Xan ([personal profile] mfb) wrote in [site community profile] dw_suggestions2011-10-08 09:50 pm

Description Fields for Tags

Title:
Description Fields for Tags

Area:
tags

Summary:
Add metadata for tags -- a short description of usage, or whatever else a description field might be useful for.

Description:
I'd like to be able to attach a description to my tags, to indicate usage or meaning, without making an extraneous 'this is what my tags are for' entry. The descriptions could show up on the /tag/ page -- maybe on any tag anywhere, with a mouse-over title attribute, like with icons. This seems like it could be really useful in communities with strict usage of tags. It might also be useful to store the age of the tag.

UI-wise it would seem trivial to add the description option as another field on the Manage Tags page. I don't know how difficult it would be backend-wise.

Poll #8409 Description Fields for Tags
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 63


This suggestion:

View Answers

Should be implemented as-is.
21 (33.3%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
8 (12.7%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
12 (19.0%)

(I have no opinion)
22 (34.9%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

matgb: Artwork of 19th century upper class anarchist, text: MatGB (Default)

[personal profile] matgb 2011-10-28 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I like this idea, I like it a lot. Question, how would you see it working for a mutli tag view?
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)

[personal profile] azurelunatic 2011-10-28 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
A collapsed bar for each sticky stating which tag it was the sticky for.