Tagging discussion

Conversation started Oct 24, 2014 at 11:18.

Pimgd

Oct 24, 2014 11:18

Okay so you have language tags (c++)

Library tags blahblah.js

Problem tags fizzbuzz

Vogel612

algorithm tags: sieve-of-eratosthenes

Pimgd

Those tag categories are good

but tags like array or arguments

which is like... a language construct tag?

Vogel612

it's a meta-tag

burn it

Pimgd

Are all language construct tags meta-tags?

Vogel612

not necessarily..

Pimgd

Oct 24, 2014 11:22

What does strings fit in

Vogel612

either string-manipulation (problem tag) or meta-tag imo..

Pimgd

Cause I think the idea that "my code has X so I should tag my question with it" is wrong

...

"My code..."

- Does X = problem-tag

- Is X = language-tag

- Uses X, which is part of the language = language-construct tag, burn it

- Uses X, which is not part of the language - library-tag

Vogel612

This looks like a good guideline,...

Pimgd

yeah but my list isn't exhaustive yet

algorithms are subset of problems, right?

Vogel612

what about threading, jpa

RubberDuck

Oct 24, 2014 11:27

Here's my argument for arguments.

Which I'll admit may get abused and may not be a good tag.

There are some questions where the question relates to "how can I pass less arguments?" Or "using an out param feels dirty. How can I avoid it?"

Pimgd

Are tags that say "I want the review to be about" okay?

RubberDuck

In that case, we're not using arguments because there are args in the question, but because the question is directly about them.

No. We burnt those.

Pimgd

We have optimization.

RubberDuck

I see where you're going.

*directly about them and how to use them properly.

So, @pimgd, you want to burn things like conditions and loops because they're a language construct?

Pimgd

Maybe arguments is too generic and you're looking for flag-argument argument-count optional-argument tags instead?

RubberDuck

Oct 24, 2014 11:32

I find them a useful categorization if used correctly. But I'll agree that they may end up being problematic.

Pimgd

@RubberDuck I don't know yet.

RubberDuck

That's why we hash these things out. =)

Pimgd

I wanna come up with categorization so you can easily say "well this tag needs to be X because it's in this category"

RubberDuck

Those seem too specific to me.

Pimgd

and it might not be true all the time

but you can open the discussion with it

There's my question here...

Q: Case-insensitive String search in Array

Wrote this function for a Stack Overflow answer. It started off pretty bad but in the end I polished it a bit and now I have something I think to be pretty clean. Actually, when I look at the code, this is what I usually write when I'm programming AS3 (minus the documentation, I'm a lazy bastard,...

It's about a single function meant as a library function

it has a loop... it has arguments... it has conditions...

yet I don't think I should tag them as such

Simon André Forsberg

Oct 24, 2014 11:35

@Pimgd I might try to write an answer for that bounty

Pimgd

So you tagged it rags-to-riches

It is a good tag because...

it says what the question is about.

Simon André Forsberg

@Pimgd I find the strings a useful one.

@Pimgd those three tags are too limited. A question can only have 5 tags.

Pimgd

@SimonAndréForsberg good point.

Simon André Forsberg

@RubberDuck How many questions can you find in the next 30 minutes where that tag could fit?

RubberDuck

Which one @Simon?

Pimgd

Oct 24, 2014 11:40

My question isn't actually about array usage

RubberDuck

And none because I need to go to work! =P

Pimgd

So I guess the array tag would have to go from my question

RubberDuck

Then it shouldn't be tagged with array. Yeah. That ^

Simon André Forsberg

@RubberDuck arguments

Pimgd

is it about search?...

Well yeah, that's the problem statement

> The problem the code attempts to solve is finding a case-insensitive string in an array.

RubberDuck

Oct 24, 2014 11:43

Okay, so array & search seem appropriate to me.

Pimgd

why does array seem appropriate to you?

RubberDuck

I don't know @Simon. I could find at least three in the next five minutes.

There are about 1000 candidate questions. Probably only 100 or so are tag worthy, but I could be way off on that estimate.

@pimgd it seems appropriate because the question is about searching an array.

Pimgd

Why is strings not appropriate for the question?

RubberDuck

> A tag is a word or phrase that describes the topic of the question. Tags are a means of connecting experts with questions they will be able to answer by sorting questions into specific, well-defined categories.

Tags can also be used to help you identify questions that are interesting or relevant to you.

I don't know. Is it appropriate?

I don't really have time to think about it right now, but I smell a meta brewing.

A bookmark could be useful if there's a room owner about.

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