Help with category and tag organisation

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The discussion is about category and tag organisation for a forum with a general theme and country-based discussions. becl is seeking advice on whether to use a “locations” category with up to 100 country subcategories or setup countries as tags. Natalie T suggests referencing structuring a multilingual community and [using tags to categorize city-specific questions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-tags-to-categorize-city-spec ific-questions/221880) for guidance. Natalie T also recommends trying ask.discourse.com for self-serve answers. becl appreciates the help and plans to work out the best approach using the provided resources.

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I need a little help with organising categories and tags.

The forum I am creating has a general theme where there will be categories for everyone related to said theme. I also want people to be able to discuss by country. I asked Google Gemini to give me some guidance. It said to have a category called locations and then have every country under that as a subcategory. There could be up to 100 countries or even more.

Is this the best way to setup for country based discussions or shoud they be setup as tags. I want it to be easy for users some of whom might not be very tech savvy.

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You can refer to Structuring a multilingual community which would include useful tips for structuring by countries as well. Other community owners have asked similar questions: Using tags to categorize city specific questions (searchable via :magnifying_glass_tilted_left: above)

By the way, besides asking here, you can also try https://ask.discourse.com for some self-serve answers.

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Hi Natalie,

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

I didn’t know about ask discourse, very helpful. Between that and the other links I will be able to work out the best way forward…tomorrow though it has been a long day :slight_smile: