Hi, A while since I posted. I had a thought about that happens when you are deleting a tiddler that is also tagging a number of other tiddlers in a TW hosted in TiddlySpace.
Say I have a Space that includes content from a number of other spaces (to get a practical idea of what I mean, go and see @tiddlymanuals in TS, and follow links to explore the AMBIT material to get an idea of how teams of NON-techie therapists around the UK are starting to develop multiple local versions of core (included) content of a complex therapy "manual" that I host for the Anna Freud Centre <http://annafreud.org>) If I'm doing some editing on an important tiddler that is included from another space (one that is, say, tagging another 10 tiddlers), but then I decide that my edits are rubbish, I might give up and decide to delete my 'local' copy of the tiddler - safe in the knowledge that the core (original, included) version will simply "pop back" in its place. Now, when I click the Delete button, I get a warning pop-up that says "This tiddler is tagging 10 other tiddlers, DO YOU WANT TO DELETE the tags in these 10 tiddlers?" with a tick and a cross to choose between... Now it is quite easy to get a bit confused at this point (trust me, I know) - a tick looks quite tempting to a confused person - it's like you find yourself saying "OK, computer... you are cleverer than me, I will accede to your suggestion, cos frankly when you start talking about tags and tiddlers my head goes a bit wobbly... [I can't mentalize<http://ambit.tiddlyspace.com/#Mentalization>you, Mr computer...]" - if you DO click the TICK ("delete tags") button then when the original tiddler from the core "bounces back", it is no longer functioning as a topic header in your local version - you have lost a whole load of meaningful connections between tiddlers... So it seems to me that the way the choice in the warning panel is phrased is biased towards the riskier option (deleting the carefully-placed tags) especially with less confident editors... So what if we (you clever people, I mean) changed the warning sign I am talking about to something like this: *WARNING! * You are deleting a tiddler that "tags" [x] other tiddlers in this document. Do you want to DELETE or KEEP those tags in place on those other [x] tiddlers? If you KEEP the tags in place, then if you later use a different version of this tiddler (if you write a new one from scratch, or have the original version 'bounce back' from material that has been "included" in your wiki from another space) then connections will all still be in place. *The safest thing to do is KEEP the tags! * *DELETE TAGS [X] * *KEEP TAGS [V]* I hope that makes sense. Best wishes all Dickon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/-/Y-FL4mI6tW4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
