How do I add tags?

Petros 2018-02-12 08:54:50 UTC #1

It seems to me that with new posts/topics I only can assign existing tags. Could not find a way to add new ones. What am I missing?

nousername 2018-02-12 16:21:06 UTC #2

It works for me when I create a new post.

You just need to write your new tag, for example thisismynewtag , and then click on top of it from the selector, it will be added to your tags list.

PaulaFairphone 2018-02-13 15:40:19 UTC #3

I think it depends on your trust level whether you are allowed to create new tags.

Petros 2018-02-14 05:08:54 UTC #4

I believe that there must be good reasons to keep it this way. Maybe we do not need tags after all.

juanse 2018-02-14 05:30:18 UTC #5

i also could not.. and i see is useful for us all to be able to do.

i just wrote my tag proposal at tag box and when clicking on it it just dissapears

now a different topic, but i find the mention here:

what is this "trust level" thing?

i just read the thread https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-user-trust-levels-do/4924?u=paulkreuzer

but i find this hierarchichal and limitating.. i can see the need for spam prevention, but i don' support this criteria for attributes..unles until i understand better

PaulaFairphone 2018-02-14 10:14:34 UTC #6

An admin can easily change the requirements to reach a certain trust level as well as the permissions/limitations users of each trust level have.

But some limitations definitely make sense. E.g. regular users can rename topics. If every new user could do that a spam-bot could easily insert spam links into multiple topic titles.
Also one reason for the levels to exist is so you don't get overwhelmed by all the existing functions all at once when you join the forum.