Hmm, while the existence of the "Doctor Who" tag and the "Doctor Who and Related Fandoms" tags does make things more confusing, I always found it clear enough that the 2005 and 1963 tags referred to different eras of the show. Even back when the only thing I knew about Classic Who was that it existed, that this Tom Baker chap seemed to be a big deal, and that it apparently featured characters called Romana and Ace. I guess I didn't think it would be so confusing to others. I always interpreted it as the writers being so attention-hungry they'd put their fic also in tags where it doesn't belong, just like some people on social media will use popular hashtags to get attention to what they're saying. I could be wrong, of course, it was just my immediate assumption because it seemed like a thing that people do. And maybe some people just think they have to tag Classic Who if they as much as mention a name from it somewhere in the text of the fic.
But, I'm wary to post about things like this in comments to a fic, because some people can react really badly to any kind of seemingly negative thing said to them. (Though obviously I'd phrase it more politely than here, and assume good intents.) Also, if I were to do that, I'd probably have to read the fic to make sure I'm correct when I say it doesn't have Classic Who elements in it, and I... really dislike those ships. No offense meant to anyone who likes them, but I don't.
The other thing people do is just to tag with 'Doctor Who' which is even worse, because then it doesn't show up in anything beneath the meta-tag, & if people are, say, following a Classic Who feed here, then they won't see the work at all.
Oh yes, that's very frustrating as well! Gets really confusing when you try to figure out which tags to follow so you actually get the stuff you want to see. My own solution has been to not use any of the upper-level tags, only either the 2005 or 1963 tag.
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But, I'm wary to post about things like this in comments to a fic, because some people can react really badly to any kind of seemingly negative thing said to them. (Though obviously I'd phrase it more politely than here, and assume good intents.) Also, if I were to do that, I'd probably have to read the fic to make sure I'm correct when I say it doesn't have Classic Who elements in it, and I... really dislike those ships. No offense meant to anyone who likes them, but I don't.
The other thing people do is just to tag with 'Doctor Who' which is even worse, because then it doesn't show up in anything beneath the meta-tag, & if people are, say, following a Classic Who feed here, then they won't see the work at all.
Oh yes, that's very frustrating as well! Gets really confusing when you try to figure out which tags to follow so you actually get the stuff you want to see. My own solution has been to not use any of the upper-level tags, only either the 2005 or 1963 tag.