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-:TITLE:Tags & traits
-:INC:index
-
-
-:SUB:Introduction
-<p>
- VNDB has a system for tags and one for traits. Tags are used to categorize
- <b>visual novels</b>, while traits tell something about <b>characters</b>. This
- also makes them somewhat different in use. This page describes some general
- guidelines and tips on using tags and traits.
-</p>
-
-
-
-:SUB:Tags
-<p>
- Tags can be assigned to visual novel entries using a voting system. Every user
- can add a tag to a visual novel by going to the "modify tags" tab of a visual
- novel page.
-</p>
-
-:SUBSUB:Tag voting
-<p>Tags can be assigned a vote from -3 to 3. This vote should be interpreted as
- follows:</p>
-<ol style="list-style-type: none; margin-left: 15px">
- <li><b>-3</b>: This tag really doesn't apply to the VN.</li>
- <li><b>-2</b> and <b>-1</b>: These not very often used, but can be useful to
- show that you disagree, but are not 100% sure.</li>
- <li><b>0</b>: It is possible to change your vote to '0' to remove it.</li>
- <li><b>1</b>: The tag does apply to the visual novel, but is not too apparent
- or only plays a minor role.</li>
- <li><b>2</b>: The tag certainly applies to the visual novel.</li>
- <li><b>3</b>: The tag applies, is very apparent and plays a major role.</li>
-</ol>
-<p><br />
- While everyone is pretty much free to link any tag to any visual novel, please
- keep the following in mind while voting:
-</p>
-<ul>
- <li>Read the description of each tag before you link it to a VN: some tags may
- not always mean what you think they do.</li>
- <li>Try to be as specific as you can. For example, if a game has drama
- elements, rather than voting on the "Drama" tag, try to look for a more
- specific child tag that describes what kind of drama a player can expect.</li>
- <li>Some tags can act as spoilers for the plot of a VN, this can be indicated
- by voting on the spoiler status. It is highly recommended to not leave this as
- "Neutral", and really try to give an indication of whether the tag is not a
- spoiler at all or does spoil a bit.</li>
- <li>Tags are supposed to reflect the things you'll be experiencing as you play
- the game, even if some things might get revealed to be lies or illusions
- towards the end of the story. In cases like this, add both the (arguably
- incorrect) tags and the tags describing the situation after the truth has been
- revealed, making sure to mark the "correct" tags as spoilers.</li>
-</ul>
-
-
-:SUBSUB:Tag creation guidelines
-<p>
- New tags can be requested by everyone, but they'll have to be accepted by a
- moderator before the tags will be browsable. Applying the following guidelines
- significantly increases the chances that your tag will be accepted and lowers
- the workload of the moderator team.
-</p>
-<ul>
- <li>Tag names should be self-describing. While the meaning of a tag can be obvious if you look
- at its place within the tag tree, when displayed on a VN page only their name is visible and
- not the parent tags. The name should thus fully describe what the tag means and should be used
- for. For example: a tag to describe a male protagonist should be fully named "Male protagonist",
- even if its parent tag is "Characters &gt; Protagonist".</li>
- <li>Tags should be used to describe objective information about a VN. Subjective tags like
- "Awesome protagonist", which would have a different meaning for each individual, are not allowed.</li>
- <li>Tags should only cover information that VNDB itself doesn't cover already. So tags about release
- information or the length of a VN are not allowed.</li>
- <li>The above rule also holds true for any other information about the VN itself which is (not yet)
- covered by VNDB, like staff or licensed state in a country.</li>
-</ul>
-
-
-
-:SUB:Traits
-<p>
- Traits can be assigned to characters. Contrary to tags, traits can't be voted
- on. Instead, traits are part of the editing system, and modifying the traits
- for a certain character involves editing the character entry itself.
-</p>
-
-:SUBSUB:Assigning traits
-<p>
- Unlike tags, traits don't have any "levels": a trait either applies to the
- character or it does not. Here are some guidelines and tips when assigning
- traits to characters:
-</p>
-<ul>
- <li>If no traits are present yet and you're the first person to add traits,
- please try to be as complete as possible. Browse through the <a
- href="/i">trait tree</a> and try to find as many traits that apply to the
- character as possible.</li>
- <li>Spoilery traits should *always* be marked as such.</li>
-</ul>
-
-:SUBSUB:Trait creation
-<p>
- Anyone can request new traits to be added to the database. However, these need
- to be approved by a moderator before they can actually be assigned to a
- character.<br /><br />
- Traits are categorized into "groups", the top-most trait in the tree
- defines in which group a trait is. Unlike tags, traits don't need to have a
- globally unique name, but they must be unique and self-describing within the
- same group. For example, there can be multiple traits with the name "Blue",
- but one is in the "Hair" group while the other is in the "Eyes" group. So
- make sure to keep the group in mind when naming a trait.<br /><br />
- Read the descriptions of the various trait groups and meta traits to get a
- feel on how they are supposed to be used.
-</p>
-