While we figure out what to do with the challenge tags, we are continuing our project for combining the oldest fandom tags that have only been used once. As always, this is a rolling project as we mods have time, and we'll post the list each time so that anyone who would like to create a second work for one of these fandoms has the opportunity to save it from our pruning!

For this round, here are some single-use tags that haven't been used since 2019-2020, and how we plan to replace them:

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Background: Dreamwidth has a 1500-tag limit, and fan_flashworks is constantly bumping up against it. So we have an ongoing tag management project to try to gain ourselves some elbow room. You might have seen our periodic posts about merging old single-use fandom tags. Unfortunately, we are coming to the end of the easily-merged fandom tags, and so need to find another way to reduce our tag use.

Today's topic: We mods have been talking about the challenge tags (c: amnesty, c: science, etc.) These tags label an entry as responding to a particular prompt (or being part of an amnesty round).

We're not sure if anyone's actually using these! So we wanted to check in with you all before deciding between A) removing them entirely, or B) leaving only the ones from the last 12 months (and only tagging amnesty posts with the amnesty tag). Option A) would make our mod lives easier, but if they are serving a purpose for some of you, we definitely want to take that into account when making our decision. :-)

If we remove the challenge tags, we will change the standard subject-line format for all rounds to "[challenge]: [fandom]: [medium]: [title]", ie, the same as the current format for amnesty rounds. Community members are welcome to go back and add the challenge to the subject lines of previous entries, too (though we know that for some of you, that would be a Herculean task!).

Please take a moment to vote in this poll.

The Science challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Stoker: Fanfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us), by bluedreaming
Torchwood: Fanfic: Impossible Science, by badly_knitted
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Not Quite James Bond, by smallhobbit
Kim Possible: Fanfiction: Speaker Phone, by infinintum_noctem
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Auction Revelation, by darkjediqueen
The Professionals: Fan Fiction: Torn in Two, by lucy_roman
Gundam: Fanfic: Study, by samuraiter
Torchwood: Fanfic: SUV-mersible, by m_findlow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Guilt and Pain, by veronyxk84
Guardian: fanfic: Winging It, by china_shop
Greek Myth: Fanfic: In the Family, by drabblewriter
Iron Man - Marvel 616 : icons : Do ALL the Science!, by highlander_ii
Original Fiction: The Science Behind Shame, by analogbasilisk
Science: City of Streamers: fanfic: by the fancy tie round your wicked throat, by teaotter

Congratulations to lucy_roman, who earned a name tag!

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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

New challenge coming right up!