Tag spam? Content tagged with very similar words
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[quote author="disperso" date="1292098171"]Meh, it happened again. The wiki frontpage was tagged with weird stuff (mysql??). :-(
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This is usually someone who wants to search the wiki, not add a tag. We have a little usability challenge there.
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[quote author="mariusg" date="1292099249"] This is usually someone who wants to search the wiki, not add a tag. We have a little usability challenge there.[/quote] Good point. Several times I also missed the edit line.
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I think some noise in the tags is much better than a tiring long list of tagging rules.
And maybe some newcomer has a knack with finding good new tags. -
[quote author="Wolf P." date="1292100363"]I think some noise in the tags is much better than a tiring long list of tagging rules.
And maybe some newcomer has a knack with finding good new tags.[/quote]My point is not constraining the rights of the users to freely tag, is about giving moderators, experienced users, etc., a guideline to follow when doing cleanups, so one user doesn't accidentally undoes other's work.
Right now, if someone searches about qt simulator using the tag, but a page/thread is only tagged with simulator (or the other way around), it won't be found.
I was thinking about this, and about adding a page to the wiki so we could talk about it, but it probably isn't needed till the updates to the tag system arrive.
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[quote author="disperso" date="1292109805"] I was thinking about this, and about adding a page to the wiki so we could talk about it, but it probably isn't needed till the updates to the tag system arrive.[/quote] I think we can accumulate even these thoughts on the wikipage "[[Tagging]]":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/Tagging in a new section. I left a few notes there. (I'd suggest a new tag "tagging guide")
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...and removed "tagging rules" because it does not sound so friendly :)
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These tagging issues will be in control to certain extent once project elf is over.
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Should we allow multiple letter tags - Say if there is a tag like "project elf" then do we require separate tags like "project" and "elf".
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Not a tivial problem in my opinion:
these combinations seem reasonable
- "project elf, project"
- "project, elf"
whereas this I would reject
"project elf, project, elf"
since "elf" and "project elf" are synonymous.A set of rules on this subject but should work pretty disgusting.
All in all, I would trust the users a certain reason. -
QtK, it differs. In case of Project Elf of course not (simply because elf is more common for linux binary format than for this event). But sometimes it makes sense (of course, not all words should be in separated tags).
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I have added a section on "sub_tagging" to the wiki page, please review. thx :)