

For searches related to the characters of Stargate SG-1 please visit stargate_search, unless you're looking for a crossover.

1. Keep your post on topic, i.e. no looking for specific stories. This community is explicitly for finding stories in a specific genre. If there's a particular story on your mind, you might want to go to sgastoryfinders. This includes no genre searches that also ask for specific stories in them, so please don't mix them together. The same thing goes for comments – no sneaking in a quick story search there.

Furthermore, reccing your theme lists or story collections is accepted, as long as you're open to accepting further recs for them; otherwise, you can offer them to be added to the local list of lists, or should announce it someplace else (for example, sga_noticeboard).

2. Before you post, check out past searches in the tags. Certain fan favorites get searched for on a regular basis, like first times, crossovers or character whump. We do not want to see the same requests popping up twice a week, so check the tags to make sure your request hasn't been looked for already.

You are, however, free to ask for updates on your genre once a reasonable amount of time has passed (let's say two months). In that case, please include a link to the previous request so that everyone can see what stories have been recommended already.

3. Tag your posts. It makes everyone's genre searching experience so much easier.

The tagging should look like this: choose between character related or genre, followed by, in order, categories you'd like the stories to match - genre (gen, het or slash), characters and/or pairings, and finally, all the specific themes that apply to your request. If tags that apply don't exist, you can use the other character, other pairing and miscellaneous tags.

4. No messing with the community default when you're making a post. That means no hard coding your posts (changing the color, font, size, etc.), no requests entirely in bold letters or caps, no comment screening, back- or forward dating, using txt speak, l33t, wonky line formatting, etc.

5. No flaming. This includes any kind of derogative comments about any other users or communities, flame wars, bashing or provocation. These will not be tolerated within the community, and will be handled at the mods' discretion. Please note that acting like a brat toward a mod is not the smartest idea in any case and might well get you banned.

Finally, two requests: If you ask for stories of a certain genre, please remember that those answering your request are putting time and effort into doing so, which means that the least you can do is say thank-you. This community relies on the good will of its members, and positive feedback encourages participation. We cannot and will not force you to be polite; however, if we know you as someone who appreciates the effort, we will be more likely to go the extra length.

Further, please mention in your comments whether the story you're recommending is het, gen, slash or femmeslash if that isn't clear from the request post. The same goes for pairings: if someone's asking for, say, slash recs in general, it'd be nice of you to mention if the story you're reccing is Dex/Lorne or Beckett/Zelenka or McKay/Sheppard (and so on).

Any and all posts that fail to meet the rules or are simply off-topic will be deleted; we might politely ask you to tag your post or be more specific in your request in case you simply forgot, though. Acting in a particularly rude manner or repeated failure to meet the rules will get your ass banned, so please don't.

If you have any questions about this, comment here or send me a message or email. This is a great, fun community and I'm constantly amazed by the stories you guys dig up to help each other out. Let's keep it that way, okay?

Comments

[iadorespike]

This *Mod* business is hard work, but you're doing a great job!

*gently soothes ruffled fur*

And...Hi, hi, hi!!

*snuggles you*

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I've never moderated a comm with several daily posts before. It's fun, though. :)

Hey sweetness! *heaps adoration upon you*

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I really did check the community info first.. I just somehow missed the bit about SG-1, and from the available tags I assumed SG-1 stuff would be okay. Apologies for that, lesson learned and I promise not to do it again!

(Obviously I know this isn't, like, directly aimed at me or anything, but since I was one of those that you had to delete I did want to apologize anyway. Sorry for making you get your mod on!)

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

It's okay, really, but I appreciate your comment. As I said, crossovers are perfectly fine, so if you want to look for them you can do so any time you like. :)

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

*hugs* The duties of a mod are never easy, but you're doing an excellent job!

I'll owe you excellent chocolate if ever meet; at this volume the comm is not easy to manage, and I keep being insanely grateful that you're around.

P.S.

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Should I try the coding adjustments again and broaden the comm's sidebar a bit, so there's actually space to explain what linked site/comm is for what? It's hard to say "SG-1 and general SG searches comm" in 6 characters or less. ;-)

Re: P.S.

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Only if it's not too much work. You put so much time into this already. *hugs*

my project for this weekend

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

I'll try, but the darned tables are very stubborn about sizing. If you see any improvements, I got it; if it looks awful, ooops, working on making it better!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I don't think that'd make much sense here. On sgastoryfinders, yes, I'd love that, but here it's not unusual to get ten, fifteen, or even more stories recced. I'm not going to ask anyone to edit their posts fifteen times to include all stories that were found. :)

Thank you, love! It's been fun so far! *bounces*

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I went to bed again two hours after I got up and slept half the day away. :D