I have a category with: Restrict these tag groups to this category set to a number of tag groups Also allow other tags not checked and I don’t think this matters, but for completeness: Require new topics to have tags from tag groups set to “1” and one of the tag groups above. Right now, I have tag creation restricted to admins — each tag should be associated with an active project team, and I don’t want them created arbitrarily and without some of the window-dressing we use [1]. However, once we merge in Ask Fedora, we may want to lower tag creation level to TL2 or TL3. If we do this, what will happen if someone tries to create a new tag in the first category? Is it: A) Not just an option — can’t do that here! or B) The “Create: ‘whatever’” text comes up, you can create the tag, and then fail to post because you’re violating the rules. or C) something I have not imagined? Thank you! particularly, configuring Tag Sidebars ↩︎

Oh I see, my apologies! If the user tries to create a tag but there is a tag group requirement for that category then they’ll see The ___ category does not allow the ___ tag. Please remove it. Here is what it looks like on my test site: [Screenshot 2022-10-26 at 4.37.30 PM]

[image] Matthew Miller: I have tag creation restricted to admins Great! Only admins can assign tags. [image] Matthew Miller: I don’t want them created arbitrarily Bummer. Admins are exempt from your rules. Somewhere there’s a You created a topic about it. It would be nice if it would at least warn admins that they were misbehaving, and better still if it would make it easier for the to do the Right Thing, but that ain’t the way the (current) world is.

[image] Jay Pfaffman: Somewhere there’s a topic about it [image] Make category tag rules / restrictions apply to moderators too Feature Problem: We have moderators who are also very active users of the site We’re using tag groups and tag requirements heavily — it’s fundamental to the structure of the site. [1] Moderator powers are always on, even if someone with moderator status is just posting. Together, this means it is easy to inadvertently mess up. Request Please make tag requirements for categories apply even to moderators and admins.[2] See Navigating Fedora Discussion — Tags, Categories, and Concepts - Fedora Discu…

Right, yeah, that’s me — and that’s why I’m asking rather than trying it. But this question is somewhat different. I’m wondering how the category tag rules and the “min trust to create tag” site setting interact.

Hey Matthew! If someones doesn’t meet the required trust level to create tags and they try to create a new tag in a topic they should just see No matches found instead of that “Create:___” text, like in the screenshot below: [Screenshot 2022-10-26 at 5.32.57 PM] They only be able to select a tag from the group(s) you have set for your Restrict these tag groups to this category.

Hi @jessii, and thanks. I’m asking about the other way. If: there is a tag group requirement for that category, and no other tags are allowed, and a user has TL2, and min trust to create tag is set to TL2, and that user tries (inadvertently, perhaps) to create a new tag when making a new post… what happens?

If a user has a high enough trust level to create a tag, what happens if they try to create a tag in a category with restrictions?

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If a user has a high enough trust level to create a tag, what happens if they try to create a tag in a category with restrictions?

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