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Housekeeping & Poll
Mar. 6th, 2023 09:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kallowayIt's March! And before I can post the schedule for the year, I have a housekeeping question that I need to ask.
First, I need to say that this isn't a problem yet, but I'd like some thoughts about it before it becomes a problem. As a community, we have 1000 tags available to us. Right now, we're using just under 600, so as I said, not a problem yet. However, a participant writing every day for a full round adds as many as thirty new tags themselves. So a lively round could add a few hundred. (Lively rounds are awesome!)
My question is, most of those tags are pairing tags. If/when we get close to our tag cap, the most viable options are to either begin removing tags from older entries in the community or stop tagging pairings on new posts to the community. (Or, if you have a better idea, please share!)
Another, smaller change is that I edited the profile page to state that works can be posted to the community or AO3. I hadn't realized the profile required works be posted here and about half of the last round was just posted to AO3 anyway, so just... post. It's cool. The community pre-dates popular use of AO3 if not AO3 itself, and we have a collection there now, so post where you'd like. ^_^
(I'll probably entirely re-do the profile sooner than later, to be honest. I'd like to get a little history and a better general explanation of the community up. I can't promise this will be immediate, however.)
Thoughts on any of the above are welcome in the comments. ^_^
First, I need to say that this isn't a problem yet, but I'd like some thoughts about it before it becomes a problem. As a community, we have 1000 tags available to us. Right now, we're using just under 600, so as I said, not a problem yet. However, a participant writing every day for a full round adds as many as thirty new tags themselves. So a lively round could add a few hundred. (Lively rounds are awesome!)
My question is, most of those tags are pairing tags. If/when we get close to our tag cap, the most viable options are to either begin removing tags from older entries in the community or stop tagging pairings on new posts to the community. (Or, if you have a better idea, please share!)
Poll #28590 Pairing Tag Poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16
What Should We Do About Pairing Tags (When The Time Comes)?
View Answers
Not tag new entries to the community
4 (25.0%)
Untag older works as needed
10 (62.5%)
Other (leave in comments)
2 (12.5%)
Another, smaller change is that I edited the profile page to state that works can be posted to the community or AO3. I hadn't realized the profile required works be posted here and about half of the last round was just posted to AO3 anyway, so just... post. It's cool. The community pre-dates popular use of AO3 if not AO3 itself, and we have a collection there now, so post where you'd like. ^_^
(I'll probably entirely re-do the profile sooner than later, to be honest. I'd like to get a little history and a better general explanation of the community up. I can't promise this will be immediate, however.)
Thoughts on any of the above are welcome in the comments. ^_^