The LessWrong dev team is hard at work creating Talk Pages/Discussion pages for tags. When they're done, every tag page will have a corresponding talk page which lets users discuss changes and improvements related to that tag.
We don't have that yet, so in the meantime, please make comments you have about tags (generally or for specific-tags) here. If you're talking about a specific tag, of course, make sure to link to it. You might also want to link back to your comment in the body of the tag description, e.g., "Tag Discussion here"
Examples of things you might comment about a tag:
- Wow, this is a great tag! / I think this tag makes no sense.
- I propose renaming this tag to X for clarity.
- I want feedback on these proposed changes to this tag description.
- I am confused why <post> has been tagged under this tag.
- I have made several improvements. Mods, please review this tag's grading. I think it is now a B-Class tag.
Or:
- Why doesn't a tag for Z exist?
- I really want <feature>, that would make my life much better.
- <Thing> seems broken.
Also, feel free to use this space to claim credit for tags you've worked hard to make great! (we'll give you karma!)
Other relevant pages about tagging
- Tagging FAQ
- Tag Grading Scheme
- Tags Spreadsheet (GSheet, good way to find tags to work on)
Addendum to this comment:
While the LW team are currently the final arbiters of what makes tags and tag descriptions, and I've been assigning the tag grades in almost teacher-like way, people are encouraged to argue with and debate any feedback or norms we've proposed. I do want the community to feel they have a large say in how the system is.
If you think the tag grade system should be different in some way, feel free to say so.
If you think a tag has been given the wrong grade, feel free to say so.
If you think feedback I've given about what would make a tag better is wrong, feel free to argue with it.
I've formed various opinions about what makes for good tags (and also changed those opinions a lot, particularly in response from other LW team members so far) but I doubt I've yet arrived at the perfect opinions, so feedback and pushback welcome from all.
To me, a good state is where we're collectively established enough of an idea of what good tags are that the ability to grade tags is granted to a larger group of tag moderators. And also that people are giving feedback and suggestions (or just making the changes in a do-ocracy way) a bunch between themselves. I think that'll be easier once Talk Pages are live.