crack_van | Posting Guidelines - The Unabridged Version

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crack_van! You'll be granted posting access to the community on the 1st of the month after being notified your turn behind the wheel has arrived, and you can start making recs then. PLEASE NOTE: If you have not joined the community as a member, you must do so before we can give you posting access. If you find you don't have access on the 1st because you didn't join the comm, check your Manage Invites page, and you'll be all set.

Getting started…

Check out what's already been recced in your fandom to avoid duplicating recs if possible.

If you are reccing a Monthly Featured Fandom, does your fandom already have a fandom overview completed? If not, you are encouraged but not required to provide one. Your overview should include, at minimum:
Pics & Bios - thumbnails and a brief introduction to the main characters
Overview - including major plot points/story arcs
Fandom Resources - major archives, recs lists, live journal communities, etc. People are always welcome to leave links for additional archives or personal recs pages in the comments of your overview.

Picture hosting is available through the comm's moderators, and is preferred if you cannot provide permanent hosting of your overview pics.

Posting to the community…

Post a minimum of 1 rec per week, and no more than 12 recs during the month. 2-3 recs per week is ideal. Note that the 12 rec limit applies only to our full-time fandoms; it does not apply to Monthly Featured Fandoms, or to December's Small Fandom Month.

Recs should be posted in the following format (in HTML for your cut-and-paste convenience!):

Title by Author (Rating) <-- This goes in the subject line, and there is no need to include the same info in the body of the post.

Fandom: YOUR FANDOM IN ALL CAPS
Pairing: (no abbreviations, please)
Length: (10k, 20k, drabble, one-shot, novel-length; any indication of approximate length is great)
Author on LJ:
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived)
Why this must be read:

If your review is longer than a few paragraphs, or if you're including excerpts from the fic, please consider using cut-tags for the sake of friends-list spammage. Instructions on using cut-tags are found here.

Link the fic at the bottom of your recommendation, outside of any cut-tags:

<a href="http://www.fanfic-url.com">Name of Fic</a>

Emphasis should be on fics that you feel are especially outstanding and accessible examples of your fandom, e.g. it plays on a repeated theme in the show, it's a fandom or a personal favourite, it was a controversial fic, it's good smut. Whatever.

Only one fic rec per post. Exceptions to this rule: fic series, or collections meant to be read together.

WiP's and self-reccing are things not allowed.

Rating info in the subject line is important. If you are unsure of the author's assigned rating, use your best judgement.

Warnings for content are not required beyond what the author has posted on their own stories.

Podfic recs are welcome, but please include a text link along with your podfic link for those who prefer to read.

The 15th of every month is Crack Van Collisions, a.k.a Cross-over day, and the last Friday of every month is Friday Night Drive-In, a.k.a. Fanvid day. These recs do not count towards the 12-rec limit. Watch for mod posts in advance of these days with the required posting formats.

Don't save your final rec to the very last minute or you might find that your posting access has already been blocked. We cannot accommodate every timezone in the world and you will not be allowed back in to post "just one more". We try to switch users at midnight CST, but if it's midnight anywhere in the U.S., it's fair game.

Tagging entries…
Members of the community have tagging privileges; however, only moderators can create new tags or edit mis-tagged entries. All entries should be tagged by category (fanfic, fanvid, crossover, or fandom overview) and fandom(s). If you are reccing in a fandom without an existing tag, a mod will tag your first post for you.

Let us know if you have any questions! Thanks for playing!!

Posting Guidelines - The Unabridged Version

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