venting through tags, y/n?

[ratcreature]

Poll #8736 passive-aggressive tagging?

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Starting to tag XMFC stories with a "bad German" tag where applicable, would be...

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petty.
7 (24.1%)

breaking fannish etiquette and shouldn't be done.
1 (3.4%)

pointless, because it isn't a good way to communicate the complaint as feedback to the author.
6 (20.7%)

a good way to vent frustration after multiple rants failed.
22 (75.9%)

useful information for the bookmark readers.
18 (62.1%)

So in summation, should I create a "badgerman" tag?

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Yes.
15 (60.0%)

No.
1 (4.0%)

I don't care.
4 (16.0%)

Make it a hidden tag that Pinboard offers just to vent for yourself.
5 (20.0%)

Comments

[bluemeridian]

Not speaking German, it's not of help to me, but I can definitely see where it would be a fair warning to someone who does! I like knowing when I'm walking into a story that has a particular stylistic or other type of problem - "Great story! Even with typos!" is a rec I've made before. Plus, for those it does affect, they can avoid the spork to eardrums experience. :P

[ratcreature]

It's just so frustrating, also because I'm constantly wibbling whether to nag if I comment on a story. I mean, it's not what I usually want to comment on, but I also feel odd not mentioning completely atrocious and hilarious language in an otherwise fine story. And I'm torn about reccing them.

I have honestly no idea why people don't get a beta, especially for finished and polished stories (like those in a Big Bang rather than a quick kink meme response). For some languages it might be hard to find a quick proofreader in fandom, like if you needed Basque or something, that's a small language and I guess there may not be that many speakers in fandom, but it would take five minutes to find a native German speaker.