Region Tags!

by **Bears Armed** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:50 am

Am I right in thinking that the 'No GA Campaigning' and 'No SC Campaigning' tags have gone, so that it's now legal to TG any delegate about such matters and up to the delegates themselves to set their 'preferences' to block those TGs if they don't want to receive them?

by **Sedgistan** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:35 am

Bears Armed wrote:Am I right in thinking that the 'No GA Campaigning' and 'No SC Campaigning' tags have gone, so that it's now legal to TG any delegate about such matters and up to the delegates themselves to set their 'preferences' to block those TGs if they don't want to receive them?

Correct.

by **Sedgistan** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:22 am

Following this query, I'm wondering if it's worth re-naming the various FT tags to "Future Tech: ..." so that they're easier to understand.

by **The Sapientia** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:56 am

The Sapientia wrote:Would an Executive and Non-Executive delegate tag be helpful?
It may be nice for people who are looking to participate in a regional government where the delegate has power.

A little bump.

by **Nephmir** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:08 am

The Sapientia wrote:
The Sapientia wrote:Would an Executive and Non-Executive delegate tag be helpful?
It may be nice for people who are looking to participate in a regional government where the delegate has power.

A little bump.

You can already see this information in the region's administration page.

by **Sedgistan** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:11 am

Executive/Non-Executive Delegate tags would need an admin to implement.

by **Misley** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:16 am

Nephmir wrote:
The Sapientia wrote:
A little bump.

You can already see this information in the region's administration page.

Well yes, obviously, but if a player is looking for a region with a decentralized regional government it'd make a lot more sense to use the tags "Regional Government" and "Executive Delegate" than "Regional Government" and then go to each region's administration page to see if they've ticked the executive WA box.

Sedgistan wrote:Executive/Non-Executive Delegate tags would need an admin to implement.

Do they check this thread, or is this an idea that could be passed along to them?

by **District XIV** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:56 pm

Possibly add a "Constitution" tag? Lots of regions have a constitution or an equivalent document with a different name (charter, concordat, etc). It'd be nice to have if you were looking for a region that has a government which follows a constitution, rather than one that does not.

by **Elke and Elba** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:05 am

It is possible to make some tags either/or?

It's quite hilarious to have some regions with both the "SC" and "Anti-SC" tags, amongst others.

by **Omigodtheykilledkenny** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:37 am

Omigodtheykilledkenny wrote:Tags are supposed to be used for search purposes, so if a region wants to attract both WA-interested and anti-WA players, they should be able to indicate both. They're not contradictory either, since being anti-something doesn't necessarily mean they're not interested in it altogether. (To the contrary, they wouldn't have such passionate feelings against it if it didn't interest them.) My region is both World Assembly and Anti-World Assembly.

by **Omigodtheykilledkenny** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:38 am

Sedgistan wrote:Following this query, I'm wondering if it's worth re-naming the various FT tags to "Future Tech: ..." so that they're easier to understand.

Seems to me that RPers searching for RP regions would already know what the initials mean.

by **Stormaen** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:47 am

Sedgistan wrote:
Stormaen wrote:Not sure if it's been noted but we still have a NSwiki tag (which has long since went down) but we don't gave an IIwiki tag. Maybe worth changing that? A lot of nations are using IIwiki.

Tags are for regions, not nations. I'm also under the impression that another NSwiki now exists, hosted by Afforess.

I meant more for regions that have an IIwiki presence with many of their nations on. Also, I wasn't aware of the new NSwiki, so my apologies. But maybe we could still add IIwiki? I think it's a little unfair to have one (even if it claims direct continuance from the original) but not another equally used one.

Also, good point about getting rid of the free trade tag. It's part and parcel with capitalism anyway.

by **Stormaen** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:51 am

District XIV wrote:Possibly add a "Constitution" tag? Lots of regions have a constitution or an equivalent document with a different name (charter, concordat, etc). It'd be nice to have if you were looking for a region that has a government which follows a constitution, rather than one that does not.

That's probably covered by the "Regional Government" tag, though. If a region has a regional government, they're more than likely to have a constitution or other founding/governing document. I'd say, anyway.

by **Communist Bloodia** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:51 pm

We should have a Multi-language tag similar to the Non-English tag but this for the purpose of regions who want people from many places to come to that particular region. Any thoughts?

by **Albul** » Sun Jul 13, 2014 6:09 pm

Communist Bloodia wrote:We should have a Multi-language tag similar to the Non-English tag but this for the purpose of regions who want people from many places to come to that particular region. Any thoughts?

My region encourages the use of multiple (mostly Slavic) languages, while conducting business in English. A multilingual tag would fit much better than a non-English tag.

by **Cerillium** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:52 am

I could have sworn there was a 'suggestion megathread' here once upon a time.

Anyway. Region tags. Can we add one that states "all tech levels"? Would that be unnecessary or something people wouldn't think of when searching? Is there one already and I'm overlooking it?

by **Mousebumples** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:04 am

Cerillium wrote:I could have sworn there was a 'suggestion megathread' here once upon a time.

Anyway. Region tags. Can we add one that states "all tech levels"? Would that be unnecessary or something people wouldn't think of when searching? Is there one already and I'm overlooking it?

Merged in with old thread.

*cough*

by **Cerillium** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:18 am

Mousebumples wrote:Merged in with old thread.

*cough*

I refreshed and thought "Woah, Salusa works fast! He made an entire list - aaaand then replaced my post with it?"

Density is in direct proportion to the amount of meaningful sleep garnered per night. I'm borderline basalt today.

by **Mousebumples** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:48 am

Cerillium wrote:
Mousebumples wrote:Merged in with old thread.

*cough*

I refreshed and thought "Woah, Salusa works fast! He made an entire list - aaaand then replaced my post with it?"

Density is in direct proportion to the amount of meaningful sleep garnered per night. I'm borderline basalt today.

This thread hadn't been posted in since July, so you would have had to go back a bunch of pages to find it. I just remembered the thread title, so ... yay for forum search! *waves pom poms*

Hopefully the zombies left your BRAAAAAAAINS somewhere you can find them for later.

by **Sedgistan** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:28 am

Cerillium wrote:I could have sworn there was a 'suggestion megathread' here once upon a time.

Anyway. Region tags. Can we add one that states "all tech levels"? Would that be unnecessary or something people wouldn't think of when searching? Is there one already and I'm overlooking it?

It seems unnecessary - just use all the existing "xx Tech" tags.

by **Nephmir** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 1:17 pm

Anything on reordering tags like embassies? Would that be a potential feature we can look forward to in the future? (It wouldn't affect the tag cloud, it would just show a region's priorities. Adds more customization).

by **New Kvenland** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 1:21 pm

Communist Bloodia wrote:We should have a Multi-language tag similar to the Non-English tag but this for the purpose of regions who want people from many places to come to that particular region. Any thoughts?

I agree. My region is in English and Swedish.

by **Sedgistan** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:29 pm

Nephmir wrote:Anything on reordering tags like embassies? Would that be a potential feature we can look forward to in the future? (It wouldn't affect the tag cloud, it would just show a region's priorities. Adds more customization).

Unlikely, in the near future. It was mooted when tags were first added, but there's been little change to them since (note: Salusa originally coded tags, and has been inactive for much of the last few years).

We have discussed limiting the number of tags a region can have, to make them a more useful search feature.

by **Cora II** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:52 pm

Sedgistan wrote:We have discussed limiting the number of tags a region can have, to make them a more useful search feature.

Is it possible think sort of compromise here with this? Limited number of tags possible to add to a regional tag cloud, but add more specific options in a tag cloud of possible tags? There are many more or less good suggestions for tags not implemented to the tag cloud in this thread. If it would be possible add only maybe 5 or so tags (system tags excluded), but tag options itself would more numerous, that would make tags really useful for searching something particular.

Most biggest problem IMO with tags are with those regions where all or nearly all tags are added as it is almost same that add nothing at all. Getting rid of that possibility would be first priority.

by **Sedgistan** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:52 pm

If we had a limit on the number of tags a region could have, we'd be less reluctant to add new tags - so yes, there's likely be more options to choose from. Also, I'd guess that system tags wouldn't count towards the limit.

We discussed it a while ago, and nothing came of it, so don't expect anything soon. Admins seem to have other things to focus on at the moment.

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