I have the tag clean up scheduled for a couple of days before sign ups open. Right now the quickest way for me to get nominations approved for everyone is to approve them on the go, which is easy enough if I recognise the fandom as being CW. The tags falling out of their fandoms are ones that aren’t canon tags so associations for those have to be set up manually, and as I’m not that well versed in some shows as I am others, I will have to do this side by side with both google and the ao3 canon tags to make sure the right tag is associated with the right fandom and I’ll need to sit down with a proper computer and a decent window of free time to do that. The other way would mean holding nominations back and not approving them unless I’m at my computer, which would be even more frustrating, I’m sure as nobody would know which fandoms and pairings have already been nominated.

If you’re worried about using up a nomination space on something already there, then you can select “expand all” for each category and hit control plus f to find a tag by typing in your chosen pairing. On the go, I can approve nominations at least 4 times a day, unless there is an issue with the fandom not being CW, so there’s less risk your chosen pairing is in the queue than if I wait to approve it.