I expect many people currently use tags primarily as handy ways to find or share collections of posts on a given topic (I know I do), and I think that that usage is quite valuable.
But if some wiki entries are long, then users wonāt immediately see the list of posts which have the associated tag.
Users might not even be aware that there is such a list further down on the page (they might think the page is just a wiki entry). E.g., this could come up if I shared a tag page with someone as a way of saying āhere are some posts you might want to check outā, but they instead think Iām just sharing the wiki entry. Iām not sure how bad thatād be, since the wiki entry would probably usually also be useful to the same person, but I imagine there would be cases where itād be less useful or interesting to them for some reason.
Do you have thoughts on how to handle this?
Some ideas I had:
Make it so that, by default, only the lead section of wiki entries are immediately shown, and thereās a button to expand the āboxā for the entry to see more
Then the user would also see the list of tags relatively near the top
If users expand the entry box, they could click a button to collapse it again
Make it so that, by default, only the first certain number of words of wiki entries are immediately shown, and thereās a button to expand the āboxā for the entry to see more
Not sure what the ideal number would be
Something like the above options, but with the opposite default and then a button for collapsing the entry down to the lead or something
Giving users the option to link to the list of tagged posts (so that when you open the link, you start partway down the page rather than at the top), like how you can currently link to a specific section of a Forum post
Give users the option to link to the page with the entry box set to be expanded vs collapsed
So that people who follow the link still start from the top, but the person sharing the link can decide whether the focus is placed on the entry or on just the first part of the entry and then the list of tagged posts
Yeah, I see long entries that are also tags (rather than wiki-only entries) that way.
From memory, I think I was just speculating about a possible issue without having actually seen that issue on any pages. So it seems my comment was unnecessary and roughly my first or second suggestion was already implemented!
I expect many people currently use tags primarily as handy ways to find or share collections of posts on a given topic (I know I do), and I think that that usage is quite valuable.
But if some wiki entries are long, then users wonāt immediately see the list of posts which have the associated tag.
Users might not even be aware that there is such a list further down on the page (they might think the page is just a wiki entry). E.g., this could come up if I shared a tag page with someone as a way of saying āhere are some posts you might want to check outā, but they instead think Iām just sharing the wiki entry. Iām not sure how bad thatād be, since the wiki entry would probably usually also be useful to the same person, but I imagine there would be cases where itād be less useful or interesting to them for some reason.
Do you have thoughts on how to handle this?
Some ideas I had:
Make it so that, by default, only the lead section of wiki entries are immediately shown, and thereās a button to expand the āboxā for the entry to see more
Then the user would also see the list of tags relatively near the top
If users expand the entry box, they could click a button to collapse it again
Make it so that, by default, only the first certain number of words of wiki entries are immediately shown, and thereās a button to expand the āboxā for the entry to see more
Not sure what the ideal number would be
Something like the above options, but with the opposite default and then a button for collapsing the entry down to the lead or something
Giving users the option to link to the list of tagged posts (so that when you open the link, you start partway down the page rather than at the top), like how you can currently link to a specific section of a Forum post
Give users the option to link to the page with the entry box set to be expanded vs collapsed
So that people who follow the link still start from the top, but the person sharing the link can decide whether the focus is placed on the entry or on just the first part of the entry and then the list of tagged posts
We already have a āread moreā label that affixes itself to long wiki entries after a certain number of (either words or characters, not sure).
This is what I see when I open one long entry:
Do you see something else? If so, the āread moreā feature might be bugged.
I think this feature means we donāt need the others you suggested, though I liked suggestion #4 the most out of those.
Yeah, I see long entries that are also tags (rather than wiki-only entries) that way.
From memory, I think I was just speculating about a possible issue without having actually seen that issue on any pages. So it seems my comment was unnecessary and roughly my first or second suggestion was already implemented!