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Propping Up the Fannish Infrastructure Follow-Up

Mar 25, 2015 14:39

Some of the Possible Tasks you can take on to Help Prop up the Fannish Infrastructure
(note: if you have other suggestions, leave a comment and I'll add it to the main list)

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2015, panel follow up

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ride_4ever March 25 2015, 18:49:13 UTC

TYK for this terrific panel, and for posting follow-up here!

bethbethbeth March 25 2015, 19:21:46 UTC

You're so welcome!

reginagiraffe March 25 2015, 19:27:34 UTC

Awesome! Thanks!

bethbethbeth March 26 2015, 13:23:51 UTC

You're welcome! I'm glad it was voted in!

sofiaviolet March 25 2015, 22:12:47 UTC

I am the person who volunteered in-panel to draft a standard for podfic metadata. I'm still in the research phase - seeing what standards might already exist that could be tweaked to suit fandom's needs - but please tell me the kinds of things you want to know about a podfic!

File information on the mp3/m4b
Tags, title, author, etc. on AO3, podfic archives, journal sites, etc.

metadata on the mp3/m4b argentumlupine March 26 2015, 00:08:54 UTC

a long post by bessyboo on metadata (I use a similar metadata style)

another post that mentions metadata

Personally, I like metadata for podfic to include the following:

fandom and title
author's name
reader's name
cover artist's name (if there's a cover)

in the notes section, a link to the fic text (and I link to my AO3 or DW profile, unless I've made an AO3 draft post, in which case, I link to that)

I know some people like to have content warnings, pairings, etc. in the notes section, but I like to keep it more simple

RE: metadata on the mp3/m4b sofiaviolet March 26 2015, 13:54:34 UTC

Thank you so much! I had been focusing on the library science side - journal articles and such - but should clearly have spent more time seeing what fandom might have already done!

RE: metadata on the mp3/m4b inkjunket March 26 2015, 17:21:26 UTC

Seconded -- Bessyboo's post on this is so good for my metadata-loving soul. You could also check out how some of the different podfic challenges and anthologies handle metadata, because I know these have been agonized over and thought through pretty carefully (for example, Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology submission guidelines). I bet that the archivists for the Audiofic Archive have strong and well thought out opinions on this too ( ... )

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