Implement group mentioning (tagging)

[Martok]

This is currently possible using the Tag Me add-on and it is useful to be able to alert a group of people, for example premium users, moderator group, a team on a gaming forum etc.

In Tag Me there are permissions to specify who can use the group tagging, meaning this can be limited to certain members and prevent mass annoying alerts.

Would be great to see it in the core.

 

[tafreehm]

yes! this would be very useful.

 

[Khaleal]

I think that this is OK only for admins and moderators. If it was allowed to members they'll misuse it notifying a very big group of people which sounds like SPAM. Simply a spammer can post and notify the biggest group he can notify.
If it was implementer the options in the admin control panel should be chosen carefully.

 

[Martok]

I think that this is OK only for admins and moderators. If it was allowed to members they'll misuse it notifying a very big group of people which sounds like SPAM. Simply a spammer can post and notify the biggest group he can notify.
If it was implementer the options in the admin control panel should be chosen carefully.

Group tagging in the Tag Me add-on is a permission that lets you grant it to whichever groups you want to use it. I agree it could be used to spam alerts out which is why I've restricted its use to moderators only. I've also only allowed certain groups to be tagged (it's another option in Tag Me that lets you pick the groups that can be tagged) so even if I was to let some members who weren't mods use it, they couldn't tag the moderator group as I've not set this group as taggable.

 

[QenTox]

I like this suggestion! You have a like from me

 

[Martok]

Thanks!

There's a couple of other suggestions related to tagging that folk might be interested in:

Brogan's suggestion to Implement tagging on user profile posts

My suggestion to Implement email alerts for tagging

I hope it's OK to draw folks' attention to these.

 

[QenTox]

Liked all 3 suggestions as tagging is one of the best things in XenForo and I love it

 

[Moshe1010]

Agree. Would like to see this one.

 

[WoodiE]

Throwing my hat into this suggestion. Would also like to see this added.

 

[majesty95]

So, if I understand this right, does this add on allow you to define a group (say moderators) and tag the entire group with a certain goup name (ie @moderators)? If so, can you customize the group? Fox instance, if I wanted to call the moderators group "Mods" for tagging purposes only could I do that?

 

[Martok]

o, if I understand this right, does this add on

This isn't an add-on, it's a suggestion for adding group tagging to the core software.

 

[Paul B]

Strictly speaking, it would now be group mentioning

 

[arsenik]

Trying to revive it as per https://xenforo.com/community/threads/defacto-usergroup-tagging.109422/
Am I really the only one here who would be enthousiast toward this suggestion?

 

[Martok]

Trying to revive it as per https://xenforo.com/community/threads/defacto-usergroup-tagging.109422/
Am I really the only one here who would be enthousiast toward this suggestion?

Clearly not if you look at the number of likes in the first post. You should like it too.

 

[Martok]

Strictly speaking, it would now be group mentioning

If you wouldn't mind editing the title, seeing as I can't...

 

[Paul B]

Done

I left tagging in the title to aid with searching, for those who still use that term.

 

[Martok]

Done

I left tagging in the title to aid with searching, for those who still use that term.

Thank you.

 

[Robasaur]

Is this still going on? I'd love to see this get coded/implemented in, I'm looking for some code I could scrap together to put it into my forums.

 

[sbj]

Is this still going on? I'd love to see this get coded/implemented in, I'm looking for some code I could scrap together to put it into my forums.

This could be useful.
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/user-mentions-improvements-by-xon.6186/

 

[Robasaur]

This could be useful.
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/user-mentions-improvements-by-xon.6186/

beautiful thank you