[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question (and [url=https://archiveofourown.org/works/24179737]story to test with[/url):

## Adds "Crossover" if more than one category after category replaces/includes/excludes.
add_category_when_multi_category:Crossover

replace_metdata:
## tagcategory standardization
 tagscategory=>(Mass Effect: Andromeda|Mass Effect Trilogy)=>Mass Effect
 tagscategory=>Pokémon=>Video Games

# Sorts anything other than a few selected categories into "Fanfiction.Other"
 tagscategory=>Crossover=>
 tagscategory=>^(?!.*(Half-Life|Portal|Mass Effect|The Elder Scrolls|Disney|Star Trek|(Animated )?Movies & Television|Books & Literature|Video Games)).*$=>Other

# Adds Fanfiction. to the beginning of tagcategory
 tagscategory=>^(.*)$=>Fanfiction.\1

If I include the crossover replace, I get a Fanfiction.Other on every fic with a crossover category (so not mismatch on these specific ones). What's happening?

I think you left out part--I don't get any tagscategory.

I'd consider include lines instead of a large negative lookahead regexp.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Also, was there ever a bug where AO3 series got jumbled in the saved metadata column? I was baffled to see these in two different fics:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37857922 :
<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , &amp;, 3, [, ], a, b, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, n, o, r, s, t, u, w, ’</a></div><p>

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39459798 :
<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 1, 7, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , ', 3, E, N, S, [, ], i, k, n, o, s, t, y</a></div><p>


The only thing they had in common were being the third in the series and downloaded in May/June 2022. Downloading metadata restored the actual series so its just a curiosity than anything to fix.

That's the result of a string in python being treated as a list. I don't remember anything about series being treated that way 3 years ago. Nor have I found anything in the few minutes I have to spend on it.

Honestly, if it's not happening now, I don't care.

In the 'teach to fish' category:

• Go to the github repo.
• Use the search box towards the top to search the repo.
• In this case, I'd look at Commits.

Alternatively, if you are confident in your dates:

• Go to the github repo.
• Click commits.
• Click where it says 'All time', to the date range you're interested in.
• Peruse the commit from the time.

Here on MR:

• Go back in thread and/or release history to that time period.
• Look for posts.