I'm going to sign up the way I usually do for 'AND' matching because I don't foresee it being a problem for me just in case I'm cutting it close here, but let's see if I can articulate my question adequately:
In the explanation of the technically-'OR' matching you say that one could (for example) request: [Pairing], [Character within Pairing]
... so that one could potentially receive fic for pairing or a fic about that single character, but how is one supposed to sign up in this way? Do we literally write 'group:[Character A] & [Character B]' in addition to any regular character tags or am I misunderstanding this completely? Sorry if this is a big reading comprehension failure on my part, this is just the first time I've seen this dynamic. I think it's very useful if I can figure it out, but I'm confused!
Sorry about being confused but if you can help me get it then thank you so much.
Edit: Also, while I'm at it, would it be appropriate to request more than one possible pairing for a fandom or would you just be better off / more considerate for matching to just select 'any' in that case?
Second Edit: Going through that tag set in places that I hadn't looked as of yet when I wrote this comment, it would seem that the 'group:[thing]' happened during nominations and that it's irrelevant to signing up unless that tag was created during the nomination process? If I have answered my own question in discovering this, then my new question is, if a 'group:' tag doesn't exist then all normal character tags are still treated as 'OR' for the purposes of matching? So, let's say I wouldn't mind a fic that ships two characters but don't necessarily want that particular pairing, if I request both could I be matched to someone who only offered one in the case of single character tags?
I'm so sorry for being this squeaky wheel I just so rarely see 'OR' matching that I'm kind of delirious with the possibilities of it.
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Date: 2015-05-17 06:46 am (UTC)In the explanation of the technically-'OR' matching you say that one could (for example) request: [Pairing], [Character within Pairing]
... so that one could potentially receive fic for pairing or a fic about that single character, but how is one supposed to sign up in this way? Do we literally write 'group:[Character A] & [Character B]' in addition to any regular character tags or am I misunderstanding this completely? Sorry if this is a big reading comprehension failure on my part, this is just the first time I've seen this dynamic. I think it's very useful if I can figure it out, but I'm confused!
Sorry about being confused but if you can help me get it then thank you so much.
Edit: Also, while I'm at it, would it be appropriate to request more than one possible pairing for a fandom or would you just be better off / more considerate for matching to just select 'any' in that case?
Second Edit: Going through that tag set in places that I hadn't looked as of yet when I wrote this comment, it would seem that the 'group:[thing]' happened during nominations and that it's irrelevant to signing up unless that tag was created during the nomination process? If I have answered my own question in discovering this, then my new question is, if a 'group:' tag doesn't exist then all normal character tags are still treated as 'OR' for the purposes of matching? So, let's say I wouldn't mind a fic that ships two characters but don't necessarily want that particular pairing, if I request both could I be matched to someone who only offered one in the case of single character tags?
I'm so sorry for being this squeaky wheel I just so rarely see 'OR' matching that I'm kind of delirious with the possibilities of it.