Community Tags 2: Sharknoogaloo

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Hi, folks!

Our poll on tag formatting yielded:

Put it back the way it was: 3
Keep it the way it is: 3
IDGAF, but CLICKY!: 9

Conclusion: clicky.

But seriously, since it was a tie and since we've spent the polling period looking for alternatives that would best serve both types of users, what we've come up with is this, which also reflects what the majority of other journal-based games are doing with their tags:

We'll put the character tags, which are the ones most often typed, back exactly the way they were, so you don't have to type anything but the name.

Everything else will be sorted (which will sort the characters out separately by default), but the extra typing is reduced there too, using hopefully easy to remember symbols instead:

Townies	Dorms
Tags and Symbols
!administrative: category (stuff like the discontinued tags post) !ccclass: class-name !club: club-name (reserves & other out-of-school groups) !communication (deliveries, announcements, public notices, etc.) !event: event-name (reunions, dances, bde-type plots, etc.) $business-name @location-name character-name	!administrative: category !club: club-name !communication !event: event-name $oopsbusiness (Because oops happened.) @location-name ^cabin-name (It's totally a tiny roof. Or a tent. Yes.) character-name
What You'd Actually Type
!administrative: discontinued tags !administrative: some other thing that doesn't exist yet !ccclass: breaking and entering !ccclass: customer service !ccclass: gambling !club: fighty reserves !club: magic reserves !communication !event: homecoming !event: plaaaaaaaague $caritas $devil's nest $jgob @33 apocalypse @galactica point @selkie peak a.j. abigail garrett ada miller adah price adam park adora adrian ivashkov aeryn sun	!administrative: discontinued tags !administrative: some other thing that doesn't exist yet !club: fighty reserves !club: magic reserves !communication !event: homecoming !event: plaaaaaaaague $oopsbusiness @1st floor rec room @2nd floor common room @3rd floor common room ^abominable snowman ^adorable panda ^alligator ^andromeda ^aye aye a.j. abigail garrett ada miller adah price adam park adora adrian ivashkov aeryn sun
What That Looks Like On the Tags Page
!administrative      discontinued tags      some other thing that doesn't exist yet !ccclass      breaking and entering      customer service      gambling !club      fighty reserves      magic reserves !communication !event      homecoming      plaaaaaaaague $caritas $devil's nest $jgob @33 apocalypse @galactica point @selkie peak a.j. abigail garrett ada miller adah price adam park adora adrian ivashkov aeryn sun	!administrative      discontinued tags      some other thing that doesn't exist yet !club      fighty reserves      magic reserves !communication !event      homecoming      plaaaaaaaague $oopsbusiness @1st floor rec room @2nd floor common room @3rd floor common room ^abominable snowman ^adorable panda ^alligator ^andromeda ^aye aye a.j. abigail garrett ada miller adah price adam park adora adrian ivashkov aeryn sun

Things what will happen:

• I'll post a heads-up once everything's converted, so you'll be able to hit the tags pages and see what the current tags actually look like.



• We'll link this sucker up on the FH Index page and in the sidebars of the two comms so nobody has to memorize the format; you can just come here and check the table.



• We'll also add a thread to the "Hey Teachers And Townies, Where Do You Live And Do You Have Business Changes" post the next time it goes up (after new characters have come aboard), specifically asking if business owners need to change the tag for their business.

Questions, comments, suggestions, things we didn't think of that mean we'll need to revise this plan, which we're happy to do?