it probably makes sense to have at least some tags to mark that posts are relevant to particular countries/regions
but that this should probably be something like 2-20 tags, just in the cases where there are several posts for which the tag would be useful
Rather than e.g. a tag for every country (which I’m not saying you proposed!)
Relevant prior tags and discussion
There are already tags for China and the European Union. The tag description for the China one (which I wrote) could perhaps be used as a model/starting point for other such tags:
The China tag is for posts that are about China, that address how China is relevant to various issues EAs care about, or that are relevant to how one could have an impact by engaging with China.
It seems perhaps odd to single China out for a tag while not having tags for e.g. USA, Southeast Asia, ASEAN, United Nations, Middle Powers. But we do have a tag for posts relevant to the European Union. And China does seem like a particularly important topic, and one that it makes sense to have a specific tag for. And maybe we should indeed have tags for United Nations and Middle Powers.
I’d be interested in thoughts on whether BRICS, Rising Powers, or something else would be a better label/scope for this tag than China.
Yes, I also had something like 5-15 tags in mind. Your proposal for China makes sense to me, though I had a more “internal” perspective in mind, where EAs from the US/UK/Australia/Germany/Canada/etc. could get an overview of articles that are relevant for their specific country and are maybe indirectly encouraged to add something. So I’d write it as
The [country/region]tag is for posts that are about [country/region], that are especially relevant for EAs from and EA communities in [country/region] or that are relevant for projects that involve [country/region].
Looking at the EA Survey results on geographic distribution, I’d maybe do
Personally, I think:
it probably makes sense to have at least some tags to mark that posts are relevant to particular countries/regions
but that this should probably be something like 2-20 tags, just in the cases where there are several posts for which the tag would be useful
Rather than e.g. a tag for every country (which I’m not saying you proposed!)
Relevant prior tags and discussion
There are already tags for China and the European Union. The tag description for the China one (which I wrote) could perhaps be used as a model/starting point for other such tags:
And when I proposed the China tag, I wrote:
Yes, I also had something like 5-15 tags in mind. Your proposal for China makes sense to me, though I had a more “internal” perspective in mind, where EAs from the US/UK/Australia/Germany/Canada/etc. could get an overview of articles that are relevant for their specific country and are maybe indirectly encouraged to add something. So I’d write it as
Looking at the EA Survey results on geographic distribution, I’d maybe do
US
UK
Austria-NZ
Germany-Austria-Switzerland
Canada
Netherlands
France
Scandinavia
Southeast Asia
Latin America