Guidelines regarding thread names and tags

[Kawaii_Koneko]

stat for things like the "stat the doctor challenge" sound ok?

[Sam Baughn]

Originally Posted by Kawaii_Koneko

stat for things like the "stat the doctor challenge" sound ok?

Seems a bit ambiguous, since 'stat' and 'stats' can mean a lot of different things.

Can't think of a better alternative off the top of my head though.

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by Perfect Organism

Seems a bit ambiguous, since 'stat' and 'stats' can mean a lot of different things.

Can't think of a better alternative off the top of my head though.

"character design", perhaps?

[Kawaii_Koneko]

well i used it in a thred i made trying to build stat a creature not really a pc type thing

[Mark Skarr]

Anybody mind if I use "art" for the art for gaming thread? Or would we rather use something else?

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by Molokh

Here are some guidelines regarding use of tags. Try to keep your tags consistent with them, to ease the tag searches in the future. And remember to also give your threads meaningful names - avoid stuff like 'generic questions' and 'does somebody know the answer'. Name them based on their content.

What brought this on? Is this going to be an official rule for the forums?

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

What brought this on? Is this going to be an official rule for the forums?

Yes. You get until August to adjust. After that non-compliant threads will be locked, and any forumites not using the proper tags will be permabanned.
Of course, this is a joke.

[RedMattis]

Originally Posted by Molokh

Yes. You get until August to adjust. After that non-compliant threads will be locked, and any forumites not using the proper tags will be permabanned.

In the case of an only mildly questionable use of an established Tag a temporary ban could be argued though, especially if the subject was an otherwise productively contributing poster.
In a repeat case a permaban is unavoidable though.
Yes, it's a joke
Maybe these clarifications of the rules should be included in the initial post so new posters won't miss it? ...still joking

[pawsplay]

Originally Posted by Perfect Organism

Seems a bit ambiguous, since 'stat' and 'stats' can mean a lot of different things.

Can't think of a better alternative off the top of my head though.

"Character sheet."

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by redmattis

in the case of an only mildly questionable use of an established tag a temporary ban could be argued though, especially if the subject was an otherwise productively contributing poster.
In a repeat case a permaban is unavoidable though.
yes, it's a joke
maybe these clarifications of the rules should be included in the initial post so new posters won't miss it? ...still joking

Are you aware that fnorded text is converted to plain in the e-mail version?

While I approve of harsh sentences for uninformative subject lines, the "need" for tagging could be greatly reduced by giving GURPS a 2nd level forum section to itself, with pre-tagged 3rd level subsections. It's silly to cram 21K threads and 360K posts into the same index, when you have a dozen or so other forums with 2-and 3-digit totals.