Talk:Dragon AU

Improving Suggestions

I submitted this article to Feature Article Nominations last year, and people had some really good suggestions for improving it. I'm saving the discussion here for future reference. -- Quaelegit (talk) 06:29, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Nominated by Quaelegit on December 5, 2022. No content flags, page definitely needs some cleanup but I'm nominating it now partially so that I'm more likely to remember to do it. It's got some interesting discussion on how the trope tends to get used in different fandoms.

Hesitant Yes: I would like the intro to be a little more filled out, but I can't quite put my finger on what it needs -- Kingstoken (talk) 15:21, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Maybe: There is a citation needed flag in the trope conventions section. I also wonder if the Trope Conventions could have something about Dragonrider AUs, because that doesn't have its own page yet? For the Popularity and Spread section, we could add a wider range of examples, outside of Ao3. I know that there seemed to be a lot of Dragon AU fics in J2 & SPN fandom back in the day. --Auntags (talk) 17:52, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Oops, thanks for catching that! I'll try to do some research on HP Dragon AUs and see if there's something i can use there... though also i'm wondering why someone added the CN flag in the first place

Re: Dragonrider AUs, that's a great question that I don't really feel like I can address, because I haven't read anything on that myself beyond a handful of BNHA fantasy AUs (and I'm pretty sure that Pern crossovers and other western fantasy influence is what you're talking about?). I can try to look for J2 and SPN examples on livejournal or ffn though. -- Quaelegit (talk) 00:50, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

I started a page Dragonriders of Pern AU and linked it from the info box of Dragon AU. It's still a stub though. SecurityBreach (talk) 07:42, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Not Yet: It would be interesting to see more about how this trope pops up in/around Asian media, particularly in the xianxia/related fandoms, such as the prevalence of Dragonji (Dragon Lan Wangji). I agree re seeing more examples outside of AO3. -- Shiningpaperclip (talk) 20:42, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

That would be a great addition to the page!! Will require a lot of research though -- I don't know much about xianxia, or cmedia in general. (And obviously it would probably be good to look into fandoms from other countries and languages too). I would appreciate any help people have to offer here! -- Quaelegit (talk) 06:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Maybe: Feels still a bit short, the gallery could use some more additions, but then not all Faetured articles are super long if they cover the topic. -- WhatAreFrogs? (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Fair. People have raise some really good ideas for expanding the page already, but if you (or future voters) think of more please suggest them! -- Quaelegit (talk) 06:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Not Yet: is it okay to vote on my own nomination?? Anyways, people have raised some really good points for expanding the article and I really think we should address them before featuring it. I don't think i'll be able to do the research and expansion on my own (certainly not any time soon), and this has sat on the FAN list for a long time. I think it would be better to can the nomination for now, and re-nominate once we've actually done the work on the article (I'll move the points raised here to the article's talk page. -- Quaelegit (talk) 06:27, 26 April 2023 (UTC)