User:Dvdkhl/TagSystem

Feature overview

This article will describe the features of the tag system and how to manipulate its tags and related items.
If you want to know the actual structure of the Tag System read "TagSystem Internal" or if you're only interested in the steps which need to be taken to add/change/remove tags read TagSystem HowTo.

Basic Structure

There are multiple sub systems (Anime, Characters, Episodes and Creators) each have their own tree build upon a common pool of tags
Tags can have multiple names (one main name and multiple aliases, each with language support), an image, a description, 18+ restriction
Within a sub system a tag has additional properties: Abstract, HasWeight, NoPorn, OnlyPorn, IsSpecific, Spoiler, Verified, Blocked, RestrictedTo, etc
A tag may be added to an Entity (Anime, Character, Episode, Creator) when it is not blocked from their respective sub system, a weight and a spoiler flag may be added as well if needed

Management

Add/Delete Entity Tags

Current

The Current Tab shows all currently added tags (and their important properties) specific to an entity (Anime, Character, Episode, Creator).

Column meanings in order:

Parents

Ancestors of the tag

Name

The name of the tag

Weight

The weight of the tag (see the tag weight section for more information)

Usage

How often the tag used on other entities

Verified?

Whether the tag-entity relationship been verified by a mod/tag maintainer

Description?

Whether a description has been set, which is used on its tag page (see the description section for more information)

Tooltip?

Whether a tooltip description has been set, which is used for mouse over tooltips (see the description section for more information)

Spoiler? (global)

Whether the tag should be considered a spoiler

Spoiler? (local)

Whether the tag-entity relation should be considered a spoiler

Added by

Who added the tag-entity relation

Date

When the tag-entity was added

Actions

1. Edit the tag (including tag-entity weight and spoiler properties)
2. Delete the tag-entity relation
3. Delete the tag
4. See the history of the tag

Edit Tags

The Edit Tags tab, will list all currently added tags and their weights in text form, which can be edited as needed.
(If you only want to add existing tags or weights of tags consider using the "Edit Tags (GUI)" instead.)

Read the text above the text box to get more information how to properly edit the tags there (Test Anime Tags)
After editing and clicking edit tags a confirmation page will appear only after confirming your changes there will data be changed.

The confirmation page will show a summary of the changes (which can be corrected if necessary). It will also allow to set the local spoiler flag for each tag-entity relation.

Edit Tags (GUI)

In the Edit Tags (GUI) tab you can add tags to the current entity and/or change their weight.
The process is described in the hint box directly below the tab header.
Clicking edit tags will apply your changes.

Take notice of the icons and hover them for a hint tooltip if the meaning is not obvious to you.

History

The History tab shows the history of all tag-entity relations made to the current entity.

Column meanings in order:

Date

The date of the change

Action

The action taken for that change

Parents

Ancestors of the tag

Name

The name of the tag

Weight (old)

The previous weight (before the change)

Weight (new)

The weight after the change

Spoiler? (old)

The previous spoiler state (before the change)

Spoiler? (new)

The spoiler state after the change

CReq

The corresponding change request url

by User

The user who requested the change

Add/Edit Tag

Edit Tag

Tag Entity specific Data

This section is only available when editing a tag that was edited from an entity.

Spoiler for this entry?

Whether the tag-entity relation should be considered a (local) spoiler

Weight

The weight for this tag-entity relation

Tag Base Data

Main Name

The name that will be used to represent the tag. Click on "add/edit names" on the top right to add more names/aliases.

18+ Restricted

Whether the tag should be restricted. The image used for this tag is the primary concern. Any tag marked as restricted will not be shown to unregistered users or those who have adult content disabled.

Picture ID

The file name of an image uploaded to AniDB. (How to upload an image to AniDB)

Lexicon Description

The description that will be displayed on its tag page.

Tooltip

The description that will be shown if the tag is hovered

Parent Anime/Character/Creator/Episode

The parent of the tag for each sub system

Options

abstract (acts as a container)

Abstract tags cannot be added to entities

allowed to have weight

Tags with weight can have a values from 1 to 6 (+ to ***) otherwise it is just "on" or "off"

blocked from porn

Tags with this enabled cannot be added to 18+ restricted entities

displayed as a separate block in massedit

franchise/entry specific

Tags should be marked with this option when it is only relevant to a small set of related entities (e.g. Devil Fruit from the One Piece franchise)

not displayed as a parent in info block

Tags with this set will not be shown on the tag tree when itself isn't added to the entry

restricted to porn

Tags with this enabled can only be added to 18+ restricted entities

shown in the info block and by chii

Whether the irc bot chii will include this tag in its replies

spoiler (global/always)

Whether this tag should always be considered as a spoiler irrespective to which entity it may be added to

verified (shown on entry pages)

Whether this tag has been verified by a Mod/Tag Maintainer

Blocked from

Any entity selected here will make the tag unaddable to those entities

Restricted to

Additional and more fine grained restriction per sub system. If none are marked everything is allowed, otherwise only those marked are not blocked

Comment for Mod

Useful comment why this change is needed. If possible with evidence to back up your claim.

Add/Edit/Remove Tag Names

Current

Column meanings in order:

Date

The date when this name was added

Name

The one of the names of the tag

Language

The language for the current tag name

Verified?

Whether a mod has verified the tag name

Type

The type of the tag name. There may only be one "Main Name" and multiple Alias tag names

Added by

Who added this tag name

Actions

history

View the changes made to the tag name

edit

Change the tag name

request delete

Make a deletion request which a mod or tag maintainer needs to process

Add Name

Name

The name of the tag name to be added

Type

The type of the to be added tag name

Language

The language the tag name is written in

Conventions and best practices

Names/Aliases

Naming Rules

To ensure tag-naming consistency, please abide by these rules:

• Tag names are basically all lower case, just like they would be used in sentences with British English spelling, e.g.

anything can be awesome, creepy Gothic architecture.

• Reminder: Countries / languages start with a capital 1st letter, i.e.

Spain, French, Japanese.

• Abbreviations are kept all upper case, e.g.

SMS, CG, OP, ED, 3D.

• Full sentences begin in upper case, just like any sentence would.

Where`s my story?

• Names as in movies or book titles use Book Title Capitalization, e.g.

Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

• Japanese words are spelled all lower case, e.g.

sakura, henshin, onii-chan.

Avoid:

character names, voice actors, directors, fannames, etc.

• all upper-case tag names, e.g.

FOOBAR -> foobar

• avoid excessive use of ! or ?, e.g.

foobar!!! -> foobar!

Note	Please try to be objective when creating tag names, e.g. "this show is crap" will certainly not help and be deleted.

Examples: great OP song, Japanese mythology, tsundere, engaged to an alien, Weekly Shounen Jump

Descriptions

When adding a new tag name, please add a description text as well. This helps all the users out there understand why you defined the tag, and will make your tags all the more valuable and useful:

• Use British English (no fancy casing)!
• Try to describe the intent / meaning of your tag as clearly as possible.
• Use complete sentences, e.g. "Japanese for transformation (metamorphosis or disguise)."
• Please do not simply copy the tag name into the description field. This is redundant spam.

If you happen to see a tag without a description, feel free to add your own. Help make the anime tags more descriptive!

Note	Tag maintainers are much more likely to delete an obscure tag that does not have a description.