Tags are a great way to make content more discoverable. Below are our general rules/guidelines.

1. When submitting tags, we use the comma , as the divider. We do not use the hash tag sign #
2. Tags should be in English
3. We limit submissions to 5 tags. You don't have to use all 5 tags.
4. Generally speaking, tags at Alpha Coders are singular, not pluralized
5. flower not flowers
6. cat not cats
7. building not buildings
8. Sometimes you'll get direct messages from Alpha System about tag modifications related to things like this.
9. We try to use () to make generic tags more specific.
10. For example, the tag Isaac would be considered too generic. There are many Issacs.
11. Isaac (The Orville) would be a better tag.

When displaying content on a tag page, (for example, https://alphacoders.com/goku) we prioritize a combination of the upvotes of the content, it's quality, and the number of tags on the content. Content tagged Goku, Dragon Ball Z would show up before content tagged Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Gohan, Dragon Ball Z. The assumption is that users are tagging the main points of content, and content with multiple main points (lots of characters, for example), would naturally show up after content that more specifically featured that tag.

Moderators are instructed to remove incorrect tags, and may downvotes tags that are poor examples of the tag, or if a user is submitting enough content for a specific tag to overwhelm the page.

Example Time!

The tag tree is pretty common. If someone clicks on the tree tag, what are the expecting to find? Wallpapers that feature trees. So lets look at two example images.

Both images above have a tree in them. But the tree is the main focus in only one of these images. The way we do tagging here at Alpha Coders, only one of these images really meets our goal of tagging. A moderator would not remove the tag tree in the second image, but it would be appropriate for them to downvote the second image if it showed up on our tag page for trees. This would potentially limit the reach of the image.

Another common area is with characters. Consider the following image:

It's common for users to tag an image like this with Mario, Link, Bowser, etc until the 5 tag limit is reached.

However, with an image like this, none of the characters are actually the point of the image. It's not a great Mario Wallpaper. It's not a great Bowser Wallpaper. It is, however, a GREAT Super Smash Bros: Ultimate wallpaper.