Update the genres

 Wandering_Queen:

This is why I was going to suggest we have a page or a listing of tags so people can easily see them. Right now tags are just something we can write in or search for but it would be more helpful to have them written out to choose from, eliminate duplicates and we could define what the tag means if necessary.

Nice idea! 

It's true that the Genres and Tags system need to be fixed, 'cause right now it's a mess, and there are many duplicates. 

I personally disagree with some suggestions. For example I STRONGLY disagree with Wuxia becoming a tag instead of a genre, it's not the same thing as Historical or Fantasy, and it may be something that usually includes Historical, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Drama, Action, etc, but it's NOT just a sum of its parts, it's a different thing that DESERVES to be called a genre. It also comes with a few subgenres, which can stay as tags, e.g. Xianxia, Xuanhuan. 

I also disagree with Tragedy becoming a tag, tragedy doesn't just means someone dies at the end (hence spoiler), it's a distinct and defined genre, originated in the theatre of ancient Greece.

But despite my disagreements, I wouldn't really mind any genre becoming a tag, and vice-versa, if and ONLY IF it would also become possible to browse through, search, EXCLUDE search, and DISPLAY all tags properly!! 

And speaking of tags, in my opinion, these could break down as 3-5 different categories: 

- Tropes (e.g rich man-poor woman, amnesia, accident)

- Themes (e.g character development, personal growth, redemption, grey morality, fate)

- Other tags [Subgenres, settings, historical period, things included in the plot, characters, etc.] (e.g xianxia, Joseon dynasty, desert, fluffy, strong female lead, power struggle, special powers)

- Triggers (e.g Suicide, Gore, Bright Lights): For these category especially, it's extremely important to implement some kind of EXCLUDE FILTER search!

- Adaptation could be another category of tags, and it includes: Adapted from a Novel, Web-novel, Light-novel, Comic, Manga, Manhua, Manhwa, Webtoon, Play, Folklore, Mythology, Video Game, Anime.

Some of these can belong to more than one category, e.g revenge. But all of these categories and types of tags are relevant, and shouldn't be disregarded as not important, 'cause it's really different for each one of us!! 

For example, I may personally not give a rat's @ss if a drama depicts a "First Love", or if the "Male Chases Female First" or vice-versa, but search constantly for more dramas with the "Redemption" theme, or that are set on "Tang Dynasty", but that doesn't mean that any of these tags are more or less important than other tags and all should be present somehow (just not duplicated)!

They are there for search purposes to find something to watch! Or to exclude something from a search on what to watch next! Or simply to know what a drama is about! :)

Can XianXia please be added either as a genre or tag? Thank you!

 Mir:

Can XianXia please be added either as a genre or tag? Thank you!

Xianxia already is a tag. If you want to add it to a drama, click on "(Vote or add tags)." Then you will see an option to "Add Tag" and if you type "xianxia" into the search, it should come up. You'll have to wait for it to be approved before it appears on the drama page.

I came here from another post, so I'm just posting my general thoughts:

"We should use authoritative references.
A genre is something general and established as a constant in the whole industry. For instance, the French organization for cinema recognizes only 9 genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror/Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller/Adventure, Crime,  History/War, Biopic, Animation, Documentary
Now I think it's not too far fetched to separate some of them but you have the general idea.

Having a limited number of sub genre could be a good idea. For instance, a film with Horror as a genre and Zombies as a sub genre, or a drama with Romance as a genre and BL/GL as a sub genre, or I don't know what. But it should stay general and be the main point of the story.

For the rest, for me it's only tags. [...] there a lot of them and some don't make sense or are pertinent. I see a lot of them among the highest voted being about the band the idol-actor is in. I don't see how it's pertinent for a drama that one of the actor is an idol. Tags should be about what's inside the drama/movie, not outside. "

Agreed.
Also I feel like if a voted tag falls below (I mean in the negative) a certain percent, it should be removed. I've seen some at -80% of being irrelevant. 

Just commenting to bring this back up. :D

It’s really interesting to read all the opinions on tags and genres. I do agree wirh the vast majority of opinions people have stated so this has 2 votes from me.