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Subject: Tag use?
Date Posted: 7/5/2023 11:07 AM ET
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Issues with adding tags -- 

-- can we not use more than ten tags?  I know I used to be able to add 12 or 14 per book.  
-- some tags not allowed?  I tried multiple times to add ' US Marshall Service'  as the first tag. Then later tried to add ' drug use'. Neither of these will 'save'. 



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Date Posted: 7/7/2023 11:42 PM ET
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I had 312 tags and just added another one a few minutes ago making it 313, with no probems.

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Date Posted: 7/13/2023 4:09 AM ET
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I've found certain words or letter combinations won't go through. I played with your tag, and found  I could add "Marshall Service"  (British spelling) "Marshal Service" (American spelling) and "United States Marshal Service" / "United States Marshall Service", if that helps.

"Drug abuse" works, but not "Drug use".

Play with your wording a bit, and you can often find something that will work. There's no limit to how many tags you can add.

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Date Posted: 7/13/2023 11:29 AM ET
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Thanks, Patty....just some weird things going on this week with some functions. 

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Date Posted: 8/7/2023 6:58 PM ET
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today another tag issue......... Won't let me add 'Queen Elizabeth I' as a tag!!

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Date Posted: 3/2/2024 10:51 PM ET
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More tag issues....won't let me add ' Women's Movement' or ' right to vote'. 

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Date Posted: 3/4/2024 8:49 PM ET
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Several years ago, a bunch of problem words were blocked, including swear words and insults. I find that sometimes if a letter combination is part of a blocked word, I have to find a work-around.

"right 2 vote" works

"Women's movement" worked for me

Queen Elizabeth 1 (with a numeral) and Queen Elizabeth the First both work

If you have tag with 2 or more words that won't "take", try the words individually, and you'll see which word is causing the problem.Then you can figure out an alternate tag.

 

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Date Posted: 3/4/2024 9:55 PM ET
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Thanks, Patty. Will try the suggestions.