Tag discussion needed: how to define certain tags (check frequently!)

[Anathemus]

Those characters on DBZ, Sayians and all the other are clearly tagged as Aliens imo and I think sometimes the tag Elderly and Baby can be easily attributed to some of the aliens, because some characters are designed with that in mind

Like for example:
Babidi | Anime-Planet and Kami | Anime-Planet

They are clearly designed as Elderly characters, in this case, Alien characters, therefore they both use a Walking stick to help showing that off.

As for Warriors, it should only be attributed to characters that are experienced combat fighters and if the tag Samurai, Ninja etc, it's not more appropriate.

I have a question though:

What should we tag the characters from Saint Seiya?
In my opinion it should be a mix of Warrior and Magic User (Meaning, using both), anyone with me? what do you guys think

[SeiyaManG]

Yea, they are definitely Warriors, or at least they refer to themselves as such. Magic-User/Warrior? It works, if I don't hung up on the technicalities, so I agree.

This also got me thinking about the Ronin Warriors. Tag them as Samurai, Warrior, Magic-User?

[sothis]

magic is a weird one - at the moment we're asking that people only tag magic user if it's flat out magic (they say magic, or its traditional magic spells, or they are a witch/wizard, etc).

it gets murky when factoring in other ambiguous (and non existent yet) tags such as psychic powers, superpowers, etc.

[sothis]

so what do you guys think, then, about elderly and baby being used for monsters, selectively, based on appearance? ie if they have a walking stick/beard/etc, they could be marked as elderly based on appearance?

[sothis]

Originally Posted by Wolfco

I think part of the problem is that we are somehow focusing on tagging the characters in the series rather than the series itself. Obviously, tags which identify main types of characters such as 'vampires' or 'knights' make sense, as those not only define who is featured in the series, but also provide information on the atmosphere of the work in question.

People will disagree with the following suggestion as it is a subjective qualifier in and of itself, but how about using tags such as alien and age in the sense of the atmosphere rather than purely on an defined scale. In cases such as the aforementioned Naruto, using atmosphere as the qualifier would place the series as purely teenager. Set some rules and then apply them in regards to the use of the characters in the series.

This is a bit simpler than the wierd situations we have to work with but for example: if the monster in question is in fact an infant monster then baby would be an appropriate tag; however, if the monster is created suddenly and starts killing people right away then the actual technical age of the monster is irrelevant to the series and tagging it is a waste of time. If aliens are trying to take over earth then aliens would make sense as a tag, if the aliens are just in the series doing things, then the tag is unnecessary.

It depends on the intent behind the use of the tags. Even if you define your tags clearly, you are still going to have issues with interpetation. This is a situation where using fewer tags accurately will be much more helpful to users than trying to come up with lots of highly defined terms and using them everywhere they could conceviably be applied.

a fair point - bear in mind the tags do have multiple uses. for example, once the 'full' char db launches, one of the main uses we're targeting is a way to help replace or at least complement the 'identify the anime' type topic that shows up everywhere, in every anime community. let's say you remember a teenaged catgirl in a shoujo series - youll be able to search for that.

in this case, having teenager marked is important, to help find characters or identify them.

[AirCommodore]

Originally Posted by sothis

so what do you guys think, then, about elderly and baby being used for monsters, selectively, based on appearance? ie if they have a walking stick/beard/etc, they could be marked as elderly based on appearance?

Yeah, I've been doing this already.

[Anathemus]

Yes, I give my thumbs up for elderly aliens and baby aliens, now.. adult and teenager can be quite subjective so it shouldn't be tagged.

As for Saint Seiya, they should definitely be warriors, now if they can't have magic users (altough I think it would be adequate because it is some sort of magic), they should get some kind of new tag, SuperPowers would be my choice.

Also, what should we tag Soccer, Basket, American Football Players. They all get the Athlete tag?

[sothis]

at the moment yes, that's what sports players get. unless people think we should do individual tags for each sports type? would someone ptentially want to look up all baseball players, for example?

another tag question:

Student Council
atm it's tagged for all proper student councils (think marimite). but what about a class rep? they are sort of a part of the student council?

[NimirRa]

I always assumed the class rep was part of the student council with the meetings and such they have to participate in. They also have the same duties as a student council, but just for their particular class, no?

[Anathemus]

What should we do with characters like SON GOKU from dragon ball that grow older over the series, we saw him progressing from a baby to the older age, leave it alone with no age tag?

Small suggestion: Tag - Tattoos?