I was thinking of web scraping the data before hand, then having it hardcoded in an array or DB to be used in the drop-down. I have seen a few of the anime sites have pages for each season it could be pulled from. I saw some plugins for searchable drop downs for lime survey, So you might be able to make it work with the same software.
I think Manga would be the most difficult to limit, I am not aware of a single point where all the data is available. Light Novels have a CSV someone is scraping and hosting on GitHub, Anime have clearly defined seasons, But manga doesn’t seem to have a release system.
Idea 2:
You could check the account age. If anyone starts creating accounts now for a poll which may never happen then they deserve an extra vote.
I am absolutely open to feedback like this for if/when we do something like this again.
Just some ideas -
Limiting the options - you could pull the anime’s that have aired in the time frame from one of the Anime databases and limit the users to searchable drop downs.
I do worry now that people know I made these calls based on number of nominations that they could simply fill out the form a bunch of times. There are some steps I can take on my end to prevent or filter that, but it would also mean doing things like attaching browser cookies to the form or recording ip addresses, which I haven't wanted to do out of respect for the users.
I feel it would be less intrusive than cookies or IP addresses to have a confirmation like you do with email signups. You could have an optional input for Lemmy Username and have a script to send the user a message via Lemmy to confirm they made a submission (… reply ‘YES’ to confirm…). Blank or unconfirmed submission could be treated with less importance when taking nominations due to the possibility of multiple submissions.
If you do decide to do it again in the future I am happy to help when possible.
I love the light novels but it is a slower story so I am not sure if it will have the action to keep viewers. But then again there’s a lot of slice of life series.
I haven’t read the light novels but I think the first season ends at the end of the second volume as the penultimate chapter is “Balsam and Woodsorre”.
There are 12 English translated and 15 Japanese novels so based on the first season, season 2 may cover volumes 3 + 4 leaving 5-12?
Always commit to it, especially if the prank is getting you to find something.
You can either stay and work, or take the day walking around going to all the shops to buy a long weight, tartan paint, left handed screwdriver or spirit level bubbles.
My domain is my name so I am not too worried about that, but for the address I use a PO Box and the domain registrars domain privacy service to hide the details.
I’ve been killing slimes for 300 years and maxed out my abilities
Cosy
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
Didn’t I say to make my abilities average
Cosy
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
The totally Normal Average Miles
Kuma kuma kuma bear
Cosy
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
All the bears
By the grace of gods
Cosy
Adventures
Fantasy
All the slime you could need
In the land of Leadale
Cosy? (The story and characters are 100% cosy, but if you think about her circumstances it is a bit melancholy)
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
The most over the top elf son
Konosuba
Cosy?
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
Ascendance of a bookworm
Cosy? (I would say it’s very cosy but there are a few bits which are a bit melancholy)
Adventures? (No adventurers guild or actual adventuring, but the MC has a goal and is working toward something which makes it feel like they are adventuring)
Fantasy
Magic? (There is magic in the world but you don’t see much until the end of the 3rd season, there should be lots more in the next season)
No.1 Super mega monster bookworm
But Ascendance of a bookworm is an amazing story I think it fits the criteria
Beast tamer
Cosy (Mostly cosy, some more serious confrontations)
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
Banished from the hero’s party: I decided to live a quiet life in the countryside
Cosy (Mostly cosy, some more serious bits and a bit of melancholy)
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
TsukiMichi Moonlit Fantasy
Cosy? (The relationship between the MCs is cosy but it can take more serious themes and moments including war / killing people. But there is an underlying comedy aspect? )
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
Includes best Dragon samurai , Devouring Spider , Human Lich
So I’m a spider so what?
Cosy? (fairly cosy, Lovable non-human MC tying to survive, some more serious parts but the MC is always upbeat and doing their best)
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
Best parallel minds
That time I got reincarnated as a slime
Cosy (Mostly cosy, some more serious buts including war and a fair few battles. But the MC and their friends are wholesome)
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
The weakest tamer began a journey to pick up trash
Cosy (Mostly cosy, some more serious bits including kidnapping and MC background is melancholy. But the story as a whole is cosy)
Adventures
Fantasy
Magic
Reborn as a vending machine now I wonder the dungeon
The other day I saw someone hosting their blog on a GitHub repository.
Just using markdown files and folders to organise it to their liking.
If you are writing stories you could use a similar approach. A folder per story then subfolders for chapters. Then having the main page have links each story’s folder with links to each chapter inside.
The UKs NHS do some.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-fitness-studio/
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/get-running-with-couch-to-5k/