Scott wrote:I have also been thinking for a while that it would be good to add a tagging feature to Bookshelves to assign more specific, multiple categories to books (e.g. "vampires", "dystopian", etc.). That way we could have one simpler exclusive way of categorizing books (i.e. one category per book) and then have a more fluid way of tagging them. The biographies could still be part of the former even with the tagging system.
Yes, I suggested this several months ago. We were wondering how it would be done, I remember. I think that perhaps the tagging could also be done by users who are familiar with the books but any changes should be approved by moderators in case anything inappropriate or offensive should appear. Generally, this should be straightforward as tags would therefore be allowed or disregarded before they can be seen and no harm will be done. Would there be a limit to the amount of tags attached to each book, however?
Also, I think there needs to be a much more comprehensive search system for Bookshelves so that not only author, title and date are searchable, but also keywords and genre. This way, moderators are able to locate possible duplicates much more quickly and alter them accordingly. However, I still think there needs to be a much easier way of doing this as right now duplicates are multiplying too quickly to manage sufficiently. Gravy has more thoughts on this, so perhaps you might discuss this with her.
But finally, could moderators please have their own space to raise specific issues, such as a page or something? It feels rather pushy to be constantly posting on public forums and it would be great (especially when there are more) if issues can be discussed in one area. Your message to the moderators could have been placed there, for example. If updated regularly, it could prove invaluable.