Thread Tagging

Discussion in 'Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback' started by von Poop, Mar 2, 2019.

  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Tags.

    Dbf has caught tag-itis. It's a form of manic infection that leads the sufferer to weeks of tidying & generally improving thread tags. To the Nth degree.

    We have a tag search:
    Search Tags | WW2Talk
    With a tag cloud below. (Something I'd like to place more prominently, but am not attempting until we move to XF2.)
    It's a pretty good way to browse the forum, especially perhaps for new chaps looking for favourite subjects or particular regiments, corps, etc.
    Not just from the cloud/search, but clicking the tags above a thread can then lead to more on the same theme.

    Everyone can add tags when they start a thread. (Still considering giving the ability to edit/add existing tags, which might be more useful). There is a box below the text entry field.

    Screenshot_20190302-121518.png

    It offers auto-completion options as you type.
    Standardisation of tags is good.

    Please consider using it. D's done (& is doing) a great deal of heavy lifting, so many subjects are already in there. It'd be a good system to get working more usefully.

    Cheers,
    ~A
     
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  2. Gonegirl

    Gonegirl Member

    Hi
    Can I just say being new here and trying to find things out has a been a little testing for me so thanks for this... I've just used it and found it really helpful and can I just say what a great forum yous have here so keep up the good work in making it easy to navigate around I know it must be difficult and I for sure will be using the tag search..
    Mags...
     
  3. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Last edited: Nov 15, 2020
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  4. Pat Atkins

    Pat Atkins Well-Known Member

    Tag editing capacity would be very handy - after all, we often lack the oversight to tag effectively until we've had the benefit of other people's responses. And thanks for the work you're putting in, dbf, much appreciated.

    Cheers, Pat
     
  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Looking into it.
    If possible, think it might need quite a high (100+) post bar to curtail spammers/vandalism.
     
  6. SteveDee

    SteveDee Well-Known Member

    Don't think I should be made to wait until I'm 100, that's over 30 years away! :screwy:
     
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  7. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Please don't bother using WW2, or other permutations, as a Tag. Every single on-topic thread would fall under this category, so it's a waste of effort. ;)

    These, for example, are perfectly fine:
    phoney war | WW2Talk
    winter war | WW2Talk
    as are all the various Theatres/Campaigns

    In order to distinguish the vast majority of threads from other conflicts there are currently:

    postwar | WW2Talk
    interwar | WW2Talk
    prewar | WW2Talk

    ww1 | WW2Talk

    afghan wars | WW2Talk
    anglo-zulu war | WW2Talk
    boer war | WW2Talk
    cold war | WW2Talk
    crimean war | WW2Talk
    falklands war | WW2Talk
    greek civil war | WW2Talk
    gulf war | WW2Talk
    korean war | WW2Talk
    sinai war | WW2Talk
    suez crisis | WW2Talk
    sino-japanese war | WW2Talk
    spanish civil war | WW2Talk
    vietnam war | WW2Talk
     
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  8. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Last edited: Oct 25, 2022
  9. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Working for you now? :)
    9th Lancers at El Alamein - October / November 1942

    Unfortunately there appears to be a periodic glitch with some Tags esp those which include an apostrophe, eg any regimental title with king's or queen's. (I usually just keep trying until the correct tag takes; failing that, I'll resort to some admin chicanery.)
    I suspect this is another bug which won't be corrected until we get a software update so, if anyone else has a problem, let me know.


    Have also edited another Tag on that thread while I was at it to 9 queen's royal lancers | WW2Talk


    By way of a general request -
    Please don't use ordinal numbering for tagging British units, eg 1st, 2nd, 3rd ...
    Perfectly fine for Indian, Canadian, US, etc.

    Am trying to keep the Tags for British units simpler / standardised / separate.
     
    Last edited: Oct 25, 2022
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  10. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    It's great to see that some forum members are getting familiar with the use of Tags.

    Please don't use # at the start of your Tags, when highlighting topics of your new thread.

    I've recently edited several threads which used eg #India rather than just India, and so on. The use of a Hashtag is unnecessary on this platform. In fact, whenever used, it creates a separate new Tag which orphans your thread from all the other ones of similar topics. Defeats the purpose.


    Also a further reminder that WW2 as a Tag here is somewhat moot.

    Cheers.
     
    Last edited: Sep 25, 2023
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  11. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    If a member is going to tag a thread a least get the correct unit.

    I've justed edited a couple that were incorrect.
     
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