Board Thread:Setting Things Up/@comment-4023106-20130624230635/@comment-11208712-20130625144157

Having slept on it, I've changed my mind. I think it would be infinitely more difficult to add a story to a list versus adding a story to a category. The trouble here, of course, is that we're going to have a lot of categories, and we should plan them out so that they're organized.

Genre, Pairing, Length, Main Character, Author, and Era are the default ones that come to mind. Luckily, I'm pretty sure I can code the Ficbox template to add those categories automatically once the user types them in. Then, once those have been coded, we'll need to type up a list of guidelines on [Template:Ficbox] page so that people will know exactly how to use the template. Lastly, if people want to put the story on the list, they can create the list by adding the stories to those categories.

I have a plan regarding ratings, and it's a bit unorthodox. However, I suggest that the community "vote" or discuss the merits of each fanfic and give it a rating of 1-5. Then, we can create categories of "Fics rated 5 stars," etc. There's a MediaWiki extension that will allow for cross-category search, but it's not enabled by default. You can read more about it here: [] I'll apply for it later, once we have more articles created.