• Tags should be comma-separated, and you should use a period (".") to separate words inside a tag — e.g. "hip.hop".
• There is a list of official tags the torrent upload page')?>. Please use these tags instead of "unofficial" tags (e.g. use the official "drum.and.bass" tag, instead of an unofficial "dnb" tag). Please note that the "2000s" tag refers to music produced between 2000 and 2009.
• Avoid abbreviations if at all possible. So instead of tagging an album as "alt", tag it as "alternative". Make sure that you use correct spelling.
• Avoid using multiple synonymous tags. Using both "prog.rock" and "progressive.rock" is redundant and annoying—just use the official "progressive.rock" tag.
• Do not add "useless" tags, such as "seen.live", "awesome", "rap" (is encompassed by "hip.hop"), etc. If an album is live, you can tag it as "live".
• Only tag information on the album itself—not the individual release. Tags such as "v0", "eac", "vinyl", "from.oink", etc. are strictly forbidden. Remember that these tags will be used for other versions of the same album.
• You should be able to build up a list of tags using only the official tags the torrent upload page')?>. If you are in any doubt about whether or not a tag is acceptable, do not add it.

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