To what degree should moderators add/remove tags?

[anna]

Hi, creators.

I fairly often receive reports from users complaining about tags being incorrect or missing. A few generic examples:

1. a gear mod that is tagged both gear and hair but doesn't actually have hair
2. a gear mod that has no body tags
3. a mod that has NSFW options, a SFW preview, but no nsfw tag
4. a mod missing a content warning

Let me first address each of these examples with how that mod would be moderated:

1. no action
2. no action
3. verify NSFW options, then add the nsfw tag
4. change the mod's visibility to hidden, inform the creator, wait for them to add a content warning, unhide the mod

As you can see, it has been my stance that moderators should not edit the tags of the mod except to add nsfw or nsfl. In the case of a missing content warning, I would like creators to be able to write their own content warnings, so the mod is hidden until that can be accomplished.

My question to you is to what degree should moderators add/remove tags? In all things, I want to allow mod creators to keep their original intent, but if that means poor tagging, should moderators step in? Scenarios 1 and 2 are handled by doing nothing because I don't want to step on a creator's toes for something that isn't a rule violation. What do those of you who create mods think, though?

There is a poll above, but feel free to reply with your thoughts, as well.

 

[sleepybnuuy]

on the topic of body type tags, I could take or leave enforcement of them but understand the case for prioritizing them over other types of non-nsfw/nsfl tagging - searching for gear for a particular body is a hassle on any site, and it makes sense to want gear mods on HS to be correctly labeled for prospective mod users.

for body type tags and incorrect categorizations, maybe a messaging/reporting system directly to the mod creator could be a useful solve to cut down on moderation noise? but that opens up lots of other cans of worms that I'm not sure I'd be jazzed about - a benefit of HS' current setup is not getting bug reports every 5 mins for trivial issues or hatemail/spam (both common on XMA's messaging, to my knowledge).


ensuring correct & consistent body type tagging could, in my mind, require a running list of all the different modded body options for creators to choose from, which seems like a fool's errand (I think a new TBSE or Bibo derivative springs up every 15 minutes).

if there was a demand for more consistent body tagging, one alternative to the world's biggest dropdown could be a mandatory field when creating a mod that edits gear, or skin/faces/other character features - either vanilla must be checked (which would automatically apply a #vanilla tag) or 1+ body type tags filled in by the creator. any modder could still fill this out inaccurately (or put non-body-type tags in the mandatory field), but it would make the requirement of appropriate tagging obvious and give a clear cause for when and how a moderator should step in to alter a mistagged mod.

this could be a bit of a hassle to implement (sample visualization below) or undue effort for a mod creator (personally, I wouldnt mind), but the change to UX alone could encourage better + more consistent tagging and, as above, makes it clear that incorrectly tagging your mods means correction by moderators can be an option.