# It's Time We Talked About Tags

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**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-time-we-talked-about-tags/72467 "2017-10-20T12:48:25Z")\
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@codinghorror do you have a recommendation for categories vs. tags vs. groups specific to location-based content?

For my use case, I have a community of ham radio operators ([https://community.americanradioclub.com](https://community.americanradioclub.com)). Location is very important for many reasons, but a few main ones are that 1) they can actually make a ham radio contact with users that are close and 2) scheduling local meetups 3) discussing local repeaters, emergency communication drills etc.

I would like to automatically subscribe users to updates for their state/region, use the API to put updates for their state/region in their wordpress dashboard, and also allow them to post events and discussion topics for their region.

Is there a recommended approach for using location in this way?

Currently I am thinking to have Category: Regional Radio, Subcategory: State, then use tags for things like events, meetups, operations, etc.

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