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Re: Replying to both at once
Date: 2008-01-18 10:45 am (UTC)until your comment I hadn’t noticed any effort to make the distinction or express even hypothetical interest in other fandoms
Well, I'm discussing the issues as I see them, but those kinds of distinctions may end up being approached differently by the Organisation as a whole. The OTW's focus is on transformative fanworks and practices rather than individual fandoms, in part as there is no way to produce a complete/inclusive list of fandoms that would come under OTW's umbrella. I wasn't actually speaking of "counting" in terms of fandoms in any case, I was speaking in terms or borderline transformativeness of the fanwork (ie. a largely original work which riffs on a fairy tale as a repeated metaphor rather than a major plot point -- does it count as transformative work? Context would be everything in terms of whether it came under the umbrella: is it published by a fan as a fanwork, or for money in an anthology? etc.)
The Vision and Values statements are meant to be the big picture ideas of the OTW, and for that reason much of the detail of how things will work is still in a grey area. The ToS and other policy documents will focus on the nitty gritty, and in the process answer many of these kinds of questions. These documents will also have the most thorough discussion/comment process.
The FAQ is also still being invented, as the Org comes up with answers to newly asked questions -- yours has been passed along (I will check up on it). A new version of the FAQ is already on the drawing board, which will include things like the answers to the "Anti-fanfic Bingo" card.