Tag Rules

Tags are a great way to make content more discoverable.

1. When submitting tags, we use the comma , as the divider. We do not use the hash tag sign #
2. Tags should be relevant to the content
3. Tags should be of main features of the content. Small, barely visible parts of the image should not be tagged
4. Tags that are generic should use () to make them more specific.
   1. For example, the tag Isaac would be considered too generic. There are many Issacs.
   2. Isaac (The Orville) would be a better tag.
5. Generally speaking, tags at Alpha Coders are singular, not pluralized
   1. flower not flowers
   2. cat not cats
   3. building not buildings
6. We avoid duplicating the category and the tag. So if the content is into the Video Game category, please do not use the Video Game tag as well - it's just a bit overly redundant. This does not apply to the sub-category.
7. Tagging all of the fictional characters in a collage is OK
8. Tagging all the parts of the body on a tiger, or every piece of clothing on a character, is not OK.
9. Tags should be in English
10. Please do not use multiple tags that are synonyms of each other. An example of this would be tagging something cute,adorable,lovable,etc.

ok but what if the tag was not plural and it was relevant to the photo?

cause i just tagged a photo it was a flower and i added the flower's name and it was removed . . . 

Found the tags in question!

For the below wall "Blue Flower" is a perfect tag, however "Blue" would not be a good tag, and I am not seeing a flower called "blue flower bell" anywhere, but "Bluebell" would work as it is the name of the flower!

https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=23662

But the thing was that if you searched for blue flower bell and bluebell you still get the same flower result, ofc you're right and the name exactly like bluebell is better than just the bell, haha but I was just curious.

https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=338345

tag removed - but why do I see miroha's name?

https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=106423

tag removed - but what is cha cha doing here?

Hey jerry,

It seems like you had tagged some other submissions, and tags on those submissions were removed.

I didn't make/apply any of the tags you say I did.

Someone else has tagged the images, using my screen name.

My name isn't Jerry, either.

Please rectify this, or I will simply stop using this site.

crystalwarrior,

I was responding to the account with the name, 'jerry' in it ealier. I don't presume to name people - I just use usernames

At this point I am a bit confused about what exactly the current issue is. Perhaps you can further explain in. Feel free to PM me about it too.

After looking into things a little more, it looks like some tags 4+ years old are mis-attributed to different users. This is coming up since a lot of old Photography Abyss content is being moved, in a newest section, and moderators are fixing some bad tags.

If you know you never added a tag, you can safely just ignore the PM. It won't affect your account standing.

Muchas gracias por esta información, yo aún confundo las etiquetas con la categoría pero con esto me aclaró muchas cosas :3

Hello everyone!

We have added another rule/principle to tagging!
"Please do not use multiple tags that are synonyms of each other. An example of this would be tagging something cute,adorable,lovable,etc."