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5 FAQ tagged with tags
Why can't I remove a 'stumped' or a 'resolved' tag from my AskMe question?
The tags 'resolved' and 'stumped' have a special meaning and are treated differently at Ask MetaFilter. A question with either of these tags shows up in different places on the site to help others find them. A question tagged with 'resolved' appears in the list of Resolved Questions on the
Answered Questions page. Questions tagged with 'stumped' appear in the Stumped Questions list on the
Unanswered Questions page. This gives people interested in seeing complete answers or helping with particularly hard questions an easy way to find them.
Because these tags move the questions into different areas of the site, questions can only be tagged 'resolved' or 'stumped' once. This prevents the question from appearing at the top of these lists more than once.
If you need to remove a 'resolved' or 'stumped' tag from a post, please
contact one of the mods.
(tags: stumped resolved tags askme answered unanswered askmetafilter ) July 2, 2008 - permalink - back to questions
How do tags work on MetaFilter?
Tags are a way of adding keywords to your posts as a way of making it easier to find and organize posts. Tags can be added by the original poster either at the time of posting or later. Tags can also be added or removed by the site admins. Mutual contacts can add tags to each others' posts. Tags do not cross over from one part of the site to the other. You can view pages tagged with specific words either by clicking on a tag, or going to a tag URL, for example:
http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/heavymetal
http://www.metafilter.com/tags/heavymetal
The 150 most popular tags are linked on these pages (
MeFi,
Ask MeFi). The larger a word appears on that page, the more times it has been used to tag a thread.
Tags also have individual RSS feeds, linked from the tag page. Tags are not case sensitive. Plural tags do not combine with their singular counterparts. Notable tags in MeFi include
http://www.metafilter.com/tags/obit
http://www.metafilter.com/tags/batshitinsane
Tags can be combined using the plus sign like this
http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/Japan+tokyo
Tags can be combined with usernames as well. So to see "all posts tagged with obit by user 292" you use this URL
http://www.metafilter.com/tags/obit/292
AskMe also has categories which can be used with tags for more specific searching.
Note: when a post is removed, the tags for that post are not removed from the index. This can sometimes cause discrepancies between the number of posts that are claimed to exist having a certain tag, and those that actually show up in a list of posts with that tag (
example) You can also not use most special characters in tags such as ; / ? : + , * . #
(tags: tags keywords rss feeds ) March 6, 2006 - permalink - back to questions
What sort of RSS feeds does MetaFilter have?
What are contacts? Someone made me a contact, now what?
Adding someone as a contact is a simple way to keep track of their contributions on the site. You can have up to 750 contacts. To add a contact, go to that person's profile page and click on the "Add user as a contact" link there. You can choose what your relationship is with this user, or leave that part blank.*
Making someone a contact allows you to easily see some of their site actions in your Contact Activity sidebar on the front page: you can see if they make a new post, make a comment that gets more than 12 favorites, get a "best answer" in AskMe, or add contacts. You can also see their activity on the
My Contacts page. If you have made someone a mutual contact -- you have linked them and they have linked you -- you will be able to tag each other's posts in AskMe and MeFi.
The most common reason to add someone as a contact is that you enjoyed a comment or post they made, and you want to see future things they post. There is no obligation to be reciprocal if someone has added you as a contact.
When you add a user as a contact, this information will be visible on your own user page as well as your usercontacts page. Contacts you have added are listed in your profile with the phrase "Links to", and people who have added you as a contact are listed under "Linked by".
*Note that a few users like to select jokey answers for the "what is your relationship" question, for example "crush" or "spouse" for people they don't know. Do not be alarmed if someone does this; it is a common friendly joke. It is also fine to ask them not to do that.
(tags: contacts usercontacts tags tagging linkedby linksto users ) April 20, 2006 - permalink - back to questions
Can I choose to see only posts or questions with certain tags or in certain categories?
