Tags

Tags are keywords attached to a post that describe what is in it. They are how everything on this site is found — searching, blacklisting, and subscriptions all run on tags.

Tag categories

Tags are colour-coded by what kind of thing they describe.

• General — what is actually in the picture: @long_hair@, @hug@, @school_uniform@, @blush@.
• Artist — who drew it. One per post, matching the artist's name.
• Character — who is in it: @samarie@, @marina@, @levi@.
• Copyright — what work it is from: @fear_and_hunger_termina@.
• Meta — facts about the file rather than the picture: @animated@, @highres@, @comic@.

Tagging conventions

• Use underscores instead of spaces: @long_hair@, not @long hair@.
• Tags are lowercase.
• Prefer the tag that already exists. Type a few letters and the autocomplete will suggest existing tags with their post counts — pick from those rather than inventing a new spelling.
• Tag what you can actually see. Do not add a tag because you assume it, and do not add tags to make a post show up in unrelated searches.
• More tags is better, as long as each one is true.

Creating new tags

Anyone can create a tag just by using it on a post. Because of that, please check the autocomplete first — a misspelled tag splits a search in two and someone has to clean it up later.

See also: Searching, Tag aliases, Tag implications, Artists.