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I believe a brief description of tag categories is necessary, as tags are grouped by categories, but categories are not separated, and not labeled (partially compensated by category tag prefixes, like “artist:”). I’m glad their color codes are listed on GitHub, but I believe not all users will go that far to learn them.
May be added with info about recursion when resolving aliased or implied tags, and who (users through admins) and how (tagging request threads) can modify tags’ aliases and implications. Also, such a note may be added to the OC tag category description (the OC-tagging thread).
Also, I’d propose to rename the “Implies” field into “Suggests”, but I care less about it (as breaking the traditions) and more about explaining what exists at the present moment.
This is an outline of my idea of improving Tag Help, I think lesser details can be discussed later, when and if the proposal gets approved.
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upd: Should’ve named the “I’m fine with” poll option “No new sections in the Tag Help needed, thanks”. Would be clearer.
upd2: Concerned about insufficient Tag Help too? CALL YOUR FRIENDS into this thread!
Imho,
Tag Help should be added with extra sections, which include tag categories, aliases, and implications.
I’ve been around Derpibooru for a good while, and some other boorus, so I’ve been learning tags a lot by observing. But I believe that that knowledge should be written in Tag Help, so every new user can learn tools available to them from the very beginning.
Before I go on, I’m stating that I’m going to suggest things to write, but no the exact form of writing, as I’m not a native speaker.
Not sure if a definition of “tag” should be added, like
upd2: Concerned about insufficient Tag Help too? CALL YOUR FRIENDS into this thread!
Imho,
Tag Help should be added with extra sections, which include tag categories, aliases, and implications.
I’ve been around Derpibooru for a good while, and some other boorus, so I’ve been learning tags a lot by observing. But I believe that that knowledge should be written in Tag Help, so every new user can learn tools available to them from the very beginning.
Before I go on, I’m stating that I’m going to suggest things to write, but no the exact form of writing, as I’m not a native speaker.
Not sure if a definition of “tag” should be added, like
Tag is a text label that can be attached to (or removed from) an image, and describes a certain aspect of that image. You can search for images that are or are not tagged with a certain tag, and thus to find exactly (ideally) images you want to see, excluding images with content you prefer to leave unseen.
I believe a brief description of tag categories is necessary, as tags are grouped by categories, but categories are not separated, and not labeled (partially compensated by category tag prefixes, like “artist:”). I’m glad their color codes are listed on GitHub, but I believe not all users will go that far to learn them.
Tag CategoriesGeneric: Tags not belonging to one of the below categories look like this.Content Rating: These tags provide the most general classification of images by degree of depicted sexual themes, pain/violence, and other things someone may see unwanted or disgusting (see below for a detailed explanation of rating tags).Spoiler: For images that reveal important plot details of some fiction (movie, episode, comic issue), which is considered worth a warning because of “spoiled joy” when a surprising plot twist becomes non-surprising.Origin: Mostly tags specifying image authors/editors, and the fact that an image has been altered/edited.OC: For images on which an original character(s) is present: a character in a major franchise created by a fan of something, and self inserted into that franchise, usually via art and fanfics.
(the explanation borrowed at Urban Dictionary ^^)Error: For images that lack expected meta info: its artist, source URL, and so on.Character: For tagging canonical characters depicted in an image.Official Content: For referring to a movie, episode, or comic issue, a scene from which served as a basis for an image.Fanmade Content: Similar to the above, but for referring to content crated by fans (mostly fanfics).Species: For tagging species depicted on an image (pony, human, changeling, etc).
I have an idea of writing most widely used tag patterns in each category, but it can wait for later.
Another two things that confused me a little, are tag aliases and, especially, implied tags. While Derpi’s aliases are quite intuitively comprehensible, and it’s mostly technical details what may require explanation, implied tags on Derpi mean something not exactly obvious. I propose to describe both things, anyway.
Another two things that confused me a little, are tag aliases and, especially, implied tags. While Derpi’s aliases are quite intuitively comprehensible, and it’s mostly technical details what may require explanation, implied tags on Derpi mean something not exactly obvious. I propose to describe both things, anyway.
Tag AliasesSometimes, more then one tag can describe the same thing. They may be synonyms, contracted forms, different word order, common misspellings, and so on. When such a situation arises, a good solution is to merge the tags. One tag becomes canonical; the rest, when occurs in a search query, or is added to an image, is automatically replaced with the canonical tag. Thus, people can use contractions to speed up their image search, or still get results while searching for a mistyped tag or a rare spelling.Implied TagsWhen tagging an image, it often happens that adding a certain tag necessitates adding one or more other tags that describes some characteristic aspects of the first tag (like, when adding the “humanized” tag, you want the image to get “human” as well). To automate it, a tag can be assigned with “implied tags”, which will be added automatically once a user tags an image with the master tag.
May be added with info about recursion when resolving aliased or implied tags, and who (users through admins) and how (tagging request threads) can modify tags’ aliases and implications. Also, such a note may be added to the OC tag category description (the OC-tagging thread).
Also, I’d propose to rename the “Implies” field into “Suggests”, but I care less about it (as breaking the traditions) and more about explaining what exists at the present moment.
This is an outline of my idea of improving Tag Help, I think lesser details can be discussed later, when and if the proposal gets approved.
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