The Repository tag seems like it ought to be merged with Collections, but it carves up a specific tradition of posts on LessWrong. Specifically posts which elicit topical resources from user comments (e.g. best textbooks).
The List of Links tag is usefwl for getting a higher-level overview of something, because it doesn’t include posts which only point to a single resource.
The List of Lists tag is usefwl for getting a higher-level overview of everything above. Also, I suggest every list-related tag should link to the List of Lists tag in the description. That way, you don’t have to link all those tags to each other (which would be annoying to update if anything changes).
I think the strongest case for merging is {List of Links, Collections} → {List}, since I’m not sure there needs to be separate categories for internal lists vs external lists, and lists of links vs lists of other things.
I have not thought this through sufficiently to recommend this without checking first. If I were to decide whether to make this change, I would think on it more.
I realize LW doesn’t natively support aliases, but adding a section to the end with related search-terms seems like a cost-efficient half-solution. When you type into the box designed for tagging a post, it seems to also search the description of that tag (or does some other magic).
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Should probably be merged with the Lists of Links tag.
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I was going to agree, but now I think it should just be split...
The Resource tag can include links to single resources, or be a single resource (like a glossary).
The Collections tag can include posts in which the author provides a list (e.g. bullet-points of writing advice), or links to a list.
The tag should ideally be aliased with “List”.[1]
The Repository tag seems like it ought to be merged with Collections, but it carves up a specific tradition of posts on LessWrong. Specifically posts which elicit topical resources from user comments (e.g. best textbooks).
The List of Links tag is usefwl for getting a higher-level overview of something, because it doesn’t include posts which only point to a single resource.
The List of Lists tag is usefwl for getting a higher-level overview of everything above. Also, I suggest every list-related tag should link to the List of Lists tag in the description. That way, you don’t have to link all those tags to each other (which would be annoying to update if anything changes).
I think the strongest case for merging is {List of Links, Collections} → {List}, since I’m not sure there needs to be separate categories for internal lists vs external lists, and lists of links vs lists of other things.
I have not thought this through sufficiently to recommend this without checking first. If I were to decide whether to make this change, I would think on it more.
I realize LW doesn’t natively support aliases, but adding a section to the end with related search-terms seems like a cost-efficient half-solution. When you type into the box designed for tagging a post, it seems to also search the description of that tag (or does some other magic).
Aliases: collections, lists