Thread Prefixes

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Dave

Dave

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Now that we have Thread Prefixes, I would like to add a few that we can use as they are very, very handy.

But what ones should we add?

Here's the format I want for suggestions:

  • Title - Board the prefix should go to
  • Bug - Board Requests and Bug Reports
  • Question - Any board
I can add as many or as few as I want.
 
strawman

strawman

General --> Food

I'd like to see a prefix for forum thread games or GTKY threads. I can't think of a good prefix for them though. "Thread game" is descriptive, but I don't like it.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

In that case, wouldn't it make more sense to have it be by topic, since the new users and lurkers aren't showing up for Fig but for the topics themselves? If they're here for cosplay, then it would make more sense to have a tag just for cosplay, since that's clearly what they want.

Also, Games on Sale probably should just be stickied.
 
Dave

Dave

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Allen who is Quiet said:
In that case, wouldn't it make more sense to have it be by topic, since the new users and lurkers aren't showing up for Fig but for the topics themselves? If they're here for cosplay, then it would make more sense to have a tag just for cosplay, since that's clearly what they want.

Also, Games on Sale probably should just be stickied.
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Hmmm. Makes sense. I was trying to show the guy some love since he won't take a sub of his own. And I like your idea of the sticky.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

If Fig was selling his personality, a tag for him would make more sense. Since he makes content aggregators, sorting by the content itself is most helpful, you know?
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

Gaming forum could also probably have something to denote D&D games, like either a straight "D&D" tag, or a "Pen & Paper" generic for all from the genre.
 
drifter

drifter

Cool, but shouldn't music be in General and Media Madness as well? I'd also think Art would be a better tag than Drawing (e.g. Krisken and wife's pottery and whatnot)
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Dave said:
Hmmm. Makes sense. I was trying to show the guy some love since he won't take a sub of his own. And I like your idea of the sticky.
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I probably should let you start a cosplay sub-forum, shouldn't I? Sorry, I've just been too busy taking care of my health to feel like I've thought about all the angles beforehand. Maybe just take the plunge and let things work themselves out afterwards.
 
Dave

Dave

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Okay, I have a lot of tweaking to do. I'll work on that today if my work doesn't get too much.
 
Wahad

Wahad

Also, is it possible to make the tags in brackets? The first time I was completely confused by some of the tags, because as it turned out the thread was not called ''Informational User Group Changes'', but ''informational'' was the tag.
 
Wahad

Wahad

Are they? I just saw them in the same font as the text, no real button graphic or anything - maybe it was my browser?
 
Covar

Covar

I like the buttons. Some of the colors need to be tweaked, MLB is puke brown for example, but I like that they pop out in thread lists and my alert drop down.
 
Jay

Jay

I will also suggest testing it out with a dark theme as some options are somewhat nasty to look at, for example.... (PC GAME) is almost white on white and hard to read.

In terms of game prefixes, no need to be overly complicated. I do think PC Game is kind of useless and I’d rather you just use "Gaming". PC Gaming or Console Gaming was never really needed to be defined and will only serve to separate the community which I believe we should avoid. We could also use other prefixes such as "D&D", "Game News" or “Gaming News”. I think 3 options is a good number of prefixes.
 
Dave

Dave

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drifter said:
Cool, but shouldn't music be in General and Media Madness as well? I'd also think Art would be a better tag than Drawing (e.g. Krisken and wife's pottery and whatnot)
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I thought about things like Art but felt it was too general. I can add Crafting to the list and that would encompass Krisken and his wife.

Oh, and Music is now in General also.
 
Jay

Jay

Far too many options now. Seriously, 3 is more than enough. Who the heck will use "Playstation" or "Handheld" beyond the 1-2 applicable instances in a year? Just use Game News.

Not liking this gimmick at all.
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I'd also put General before Gaming since General is far more important.
 
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