Tagging Guide
Tagging your articles is an important part of article creation. It helps users find specific kinds of articles and it also helps staff archive articles effectively. This page is a guide on how to properly tag your articles.
If you are unsure of how to tag your article, contact a site staff member.
Do not create tags that are not on this list. Contact a staff member if you believe a new tag should be created.
s n o w y is in charge of managing the tagging system. If you have a suggestion for the tagging system, send a message to them.
Basic Tags
The most basic tags separate different basic page types.
| an | - Designates a main-list AN article. |
| an-j | - Designates a joke article. |
| tale | - Designates a tale. |
| document | - Designates an in-universe document. |
AN-specific tags
Object Classes
An AN's object class is implemented as separate tags for both containment rating and threat level.
Hazards
Full explanations for these tags can be found on the Hazards page. They are used exclusively for ANs and are subject to change as hazards are edited, removed, or added.
Other AN tags:
| uncontained | - Designates an uncontained AN. |
Document-specific tags
| operation | - Designates an Initiative operation. |
| acquired-media | - Designated an acquired media page. |
| site | - Designates a site. |
| personnel | - Designates a personnel document. |
| drt | - Designates an DRT page. |
These tags separate pages in the acquired media section:
| footage | - Designates footage acquired by the Initiative. |
| goi-doc | - Designates a Group of Interest document acquired by the Initiative. |
| photograph | - Designates photographs acquired by the Initiative. |
| writings | - Designates writings acquired by the Initiative. |
Other Content Tags:
| alternative-content | - Designates any article that is not an AN, tale or document (see below). |
| art | - Designates an art page. |
These tags are for labeling tales and documents for navigation purposes:
| alt-timeline | - Designates a tale or document taking place in an alternate timeline to the baseline Initiative. |
| comedy | - Designates a tale or document with themes of comedy. |
| containment | - Designates a tale or document that involves the containment of anomalies. |
| eoi-tale | - Designates a tale or document that is related to groups, governments, or persons of interest. |
| history | - Designates a tale or document involving the history of the Solar Initiative universe. |
| horror | - Designates a tale or document with themes of horror. |
| military | - Designates a tale or document with themes of military. |
| noir | - Designates a tale or document with themes of murder, mystery, and conspiracy. |
| non-canon | - Designates a tale or document that is not canon. |
| research | - Designates a tale or document that involves research. |
| short | - Designates a tale or document that is less than 1000 words. |
These tags go on committee tone articles:
| research-tone | - Designated a research-tone article. |
| recovery-tone | - Designated a recovery-tone article. |
| security-tone | - Designated a security-tone article. |
| regulation-tone | - Designates a regulation-tone article. |
These tags go on pages with badges:
| toparticle | - Designated an article that has been #1 on the top rated page with at least 25 votes. |
| topjoke | - Designated an article that has been the top joke article on the top rated page with at least 25 votes. |
| top10 | - Designated an article that has been in the top 10 on the top rated page with at least 25 votes. |
| contestwinner | - Designated an article that won first place in a contest. |
| runnerup | - Designated an article that won second place in a contest. |
| challengewinner | - Designated an article that won a writers' challenge. |
Miscellaneous Tags
| 001 | - Designates an AN-001 proposal. |
| archived | - Designated an archived page, archived because of deletion. |
| archived-by-author | - Designated an archived page, archived per author request. |
| author-page | - Designates an individual author page. |
| co-authored | - Designates an article with multiple main authors. |
| collaboration | - Designates an article open for contributions. |
| component | - Designates an page meant for the opperation of the website (Advised not to touch, and will likely be locked.) |
| contest | - Designates a contest hub. |
| event | - Designates an Event hub. |
| eventwinner | - Designates an Event contest winning article. |
| format | - Designates an article giving an example of a format |
| format-break | - Designates an article that subverts the typical format. |
| guide | - Designates a guide. |
| hub | - Designates a hub. |
| information | - Designates an informational page. |
| lore | - Designates a page that expands the lore of the main-line Solar Initiative universe. |
| policy | - Designates a policy page. |
| redirect | - Designates a redirect page.1 |
| remake | - Designates an article which fell below deletion and was rewritten and re-uploaded by the original author. |
| rewrite | - Designates a previously posted article which was majorly rewritten by someone other than the original author, or in collaboration with someone other than the original author, and re-uploaded. |
| supplemental | - Designates a page that acts as an extension to another article. |
| test-log | - Designates a testing log linked to the Research Committee. |
| theme | - Designates a theme page. |
| translated | - Designates an article with translations. |
| translation | - Designates a translation article. |
