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friendlylocalmodWorks should no longer be anonymous (unless the creator has chosen to keep them so). Thank you all for an awesome round 2, and we'll see you next year!
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2019-06-17 00:06friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodAll gifts are in, and the collection is now revealed! Go enjoy your robots:
Browse by fandom
Browse all works
If there's an issue with your gift (e.g. it contains one of your stated DNWs, doesn't fulfill the minimum requirements, or any other major issue), please contact the mods at turingfestmod@gmail.com.
Thank you to everyone who participated! Gifts will remain anonymous for a week, then authors/artists will be revealed.
Browse by fandom
Browse all works
If there's an issue with your gift (e.g. it contains one of your stated DNWs, doesn't fulfill the minimum requirements, or any other major issue), please contact the mods at turingfestmod@gmail.com.
Thank you to everyone who participated! Gifts will remain anonymous for a week, then authors/artists will be revealed.
2019-06-15 10:12friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodTo give our lovely pinch hitters more work time, gift reveals (which were intended to be tonight) have been pushed back 24 hours. The collection is now planned to be revealed on June 16 at 11:59 PM Central. We'll make another announcement if the delay needs to be longer, but the collection definitely won't open before that time.
Thanks for your patience and understanding! Feel free to use the extra time to write treats.
Thanks for your patience and understanding! Feel free to use the extra time to write treats.
2019-06-10 11:19friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodThe assignment deadline has passed! There are a couple authors who have extensions, and a few new pinch hits. If you'd like to claim any of them, comment on this post or email us at turingfestmod@gmail.com.
These are due Friday, June 14 at 11:59 PM Central.
PH #4 - CLAIMED
PH #5 - CLAIMED
PH #6 - CLAIMED
PH #7 - CLAIMED
These are due Friday, June 14 at 11:59 PM Central.
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2019-06-09 11:59friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodUnless you've contacted the mods for an extension, make sure to have your assignment posted and published (not just uploaded as a draft) by tonight at 11:59 PM Central! Countdown.
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2019-06-02 20:27friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodJust over 7 days until your assignment needs to be uploaded to the collection! Countdown.
If your assignment is saved as a draft on AO3, make sure to publish it. It you have any concerns or technical difficulties, email the mods at turingfestmod@gmail.com.
Good luck in all your robot-related endeavors!
If your assignment is saved as a draft on AO3, make sure to publish it. It you have any concerns or technical difficulties, email the mods at turingfestmod@gmail.com.
Good luck in all your robot-related endeavors!
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2019-05-06 00:31friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodMatching went smoothly, and everyone has received their assignments!
Please email the mods if:
> You can't find yours in your AO3 "Assignments" page.
> You were assigned a fandom/character you didn't actually offer.
> There is some other major issue with your assignment.
Your assignment is due on June 9, 11:59 PM Central. Countdown here.
We also have three initial pinch hits, which are requests that came out of the matching process without gifters. To claim them, comment below with your AO3 name and the PH # you want to claim, or email turingfestmod@gmail.com with the same information.
(These pinch hits are due on the normal assignment due date of June 9, 11:59 PM Central.)
( PH #1 - CLAIMED )
( PH #2 - CLAIMED )
( PH #3 - CLAIMED )
Please email the mods if:
> You can't find yours in your AO3 "Assignments" page.
> You were assigned a fandom/character you didn't actually offer.
> There is some other major issue with your assignment.
Your assignment is due on June 9, 11:59 PM Central. Countdown here.
We also have three initial pinch hits, which are requests that came out of the matching process without gifters. To claim them, comment below with your AO3 name and the PH # you want to claim, or email turingfestmod@gmail.com with the same information.
(These pinch hits are due on the normal assignment due date of June 9, 11:59 PM Central.)
( PH #1 - CLAIMED )
( PH #2 - CLAIMED )
( PH #3 - CLAIMED )
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2019-05-04 22:43friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodSignups will close tomorrow at 11:59 PM Central. (Here's a countdown to that time.) Get your signup in and share the robot love!
Reminder: To sign up, you must request at least three unique fandoms. You can request one fandom multiple times, but you must request at least two other separate fandoms for your signup to be eligible. Please check your requests and make sure you're requesting multiple fandoms!
Quick links:
Signup form
Request summary
Signup summary
Reminder: To sign up, you must request at least three unique fandoms. You can request one fandom multiple times, but you must request at least two other separate fandoms for your signup to be eligible. Please check your requests and make sure you're requesting multiple fandoms!
Quick links:
Signup form
Request summary
Signup summary
2019-04-22 21:32friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodSignups for TF2019 are now open! Go forth and request robots.
Please check the FAQ for a refresher on how the signup process works! If your signup doesn't comply with the rules of the exchange, we will email you at the email you use for AO3 and let you know it needs to be edited.
Quick links:
Signup form
Request summary
Signup summary
Signups close on May 5, 11:59 PM Central. (Countdown!)
Please check the FAQ for a refresher on how the signup process works! If your signup doesn't comply with the rules of the exchange, we will email you at the email you use for AO3 and let you know it needs to be edited.
Quick links:
Signup form
Request summary
Signup summary
Signups close on May 5, 11:59 PM Central. (Countdown!)
2019-04-21 00:06friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodNominations are now closed! It's great to see all the enthusiasm for so many robots. The full tagset is here:
Turing Fest 2019 Tagset
Signups will open on the 22nd. In the meantime, feel free to browse the tagset and let us know of any typos, formatting errors, duplicate tags, or other issues with tags.*
* The one thing we can't fix is a fandom being listed under "Uncategorized Fandoms." That's something that has to be done on the AO3 end of things.
Turing Fest 2019 Tagset
Signups will open on the 22nd. In the meantime, feel free to browse the tagset and let us know of any typos, formatting errors, duplicate tags, or other issues with tags.*
* The one thing we can't fix is a fandom being listed under "Uncategorized Fandoms." That's something that has to be done on the AO3 end of things.
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2019-04-18 01:02friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodNominations are open for just under three more days! (Countdown.) In the meantime, the following nominations need editing or clarification by the nominators (or other fans).
Tagset
Evidence post
Terminator (Movies)
Silver Screen - Justina Robson - SOLVED
Mass Effect Trilogy - SOLVED
Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Series - Jim C. Hines - SOLVED
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) - SOLVED
Original Work - SOLVED
Code Of the Lifemaker - James Hogan - SOLVED
Tagset
Evidence post
Terminator (Movies)
- This fandom was nominated with no characters. Please nominate at least one eligible character/group when nominating a fandom.
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Mods have eligibility questions about several of the characters that have shown up in the tagset. If you nominated these characters or are familiar with the canon, please comment on this post to let us know how the characters in question are eligible for this exchange (or to confirm that they are not eligible, if that's the case).
To reiterate eligibility rules: "Robotic" characters, for the purposes of this exchange, are characters in the realm of AIs, robots, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other technology-focused characters. [...] The only time mods may reject a nomination is if the character is egregiously not-robotic - e.g. 100% human characters, or otherwise completely human characters with single prosthetic limbs.
( Mass Effect Trilogy )
( Star Wars Prequel Trilogy )
( Star Wars: Rebels )
( Transformers (Bay Movies) )
To reiterate eligibility rules: "Robotic" characters, for the purposes of this exchange, are characters in the realm of AIs, robots, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other technology-focused characters. [...] The only time mods may reject a nomination is if the character is egregiously not-robotic - e.g. 100% human characters, or otherwise completely human characters with single prosthetic limbs.
( Mass Effect Trilogy )
( Original Work )
( Star Wars Prequel Trilogy )
( Star Wars: Rebels )
( Transformers (Bay Movies) )
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2019-04-08 15:07friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodWant to share your favorite robot-filled fandoms with others? Want recommendations of new robot-filled fandoms to check out for this exchange? Use the comments of this post! Any fandom is eligible so long as it has at least one character who fits the theme of Turing Fest; there are no requirements for fandom rarity or medium type.
(As a reminder, "robot" is just a term used for convenience. AIs, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other character types within that technology-focused ballpark are welcome.)
(As a reminder, "robot" is just a term used for convenience. AIs, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other character types within that technology-focused ballpark are welcome.)
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2019-04-06 10:48friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodNominations are open for business! Go forth and nominate robots:
Turing Fest 2019 tagset
If you have any questions about noms that aren't answered below, comment on this post (anon is enabled) or email turingfestmod@gmail.com.
Nominations will close on April 20 at 11:59 PM Central Time. (Countdown!)
Important notes:
> Any canon can be nominated so long as it has at least one character that fits the theme of this exchange (and one of those characters is being nominated, whether solo or in a relationship tag). There are no requirements for media type, fandom rarity, or canon completeness.
> "Robotic" characters, for the purposes of this exchange, are characters in the realm of AIs, robots, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other technology-focused characters.
> The mods want this to be a laid-back exchange in which fans can celebrate their favorite robotic characters. We trust that everyone is nominating in good faith, and we aren't interested in rigidly examining nominated characters to see if they meet strict standards of robot-ness. If you think canon treats them as appropriately robotic, go ahead and nominate them. The only time the mods might question or reject nominations is if the character appears to be egregiously not robotic - e.g. 100% human characters, or otherwise completely human characters with single prosthetic limbs who aren't treated by the canon as "cyborgs."
> If you think a google search for "[canon name] [character name]" would confuse the mods about whether a character you're nominating fits the theme of this exchange, feel free to comment on the Evidence Post and give us a heads-up. We will also have regular clarification posts throughout the nominations week, if we have questions about anyone's noms (or need them to make corrections to their formatting).
To reiterate the rules post:
> Each participant can nominate up to 10 fandoms, with up to 20 characters/ships in each fandom.
> To simplify things for the mods, relationships between two or more characters are still nominated as individual "characters." To nominate a relationship, nominate them by putting "group: " before their names, in the following format:
group: Character A/Character B
or
group: Character A & Character B
or
group: Character A/Character B & Character C
etc.
> There are two types of relationships you can nominate: Romantic relationships are indicated by a / sign between the characters' names. The / indicates that you want the relationship between the characters to be romantic and/or sexual. Platonic relationships are indicated by an & sign between the characters' names. The & indicates that you want the relationship between the characters to be friendship or familial.
> Please nominate crossover relationships under the fandom "Crossover Fandom." When nominating them, please use the format "group: Character A (Fandom 1)/Character B (Fandom 2)."
> Please nominate original characters and relationships under the fandom "Original Work." Using descriptive character names is a good idea. "Female Android" and "Robot Dog" are pretty vague, while "Female Android Assassin" and "Robot Seeing Eye Dog" give a better idea of what potential requesters/offerers would want out of those characters. If you have a gender preference for an original ship (e.g. you want "Navigation AI/Spaceship Pilot," but only if they're both female), the onus is on you to nominate the ship with genders included in the names (e.g. nominate "Female Navigation AI/Female Spaceship Pilot"). The mods will not honor a DNW for a specific gender combination when requesting a gender-neutral ship.
> For simplicity's sake, please nominate all real-life robots and AIs under the fandom "Technology RPF."
Turing Fest 2019 tagset
If you have any questions about noms that aren't answered below, comment on this post (anon is enabled) or email turingfestmod@gmail.com.
Nominations will close on April 20 at 11:59 PM Central Time. (Countdown!)
Important notes:
> Any canon can be nominated so long as it has at least one character that fits the theme of this exchange (and one of those characters is being nominated, whether solo or in a relationship tag). There are no requirements for media type, fandom rarity, or canon completeness.
> "Robotic" characters, for the purposes of this exchange, are characters in the realm of AIs, robots, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other technology-focused characters.
> The mods want this to be a laid-back exchange in which fans can celebrate their favorite robotic characters. We trust that everyone is nominating in good faith, and we aren't interested in rigidly examining nominated characters to see if they meet strict standards of robot-ness. If you think canon treats them as appropriately robotic, go ahead and nominate them. The only time the mods might question or reject nominations is if the character appears to be egregiously not robotic - e.g. 100% human characters, or otherwise completely human characters with single prosthetic limbs who aren't treated by the canon as "cyborgs."
> If you think a google search for "[canon name] [character name]" would confuse the mods about whether a character you're nominating fits the theme of this exchange, feel free to comment on the Evidence Post and give us a heads-up. We will also have regular clarification posts throughout the nominations week, if we have questions about anyone's noms (or need them to make corrections to their formatting).
To reiterate the rules post:
> Each participant can nominate up to 10 fandoms, with up to 20 characters/ships in each fandom.
> To simplify things for the mods, relationships between two or more characters are still nominated as individual "characters." To nominate a relationship, nominate them by putting "group: " before their names, in the following format:
group: Character A/Character B
or
group: Character A & Character B
or
group: Character A/Character B & Character C
etc.
> There are two types of relationships you can nominate: Romantic relationships are indicated by a / sign between the characters' names. The / indicates that you want the relationship between the characters to be romantic and/or sexual. Platonic relationships are indicated by an & sign between the characters' names. The & indicates that you want the relationship between the characters to be friendship or familial.
> Please nominate crossover relationships under the fandom "Crossover Fandom." When nominating them, please use the format "group: Character A (Fandom 1)/Character B (Fandom 2)."
> Please nominate original characters and relationships under the fandom "Original Work." Using descriptive character names is a good idea. "Female Android" and "Robot Dog" are pretty vague, while "Female Android Assassin" and "Robot Seeing Eye Dog" give a better idea of what potential requesters/offerers would want out of those characters. If you have a gender preference for an original ship (e.g. you want "Navigation AI/Spaceship Pilot," but only if they're both female), the onus is on you to nominate the ship with genders included in the names (e.g. nominate "Female Navigation AI/Female Spaceship Pilot"). The mods will not honor a DNW for a specific gender combination when requesting a gender-neutral ship.
> For simplicity's sake, please nominate all real-life robots and AIs under the fandom "Technology RPF."
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2019-04-06 10:46friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodAs much as they would like to, the mods do not know every single canon out there. We trust that participants are nominating characters in good faith, but we'll still do a quick search on characters we're unfamiliar with to make sure the tags going through are correct. If you think that's a recipe for confusion (say, you nominated a character who shares a name with a popular human character in the same fandom, but you meant her android simulacrum incarnation from that one spinoff audio drama), drop a comment here to let the mods know in advance!
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2019-04-05 15:16friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodLooks like it's once again the time of year to show your appreciation for your favorite robots, AIs, and other digital friends. Thank you to everyone for a fantastic first exchange last year, and welcome to any new fans who want to join the robot fun!
The rules and schedule post for this year is right here (and now stickied at the top of the comm). You'll notice a few changes to the schedule. We extended the nominations and signup periods to give participants more room to breathe, and we switched to using Central Time as the deadline timezone rather than UTC, as it makes more sense for both the mods, and will prevent any timezone confusion on our end.
Other than the schedule, the rules and requirements are identical to last year. Nominations open tomorrow, so get ready!
(Accessibility note: We've received positive feedback on the comm's robot theme, so I opted to keep it as the default, but I understand the colors may cause eyestrain or be tricky to read for some. There will always be a link at the top right column for a plain text version of the community!)
The rules and schedule post for this year is right here (and now stickied at the top of the comm). You'll notice a few changes to the schedule. We extended the nominations and signup periods to give participants more room to breathe, and we switched to using Central Time as the deadline timezone rather than UTC, as it makes more sense for both the mods, and will prevent any timezone confusion on our end.
Other than the schedule, the rules and requirements are identical to last year. Nominations open tomorrow, so get ready!
(Accessibility note: We've received positive feedback on the comm's robot theme, so I opted to keep it as the default, but I understand the colors may cause eyestrain or be tricky to read for some. There will always be a link at the top right column for a plain text version of the community!)
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2019-04-05 15:03friendlylocalmod
friendlylocalmodWelcome to the second round of Turing Fest, a fanwork exchange for robotic characters!
"Robotic" characters, for the purposes of this exchange, are characters in the realm of AIs, robots, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other technology-focused characters.
By signing up for this exchange, you're signing up to create a gift for at least one person, and receive a gift in return. Gifts can be either fanfiction (at least 800 words minimum) or fanart (at least finished lineart and on unlined paper, if drawing traditionally).
Important Links & Contacts
AO3 Collection
AO3 Tagset
Mod email: turingfestmod@gmail.com
Schedule
Nominations open - Saturday, April 6
Nominations close - Saturday, April 20 (11:59 PM Central)
Signups open - Monday, April 22
Signups close - Sunday, May 5 (11:59 PM Central)
Assignments due - Sunday, June 9 (11:59 PM Central)
Gift reveals - Saturday, June 15 (11:59 PM Central)
Author reveals - Saturday, June 22
This year, we're using Central as the timezone for deadlines, which means the actual deadline may be earlier in your timezone! Countdowns will be posted for all major deadlines, so you can have an easy reference and make your plans accordingly.
Rules
( Eligibility )
( Nominations )
( Signing Up )
( Assignments )
( Defaulting )
( Pinch Hits )
( Treats )
( Other )
If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to comment on this post (anon is enabled) or email the mods!
"Robotic" characters, for the purposes of this exchange, are characters in the realm of AIs, robots, androids, mecha, machines, cyborgs, and any other technology-focused characters.
By signing up for this exchange, you're signing up to create a gift for at least one person, and receive a gift in return. Gifts can be either fanfiction (at least 800 words minimum) or fanart (at least finished lineart and on unlined paper, if drawing traditionally).
Important Links & Contacts
AO3 Collection
AO3 Tagset
Mod email: turingfestmod@gmail.com
Schedule
Nominations open - Saturday, April 6
Nominations close - Saturday, April 20 (11:59 PM Central)
Signups open - Monday, April 22
Signups close - Sunday, May 5 (11:59 PM Central)
Assignments due - Sunday, June 9 (11:59 PM Central)
Gift reveals - Saturday, June 15 (11:59 PM Central)
Author reveals - Saturday, June 22
This year, we're using Central as the timezone for deadlines, which means the actual deadline may be earlier in your timezone! Countdowns will be posted for all major deadlines, so you can have an easy reference and make your plans accordingly.
Rules
( Eligibility )
( Nominations )
( Signing Up )
( Assignments )
( Defaulting )
( Pinch Hits )
( Treats )
( Other )
If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to comment on this post (anon is enabled) or email the mods!
