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    Default Do we want tags?

    I've just noticed that we have tags enabled. Do we really want that?

    Sure it is nice to have all threads carefully annotated with the respective degrees of fatness and retardation of the participants, but other than that I haven't seen them used for any real purpose.

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    Not sure yet, they could be useful but maybe we'll restrict taggers to a small group. It is easy to turn off at least.

    As a tempory measure, users can add tags that already exist.
    Last edited by What Exit?; 05 Sep 2009 at 02:24 PM.

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    My two cents - Tags might be useful, and even funny tags are OK IMO, but I don't want to see snark tags here.
    everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel

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    I'd rather not have tags.

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    Right now, posters cannot create tags. Mods & Admins can. I am going to look for a list of tags to be imported.

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    Quote Originally posted by Myrnalene View post
    My two cents - Tags might be useful, and even funny tags are OK IMO, but I don't want to see snark tags here.
    I'm not sure how we'd prevent snark tags other than mods manually deleting them whenever we see them. I do agree with you on this, though. I'd prefer not to see hateful tags all over the place.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    We can have tags and avoid snark at the same time.

    I am already working on it.

    Zuul and/or Sarah add a non snark tag to this thread. You try it Mynra.

    Let me know what happens.

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    I tried to tag it with "penis" but got:

    * You do not have permission to create tags. *You may only use existing tags.
    What are the existing tags so I can try one?

    ETA: I just tried to tag it with Disney (which is an existing tag) and I got the same message so it looks like only mods can tag.
    Last edited by Myrnalene; 05 Sep 2009 at 02:52 PM.
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    Quote Originally posted by Myrnalene View post
    I tried to tag it with "penis" but got:, , What are the existing tags so I can try one?
    This link from top of tag box will show them, I am trying to add some more now. http://www.mellophant.com/forums/tags.php, I lied, it does not show them all.

    This is all so far.

    alabama, alaska, australia, baseball, basketball, california, canada, chicago, computers, cricket, d&d, disney, drink up, england, florida, football, footy, france, indiana, ireland, italy, japan, mafia, marvel, middle earth, new jersey, new york, ohio, scotland, sdmb, sweetheart sarah, tags, Tolkien, usa

    All States entered now

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    I agree no tags. Unless it's a select set of tags to aid searching. Like we could post drunk posting tags so later someone could find all drunk threads for the lutz.
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    We started with nothing and we still have most of it left.

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    Looks like I can tag. From my phone, even!

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    I don't see what purpose they serve. I guess I just can't really envision people going to the trouble of tagging threads in any way that makes them useful for searching. And the consensus appears to be that snark tags are not needed or wanted (which I wholeheartedly agree with.)

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    Quote Originally posted by Excalibur View post
    I don't see what purpose they serve. I guess I just can't really envision people going to the trouble of tagging threads in any way that makes them useful for searching. And the consensus appears to be that snark tags are not needed or wanted (which I wholeheartedly agree with.)
    Some people will tag. So as we have a way to tag without snark, might as well role it out.

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    Yes, that's probably the best solution.

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    Default Tags added so far.

    a-league ____ ac/dc ____ academy award ____ aerosmith ____ aesthetics ____ alabama ____ alaska ____ alien ____ alternative music ____ american football ____ american samoa ____ amusement parks ____ animation ____ anime and manga ____ architecture ____ arizona ____ arkansas ____ artemis fowl ____ arts ____ association football ____ australia ____ australian music ____ australian television ____ authors ____ ballet ____ bande dessinée ____ baseball ____ basketball ____ battlestar galactica ____ bbc ____ beatles ____ beer ____ books ____ boston legal ____ bridges ____ buffy the vampire slayer ____ california ____ canada ____ canadian football ____ ceramic art ____ charles dickens ____ chaucer ____ chess ____ chicago ____ christian metal ____ christian music ____ classical guitar ____ classical music ____ college football ____ colorado ____ comedy ____ comics ____ computer graphics ____ computers ____ connecticut ____ constructed languages ____ country music ____ cricket ____ cycling ____ d&d ____ dance ____ delaware ____ discworld ____ disney ____ district of columbia ____ doctor who ____ doordarshan ____ dragon ball ____ dragonlance ____ dream theater ____ drink up ____ eastenders ____ edgar allan poe ____ electronic music ____ elvis presley ____ england ____ english ____ english football ____ esperanto ____ eurovision ____ evangelion ____ fashion ____ fictional worlds ____ figure skating ____ film ____ final fantasy ____ fishing ____ florida ____ folklore ____ food & drink ____ football ____ footy ____ ____ formula one ____ france ____ french literature ____ furry ____ futurama ____ games ____ genre ____ georgia ____ gilbert & sullivan ____ golf ____ graffiti ____ gridiron football ____ guam ____ guardians of time ____ guitar ____ gymnastics ____ halo ____ harry potter ____ hawaii ____ heavy metal ____ hip hop ____ hitchhiker's ____ horror ____ house ____ humor ____ ice hockey ____ idaho ____ illinois ____ indiana ____ industrial music ____ insomniac games ____ iowa ____ ireland ____ italy ____ james bond ____ japan ____ jazz ____ kansas ____ karaoke ____ kentucky ____ king arthur ____ knitting ____ language ____ led zeppelin ____ lego ____ linkin park ____ ____ literature ____ louisiana ____ low saxon ____ m*a*s*h ____ m.d. ____ mafia ____ maine ____ marching band ____ mario ____ martial arts ____ marvel ____ maryland ____ massachusetts ____ members ____ mexico ____ michigan ____ middle earth ____ middle-earth ____ minnesota ____ mississippi ____ missouri ____ montana ____ monty python ____ motorcycle racing ____ motorsport ____ motörhead ____ muppets ____ music ____ musical artists ____ musical theatre ____ mythology ____ narnia ____ nebraska ____ nevada ____ new hampshire ____ new jersey ____ new mexico ____ new york ____ nickelodeon ____ nintendo ____ north carolina ____ north dakota ____ northern marianas islands ____ novels ____ nsfw ____ nudity ____ numismatics ____ ohio ____ oklahoma ____ olympics ____ opera ____ oregon ____ origami ____ oscar wilde ____ pennsylvania ____ percussion ____ performing arts ____ philately ____ photography ____ pink floyd ____ pipe organ ____ playstation ____ poetry ____ pokémon ____ pornography ____ portal ____ powderfinger ____ progressive rock ____ puerto rico ____ punk rock ____ r&b ____ racing ____ radio ____ redwall ____ rhode island ____ rock and roll ____ rugby ____ rugby league ____ rugby union ____ rush ____ scotland ____ scouting ____ sdmb ____ sega ____ sesame street ____ shakespeare ____ slipknot ____ snooker ____ soccer ____ song ____ sonic ____

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    *misses tags*
    I don't think so, therefore I'm probably not.

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    Tags are awesome. Bring on the tags!

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    You all are a bunch of tag enablers!

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    I didn't know what tagging was for so much.. Figured a googlebot could do well enough alone.. Eh, anyway, I asked my (gay) roommate that is more into the social networking/forums thing and he read this thread.. And just called all pro-taggers "tag-hags".. Though he says he has no opinion on the subject.

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    Let's use them like magnetic poetry.

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    Threads are being auto-tagged as we speak.

    This will also build a large database of allowed tags.

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    I still don't get what purpose people imagine they'll serve. Wouldn't it make more sense just to turn them off?

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    Quote Originally posted by Exy View post
    I still don't get what purpose people imagine they'll serve.
    Isn't it obvious? Every thread containing the word "Illinois" is auto-tagged with the illinois tag. That way, you are saved the trouble of going to the search page and typing "Illinois" in the search box, and instead simply have to go to the tags page and type "Illinois" in the "search by tag" box.

    Progress!

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    It failed any way. Oh well.

    Basically it powers this: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/tags.php

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    Woot:
    Actually, we figured out that if you go into "edit tags" and roll your mouse over the tag, it will show who added it.

    But when I try it here, I can't see who did it, so I'm assuming that this is only available to Super Moderators and Administrators.
    I'm tempted to turn tags on full but promise to expose all snark.

    That might be the best solution.

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    Quote Originally posted by What Exit? View post
    I'm tempted to turn tags on full but promise to expose all snark.

    That might be the best solution.
    Can you explain why?

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    Yeah, I'm not so sure, Jim. Just seems like it's one more thing the mods will have to monitor, and it won't be easy. I wouldn't want hard feelings around here because someone posts some snark that the mods don't catch.

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    Quote Originally posted by Exy View post
    Can you explain why?
    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    Yeah, I'm not so sure, Jim. Just seems like it's one more thing the mods will have to monitor, and it won't be easy. I wouldn't want hard feelings around here because someone posts some snark that the mods don't catch.
    Not really, so I won't do it. But tags are very useful when used correctly. If I want all threads tagged as Science, it is a great and repeatable search tool.

    So I will leave it as right now where I and the mods will load the tags that can be used.

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    Default Current Tag list

    Anyone that wants to have a lot of tags entered, please give me a list with the tags broken up by a ;

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    Quote Originally posted by What Exit? View post
    Not really, so I won't do it. But tags are very useful when used correctly.
    We have an excellent illustration of how people are most likely to want to use them from a very similar messageboard inhabited my mostly the same people. But the consensus in this thread, which I share, is that this is not the 'correct' use of tags.

    I guess I just don't think it's all that likely that people are going to tag threads with search terms consistently enough to be anywhere near as useful as just plain ol' search -- and apparently it's going to require either that the modes police them, or that we only have a small (and inevitably inadequate, because no one could anticipate all the tags we'd need) selection, requiring the modes to constantly add new ones (assuming anyone bothers tagging their threads). From other messageboards I've used, I haven't gotten any impression that they're useful. Some boards even require each thread be tagged in order to promote them, but how many circumstances will there be when I want to, say, tag a thread "quantum mechanics" or "non-literate culture" or whatever but can't think of a way to just work those words into my post?

    I don't know, I mean, knock yourself out if you want to give it a shot. There's no harm in trying, certainly, but it just strikes me as a waste of effort.

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    ps is it okay if i tag all my threads "michelle bachelet"? I like her.

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    Quote Originally posted by Exy View post
    We have an excellent illustration of how people are most likely to want to use them from a very similar messageboard inhabited my mostly the same people. But the consensus in this thread, which I share, is that this is not the 'correct' use of tags.

    I guess I just don't think it's all that likely that people are going to tag threads with search terms consistently enough to be anywhere near as useful as just plain ol' search -- and apparently it's going to require either that the modes police them, or that we only have a small (and inevitably inadequate, because no one could anticipate all the tags we'd need) selection, requiring the modes to constantly add new ones (assuming anyone bothers tagging their threads). From other messageboards I've used, I haven't gotten any impression that they're useful. Some boards even require each thread be tagged in order to promote them, but how many circumstances will there be when I want to, say, tag a thread "quantum mechanics" or "non-literate culture" or whatever but can't think of a way to just work those words into my post?

    I don't know, I mean, knock yourself out if you want to give it a shot. There's no harm in trying, certainly, but it just strikes me as a waste of effort.
    Well, so far I am doing it slowly and I developed a great pair of tools today and learned a great trick.
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    ps is it okay if i tag all my threads "michelle bachelet"? I like her.
    It would actually be better if you did not.

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    I want tags.

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    Ok, I tagged this goddamned thread with the "tags" tag, which is possibly the most appropriate and bang-on tag tagging you will ever see, and someone removed my taggin' tag. What the tag is with that? Are you trying tag prove tagging will never be useful? Tag, taggety tag! Tag?

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    Quote Originally posted by hamburglar View post
    Ok, I tagged this goddamned thread with the "tags" tag, which is possibly the most appropriate and bang-on tag tagging you will ever see, and someone removed my taggin' tag. What the tag is with that? Are you trying tag prove tagging will never be useful? Tag, taggety tag! Tag?
    Simple answer, I have been using this thread to load the tags. So I load and clear, load and clear.

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    I just got tags for my car.
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    Michelle Bachelet is pretty badass you guys. Despite being president of highly Catholic Chile, she is an admitted atheist and single mother. She's also pretty smart, we should all spend a lot more time thinking about Michelle Bachelet.

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    Quote Originally posted by Exy View post
    Michelle Bachelet is pretty badass you guys. Despite being president of highly Catholic Chile, she is an admitted atheist and single mother. She's also pretty smart, we should all spend a lot more time thinking about Michelle Bachelet.
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    I have the opportunity to use tags on my blog. I can never manage to.

    I am a total tagfailure.

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