Better Mashfics Group?

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Hi, group.

Like many older fandoms, stories are all over the place in MASH. And story requests seem to be pretty popular posts around here. Wouldn't it be great to have all the best links in one place?

I'd like to propose a lj comm called Better MASH Fics, based on the esteemed group Better Buffy Fics. Here's how it would work:

1. Any group member recommends a fic, with relevant headers, a working link, and a one sentence reason why it's a Better MASH Fic.

2. The recc gets tagged, so that link is always there.

3. The group reads the fic and by a 2/3 majority, decides if it's really a Better MASH Fic. (Be prepared to back up your opinion.)

4. Here's the best part: If the recommended story is declared a Better MASH Fic, the Archiving Committee contacts the author for permission to archive the story on the Better MASH Fics archive.** No more losing MASH fics to the aether and having to find them with the Wayback Machine!

** Anyone have hosting ideas?

Also permitted in this comm would be requesting fics of a type ("Anyone know good Trapper/Hawkeye/Sidney?"), as we do here with glee. However, those links wouldn't be voted on as Better MASH Fics unless a formal, new post was made. (It's too confusing to have links all over the place.)

I'm aiming for a nondiscriminatory group, slash and het both welcome.

So. What say ye? If I get five positive responses, I'll go ahead and create the comm.

Think I'd need:
An assistant archivist
Someone to do the graphic layout