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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Here is what I have to this point:
Fiction - only to be used when nothing better fits.
Action
Graphic
Mystery
Romance
SF&F
Short Fiction
Young Adult
Nonfiction - only to be used when nothing better fits.
Biography
History
Philosophy
Reference
Spiritual
Poetry - for all poetry - tags used to determine type
I am not sure we need young adult but it is ok I guess.
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i think young adult is important ; we already have a lot of "youth" series and it deserves its own category.
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What I did was group the headings but is that what everybody wants? In the interest of reusing the various prefixes does it make sense to restrict them the way I grouped them?
Could there be the same prefix in both fiction and nonfiction with the word fiction or nonfiction showing up in the tags?
For example: Graphics means Manga, comic books, etc. but could it also be used for a coffee table book on travel or art.
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if you mean that it restricts the fiction categories from overlapping with the non-fiction categories, then as you say, if necessary we can add a (non)fiction tag, however it might be simpler *not* to restrict things. people will probably understand that a Fantasy story does not need to be specified as "fiction".
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Could biography be used for legends? Could History be used for historical fiction?
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i don't think biography and legends are quite the same thing. but what do you mean exactly by legends ? i also don't thing historical fiction should go with history ; there is no such thing as a completely objective historical account, granted, but still history at least *claims* not to be making anything up. whereas historical fiction might only have a few shreds of historical semi-fact as window-dressing, for ambiance, and then veer off into totally un-verified approximation.
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Could action be used for real life adventure stories?
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that seems reasonable, unless they are actually biographical accounts which could get a *tag* of "action" (sorry, i know this may not be helpful...)
i was wondering about humor myself. maybe it can go in fiction, with a "humor" or "comedy" tag.