That's what I'm leaning toward... tag the fandom as "filk," and potentially another fandom if one's identifiable. Less sure about filks that mention several fandoms. (Although that one could mention the original song as the fandom.)
Wow, just had thoughts about comment fics... I haven't looked at the comment-fic features yet; not sure how those get tagged for fandom if it changes from the original. (Gah. Am getting distracted.)
I have tagged all my filk in the tags field, but being listed as "no fandom" means they vanish from a substantial section of the archive's nav system. I think eventually AO3 is planning on a "type of fanwork" field, or a whole structure around different types--vids will want to list song title & artist in addition to fandom; art may want to list medium; podfics will want original author & performer, and so on.
(And I think ALL THESE THINGS should be archived at AO3 as much as possible, so the coders & wranglers have content to work with to figure out how to build a structure that works for it.)
Tagging the filks as "Filk" in the fandom field would make them easy to find later for re-sorting if the structure changes for different kinds of fanworks, possibly easier than in the tags field, which could include fanfic that mentions filk.
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Date: 2011-08-21 03:40 pm (UTC)Wow, just had thoughts about comment fics... I haven't looked at the comment-fic features yet; not sure how those get tagged for fandom if it changes from the original. (Gah. Am getting distracted.)
I have tagged all my filk in the tags field, but being listed as "no fandom" means they vanish from a substantial section of the archive's nav system. I think eventually AO3 is planning on a "type of fanwork" field, or a whole structure around different types--vids will want to list song title & artist in addition to fandom; art may want to list medium; podfics will want original author & performer, and so on.
(And I think ALL THESE THINGS should be archived at AO3 as much as possible, so the coders & wranglers have content to work with to figure out how to build a structure that works for it.)
Tagging the filks as "Filk" in the fandom field would make them easy to find later for re-sorting if the structure changes for different kinds of fanworks, possibly easier than in the tags field, which could include fanfic that mentions filk.