[Bymnbypeten]

I see in a couple of my threads, tags have been added.
who does this?
should I be doing it?
can I tag other peoples threads, and if yes, then how?

[Quick$bux]

Purps, underneath the reply box, almost at the bottom of the page, on the right hand side, there's a button that says 'add/edit tags'. Anyone can add them. (I have added one that says 'tags'.)

[alenbarbaf]

You can add 5 tags to threads you initiate, or 2 to any other thread. I've been putting them in many of the SSSF and Scribbly threads (content type threads, rather than chat type ones, anyway), sticking to broad categories.

Check out the tag cloud for examples of the most popular ones. It's not a requirement, but can be a useful function for finding threads in the future.

[StitsVobsaith]

I see in a couple of my threads, tags have been added.
who does this?
should I be doing it?
can I tag other peoples threads, and if yes, then how?

Wot helix said Purps. For threads of your own you can add five tags and for threads started by others you can add two tags. I note you can also delete them, even the ones you didn't add. Dunno if that's a good idea, people might be tempted to play funny burgers (present company excepted of course).

[GeraldCortis]

Wot helix said Purps. For threads of your own you can add five tags and for threads started by others you can add two tags. I note you can also delete them, even the ones you didn't add. Dunno if that's a good idea, people might be tempted to play funny burgers (present company excepted of course).

hmm.. I've fielded a lot of questions about how the site runs.. and I have to say that though the stirring toe often twitches the present company isn't being tempted to play funny burgers on this forum.

[alenbarbaf]

Give it time

[chechokancho]

The tag cloud is interesting. Binjy gets a mention!

I suppose any search engine would look through the threads anyway. How important are the tags when searching for something?

[GeraldCortis]

Give it time

goes back to edit post and put 'so far' in there somewhere

[GeraldCortis]

The tag cloud is interesting. Binjy gets a mention!

I suppose any search engine would look through the threads anyway. How important are the tags when searching for something?

THey add to the count of mentions of search phrase/word

[alenbarbaf]

The tag cloud is interesting. Binjy gets a mention!

I suppose any search engine would look through the threads anyway. How important are the tags when searching for something?

Probably has an effect on third party, search engines. But the thing I like about them is that you can manually search the forum without google-fu. If you are interested in astronomy, just click on the tag at the bottom of any astronomy thread, and find more sciencey goodness

[chechokancho]

No one has a red "avatar" next to their name here, unlike the old forums.

Was that done for a reason? So people don't get snaky with individuals if they get modded?

[GeraldCortis]

No one has a red "avatar" next to their name here, unlike the old forums.

Was that done for a reason? So people don't get snaky with individuals if they get modded?

That's because those with former avatar status are not necessarily moderators.. on the old and on the new.

[chechokancho]

Oh, I actually meant to ask about moderators and wondering who they were. I haven't seen a list (not sure if there is one).

[StitsVobsaith]

Only really important in the sense that the more tags there are that are the same, the larger the font. A quick and easy way to see what the most popular topics are, but only really works if everyone uses the same tags. Eg. someone may use Spider, whilst someone else may leave that out and use Arachnid which would then make the topic of spiders look a little less popular than it may actually be.

I did start tagging threads, but sort of forgot about it until this thread popped up to remind me. I spend quite a bit of time on Trove doing corrections as I search out historical material and I use tags a lot as a means of keeping track of articles I've read (but the tags that appear in my cloud are my own, not a collective effort).

Speaking of Trove, it's a really good site for finding stuff from years ago, including nature based items. Makes for some fascinating reading IMHO (but I'm a bit weird like that), I love how I can listen to or watch something of a historical nature and then go back and read the news stories that came out at the time, get a great feel for the "vibe of the thing".

BTW, there are two members who have each corrected over a million lines of text! (I've done a bit over 10,500).

Not just old newspapers either, lots of great things there.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

(sorry for getting off-topic, promise not to make a habit of it).

[GeraldCortis]

Oh, I actually meant to ask about moderators and wondering who they were. I haven't seen a list (not sure if there is one).

There was one but it seems to have been taken down. though it shouldn't be a worry.. We were always left to fend for ourselves .. and if we talked shyte.. it just disappeared.

[StitsVobsaith]

No one has a red "avatar" next to their name here, unlike the old forums.

Yes they do, check out Helix's

[GeraldCortis]

(sorry for getting off-topic, promise not to make a habit of it).

I'll see you when I'm looking at you.

[GeraldCortis]

Yes they do, check out Helix's

I try to avoid mentioning her name .. I've been admonished for that.

[loolitoertego]

Oh, I actually meant to ask about moderators and wondering who they were. I haven't seen a list (not sure if there is one).

the mods choose to remain anon to avoid accusations of favourtism and personal attacks.... the system is working quite well...

[GeraldCortis]

the mods choose to remain anon to avoid accusations of favourtism and personal attacks.... the system is working quite well...

inside info sockpuppet?