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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [FAQ] {M} {I} {G} {R} {A} {F} - tagging and how it works
| [FAQ] {M} {I} {G} {R} {A} {F} - tagging and how it works [message #267404] |
Mi, 17 Mai 2006 06:00 |
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Archive-name: pratchett/subject-tag-faq
Posting-Frequency: weekly (on Wednesday)
Last-modified: 23 January 2006
URL: <http://www.lspace.org/faqs/>
NB: Please note change in FAQ email address and that the old
address <afpfaqs [at] goodgulf.demon.co.uk> is no longer valid after
being abused by a spammer.
This and all the other FAQs for Pratchett newsgroups and things
Pratchett related may be found at:
<http://www.lspace.org/faqs/>
Additionally, if you are unable to find the answer to your query in the
relevant FAQ, or have a more general query or request, there is a Help
Facility to be reached by mailing:
<afp-help [at] lspace.org>
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* Alphabetti Spaghetti *
AFP's [X] subject tags for threads - how and when to use them.
You may find it useful to print this out and keep handy until you are
familiar with the usage.
Alt.fan.pratchett can be a fairly heavy-traffic newsgroup. In addition,
afp'ers rarely restrict their contributions to matters strictly to do
with Terry Pratchett, and his writings.
Tagging assists visual selection of threads likely to be of greatest
interest and avoidance of threads of least interest. It also enables
automatic selection, sorting or kill-filing, for those with newsreaders
with a kill-file facility [1][2].
NB if you are posting through Google Groups please be aware that the
recent changes to that system cause your tags to be stripped from
the subject header along with the quoted content from the previous
post so you need to add the tags and quoted content manually.
Feedback to Google to point out how unhelpful this is to usenet groups
may eventually convince them to return to something more suitable
to newsgroups.
The following guidelines and definitions should help you but if all else
fails please remember the zeroth law of tagging. It does't merit
outraged nitpicking reactions to untagged or wrongly tagged articles -
a courteous explanation or reminder is ample. Our articles are in
practice more likely to be read if tagged correctly but its not a hanging
offence to make a simple mistake and shouldn't be treated like one :-
0) Tagging was devised to serve afp and afpers. Not the other way
around.
1) Please use tags when starting a thread, or when following up to
a thread where someone has omitted to use a tag. The tag is most useful
at the beginning of the subject so that it can aid sorting.
2) Please change the tag, as the nature of the discussion changes
[remove the old tag completely, or else "deactivate" it, by changing
the square brackets to some other symbol, e.g. "*X*". In the case of
this FAQ the square brackets surround the actual tag which is [FAQ]
and curly brackets are used to "deactivate" the other tags.
3) Please use one tag only. Multiple tagging can generally be avoided
by reading the definitions below. If in doubt feel free to ask!
4) Please *don't* introduce use of new tags. Such proposals should be
discussed on group first. Many new tags have been suggested before -
try looking on google groups before suggesting new tags, its a
regular subject :-}
5) Please don't modify the strict "[X]" format - else, this voluntary
system breaks down. Square brackets only, please for the actual tag -
in this case [FAQ].
6) NB for those who are new to afp but are familiar with tagging, the
[Q] tag for questions is not in use on these groups. Nor is there a
need for a separate "newbie" tag.
Currently recognised tags are:
[A] - Annotation - articles commenting upon, or explaining,
references in Terry Pratchett's novels and shorter stories.
Leo Breebaart (leo [at] lspace.org), and his able assistant Mike
Kew (MiQ [at] lspace.org) use [A] tagged articles to help them
select additions to the awesome Annotated Pratchett File which
may be obtained from <http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/>
Please check the APF before submitting new annotations. And
as a general policy, yes we have all seen Star Trek, no it
doesn't generally stand up to scrutiny as an Annotation :}
[R] - Relevant - articles (other than annotations) that are directly
related to and are discussing Terry's works, publications,
theatrical productions, films, websites, and other activities
based upon them, including the companion maps, art & craftwork,
inasmuch as they relate to the original works and each other.
[I] - Irrelevant - threads whose subjects are not directly related
to Terry's works, publications or other "spin-offs", nor to afp
fan activity, nor to afp-the-newsgroup. Please bear in mind
that [I] is not intended as a licence to repeatedly introduce
contentious or other subjects for their own sake - consider
whether the subject has already been aired recently and is
still of wider interest:))
[M] - Meta - These are for the discussion of issues relating to afp
itself and how it operates. Please take the time to look at
them as and when they arise - this is your group after all.
They are the forum for discussing changes to the way your
usenet community operates (eg how tagging is used, FAQ issues
etc), as well as activity on the newsgroup and matters
generally within the group itself which may be of
concern/interest to subscribers.
[F] - Fan - details of afp fan activity, normally "in real life" (or
as close as afpers get to the same), frequently involving
hostelries and other establishments serving alcoholic beverages
and/or curries...
Also, reports on such activities (and where to find all the
incriminating evidence, in all its gory detail), proposals for
repeat events and other activities, information about fandom
services, resources etc.
[C] - Cascade - content-free, "articles" deliberately building up a
"cascade", or visual effect.
Please have regard to the negative effect of cascades upon afp
as well as bandwidth wasted, before starting another cascade.
If you must cascade, please trim quotation to the references,
plus the cascade itself. [n.b. afp has already experienced
the completely content-free cascade on numerous occasions.]
Where a cascade arises from another thread please retag it
promptly.
[G] - Game - articles about the discworld computer games and, by
extension, about earlier discworld games, and those as-yet
unwritten... - whether board-, computer-, jigsaw- or fantasy
role-playing- games... TCoM is on www.lspace.org.
[ANNOUNCE] - an article cross-posted from alt.fan.pratchett.announce,
and also cross-posted to alt.books.pratchett; plus followups.
This may be [F], [G], [M] - or even [R]. [to make an
announcement to afpa, please send it to the moderator
afpa-mod [at] lspace.org - submissions should be sent in with good,
clear subjectlines, repeating all important information from
subjectlines in the main body of the text. There is a FAQ for
submissions to afpa which you should check first.]
For meet related activities it is also a good idea to mail the
relevant meet mail list with copies of announcements and the
additional details for speedier spreading of information.
See:
<http://www.lspace.org/fandom/afp/meets/index.html>
[FAQ] - an article of fundamental importance to the way the
newsgroup works - from Frequently Asked Questions. These should
be considered the supporting documents of the afp community -
ie of recurrent and/ or abiding interest to everyone on
alt.fan.pratchett. periodically posted to afp; available at
<http://www.lspace.org/faqs/>
Guidelines specific to Alt.books.pratchett:
Please read the "ABP Posting Guidelines" for detailed information
specific to ABP. These comments relate to the use of tagging
specifically. This is now posted regularly to ABP as a FAQ.
Since all posts should be relevant to the works of Terry Pratchett the
[R] and [I] tags are effectively redundant on posts specific to ABP.
[R] is obviously still needed for posts crossed to AFP, [I] cross-posts
from/to AFP would inevitably be off topic for ABP and so should not be
made.
The tag most commonly in use on ABP is the [A] tag, which distinguishes
annotations from other relevant posts.
Where threads become [I] they may be crossed to AFP to continue the [I]
discussion on that group - please remember to change/add the tag and
set followups to AFP. Please also remember first to consider whether or
not the embryonic [I] thread is likely to be of *interest* to the
readers of AFP (of which you may well be one). If it is not likely to
be of interest to AFP please let it die out or cross to a more
appropriate group instead. Or of course there is always "follow-up to
poster"...
Finally, speculation about future developments is now considered
acceptable on ABP. BUT please remember to include a subheader
[SPECULATION] inside the post just above the speculative section. This
is not a "tag" as such and does not need to be added to the heading
unless the entire post is [SPECULATION]. Currently speculation is still
considered unacceptable on AFP - please remember this if cross posting
threads there - add the [R] and excise the [SPECULATION]. There is also
now a 'speculation mail list' available.
General comments:
If you are new to usenet and everything seems strange, and hard to
follow, lurking a while, reading threads as they develop, and also
reading the other FAQ's (such as the "Welcome FAQ's") should help.
The main newsgroup FAQ, the afp-faq, maintained by Orin Thomas, is
essential reading whilst you are lurking and a useful reference
subsequently.
Then when posting - think about last week's posts.
Which do you actually remember? Which do *you* wish you had
written? Which of your own posts will you be pleased to see in the
*public archives* in years to come? And remember - you are never
obliged to follow up a post.
Thanks to Julie Lund for tidying up the FAQ formatting for me :)
[1] - afp-help can probably answer questions on how to killfile
using most of the popular offline newsreaders in use -
but _do_ read the documentation ("rtfm")(<g>) *first*, then ask
of your 'net software's publisher, or your isp's help/support
desk (or line), if they were the provider: they are more likely
to have the detailed answers already.
[2] - I have a set of guidelines for killfiling using dis216d/snz130,
dos-based shareware which as a number of people have pointed out
to me really belong in the relevant VI FAQ (which as yet we
don't have) Please mail me for these at the above address. I
will send them along with any other info I have which may be of
help to VI users:)
--
Karen [at] lspace.org
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