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:SUB:Introduction
<p>
VNDB has a nicely integrated discussion board which can be used for, well,
- discussions. As we're not using any popular and freely available forum software
+ discussions. As we're not using any popular or freely available forum software
and have instead written something by ourselves, this discussion board has a
few slight differences with the popular boards you're used to.
</p>
-:SUB:Tags
+:SUB:Boards
<p>
- To make sure interested people can find your post, all threads have 'tags'
- that define what the discussion is about. It's possible to add more than
- one tag to a thread. The following tags can be used:
+ To make sure interested people can find your post, all threads have relations
+ to one or more 'boards' that define what the discussion is about. This is similar
+ to boards on other forums, but here every item in the DB has its own board, and
+ it's possible to link a thread to more than one board. The following boards can be used:
</p>
<dl>
<dt>db</dt><dd>
- VNDB Discussions. This is a general tag for threads not about any specific
+ VNDB Discussions. This is a general board for threads not about any specific
entry in the database.
</dd><dt>v#</dt><dd>
- For discussions about a particular visual novel. The tag <i>v17</i>, for example,
+ For discussions about a particular visual novel. The board <i>v17</i>, for example,
is used for all threads related to <a href="/v17">v17</a>.
</dd><dt>p#</dt><dd>
Same as <i>v#</i>, but for producers.
</dd><dt>u#</dt><dd>
- The <i>u#</i> tag can be used to notify a user on this site about something
+ The <i>u#</i> board can be used to notify a user on this site about something
he/she must see or to discuss about an edit he/she has made. This is similar
to the 'private message' feature of most sites, except it's not 'private'...
</dd><dt>an</dt><dd>