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Improving the Tagging System

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Generic · Created by Raxafar
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Tags are a very interesting feature because they allow to class an article in several categories. For instance "the prancy poney" can be tagged both with "Tavern" and with "Bree", or "Galadriel" tagged with "Elf" and "Lothlorien".   There are two major issues with the current system in my opinion: 1- when you want to add a tag to an article, it doesn't propose to you existing tags, which can lead to mistakes/duplicates. Example for taverns: if you're not careful and sometimes tag "tavern" and some other time "taverns", you'll have two different tags for the same thing   2- searching by tags isn't independant from searching articles. If a tag (lothlorien for example) is also the name of an article, the search will propose both the article and all the articles tagged by Lothlorien. If you were only searching the article you'll end up with many results you don't care.   3- this one is the main thing for me: you can't search using multiple tags. Example: you have correctly tagged every tavern of your world both with "tavern" and "cityname". If you want to get the list of all the taverns of Bree it's not possible, because either you search "tavern" and you'll get all the taverns of your world, not only the Bree ones, or you search "Bree" but you'll get all the Bree articles, not just the taverns.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

My proposal is that when you start typing a tag (either in the search bar or in the tag bar of an article), WA displays the existing tags:  
  • On the tag bar of an article: clicking to the tag you want adds it to the article. Example: you type "char" and the system proposes the existing tags PlayerCharacter and NonPlayerCharacter, you then click on the one you want and it's added to the tags of the article
  • On the search bar: clicking to the tag you want adds it as a filter to the search.
    • Example: you type "elf" and the systems proposes the existing tag "Elf". You click on it, which adds it as a filter to the search and cleans the search bar (WA proposes all articles with this tag). Then you type "Loth" which proposes the existing tag "Lothlorien". Clicking the proposition adds it as another filter to the search, meaning that WA only display articles with both tags (for example "Galadriel", "Celeborn").   This would make the system incredibly flexible. A last example: when your players have seen a place or a character you can add the tag "SeenByPlayers" to the corresponding article. If later you ask yourself which places they have seen in a particular city which has many, you just have to search "name of the city" AND "SeenByPlayers" and you'll get the list Sorry for the lengh of this and for the imperfect English which isn't my mother tongue!

    The Team's Response

    1 and 3 are definitely happening and .... they were already announced - 2 will not happen (if you need it, you need a better way to tag your things :) )
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    Current score

    121/300 Votes · +29006 points

    Votes Cast

    • +300

      by Kezya
      on 2023-02-03 23:09

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      by Xizor14
      on 2023-02-03 16:31

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      by Exarx
      on 2023-02-03 09:36

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      by A Goodhearted Cthulhu
      on 2023-02-03 02:31

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      by Jimjamicon
      on 2023-02-03 02:10

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      by A Thundering Unicorn
      on 2023-02-02 16:36

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      by inkythoughts
      on 2023-02-02 15:43

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      by Nezera
      on 2023-02-02 12:13

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      by Ben and the Gays
      on 2023-02-02 02:47

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      by JordyNL
      on 2023-02-01 22:06

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      by NorthernSarcasm
      on 2023-02-01 20:23

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      by grneagle
      on 2023-02-01 20:21

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      by Evil Atlas
      on 2023-01-31 17:37

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      by nota3xcombo
      on 2023-01-30 17:11

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      by imly2k
      on 2023-01-29 15:32

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      by mybigfriendjo
      on 2023-01-29 13:18

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      by ClarissaGosling
      on 2023-01-29 12:01

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      by Writing Bishop
      on 2023-01-29 09:06

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      by Goose80
      on 2023-01-27 20:25

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      by kaibrightwing
      on 2023-01-27 19:08

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      by ylvglo
      on 2023-01-27 13:23

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      by donpedicinijr
      on 2023-01-26 16:09

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      by Dustie
      on 2023-01-26 10:47

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      by Jacob-W
      on 2023-01-25 21:40

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      by worlds-of-wicker
      on 2023-01-25 21:22

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      by PrinceofMorgoth
      on 2023-01-24 16:45

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      by Hotshot922
      on 2023-01-24 16:40

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      by A Adorable Dwarf
      on 2023-01-24 15:31

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      by SyntaxChick
      on 2023-01-24 03:02

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      by Obsidi0nHeart
      on 2023-01-23 02:41

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      by ReginaCaeli
      on 2023-01-22 17:43
      Agreed! I'm already bad at tagging. I'm trying to learn to be better, because the organization is so necessary. Having this difference would make the process easier, ESPECIALLY the suggested tags. I have so many duplicates and confusions.

    • +300

      by _Quoth_
      on 2023-01-22 13:12

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      by Mushrunes
      on 2023-01-22 07:38

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      by Kilgs
      on 2023-01-22 00:38

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      by mirescosmo
      on 2023-01-21 18:26

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      by Wazuki
      on 2023-01-21 15:12

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      by cwhman
      on 2023-01-21 11:15

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      by Oneriwien
      on 2023-01-21 11:11
      Plz. My bonez hurt.

    • +300

      by Fooleo35
      on 2023-01-21 09:28

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      by Krawczyk & Weaver
      on 2023-01-20 17:33

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      by A Fluffy Orc
      on 2023-01-20 14:10

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      by Pete Nelson
      on 2023-01-20 07:12

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      by thepocketGM
      on 2023-01-20 03:35
      This, this, and more this. If I could give this 10,000 coins and more I would. The more "important" of the two features to me is the tag-suggesting when creating articles. I've had times where, in the moment, I've added a tag and thought to add it plural, but other times singular. This led to all sorts of issues.   I do know that the search function *does* search for tags, too, but only literally, and only as a matter of course when you're searching for an article (for example, if you search "elf npc male" and the article in question has those individual tags, it will pull them up). However, this isn't an "intended" feature per se, and could definitely use a tune-up (such as the ability to toggle searching by tags).   Heck, if we could make it so that you could search tags that exist in that world through a contextual menu, that'd be awesome. For example, if you have 10 tags so far, it'll show all 10 and you can "mix and match" by clicking them on/off, and it'll scrub articles until it finds combinations of those tags.

    • +100

      by Zimxter
      on 2023-01-19 23:14
      I had very similar thoughts when trying to figure out a tag system

    • +300

      by Usenga
      on 2023-01-19 19:48

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      by Rayna Fairbell
      on 2023-01-19 13:14

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      by SebGreg732
      on 2023-01-19 11:29

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      by Horazath
      on 2023-01-19 11:07
      #Yes #GoodSuggestion #DoThisPlease

    • +100

      by Rangertheman
      on 2023-01-19 10:29

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      by Scrydan
      on 2023-01-19 09:59
      Tagging is good and can be better with something like the above!

    • +300

      by Roaming Valkyrie
      on 2023-01-19 01:58

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      by Goreface
      on 2023-01-18 08:33

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      by Bambam57
      on 2023-01-18 05:02

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      by Masha Medov
      on 2023-01-17 22:18

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      by Aria Nicest Reynard
      on 2023-01-17 10:23
      Completely agree. Additionally, it would be good to be able to see a list of all of the tags used in a world. And it would be good to be able to mass-edit the name of a tag to be called something different.

    • +300

      by NesheimKristian
      on 2023-01-17 01:40

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      by Chrispy_0
      on 2023-01-16 21:02

    • +1

      by UnknownWriter88
      on 2023-01-16 04:29

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      by A Cute Orc
      on 2023-01-15 18:38
      I love the tag functionality and use it *constantly.* These would be some fantastic improvements that would make using them even more fulfilling.

    • +100

      by Vibeca
      on 2023-01-15 16:13

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      by Favillion
      on 2023-01-15 00:33

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      by tyronium
      on 2023-01-14 15:56

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      by Darksquid77
      on 2023-01-14 03:55

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      by A Roaring T-Rex
      on 2023-01-13 14:05

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      by twirlingfox
      on 2023-01-13 07:01

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      by Ptichka
      on 2023-01-13 06:26

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      by ThersaFerma
      on 2023-01-13 00:09

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      by Churchwarden
      on 2023-01-12 22:01

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      by Kulgan
      on 2023-01-12 21:35

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      by Nimsy
      on 2023-01-12 18:49

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      by MrJollyham
      on 2023-01-12 09:30

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      by Slinkadath
      on 2023-01-12 08:40

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      by Terrian1337
      on 2023-01-12 06:03

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      by MaximusErebus
      on 2023-01-12 02:00

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      by Arlatius
      on 2023-01-12 01:38

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      by Gram the maybe
      on 2023-01-11 23:03

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      by MyNameIsDavid
      on 2023-01-11 21:19

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      by pyrrha
      on 2023-01-11 20:56

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      by PhntmDrgn
      on 2023-01-11 20:05

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      by Benjiro
      on 2023-01-11 19:58

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      by FictionFan1995
      on 2023-01-11 17:39

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      by lexfati
      on 2023-01-11 17:23

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      by Solar Grandmaster
      on 2023-01-11 17:01

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      by Tobus
      on 2023-01-11 12:06

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      by Silviooooooo
      on 2023-01-11 09:22
      Search using multiple tags, PLEASE !

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      by hypnotoadie
      on 2023-01-11 07:15

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      by Dalf32
      on 2023-01-11 06:50

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      by Stelarius
      on 2023-01-11 05:05
      Convenient suggestion, let's go !

    • +300

      by deleyna
      on 2023-01-11 03:27

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      by A Glamorous Dragon
      on 2023-01-10 22:41

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      by KaiserPodge
      on 2023-01-10 18:33

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      by A Goodhearted Goblin
      on 2023-01-10 12:25
      So, yes, a new tagging system should be in the works (Project Golden Fleece), but these are all great addons that I wish they will hopefully include. For me the main one is the suggestions to auto-complete the tag - as having duplicates can be an absolute nightmare.

    • +300

      by Yepthom
      on 2023-01-10 10:52

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      by denversg1
      on 2023-01-10 09:08

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      by RiverFang
      on 2023-01-10 04:59

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      by ReverseG
      on 2023-01-10 02:16

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      by HandOfZion
      on 2023-01-09 21:38

    • +1

      by Tijmuhn
      on 2023-01-09 19:53

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      by DaisyChick
      on 2023-01-09 19:19

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      by A Lusty Dryad
      on 2023-01-09 19:16

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      by Careen Ligh
      on 2023-01-09 19:14

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      by SoulLink
      on 2023-01-09 17:40
      Its on the roadmap, but every little push to get it earlier :P

    • +100

      by Nelana
      on 2023-01-09 17:34

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      by toffepajja
      on 2023-01-09 16:55

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      by Willow H.R. Harper
      on 2023-01-09 16:11

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      by Rilameth
      on 2023-01-09 15:57

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      by Cayaia
      on 2023-01-09 12:21

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      by ss2020
      on 2023-01-09 06:32

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      by The_Mykonos
      on 2023-01-09 04:37

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      by N. Crane
      on 2023-01-09 01:58

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      by oblivnow
      on 2023-01-09 00:51

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      by Imp_King
      on 2023-01-08 20:31

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      by coalmusterm
      on 2023-01-08 19:52

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      by xSpazztic
      on 2023-01-08 19:03

    • +1

      by A Thundering Bananafolk
      on 2023-01-08 16:11
      I think a new tag system is already in the works

    • +300

      by Alishahr
      on 2023-01-08 15:30

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      by PrismCoalition
      on 2023-01-08 15:01

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      by A Uncontrollable Mlem
      on 2023-01-08 13:27

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      by JetpackMonkey
      on 2023-01-08 13:01

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      by Mochimanoban
      on 2023-01-08 11:39

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      by DMFW
      on 2023-01-08 10:55
      All great ideas. I do use tagging but it would be even more useful with these added features.

    • +300

      by Raxafar
      on 2023-01-08 10:37

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