Signups - 48 hours to close

[koraki]

Hello! 

At the time of this post, there are 59 signups for the first ever round of Multifandom Doodle. Hooray and thank you all for signing up! 

There are 48 hours remaining until signups close. Here is a countdown timer for your reference. 

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After signups close, you will no longer be able to sign up for this round of the exchange. If you have signed up, after signups close you will no longer be able to edit or change your signup. 

As a reminder, here are the guidelines for signing up: 

• When signing up, you choose what characters/ships you'd like to receive fanart of, and what characters/ships you'll offer to draw fanart for. You can only request and offer characters/relationships that are in the tagset.
  • The "Any" box means "any character or ship in this fandom that has been nominated for this exchange." It does not mean "any character in the fandom as a whole." 
• You can request 3-10 different fandoms, with 1-18 characters/ships per fandom. You can offer 4-10 different fandoms with 1-18 characters/ships per fandom. 
• This exchange uses "or" matching, and your gifter is only required to create something based on one of your characters/ships. Please keep this in mind when prompting. 
• In the "Description" section of the signup form, you can write prompts for your artist to get a better idea of what you want. It's generally a good idea to list out tropes, kinks, or visuals that you tend to like, as well as give some prompts specific to your requested characters/ships. "Dear artist" letters are not required, but they are welcome! 
• You can also include DNWs (Do Not Wants), which are things you don't want to see in your gift. These can include anything, but you may not use them to try and railroad your gifter into making one specific drawing (e.g. "DNW anything except a picture of catboy Kylo Ren kneeling at Rey's feet while she holds his collar and looks at him lovingly"). You may not use DNWs that contradict your requests (e.g. requesting a "/" relationship and then DNWing shipping). 
  • You are encouraged to list any stylistic preferences you have, and artists are encouraged to take these into account. Due to ambiguity, style- and medium-related DNWs will not be enforced (e.g. "DNW traditional art", "DNW CalArts style", "DNW anime style"). 

As the signup close time approaches, the mod will review all signups to make sure they follow the signup guidelines and rules. If your signup does not follow the rules, an email will be sent to the email address associated with your AO3 account letting you know what needs to be changed. You will have 24 hours from the date of the email to make requested changes. If the changes are not made, your signup will be deleted. 

Please comment here or email multifandomdoodle@gmail.com if there are any lingering questions or concerns about signups. 

Comments

[javert]

Hi, I'm very sorry to bother you so close to the end of sign-ups, but I'm having an issue signing up for some of my fandoms. Specifically, for Animal Crossing and Mob Psycho 100, only some the solo character tags show up for me, and none of the Group tags do. They're there in the tagset, but when I go to sign up they're just not there. This seems to be a me problem because I see that some people have used group tags for MP100 just fine. I've tried switching browsers but it doesn't seem to do anything. I don't know what's causing this or if it can be fixed, but if not, can I sign up with just the characters and specify the ships in the sign-up itself? Thank you so much.

[koraki]

Hello! Thanks for asking.

To clarify, the issue is just that certain tags that are approved/visible in the tagset are not showing up as options in the Characters dropdown when you type them in? If this is the issue you are having, that’s a pesky recurring issue and easily fixable (yay!). Just copy the tag you are trying to request/offer from the tagset and paste it into the Characters field (or type it exactly as it appears in the tagset), and hit enter. When you submit your signup the tag should show up as requested/offered, as you intended.

Please let me know if this fixes the issue.

[javert]

Thank you so much! I was able to test this out and it worked, so I should be able to sign up tonight before the deadline. This is my first time participating in an AO3 exchange so I didn't know this could be an issue. I'm glad it's something easily fixed!

[koraki]

Awesome! I am very happy to hear it.

And yes, it is a common issue... it actually happened to me in this very exchange while I was signing up, with some of my fandoms. Thank you for asking about it and congratulations on your first ever AO3 exchange! Hopefully it will be a good experience! :)

[javert]

Can confirm it seems to have all worked! Just signed up! :D