This topic has morphed from "Foreign language category" into "Tags UI".
Very useful.
The discussion here has shown me that the problem is tags, not categories.
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@JMichaelTX, I wish I could agree with your thinking about Tags UI, but I can't.
Your instructions above are neat, clear, and easy to follow.
But they are excellent instructions for a bad interface.
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Everything else on Discourse works so smoothly and intuitively;
But not tags.
Better to simply turn off the tags function.
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[quote="JMichaelTX, post:2, topic:5361"]
If you make it a Forum Category instead of a Tag, how do you deal with cross-overs?[/quote]
Thank you for asking, because it helped my thinking, too.
That's the essential question.
My premise is to leave it up to each individual.
No group-think or central authority needed.
If the poster wanted links to cross-over terms, he simply adds those into the post.
Anywhere:
- title (in parentheses, like this)
- first line in the message (Also refers to: ...)
- last line in the message
Location of those cross-over words (tags) doesn't matter at all, because Discourse search finds words anywhere.
Moderators read every post here, so, if more cross-over words would help in future searches, just add them.
Something like this:
- Macro timer for soft-boiled eggs (cooking, breakfast)
A mod seeing that, and wanting to encourage wider uses for KM, adds this:
- Macro timer for soft-boiled eggs (cooking, breakfast, KM_home_automation)
Plus, leaving it up to each individual, makes it effortless to handle foreign languages, too.
Instantly, without any need for advance discussion about tags, or any effort from the admin.
- Macro timer for soft-boiled eggs (timers, breakfast, นาฬิกาไข่ต้ม )
Plus, no need for any instructions either.
If it's a good idea, other forum users will do it.
It not a good idea, they won't.
Trial and error and testing on this post shows that:
- Yes, can edit topic title to add key words (tags). I did it here.
- Yes, can use foreign languages in topic titles.
- Yes, Discourse searches foreign languages characters. Example:
Well, I won't be using Tags function here.
Among forum users, whose native language is not English, I predict that hardly any of them will, either.
Instead, to handle cross-overs, I'll simply start adding "tag words" in parentheses in topic titles.
I'm confident that Discourse search will find everything.
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