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list?

Should the list of tone indicators be expanded? I've seen a lot more in common use, like /neu for a neutral tone, /r for a romantic tone, /lyr or /ly for posting song lyrics, /genq for a genuine question (but it might not be worth mentioning since we already have /gen?)... Bludisaster (talk) 19:50, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

if nobody replies to this im gonna start editing and adding. Bludisaster (talk) 15:49, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bludisaster: I added a source with many tone indicators. Feel free to add whatever looks appropriate for the article. ~ AntisocialRyan (talk) 16:28, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear Tone Indicators

I think it would be useful to add a section about unclear tone indicators or criticism of tone indicators, possibly using some points from this video.

I am not against tone indicators, I have found them very useful in my time on the internet. (The /s, /j, and /srs indicators have been especially helpful.) 2603:7080:443B:DB9:C83F:BFD0:7BE:33C6 (talk) 04:39, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Table too long

The list-of table has way too many entries. It's running afoul of WP:INDISCRIMINATE and the section's contents is not WP:RS-supported ("list of Twitter slang" from a random website). It needs some major culling. Nixinova T C 10:40, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think it would be helpful to make a differentiation in "context by emotion"<->"context by source" using two tables, and possibly aid this conflict?

Things such as /j, /s, /gen and such would mention the emotion of a message, or emotional meaning behind it. Whilst indicators/tags as /ly, /f, /rh and such would have the goal of making more clear what the text given is. I would like to note, /rh could possibly be a point of conflict as to which one it should be in.

There are certainly many others, I personally originally came to add /ref, meaning reference, in humour context. Though given this table is about internet culture, it seems, for which I could find, not much credible sources talk extensively about it.

I have checked out the linked pages you mentioned, and to me it seems my originally proposed idea would not help with this. Possibly there is a need for an external page, that has a list, which could be linked to. Though it would still seem nice for there to be a concise list about this on the page, whilst clarifying some may depend on the community.

A possible different solution or idea would be to have a table (/ multiple tables) that specifically references a 'community'. Those being for example Twitter, 4chan, 2channel, etc. Though this idea seems to be a re-doing of the original problem, it becoming a dump of info.

I apologise for bringing back this post, but believe it is still relevant, and apologise for possible incorrections. Lilyroselavender (talk) 23:45, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My point is that we should not be including a comprehensive list in this article. See the linked essays in my previous post. We should only include what the WP:RS articles from NYT etc mention and no more. Nixinova T C 09:04, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

/f for flirty

I've seen /f bring used for flirty. Haven't seen it for fake though. Both might exist within different communities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.47.175.15 (talk) 23:31, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Autism community

Tone indicators are a big part of the autistic online forums and should be mentioned! I think it’d be enriching to mention the social and cultural significance that tone tags have Lependoe (talk) 00:16, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]