Use Tagging Instead of InterestedParties Form Field

I would like to make it easier to find related content and at the same time remove some of the clutter on TWiki.org. For this I suggest that we:

• discontinue the InterestedParties form field, and that
• all active TWikiCommunity members start tagging content

I already found it very useful to browse to related content in two or three clicks (click on a tag, click on related topic; or click on "my tags", click on tag, click on related topic). It is also much faster than a "Favorites" search to get all my InterestedParties topics.

Suggested tasks:

• Remove the InterestedParties form field from the form (field value will stay until next save cycle)
• Use tagging instead of InterestedParties to find "my topics of interest"
• Do a global search & replace to change all personal leftbar's "Favorites" link with a "My tags" link (as I have done manually on PeterThoenyLeftBar topic)

-- PeterThoeny - 01 Mar 2006

Ähm, how do I remove my tags if I'm not interested in something anymore?

-- FranzJosefSilli - 01 Mar 2006

That is a missing feature (listed as suggested enhancement; easy to implement)

-- PeterThoeny - 01 Mar 2006

Remove tags is implemented for a while now.

I have not seen any objections to removing the InterestedParties field from the form, and to replacing the "Favorites" link with a "My tags" link in the personal leftbar. Last chance!

-- PeterThoeny - 14 Mar 2006

Just to clarify, users can remove their votes for a tag, but can't "negatively" vote for a tag (ie, can't remove the tag others put in place)

-- RafaelAlvarez - 14 Mar 2006

Correct.

Part of my daily cleanup work on TWiki.org is to monitor the tagging activities to remove obvious errors, such as tagging TWiki.WebIndex with skin, TWiki.WelcomeGuest with access_control, Sandbox.SandBox16 with classification (all real examples)

-- PeterThoeny - 14 Mar 2006

We should be able to negatively tag but perhaps not be able to remove a tag that wasn't added by us

-- MeredithLesly - 16 Mar 2006