Tag Overview

Check the Index to see where most tagged lists end up

Tags are primarily used for searching and listing articles by tag. They add extra layers of organization to articles beyond their categories. Since my category structure is by location, my tags group articles by other qualities, such as length and topic
Much of this is subject to change as the world grows and I rework how it's organized.

Tags on Every Article

Abbreviations?

I prefer shorter tags, especially if I'm going to use them a lot. Since searching requires at least three characters, most abbreviations are the first three letters of the word I'm abbreviating - like index and length. But not all tags get abbreviations, for a handful of reasons:

• The full word is more reader-friendly for searching, or is already short enough
• The natural abbreviation is too short for searching, like sc for Summer Camp
• The three-letter abbreviation would conflict with another tag, or would be too ambiguous to tell what it means
• Not abbreviating is either more consistent with related tags or easier to remember

Alphabetical Index

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

ind-letter/#
The letter represents the first letter of the article title excluding starting words like 'a' and 'the'. The # is for articles whose titles start with numbers.

Type Index

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

type or type-subtype
Type is the general topic of the article, such as organization or planet. Subtypes apply to complex topics, such as people. These may shift over time.

Update Date

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

YY-MM
For the two-digit year and month of the article's last major revision, or publication if no revisions have been made since.

Length

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

len-estimated length
Lengths are either stub, short, medium, or long, based on estimated word count without BBCode.

Optional Tags

Theme

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

theme
Themes are overarching concepts that group disparate articles. These are similar to the reading paths from the Visitor's Guide, but much broader.

Searching

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

search term
Helps me or readers find articles by providing extra search terms. For example, the tags intro and primer on Welcome to the Talos Sector.

Featured

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

featured-home or featured-category name
Only one article can be featured on the homepage. Currently, only planet categories have additional featured articles, and they show at most three.

Recent

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

recent-home
Up to five articles get this tag to appear in the recent list on the homepage. When a sixth is selected, one of the others is removed.

Challenges

Summer Camp

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

summercamp-YY, with suffix -pledge or -theme
The YY is the two-digit year of the event. Themes are three-character abbreviations, such as cha for change.

WorldEmber

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

worldember-YY, with suffix -pledge or -category
The YY is the two-digit year of the event. The category is a three-character abbreviation, such as cah for culture & history.

Other Challenges

Listed in the Index
Applies to drafts
Multiple can apply to one article

challenge
Articles submitted to other challenges, whether official or community-run, get this tag.