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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Tags (yet again)
It is still unbeknownst to me why tags weren't implemented yet, or why are some so stubbornly against it. This portal is almost completely based on IMDb, and tags are one of the most useful features on that site.
Just a few of the useful features it would bring:
- finding demos containing an effect, record, theme...
- finding musics with a specific style, instrument, musical technique...
- finding images with a certain motive, character, technique, color-sceme...
- finding a specific usage of a tool/utility
- finding a magazine with an article about XY
- etc. etc...
It wouldn't take more than an hour to implement: another textbox on the "add comments" page with the Tags label (separated with commas) -> parsing the field and popping it out on the profile-page (as links, so if I'd click on a tag, I'd be redirected to a search-results page with a list of all those products where the same or similar tag was present).
Of course it wouldn't work right away, populating would certainly take some time. Just as everything else on this site.
Any thoughts? And in case of another instant rejection, I'd definitely love to get a bit more reasonable answer than the usual "I don't think we need it. Oh, and look here's my middle finger too. thxbai"
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Sander
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 493 |
I´m defintely pro-tags. It'd make this database much more accessible and all other obvious reasons. |
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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
yeah pro tags here too |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
Count me in as well, would be so nice to be able to search for demos with specific effects in them. |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
And before Groepaz jumps in with his highly expected "no because csdb is only about preserving stuff, not childish web 2.0 shitbits" routine, let me quote a sentence from the Help page:
"CSDb (the Commodore 64 Scene Database) is an attempt to gather information about the Commodore 64 (C64) scene throughout time and store it in an easily accessible and heavily cross referenced database"
Tags would definitely improve on that attempt.
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Carrion
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 317 |
\o/ for JB being active again
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\o/ for TAGS!!! |
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Celtic
Administrator
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 807 |
I like the thought of tags, depends mainly on wether or not Perff is able to code this, and how big a deal that would be. |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quote: I like the thought of tags, depends mainly on wether or not Perff is able to code this, and how big a deal that would be.
I'm sure he's able to do it. I've implemented own customized tag modules into numerous sites, so I have a bit of insight: such a basic component as I'm begging for could be done in a relatively short time, and it's really not a big deal as long as the database structure doesn't need some serious redesign for it (what I strongly doubt).
Of course, priorities first, we could wait.
Yes, tags are something which are not necessary for preserving stuff, but they'd would bring a really useful additional functionality to the site itself. The transparency of huge databases are directly proportional to the amount of its cross-referenced data. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11359 |
so jailbird will spend considerable time on supervising the tags and removing/fixing duplicates \o/
i can see how that will work.
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quote: so jailbird will spend considerable time on supervising the tags and removing/fixing duplicates \o/
i can see how that will work.
Duplicates, that would be a problem really?? Well simply don't let the same two tags to be added to one certain release and problem solved.
I want to enter a tag which was previously entered? Give me an error message.
And that still wouldn't put too much burden on Perff. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11359 |
i am talking about removing the "ifli" tag when there already is an "interlaced fli" tag.
but since we have a volunteer now, i think thats not an issue. |
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