Nominations with no votes automatically get eliminated
If we have 10 or more nominations the 3 least voted nominations are eliminated
Tied nominations will be eliminated together
Eliminated nominations are put on cooldown for one cycle (see cooldown list )
If you want to re-add a nomination after it’s cooldown is over reply to the original nomination with a message saying “re-adding this” (see list of nominations you can re-add )
Regarding Taboo Subjects
As per the decision of majority we have no taboo subjects BUT:
For political/debated subjects - there will be no political debates here. whatever the subject is you ask questions or discuss what you learn or know/don’t know/generally think without expressing your opinion on said subject because regardless if you think it is just or “obvious” it can still spark a debate. I myself read books with political input and am for discussing them and all, but I don’t want to deal with debates here, my reasons for this are my own and you can disagree with me in the DMs if you think it’s unfair.
If you feel uncomfortable with a subject I recommend skipping said cycle. The issue with non-fiction is that regardless of what we wish we’re probably gonna have nominations with sensitive subjects, and to some subject X will be difficult and to others subject Y will be completely out of the question. It is inevitable and I ask that you will be understanding of others that do want to read either of X or Y subjects.
then just quote/reply to the original nomination post and add a message that goes something like “re-adding this :)”
no ⇓
did you already nominate it once?
yes ➾
then please tell me, I messed something up
no ⇓
then you can create a nomination for it using the template below this
Nomination Template
Put the Natively link here.
(if the embedding worked well we should see the title, natively level and cover;
if not please manually put the following:
Cover image (optional)
**Title**: [title | Lx(x = natively lvl)](Put the Natively link here.) )
**Subject**: History/Culture/Linguistics/Self Help/etc
If you only just added it to natively please add **Available formats**: physical / ebook / audiobook (delete as appropriate)
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If you know whether the book contains potentially triggering topics please include the information here.
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**Reason(s) for nominating:** Share the reason you are nominating this book - it might persuade others to vote for it!
I voted no on the taboo topic, because I feel like we can just not participate/vote if it deals with topics we don’t want to engage with, however, there should be a general consensus that political discussions, etc. are not OK. That’s not what the forums are for, imo, and stuff like that can escalate quickly…
Mmm. I agree that it’s better to be below 20 books for a vote. But I think it’s hard to guess in advance what kind of nomination restrictions, removal rate for books that didn’t get many votes, etc, you need to get there. So I tend to favour “don’t worry too much about definiing restrictions, trust people not to go overboard, and sort them out later”.
Oh by the way, do we want to focus on a certain difficulty level (i.e. Natively range), or is anything ok? I can imagine non-fiction can vary wildly in difficulty, but what do I know
I kind of doubt Brandon will ever break it out into that category but some nonfiction I own is definitely meant for kids while others are not. That said I don’t know how easy most child’s nonfic gets for learners as the vocab is probably a lot wider than the average children’s book
from the nonfic for children I have I can say that it’s definitely easier than the for adult ones
Japan also has an amazing variety on the matter and there are SO MANY!
Also whenever nominations open I have some to add Though I probably don’t have any children’s nonfiction to nominate at the moment, I have light ‘pop’ nonfiction.
like e.g. an autobiographical novel - the contents is non-fiction and you can learn interesting things about daily life in other times, but nonetheless it’s is written as a novel;
or e.g. the math girls series - the math is real stuff so non-fiction and you can also learn interesting things which is the purpose of that books, but is is presented in form of a conversation between the leads and the book has maybe a 10-15% light novelish framework story.
I likely wouldn’t vote for an autobiography in any form, but I don’t think it’s outside the limits of what is ‘nonfiction’ if it’s just a writing style choice and not mixing truth and fiction.
I read a book like that but it was about a Sexy Sempai scolding a self-insert MC into learning about databases. I would not consider those types of books to be nonfiction. If Natively would let me add it (sadly not on Amazon, but it is on Bookwalker!) I’d probably add it as a textbook.
since people are already talking about nominations they want to put out I think I’ll just open up nominations and make a 3 limit for now (since whatever vote takes in the poll either way it’ll be a limit of 3 or more lol)
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but some nonfiction I own is definitely meant for kids while others are not. That said I don’t know how easy most child’s nonfic gets for learners as the vocab is probably a lot wider than the average children’s book 
Though I probably don’t have any children’s nonfiction to nominate at the moment, I have light ‘pop’ nonfiction.
