NationStates Jolt Archive


Quick question

Zilam
31-10-2008, 15:07
I was re-reading the rules today in the One-Stop Rules Shop, and I came across the part where it talked about *tag*ing. Does that include thread titles, or is it limited to just posts?
Frisbeeteria
31-10-2008, 15:15
How can you *tag* a thread title? Or are you talking about playing "thread title tag"?

Your question is unclear. Clarify, please.
Zilam
31-10-2008, 15:25
How can you *tag* a thread title? Or are you talking about playing "thread title tag"?

Your question is unclear. Clarify, please.



Okay, so I guess I must be misunderstanding the idea of tagging then. I got from the rules that if you add something like ** or ## to your post, so you can find in a search, it was now illegal because of the subscription function. I was just wondering if the same applied to thread titles. For example, I know that TAI does it a lot (not trying to pick on him), and I assume its useful for him to do so, so he can find all his threads more easily. I didn't know if that was an okay thing to do, but it could help out with find a thread when skimming over a page.

Does that clarify anything?
Bears Armed
31-10-2008, 15:28
Okay, so I guess I must be misunderstanding the idea of tagging then. I got from the rules that if you add something like ** or ## to your post, so you can find in a search, it was now illegal because of the subscription function. I was just wondering if the same applied to thread titles. For example, I know that TAI does it a lot (not trying to pick on him), and I assume its useful for him to do so, so he can find all his threads more easily. I didn't know if that was an okay thing to do, but it could help out with find a thread when skimming over a page.

Does that clarify anything?
If you want an easy way to find all of the threads in which you're involved: One of the options in the 'User CP' menu (at top left on this page) can be used to show titles & links for all of the threads to which you're currently subscribed...
Frisbeeteria
31-10-2008, 15:29
The moderated activity "tagging" is defined as "placing a post in a thread with the sole content '*tag*', so that you can later search your own threads and find the ones you tagged for later viewing". This practice is disruptive to the flow of threads and is totally unnecessary on Jolt, where you can Subscribe to threads.

What you're describing is irritating and frequently annoying, and I've been known to edit the thread titles to remove those markers. As far as I know, we've never made it explicitly illegal ... but I'd appreciate it if you (and everyone else) didn't join the bandwagon. If the whole forum is full of special tags, THAT will make us rule it illegal in a big hurry.