Discussion on tagging

[tko_ak]

I know it's turned into a running joke about how quick I am to nag people to properly tag their posts. A good many of you have seen my " Please remember to tag your posts. :)" nudge, and most people are good about fixing it, or remembering in the future

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[tko_ak]

The tag button should bring up a list of them, as well. But I understand that there's a learning curve. I know there was one with me. And if you can reference the link I provided in this post, you can see them that way as well.

Some tags are from our original list (like "United States") that needed to be removed. I'd do the same for "news" but there's over 100 posts tagged with it. It was one of the first, so it has some posts from a long time ago.

The hierarchy/sub-category idea is a good one, but yeah, LJ isn't that far ahead. I can rename tags, which is nice, but I can't merge similar tags, so I have to go through each individual post and change the tag. Guess how I spent my afternoon, and will spend tonight? It needs to be done, but it's a pain-in-the-ass.

LJ does, or did, have that. I think they've increased the number of posts for each tag, but we do have some filling up (like "gay marriage"). I don't know if old posts will lose their tags or if new ones won't take them. If we reach that point, I'll probably create a "same-sex marriage" tag or something like that. Although "marriage" is being folded into "gay marriage" tonight. Same with "equal rights" and "equality" (I'm just not sure which one I'll keep). I've done a lot of it already, with smaller tags.

[keito_f]

I would say better to use "marriage" then "gay marriage" since it is the broader term and might include issue that relate to say the trans community that people might feel does not quite fit under "gay marriage."

I would suggest that if it gets to it and new posts need a new tag to just add "2" so you have lawsuit2. It may look kind of awkward but it would be clear to people that it was the same tag, just more recent posts.

[tko_ak]

I searched and apparently you can have 1,000 entries per tag. So we're fine for awhile anyway.

I just spent quite awhile on removing the "marriage" tag and merging it with "gay marriage." I actually agree with you that "marriage" is better because it's broader (and I came across a handful of posts tagged as "marriage" that weren't gay). However, there were 227 posts under the "gay marriage" tag, and only 70 or so under "marriage." I went with keeping the one that is most used, which saved me a lot of time.

[keito_f]

Yeah it would be nice if they just had a mass tool that let you convert all of one tag into another. I might send them a note suggesting something about that and a hierarchy, I kind of like the ability to organize hierarchically, it satisfies something anal in me that likes to be able to go from broad to specific.

[tko_ak]

Yeah, I've spent what feels like the entire day fucking around with tags. There are still some things that might be seen as redundant, but I think there's enough distinction to keep it. Feel free to give any more suggestions if you have them.

[a_tergo_lupi]

I'm not interested in general modding, nor am I qualified, but if you feel like you want some help dicking around with the tags, I'd love to offer my services.