I tag my posts by the book!

I think, I feel true happiness since a long while!..

I feel, I can do anything!

I feel, I must discuss the tagging system.

Blogs on Fimfiction.net can be tagged. This allows for retrieval of tagged blog posts by searching for "#certain-tags" (this one will retrieve blog posts tagged "certain-tags").

There are no rules for tagging posts correctly. There is no unified way to tag.

Let us see, what rules have been abided by me in a place, where no one cared to establish them.

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So far the list of tags I've used is:

1. story-status-update;
2. status-update;
3. [year];
4. happy-New-year;
5. happy-holiday;
6. Equestria-needs;
7. codename-genie;
8. codename-spy;
9. codename;
10. avatar;
11. bio;
12. user-page;
13. good-news;
14. MLP-anniversary;
15. ten-years-since;
16. eleven-years-since;
17. manuskript;
18. eqg-1;
19. eqg;
20. bbcode;
21. The-Stanley-parable;
22. parody;
23. really?
24. lesson-learnt;
25. gosh-darn-it!;

Out of these 25 tags a system can be figured out.

• Any given tag can be structured.
• A tag's structure so far is made clear with hyphens.
• Like with Internet domain names the hierarchy is in reverse (as an example: "story-status-update" indicates the hierarchy of "story" under "status" under "update", defining the category of story-status updates in the category of status updates in the category of updates).
• The hierarchy may follow not the DNS principles (e. g.: "eqg-1" tags the first "Equestria girls" movie and places the blog posts tagged under "eqg", and not "1").
• It is not necessary to use hyphens to structure a tag.
• Tags can be scoped: "happy-holiday" scopes holiday-related tags; "user-page" -- user-page-related tags; etc..
• The most-nested tags in their scope should be listed before the less-nested tags, but that is a recommendation, and not a requirement (e. g.: I tag my story-status updates with two tags in this order: "#story-status-update, #status-update");
• The tags should narrow the post tagged down to as specific a category, as possible.

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The categories for blog posts to fall under are as follows so far:

• Update: a dummy category; "update" is not used, as it is too broad; more-specific subcategories should be used instead.
• Happy holiday: my cheering for holidays.
• Equestria needs: my story ideas (the category name was spontaneous).
• Codename: my story-related blog posts; for stories both posted, and not yet posted.
• User page: blogging on the subject of my user page.
• Good news: the "good news, everybrony!" I've spread.
• MLP anniversary: my celebrating MLP anniversary.
• Years since: marking number of years since events (mostly for anniversaries).
• Manuskript: figuring out "Manskript", a writing tool we may come to use instead of "Notepad".
• Eqg: blogging on "Equestria girls" movies.
• Bbcode: experimenting with BBcode, the markup language implemented on Fimfiction.
• The Stanley parable: on "The Stanley parable".
• Parody: on parodies I've written.
• "Really?": blogs, in which I was surprised and disbelieving; I don't think it is a very useful category...
• Lesson learnt: lessons I've learnt through writing stories.
• "Gosh darn it!": "Oh my gosh!.."

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The "Update" category contains:

• Status update: blogs updating on statuses (mine or my stories'); it contains:
• • Story status update: blogs updating on my stories' statuses.

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"Happy holiday" contains:

• Happy New year: New-year blog posts! Every new year is tagged with the year's number; so far I've cheered for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023 (no 2022).

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"Equestria needs" contains: (nothing as of yet).

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"Codename" contains: (categories codenamed after some of my stories; so far the codenames are:)

• "Genie": on "Daring Do and the magic lamp".
• "Spy": on "The tale of the Spy".

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"User page" contains:

• Avatar: my blogging on my avatar (that doesn't change much).
• Bio: my "bio"; see the blog posts tagged.

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"Good news" contains: (no subcategories so far).

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"MLP anniversary" contains: (no subcats so far).

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"Years since" contains: (subcategories by the number of years passed, such as "Ten years since").

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"Manuskript" contains: (no subcats so far).

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"Eqg" contains:

• Eqg 1: the first "Equestria girls" movie.

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"Bbcode" contains: (no subcats so far).

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"The Stanley parable" contains: (no subcats so far).

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"Parody" contains: (no subcats so far).

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"Really?" contains: (no subcats so far).

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"Lesson learnt" contains: (no subcats so far).

[he]"Gosh darn it!" contains: (no subcats so far).

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Additionally to the above I should like to introduce the "System" category for blogs on systems.

"System" shall contain:

• Tagging system: posts like this.

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These guidelines are subject to changing, as I refine the rules.

Stay happy!

And do await further reports!