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Lets make "Operation: Clean Up Candy Bar 5's Tags"

bobbybee wrote:

Lets make "Operation: Clean Up Candy Bar 5's Tags"

we should arange a time and then everyone goes and flags some tags!

Last edited by Willpower (2012-11-15 01:17:02)

Willpower wrote:

1) I understand that Mods look at a tag that has been flagged and then delete it, is this right?
2) Do mods get a notification about a tag and then delete it like that or do they get taken to the project and inspect the other tags and purge them all?
3) Is anyone else actually flagging all unnecessary flags they see because they are not disappearing ?!
4) What is the current system for tags which have been flagged? They disappear when you tag them but they appear again- prehaps it should be you flag them and they hide and then a Mod can bring it back if it is suitable?

Instead of answering each question, I'm going to give a general idea on how the tag and tag flagging works to clear the air up a bit. Heads up, you will find that the tag system is a rather [pardon my crude language] sucky system (hence why tagging is going to be changed in Scratch 2.0. How it will look like in the future I do not know yet).

Tag deletion only happens if the tag is really, really bad (like a cuss word or something). You see, the flag system is different when it comes to tags, and it's not the same as when you go to flag a comment. When a tag gets deleted, it means it gets removed on all projects using that tag; so if you flag the tag 'waffles', the report comes across as "'waffles' is a bad word and should be removed from all projects having that tag" not "the use of the word 'waffles' is a spammy tag and needs to get removed from this project". So we can't just delete "waffles" outright. It's also why you can't flag the same tag after you see it again on another project.

The spammy tags is definitely a problem, and sadly, the system we have in place isn't very well-designed to remove them, especially in an environment where some user encourage spammy tagging (hence again why tagging is going to be changed in Scratch 2.0). I'm not sure what can be done with Astro's project (as it would reflect badly to remove all the tags from he project since he's asked for them in the first place in the project notes), but a good way to move forward would be to let others know that spammy tags clog up the system (like commenting on a project whose project notes otherwise encourages it).

Well. I just blitzed the tags.

If you want to get rid of spammy tags, I suggest talking to the project owner since they can manually remove any tags on their projects. 

it has got about 10 tags now

JH1010 wrote:

We win! Nearly all of the random tags are gone!

Nice job. However, I think there are one or two more you need to remove.

soniku3 wrote:

Oh god. Astro wanted it. You are deleting the work of a famous ex-scratcher. It's a shame.

I don't think it's a shame to delete spammy tags.

dvd4 wrote:

soniku3 wrote:

Oh god. Astro wanted it. You are deleting the work of a famous ex-scratcher. It's a shame.

I don't think it's a shame to delete spammy tags.

+1 It's not a shame to clean up the website.

Operation: TAG SPAM

Official collaboration. What other projects to deal with?

Btw, any credit you'd like on it?

Guys, I think you should talk to the creators of the projects before you start doing this. It's their choice whether they want to remove them or not. If the Scratcher is inactive, then I suggest emailing the ST about it. Otherwise, I think you should leave it alone. 

Magnie wrote:

Guys, I think you should talk to the creators of the projects before you start doing this. It's their choice whether they want to remove them or not. If the Scratcher is inactive, then I suggest emailing the ST about it. Otherwise, I think you should leave it alone. 

I had the same idea!