Feature #650
closedAdd Additional tags to Forum Topics
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Description
I was on the Commons and noticed that only the creator of a topic has the opportunity to add tags to a topic. Is it possible to allow additional tags to be added in the "add a reply" to a topic?
Updated by Matt Gold about 13 years ago
- Category name set to BuddyPress (misc)
- Target version set to 1.2
Updated by Boone Gorges about 13 years ago
- Target version changed from 1.2 to 1.3
It's possible, but it's a bit tricky because tags are properly speaking a property of the topic, not of individual replies.
An implementation question: should repliers be allowed to remove existing tags? If not, how do you enforce this?
Updated by Michael Smith about 13 years ago
I was thinking that it would be useful to be able to add, edit the tags to a topic by anyone after it's been created as the discussion evolves. Right now you can only set tags while creating the topic, so there's no possibility for the tags to evolve with the discussion.
I'm not that worried about ownership of the topic/tags, if feel like the community would be respectful and would only want to contribute to the discussion. But I'd like to hear what others think about this.
Updated by Matt Gold about 13 years ago
This sounds a lot like the way the Mediawiki tagging extension we have works. How about if people can add tags but only the original poster can remove them?
Updated by Boone Gorges about 13 years ago
This sounds a lot like the way the Mediawiki tagging extension we have works. How about if people can add tags but only the original poster can remove them?
I think this makes the most sense, but it requires more work, as I'd need a separate UI for the topic starter and topic replier. If I can just reproduce the tags textbox on the reply page just as it appears on the new topic page (letting anyone add or remove) it would be easiest. How important is the difference?
Updated by Matt Gold about 13 years ago
I think either way is fine and that we should go with what's easiest. If people abuse this functionality and we get complaints, we can revisit the decision.
Updated by Boone Gorges almost 13 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Resolved