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11##Purpose
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3Tags are primarily designed to allow users to mark and find sentences that belong to a certain category. Tags can only be added by advanced contributors, corpus maintainers, and admins.
3Tags are primarily designed to allow users to mark and find sentences that belong to a certain category. Tags can only be added by advanced contributors, corpus maintainers, and admins. If you are a regular contributor and wish to add a tag, you should request it from someone who can do it for you.
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55The most important use of tags is to indicate sentences that need special attention: @change, @check, @delete, etc.
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77If you want to simply mark the author of a sentence, it is best to use a comment.
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99Tag names are to be written in English. For an explanation of this policy, along with further notes, see [Trang's tag guidelines from 2010](http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/11/tags-guidelines.html).
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1111##Tags you should know about
1212
1313###OK
1414The tag *OK* indicates that the sentence is considered correct by at least one person.
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1616###Utility tags
1717Tags whose names begin with "@" indicate sentences that require attention. They are listed below. The following are representative:
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1919- @change - The sentence needs to be changed.
2020- @check - The sentence needs to be checked.
2121- @needs native check - The sentence needs to be checked by a native speaker. (Ideally, contributors will identify their native languages in their profiles.)
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2323##How to help
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2525You must be an advanced contributor in order to tag sentences. However, even if you are not a trusted user, you can still leave a comment that contains the same text as a tag (for example, "@check"). An advanced contributor may later choose to add a tag based on your comment.
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2727Whenever you notice a possible mistake that can be evaluated by either a native or non-native speaker, add the **@check** tag and post a comment explaining what you think the mistake may be.
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2929Whenever you add sentences in a foreign language or encounter sentences written by a non-native speaker, are not completely sure they are correct, and want a native speaker to validate them, add the **@needs native check** tag.
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3131Whenever you notice a sentence that you are certain is unnatural or wrong, add the **@change** tag and post a comment to suggest a correction or better phrasing.
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3333Whenever you can, browse through sentences that are tagged **@change**, **@check**, **@needs native check** to discuss the sentences with other members and help decide what to do with these sentences.
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3535Once the case of a problematic sentence has been solved, tag it **OK**. More generally, you can browse and check others' sentences, and tag them with **OK** to indicate you consider they are correct. But do this when you are 100% sure that the sentence is correct.
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3737Note that Tatoeba will not allow you to use the OK tag on your own sentence, whether you have written it or adopted it.
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3939You must be a corpus maintainer or admin in order to delete tags. However, even if you are not, you can add an **OK** tag to a sentence that contains a **@check**, **@change**, or **@needs native check** tag, and a corpus maintainer or admin can later delete the other tag. The **OK** tag will generally be left in place to indicate that a native speaker has checked the sentence.
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4141## List of utility tags
4242
4343* @change
4444* @change audio
4545* @change flag
4646* @change grammar
4747* @change link
4848* @change or delete
4949* @change or unlink
5050* @change punctuation
5151* @change spelling
5252* @check
5353* @check capitalisation
5454* @check copyright
5555* @check eng-to-jpn translation
5656* @check flag
5757* @check link
5858* @check tag
5959* @check translation
6060* @copyright
6161* @delete
6262* @delete maybe
6363* @duplicate
6464* @link
6565* @needs completion
6666* @needs native check
6767* @not a sentence
6868* @remove annotation
6969* @remove audio
7070* @remove NNC tag
7171* @wrong audio
7272* @wrong translation
7373* @wrong transliteration
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7575## See also
7676
7777* [tag cleanup notes by Swift from 2011](http://martin.swift.is/tatoeba/tags-cleanup.html)
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##Purpose

Tags are primarily designed to allow users to mark and find sentences that belong to a certain category. Tags can only be added by advanced contributors, corpus maintainers, and admins.

The most important use of tags is to indicate sentences that need special attention: @change, @check, @delete, etc.

If you want to simply mark the author of a sentence, it is best to use a comment.

Tag names are to be written in English. For an explanation of this policy, along with further notes, see [Trang's tag guidelines from 2010](http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/11/tags-guidelines.html).

##Tags you should know about

###OK
The tag *OK* indicates that the sentence is considered correct by at least one person.

###Utility tags
Tags whose names begin with "@" indicate sentences that require attention. They are listed below. The following are representative:

- @change - The sentence needs to be changed.
- @check - The sentence needs to be checked.
- @needs native check - The sentence needs to be checked by a native speaker. (Ideally, contributors will identify their native languages in their profiles.) 

##How to help

You must be an advanced contributor in order to tag sentences. However, even if you are not a trusted user, you can still leave a comment that contains the same text as a tag (for example, "@check"). An advanced contributor may later choose to add a tag based on your comment.

Whenever you notice a possible mistake that can be evaluated by either a native or non-native speaker, add the **@check** tag and post a comment explaining what you think the mistake may be.

Whenever you add sentences in a foreign language or encounter sentences written by a non-native speaker, are not completely sure they are correct, and want a native speaker to validate them, add the **@needs native check** tag.

Whenever you notice a sentence that you are certain is unnatural or wrong, add the **@change** tag and post a comment to suggest a correction or better phrasing.

Whenever you can, browse through sentences that are tagged **@change**, **@check**, **@needs native check** to discuss the sentences with other members and help decide what to do with these sentences.

Once the case of a problematic sentence has been solved, tag it **OK**. More generally, you can browse and check others' sentences, and tag them with **OK** to indicate you consider they are correct. But do this when you are 100% sure that the sentence is correct. 

Note that Tatoeba will not allow you to use the OK tag on your own sentence, whether you have written it or adopted it.

You must be a corpus maintainer or admin in order to delete tags. However, even if you are not, you can add an **OK** tag to a sentence that contains a **@check**, **@change**, or **@needs native check** tag, and a corpus maintainer or admin can later delete the other tag. The **OK** tag will generally be left in place to indicate that a native speaker has checked the sentence.

## List of utility tags

* @change
* @change audio
* @change flag
* @change grammar
* @change link
* @change or delete
* @change or unlink
* @change punctuation
* @change spelling
* @check
* @check capitalisation
* @check copyright
* @check eng-to-jpn translation
* @check flag
* @check link
* @check tag
* @check translation
* @copyright
* @delete
* @delete maybe
* @duplicate
* @link
* @needs completion
* @needs native check
* @not a sentence
* @remove annotation
* @remove audio
* @remove NNC tag
* @wrong audio
* @wrong translation
* @wrong transliteration

## See also

* [tag cleanup notes by Swift from 2011](http://martin.swift.is/tatoeba/tags-cleanup.html)

version at: 22/06/2014, 17:20

##Purpose

Tags are primarily designed to allow users to mark and find sentences that belong to a certain category. Tags can only be added by advanced contributors, corpus maintainers, and admins. If you are a regular contributor and wish to add a tag, you should request it from someone who can do it for you.

The most important use of tags is to indicate sentences that need special attention: @change, @check, @delete, etc.

If you want to simply mark the author of a sentence, it is best to use a comment.

Tag names are to be written in English. For an explanation of this policy, along with further notes, see [Trang's tag guidelines from 2010](http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/11/tags-guidelines.html).

##Tags you should know about

###OK
The tag *OK* indicates that the sentence is considered correct by at least one person.

###Utility tags
Tags whose names begin with "@" indicate sentences that require attention. They are listed below. The following are representative:

- @change - The sentence needs to be changed.
- @check - The sentence needs to be checked.
- @needs native check - The sentence needs to be checked by a native speaker. (Ideally, contributors will identify their native languages in their profiles.) 

##How to help

You must be an advanced contributor in order to tag sentences. However, even if you are not a trusted user, you can still leave a comment that contains the same text as a tag (for example, "@check"). An advanced contributor may later choose to add a tag based on your comment.

Whenever you notice a possible mistake that can be evaluated by either a native or non-native speaker, add the **@check** tag and post a comment explaining what you think the mistake may be.

Whenever you add sentences in a foreign language or encounter sentences written by a non-native speaker, are not completely sure they are correct, and want a native speaker to validate them, add the **@needs native check** tag.

Whenever you notice a sentence that you are certain is unnatural or wrong, add the **@change** tag and post a comment to suggest a correction or better phrasing.

Whenever you can, browse through sentences that are tagged **@change**, **@check**, **@needs native check** to discuss the sentences with other members and help decide what to do with these sentences.

Once the case of a problematic sentence has been solved, tag it **OK**. More generally, you can browse and check others' sentences, and tag them with **OK** to indicate you consider they are correct. But do this when you are 100% sure that the sentence is correct. 

Note that Tatoeba will not allow you to use the OK tag on your own sentence, whether you have written it or adopted it.

You must be a corpus maintainer or admin in order to delete tags. However, even if you are not, you can add an **OK** tag to a sentence that contains a **@check**, **@change**, or **@needs native check** tag, and a corpus maintainer or admin can later delete the other tag. The **OK** tag will generally be left in place to indicate that a native speaker has checked the sentence.

## List of utility tags

* @change
* @change audio
* @change flag
* @change grammar
* @change link
* @change or delete
* @change or unlink
* @change punctuation
* @change spelling
* @check
* @check capitalisation
* @check copyright
* @check eng-to-jpn translation
* @check flag
* @check link
* @check tag
* @check translation
* @copyright
* @delete
* @delete maybe
* @duplicate
* @link
* @needs completion
* @needs native check
* @not a sentence
* @remove annotation
* @remove audio
* @remove NNC tag
* @wrong audio
* @wrong translation
* @wrong transliteration

## See also

* [tag cleanup notes by Swift from 2011](http://martin.swift.is/tatoeba/tags-cleanup.html)

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