Nobody follows it and it's dumb and we shouldn't have stuff like that in RC cause it's the old-style "recommendation" guideline rather than a fairly strict rule.
this one
also saying stuff in the primary metadata shouldn't be in tags is a bad thing, because osu web supports specific term searching using quotation marks " ", so removing title or artist from full phrases in tags would make said full phrases less easy to search with to find the map.
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so like, we can either remove the main guideline or rewrite it as a rule since there are good points to keep it. It being a guideline that's poorly followed like this is dumb
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Let's discuss this until Oct 27th
Additional Tags: It is recommended to include tags such as the language(s), genre(s) of the track in the map, related artists, and whatever may aid a player to find the map. Terms already in the primary metadata (Artist, Title, Source) should not be included in tags.
this one
also saying stuff in the primary metadata shouldn't be in tags is a bad thing, because osu web supports specific term searching using quotation marks " ", so removing title or artist from full phrases in tags would make said full phrases less easy to search with to find the map.
edit:
so like, we can either remove the main guideline or rewrite it as a rule since there are good points to keep it. It being a guideline that's poorly followed like this is dumb
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current proposal
rules wrote:
- If the song mapped is a licensed one in the featured artist library, `featured artist` must be added to tags.
- If the artist or title field were shortened to fit in field limits, the omitted information must be added to tags.
- Do not include tags which have no relation to the beatmap or its song. Tags relating to the beatmap's style, storyboard, video, or background content are considered related to the beatmap and would be allowed in tags.
guidelines wrote:
- Song genre and language should be added to the tags of a beatmap. This is to enable users to search using these terms in-game like they do on the website. For instrumental tracks, "instrumental" is considered the language tag. Exceptions would be when language and/or genre are not clear, or multiple apply. In case of the latter, one fitting tag for each may be applied.
- Additional Tags: It is recommended to include tags such related artists, alternate titles for the song, alternate spellings of an artist name, simplified contractions for words in metadata fields, and whatever may aid a player to find the map.
- If the source of the song is available in both unicode and romanised formats, the option not used in the source field should be added to tags.