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Is anyone still adding AO3 & Wattpad etc editions or is this topic dead?
Brad wrote: "Is anyone still adding AO3 & Wattpad etc editions or is this topic dead?"I guess the total lack of response answers that question.
I'm not familiar enough with fanfic, AO3 or Wattpad etc to add them so I'll just skip them.
AO3 The Movement of the Earth https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Oops! I Joined The Good Guys https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Still open:#88
#95
#96
#99
#103
#106
All others closed or deleted.
Hi Brad,Since the Fanfic seems to be an uncany valley of additions, can you share what "validation" process you use?
Is it the same as Line posted in https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I would be happy to work on these requests as well and if we find an consensus on how to approach these, i'm not above pestering Support to confirm, that this is a valid way to do it, that doesn't bring any Librarian into trouble for following it.
I didn't actually add all these fanfics, I checked the posts and saw some were already done by various librarians and I listed what was still open. I have added a couple of Wattpad books, 1 for my own benefit as I'm currently reading it. I used the same validation that Linde posted.
I reached out to support to clarify, the process is valid (I asume it is, as it appears very plausible).Once that is confirmed, i will happily work on Fanfiction, etc. posted here.
I added a few dozens of Wattpad stories in the past, until I got bored with them, speccially because sometimes Wattpad asks for a login to check the story.The criteria I used to add them was this:
- completed
- novel-length (80k words or more)
About the length:
I remember seeing some posts from librarians asking for a threshold for the acceptable length. I never saw a conclusive reply from someone from GR.
So I looked for sources defining what is 'novel-length' and found definitions between 40k and 80k words.
So, if the story is less than 40k words, I close the request without adding.
If it has more than 80k, I add the story.
If it is between 40k and 80k, I left it for another librarian decide.
I added many Wattpad stories and never got a problem with GR about those. Maybe I was lucky but I think this is a safe procedure.
Maybe this is a good question to ask in the 'Open Letter'.
Here is an example of a Wattpad story hat, in this case, I didn't add:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Brad wrote: "Still open:#88
#95
#96
#99
#103
#106
All others closed or deleted."
All done
All done except:Russian fanfic:
Ollie skipped it, I can't seem to access the Page.
I'm not even sure if this is eligible.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Quantumbag (?)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
reexpanded (?)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Wattpad:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
AO3 and Wattpad from #130-33 added.I created a new thread in the Languages Folder so I won't be using this one anymore
