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eschwartz · 08-25-2014, 02:13 PM

I would never add a tag that can be implied by either reading the title or series.

I definitely would not mark books with series:"=Xanth" as tags:"=Xanth", it is nearly as bad as tagging Centaur Aisle "Centaur Aisle".

What I usually do is delete all tags no matter what, then re-add any tags later, when I decide I need it in order to find books of a similar type.

Character names are somewhat of a pet peeve of mine. They serve no useful purpose, because if you are looking for books about a specific character, you already know what book or series of books you are looking for, and can just search based on that.

But every metadata source (I don't use them anyway, but it is the theory of the thing) includes them.

08-25-2014, 02:13 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I would never add a tag that can be implied by either reading the title or series. I definitely would not mark books with series:"=Xanth" as tags:"=Xanth", it is nearly as bad as tagging Centaur Aisle "Centaur Aisle". What I usually do is delete all tags no matter what, then re-add any tags later, when I decide I need it in order to find books of a similar type. Character names are somewhat of a pet peeve of mine. They serve no useful purpose, because if you are looking for books about a specific character, you already know what book or series of books you are looking for, and can just search based on that. But every metadata source (I don't use them anyway, but it is the theory of the thing) includes them. Last edited by eschwartz; 08-25-2014 at 02:16 PM.