cross-posted from: ani.social/post/21055313

Here are current recommended (but optional) tags for c/anime:

  • [DISC] or [Discussion] for general discussion/question posts
  • [WT!] Watch This! posts with a recommendation/review
  • [Clip] a video clip post
  • [News] for news and updates
  • [Spoiler] for discussions with spoilery content - indicate the series that is being spoiled

Here are the ones for c/manga:

  • [Discussion], [DISC] - chapter discussion threads
  • [Art] - Official art from a series or author, OC fan-art is also allowed
  • [News] - news updates about series, authors, publishers, etc.
  • [RT!] - Read This! posts are posts in which you recommend a series to others. Please provide a short review and information about the series as well.

IMO these guidelines could use some updates.

Here are my suggestions:

anime manga rationale
[Episode] [Chapter] Makes it clear the thread is about a newly-released episode / chapter
[Clip] [Art] Keep as is; small snippet regarding the anime / manga
[Recommendation] [Recommendation] For any posts asking for a recommendation, or posts that recommend an anime or manga; replaces WT! and RT!; see below for fine-grained alternatives
[Community] [Community] For any posts that start a general discussion in the community (e.g. your favorite anime / manga); alternatively: [General]
[Spoiler] [Spoiler] Keep as is
[Meta] [Meta] For posts regarding the community itself; for posts like this

If the proposed [Recommendation] has to be more fine-grained:

anime manga rationale
[Watch This!] [Read This!] Same as before; for posts recommending others to watch this anime / read this manga
[Review] [Review] For reviews of an anime / manga
[Recommendation] [Recommendation] For posts specifically asking for recommendations

The [Discussion] tag was excluded because if you think about it, every post is a discussion thread.

The final set of tags doesn’t have to follow this proposal exactly; thought this could make a good starting point.

What are your thoughts?