My system worked... for a while

Jun 11, 2009 10:15

My new system of using different punctuation in front of each "category" (author, artist, pairing, character) worked really well so long as I was tracking one fandom ( Read more... )

satisfy my curiosity, paralyzed by indecision, excessive experimentation, ask me about my system

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stepps June 11 2009, 23:47:42 UTC
I cannot use punctuation of any kind for my tags. I would get so confused by adding prefaces to things, even just remembering what I have used as a tag for a theme, character, etc all the time is becoming tricky now that I am also falling in with several fandoms (and have always been monofannish previously). Instead I try to tag in a way that those looking at my tags alone, or in their bundles, will understand what the tag is meant for ( ... )

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murklins June 12 2009, 00:23:31 UTC
Sorry to the OP for thread-jacking, but I think maybe americanidol is the best bet for AI? http://delicious.com/tag/americanidol

It is consistently in the most used tags for all the popular AI fic.

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stepps June 13 2009, 01:22:44 UTC
thanks for that! Ugh, which now means the longest tag is the most relevant.

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simons_flower June 12 2009, 05:08:09 UTC
Someone else has answered for American Idol, so I'll try to answer for Trek.

In my personal del account, I don't care. I tag for me :) For everyone else, most don't demarcate -- meaning it's just startrek. Though I have seen st:xi, startrek:xi, st:reboot, startrek:reboot, most are just startrek.

And, yeah, this will be like the third iteration of my tags. I hate redoing them, though, because it feels like I've failed the previous times.

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stepps June 13 2009, 01:20:59 UTC
No no, you're not failing! You're learning what hasn't worked. I guess the biggest benefit with my very basic system of tagging is that my intention is for readability and searchability, and my bundling convience be damned. And oh, how bundling is challenging sometimes.

Thanks for that tip for Star Trek. I think I'll stick with that, and other tags might emerge later.

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