Forum:Tags

Is there an extension for adding tags? (similar to categories, but lower maintenance, and not heirarchical) ForestMonthZero 05:44, January 31, 2012 (UTC)


 * You mean a template? To tag what exactly?


 * No, not templates. I mean "tag"s, things found on web communities that allow you to add keywords that group pages together, so that articles with a tag on them will show up in a listing of all articles that have that tag. This is similar to categories, but tags are not heirarchical, but just keywords.
 * Several blogging sites have them for grouping posts, and several image sites have them for grouping images. Any keyword that applies could then be added to an article or file, to bring them all up. Usually, there's something called a "tag cloud" that serves as an index of all active tags, with font size determining the number of pages tagged with any specific tag, or font color. (as many different software packages do this, it's not a specific product's system of displaying them)
 * For instance, if you have a fiction wiki, and a fictional character, Joe Schmoe, so you can tag all articles pertaining to Joe Schmoe, which don't meet critieria for categorization (like a chapter Joe Schmoe is mentioned in, or Joe Schmoe's lover).
 * ForestMonthZero 05:34, February 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * Do you mean installed on Wikia, or do you mean do any exist? I don't recall any being installed on Wikia, but stuff like this exists. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  05:41, February 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * Plus, you can just throw a bunch of categories into a "tags" supercategory. After all, they're pretty easy to add with the category bar. 05:56, February 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * Er... I'd like to keep the category system clean and well ordered, so I was hoping for a separate system; with the change Wikia made to categories (bluelinking everything) it seems like they want tags as well (though, instead of categories)... ForestMonthZero 09:21, February 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, something like that MediaWiki extension, except I'd have hoped for a separate system, instead of a hack on categories. ForestMonthZero 09:21, February 3, 2012 (UTC)