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We may be moving to a system of using "Tags" for pages we create. These would appear as Categories at the bottom of the page, and would be defined in a template, perhaps like this:
This MediWiki software uses the concept of page '''Categories''' (most sites call them "tags" today). For the purpose of this site, we will use "Tags" and "Categories" interchangeably. Each page can be tagged with a Category, and then you can click on that Category and see all other pages with the same tag.


We are going to start using these "Tags" much more extensively. These would appear as Categories at the bottom of the page, and can be defined in a template, perhaps like this:
<pre><nowiki>
<pre><nowiki>
{{InfoBox |
{{InfoBox |
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</nowiki></pre>
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"Tags" would be a template that just created categories from whatever values are passed.
"Tags" is a template that just creates categories from whatever values are passed. This page will serve as a listing of the Tags we want to support for different items.


This page will serve as a listing of the Tags we want to support for different items.
The InfoBox would be unique to each one -- for instance, a publication or company might have a Start Year and End Year, while other InfoBoxes might only have a year (like when a Game was released). Beyond that, everything else will probably be a category tag.


The InfoBox would be unique to each one -- for instance, a publication or company might have a Start Year and End Year, while other InfoBoxes might only have a year (like when a Game was released). Beyond that, everything could be a tag.
MediaWiki supports sub-categories. Meaning, if you create a category called "Game" (which we have), and inside that Category page it can have "Category: Software". Thus, anything tagged with "Game" instantly gets Software as a tag.


'''UPDATE:''' MediaWiki supports sub-categories. Meaning, if you create a category called "Game" (which we have), inside that Category it can have "Category: Software". Thus, anything tagged with "Game" instantly gets Software as a tag. If we set these up properly, we won't have to do as many tags!
If we set these up properly, we won't have to do as many tags! (i.e., tagging a page with "Game" automatically makes it "Software").


=== Platform Tags ===
=== Platform Tags ===
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== Company Tags ==
== Company Tags ==
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Company".
I suppose we'd have a tag for the publisher, like '''Falsoft'''. Thus, pages about "Rainbow Magazine" or books published by them would all show up under the Falsoft category tag.
 
I don't think we can use sub-categories here, since if we made "Falsoft" a sub-category of "Company", then we tagged "Rainbow Magazine" with "Falsoft", "Rainbow Magazine" would show up as a Company, which is it not.


== Convention Tags ==
== Convention Tags ==
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Convention".
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Convention". Thus, clicking on "Convention" would show CoCoFests, Rainbowfests, Color Expo, etc. BUT, we have to be careful. If we wanted to tag "Marty's Nightmare" with "Atlanta CoCoFest" (since it was released there), that would make "Marty's Nightmare" appear under Convention. It is not, so maybe we don't want a sub-category here?


== Hardware Tags ==
== Hardware Tags ==
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* '''Joystick Port''' - plugs in to the joystick port
* '''Joystick Port''' - plugs in to the joystick port
* '''Cassette Port''' - plugs in to the cassette port
* '''Cassette Port''' - plugs in to the cassette port
=== Device ===
=== Device ===
* '''Audio Digitizer'''
* '''Audio Digitizer'''
* '''Printer'''
* '''Printer'''
* '''Speech Synthesizer'''
* '''Video Digitizer'''
* '''Video Digitizer'''
* ...etc...
* ...etc...


== People Tags ==
== People Tags ==
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "People".
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "People". Perhaps we'd have things like:
* '''Author''' (or writer? for columnists)
* '''Programmer''' for programmers
* ...?


== Publication Tags ==
== Publication Tags ==
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Publication".
All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Publication". Does a book count as a publication?
* '''Book'''
** '''Hardcover'''
** '''Paperback'''
* '''Magazine'''
** Might be tagged as '''Disk''' is it was distributed as a Disk (thus it might also show up under Software, if "Disk" was a subcategory for Software).
* '''Newsletter'''


== Software Tags ==
== Software Tags ==
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=== Game ===
=== Game ===
Items under here will be subcategories of "Game".
Items under here will be subcategories of "Game".
* Maze - Pac-Man style games
* '''Maze - Pac-Man style games
* Platform - the running, jumping, climbing games like Donkey King
* '''Platform''' - the running, jumping, climbing games like Donkey King
* Puzzle
* '''Puzzle'''
* Shooter - Pew pew!
* '''Shooter''' - Pew pew!
* Simulation - ? We could also have Wargame, etc.
* '''Simulation''' - ? We could also have Wargame, etc.
== Operating System? ===
== Operating System? ===
For software, this is simple. For hardware, thisthat's where multiple tags come in handy. The "RASCAN" video digitizer might be tagged with "CoCo 3" (hardware requirement) and "RS-DOS" (software requirement) for software.
For software, this is simple. For hardware, thisthat's where multiple tags come in handy. The "RASCAN" video digitizer might be tagged with "CoCo 3" (hardware requirement) and "RS-DOS" (software requirement) for software.
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* [[DECB]] - requires Disk Extended Color BASIC (or we could call this RS-DOS?)
* [[DECB]] - requires Disk Extended Color BASIC (or we could call this RS-DOS?)
* [[ECB]] - requires Extended Color Basic ...etc...
* [[ECB]] - requires Extended Color Basic ...etc...
=== Productivity ===
=== Productivity ===
Items under here will be subcategories of "Productivity".
Items under here will be subcategories of "Productivity".
** Word Processor
** '''Disk Utility''' - we can't just use "Utility" and "Disk" as two tags, since we might want "Disk", "Cassette" and "ROM-Pak" to be software subcateogries describing how the item was distributed.
** '''Word Processor'''

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This MediWiki software uses the concept of page Categories (most sites call them "tags" today). For the purpose of this site, we will use "Tags" and "Categories" interchangeably. Each page can be tagged with a Category, and then you can click on that Category and see all other pages with the same tag.

We are going to start using these "Tags" much more extensively. These would appear as Categories at the bottom of the page, and can be defined in a template, perhaps like this:

{{InfoBox |
| name = Zaxxon
| photo = Zaxxon.jpg
}}
{{Tags | Software | Game | Space | Shooter | Cassette | Joystick}}

"Tags" is a template that just creates categories from whatever values are passed. This page will serve as a listing of the Tags we want to support for different items.

The InfoBox would be unique to each one -- for instance, a publication or company might have a Start Year and End Year, while other InfoBoxes might only have a year (like when a Game was released). Beyond that, everything else will probably be a category tag.

MediaWiki supports sub-categories. Meaning, if you create a category called "Game" (which we have), and inside that Category page it can have "Category: Software". Thus, anything tagged with "Game" instantly gets Software as a tag.

If we set these up properly, we won't have to do as many tags! (i.e., tagging a page with "Game" automatically makes it "Software").

Platform Tags

These are top-level tags that can be for software, hardware or publications (for instance, a book that only covered CoCo 3 items).

  • CoCo 1 - items that ONLY work on CoCo 1
  • CoCo 1 - items that ONLY work on CoCo 2 (are there any???)
  • CoCo 1/2 - items that work on either a CoCo 1 or 2
  • CoCo 3 - items that support CoCo 3 specific modes.

A dual-mode program like Tetris or Arkanoid would be tagged as "CoCo 1/2" and "CoCo 3", I suppose. Something specific to the CoCo 3 like "Z-89" would only have "CoCo 3" as a tag.

Company Tags

I suppose we'd have a tag for the publisher, like Falsoft. Thus, pages about "Rainbow Magazine" or books published by them would all show up under the Falsoft category tag.

I don't think we can use sub-categories here, since if we made "Falsoft" a sub-category of "Company", then we tagged "Rainbow Magazine" with "Falsoft", "Rainbow Magazine" would show up as a Company, which is it not.

Convention Tags

All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Convention". Thus, clicking on "Convention" would show CoCoFests, Rainbowfests, Color Expo, etc. BUT, we have to be careful. If we wanted to tag "Marty's Nightmare" with "Atlanta CoCoFest" (since it was released there), that would make "Marty's Nightmare" appear under Convention. It is not, so maybe we don't want a sub-category here?

Hardware Tags

All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Hardware".

Interface (or Port?)

Items under here will be a sub-category of "Interface". We need to use "Port" here because "Cassette" will probably be a software sub-category (for Media the program came on). Joystick is a problem. We might want to tag a hardware device as a Joystick, but also want to use Joystick as a tag for a game that uses them... We can't do both, so the keywords have to be different if we want to use sub-categories.

  • Cartridge Port - plugs in to the cartridge port
  • Serial Port - plugs in to the serial port
  • Joystick Port - plugs in to the joystick port
  • Cassette Port - plugs in to the cassette port

Device

  • Audio Digitizer
  • Printer
  • Speech Synthesizer
  • Video Digitizer
  • ...etc...

People Tags

All of these tags will be a sub-category of "People". Perhaps we'd have things like:

  • Author (or writer? for columnists)
  • Programmer for programmers
  • ...?

Publication Tags

All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Publication". Does a book count as a publication?

  • Book
    • Hardcover
    • Paperback
  • Magazine
    • Might be tagged as Disk is it was distributed as a Disk (thus it might also show up under Software, if "Disk" was a subcategory for Software).
  • Newsletter

Software Tags

All of these tags will be a sub-category of "Software".

Game

Items under here will be subcategories of "Game".

  • Maze - Pac-Man style games
  • Platform - the running, jumping, climbing games like Donkey King
  • Puzzle
  • Shooter - Pew pew!
  • Simulation - ? We could also have Wargame, etc.

Operating System? =

For software, this is simple. For hardware, thisthat's where multiple tags come in handy. The "RASCAN" video digitizer might be tagged with "CoCo 3" (hardware requirement) and "RS-DOS" (software requirement) for software.

  • OS-9 - runs on any version of OS-9?
  • OS-9 Level 1 - only runs on OS-9 Level 1.
  • OS-9 Level 2 - only runs on OS-9 Level 2.
  • NitrOS-9 - only runs under NitroOS-9... I guess we could have Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 here too.
  • DECB - requires Disk Extended Color BASIC (or we could call this RS-DOS?)
  • ECB - requires Extended Color Basic ...etc...

Productivity

Items under here will be subcategories of "Productivity".

    • Disk Utility - we can't just use "Utility" and "Disk" as two tags, since we might want "Disk", "Cassette" and "ROM-Pak" to be software subcateogries describing how the item was distributed.
    • Word Processor