I think it's great that you want to do this. Ill see if I can't skim some stories and help find some 'vanilla' content.

If you need any other help send me a message, this is really somthing we should all try n contribute too.

Also it comes to mind, is there any way to grade content? It might be a good idea to come up with some kind of five point scale? Just for organization at least.

The Multibreast Art Page was a good introduction for me back in the day.

Might also be a good gateway into the genre for others: http://f3.to/mbap/

I second the multibreast page is a good gateway. KSG is a good choice as well. Is there a specific image or images that you prefer?

This is a great idea but yeah it would be colossal task to organize it all, not to mention there's no metric to decide what is basic vs extreme.

haha, "vanilla" content is a great way to put it. I wonder what that makes of non-modified hetero sex.

I think this is an excellent idea, so I'll throw in my two cents to hopefully help.  First off, I agree with the fact  people have different likes and dislikes.  Personally, my kink is transformation in general so I can stretch it cover almost anything.  Others though, might be only interested in certain aspects.  Toward that option, how hard would it be to institute a tag system (a la Fictionmania, grommet's plaza, or any of the other many online erotica repositories)?  I'm a mechanical guy not a coder, so this is a bit out of my wheelhouse.  It could be something like MtF/FtM, multibreast, extreme genital growth, etc.  Or we could do a set of ratings like LamiaWoman mentioned.  Maybe 1-5 stars on categories such as sex, transformation intensity, and bizarreness of transformations.  Even if it's not possible to mod that feature into the forum itself, we could just list the tags as the first few lines of the story.  That way they find out before reading if it fits their kinks.  This will take a bit of editing older stories, but we can work that out later.

Another thing we could do is have a little fun with trying to create some content which represents different aspects of the forum material.  When was the list time we had a story contest here?  2014?  If we were able to identify a few basic categories or keywords we wanted to share with the newbies, writers could try basing a story around that concept.  Depending on how many people are interested, we could make it free for all or randomly match authors to categories.  Give the writers a month to crank out their story(s), then host a forum vote.  The winners would get their piece posted in the "welcome to the forum" section. If we need to sweeten the pot, some of us could throw in free commission stories or artwork.  This might even influence a few of the lurkers to try their hand.

I would be interested in a list like this, my first experience reading adult TF stuff was back in the early 2000's with the TF story archive, which was also the first place I think I read Belial stories.

I still have a big thing for TFTG and a bit of macro/micro and anthropomorphism but never really got into more than that. At one point I think I may have thought of turning into clothes a bit interesting but that hasn't interested me in a while.

Edit:

You could also try a more tree like approach to organisation. 

Ala Mental/Physical

Mental - - > Voluntary/Involuntary
Physical - - > Animate/Inanimate

And just keep breaking it down into more and more specific categories sort of like biological classifications.

@ Flicker:

I agree with Pronema. A more tree-like approach might help to structure your list and make it easier to comprehend. I had a quick overview and while its a good list, its a very dense text right now.

It might also help to emphasize separation into different categories of transformations, as you've already done.

What might also help, could be to align the different categories with the larger fetish-communities within the TF genre, making it easier how the different types of transformations differ in popularity and overlap with each other on the internet. These categories could look like this:
- Transgender -> Which TFs are most common here, what mental changes and plot structures are the most common, maybe integrating Futanari/Herm TFs as subgroup and link to the wider Futanari/Shemale Fetish.
- Multi-Bodyparts -> Again, what TFs are most common here, which other TFs are most likely to be seen here, maybe Multibreasts and Conjoinments as subgroups?
- Animal TFs -> Furry TFs as subgroup and link to wider Furry community?
etc...

Creating these larger groups and then breaking them down might also help to better work out how the different types of TFs relate to each other.

I second/third the addition of an agency metric. Voluntary/Involuntary/Forced would be rad. I'm pretty omnivorous about transformations but I strongly prefer voluntary changes or mildly involuntary transformations. Forced changes, especially drawn out ones with an antagonist, are not my fav, so it would be cool to have that flagged.

A mental slider would be cool too. It seems some of us love identity death and some, like me, like characters to mostly retain their original personalities. It would be a good sorting metric.

So maybe like a category list approach: TG, FUR etc, with gender of relations F/F etc, then a scale of extreme body, extreme mind, and extremes of scenario? That would be perfect for me.

So like "Example Story A", which is about a herm multi-breasted leopard-taur, who changes on purpose and retains their mind would be.

Could go:
Cat: TG, FUR, Multiple
Sex: F/M, H/M
Body: 2
Mind: 1
Scenario: V

I figure most of the stories we like are going to skew pretty sexual. I'm not sure giving it a rating beyond what the genders of the participants are is useful?

For me the distinction between Involuntary and Forced is pretty significant. IV would be like, character has a lab accident or catches a virus or something. So not on purpose but also not in a violent/attacky/enforced way. Where as forced would be like person is kidnapped and transformed or accosted by an Avatar. Transformation with a level of violence or coercion or directly against a person's will. I think these two types of stories read very differently and I, at least, would value the demarcation. I also think it might be helpful for new readers who might not have an appetite for the rougher aspects of TF. But y'know, just a suggestion.

For the longer stories, I purpose we have a LONG category that explains long story with many types and numbers of transformations. And we point out that a lot happens. So Belial Idol might be like:

Story Cat: LONG, GAME, VARIOUS (could also list which main cats are used at the very end)
Sex: Various: F/H/S/M
Body: Multiple Transformations (1-5). Core transformations 3
Mind: Multiple Transformations (1-3). Core transformations 1-3
Scenario: V (with limited IV)

If we're going to make a list of transformations, I think it would be better to start it over from scratch while using my old list as reference. So I've cleared out the current doc and moved the old list here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k-b … 0kI-g/edit

Also, I've made a new sticky topic about this list. As for grading the transformations, you are free to do so on the document. I personally feel much more comfortable just laying down ideas as I come across them.

Also, I changed all moderators to administrators and removed moderators as a group because moderators didn't actually have any extra privileges unless I specified them for each individual account, and that's too much to keep track of.

Here's a rough rating scale I was toying with, and a few examples of what would be a cannon transformation for some of the levels (for the physical, having a harder time gauging the mental).  Another alternative is to make 0=no change and shift everything around accordingly.

Transformation Change Scale

Physical

1.    No change
2.    Minor change: change within human norm (ex. skin or hair color change) (<10% changed)
3.    Moderate Change: extra-human change, but still recognizably human (ex. extra arms, limbs, possibly even gender shift) (10-40% changed)
4.    Severe Change: Extreme deviation from the human norm (40-75% changed)
5.    Massive Change: unrecognizable human (>75% changed)

Examples using common belial transformees.

•    Sutonian woman_3: minor changes to feet, growth of a tail and male appearing genitals, but the form and function of most of the body stays the same.
•    Freyan cockwoman_4: Massive changes to upper torso and growth of balls, but lower torso is mostly unchanged.
•    Sutonian whore_5: composed of human parts, but barely human looking.  Body reduced in size and function

Mental

1.    No change
2.    Minor change:  weak compulsions or light changes in thinking
3.    Moderate Change: strong compulsions or change in mental processes
4.    Severe Change: Mental reduction to the level of a sex beast or pet
5.    Massive Change: Total loss of identity/mental function

I still think that can be worked into the system.  If it was a "1" story, the person changing gender wouldn't have a change in orientation which could cause them a bunch of problems (as they are effectually gay/lesbian now).  A "2" story might have them swapping over into what would be normal for the other gender, while a "3" might have them embracing it with gusto to the point they turn into a nymphomaniac.

For sex orientation: I think that would be a "2", it is a slight change. For me "1" would be you are literally the same person out the other end, just with a different body.

I'd also like to state that in assigning these ratings it should be done so by the most advanced transformation.

Example: if your story starts with a woman becoming a sex beast but the focuse is on her friends getting multiple arms, legs, and breasts the sex beast is what you grade the story on.