# \*\*\* Forum rules and FAQ: Read this first! UPDATED October 3rd, 2014 \*\*\*

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**Category:** The Game Room\
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**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-rules-and-faq-read-this-first-updated-october-3rd-2014/438452 "2008-02-20T23:22:40Z")\
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_Will be adding tags to the Game Room._ _So some threads will get bumped._

Tags are all lower case and words are separated by a -

**Tags in Game Room.**

Going forward, in **Game Room** if posters creating new threads could also choose a tag if appropriate it would be appreciated. I’ll add new tags if desired.

**Adding Tags for a new Thread** (new Topic) should look like this:  
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/SQZ5xtQw/Adding-Tags.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/SQZ5xtQw/Adding-Tags.jpg)

**Available tags**

| TAGS | for | Game | Room |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [baseball-mlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/baseball-mlb) | [football-nfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/football-nfl) | [basketball-nba](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/basketball-nba) | [hockey-nhl](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/hockey-nhl) |
| [horse-sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/horse-sports) | [auto-racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/auto-racing) | [tennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/tennis) | [golf](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/golf) |
| [rpg-war-games](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/rpg-war-games) | [video-games](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/video-games) | [board-card-games](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/board-card-games) | [toys](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/toys) |
| [football-soccer-fifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/football-soccer-fifa) | [college-sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/college-sports) | [cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/cricket) | [boxing-wrestling-mma](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/boxing-wrestling-mma) |
| [death-pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/death-pool) | [celebrity-death](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/celebrity-death) | | |

**How to find all the Tags:**  
[https://boards.straightdope.com/tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags)

**Note** : When a Tag is added by a mod, their username appears as posting to the Op.  
**Note** : The “-” in tags are often equivalent to an “or”. They automatically replace a space and other special characters are pretty limited. So talk-variety-show is for Talk or Variety Shows. The tag tool is a little limited.

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If you want to link to tags or forums in a thread type # and a few letters of the tag or forum and you’ll be prompted for the rest. Like the @ sign for usernames. Example #caf prompts. #Cafe Society. #ook prompts #comic-books-manga #books-writing-myths & #food-drink-cooking

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