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# Information for new people:
## Definitions
*A category* is mandatory for topic creation. You have to choose one in order to even create a topic.
*A tag* is optional. Tags are used to aid in searching for a specific type of thing.
## Information 
This guide shows you how to correctly use categories and what tags are available for use, and how to correctly use them.
# Topic Categories
These are the respective categories of the forum that you put topics in.
|Category|Description|
|-|-|
#help |The Help category is for getting help on your Gimkit Creative maps and getting ideas from the community for your Gimkit Creative map. Use this category for questions if it does not fit in any other category (about Gimkit Creative.)|
| #devices | The Devices category is for all things about devices. People use this category to provide information about devices and in-depth help questions related to a specific component. (Devices Is Not A Trash Can) This is also used frequently for in-depth research.
| #bugs | The Bugs category is for bug reports relating to Gimkit Creative; like if something behaves abnormally or if Gimkit crashes.|
| #community-made-guides | The Community-made Guides category is for writing tutorials about how to make specific things in Gimkit Creative.|
| #updates | The Updates category is for updates made to Gimkit Creative respectively.
| #gimkit-awards | The Gimkit Awards category is for topics related to the Gimkit Awards event. Only certain people (ex: Unstable) have access to make it.|
| #art | The Art category is for all topics and guides about art in Gimkit Creative, including requests, in-game prop art, and thumbnails.|
| #uncategorized | Unused category that cannot be used in topics. |
# Guide Category Tags

These tags are added to guides to indicate what type of tag the guide is. Tags in this chapter must be in #community-made-guides::category

|Tag|Meaning|
| --- | --- |
|#psa::tag|Topics swaying people to do something over another action. Do not create forum #psa::tag topics unless instructed by a moderator. ^[The prospect of PSAs (Public Service Announcements) was created by GimAI, an AI bot from the early Discourse Forum history.]]|
|#gimkit-beginners|Easy topics for Gimkit beginners to read.|
|#forum-beginners|Topics that new forum users should read. *(Also Found Elsewhere)*|
|#forum-tips|Guides about teaching others how to use the forum. *(Also Found Elsewhere)*|
|#tug|The Ultimate Guide, reserved for large, comprehensive guides that cover large amounts of a topic.|
|#concept|Topics discussing abstract concepts like AUO.|
|#nature-of|Guides going deep into a specific device’s structure, nature and it’s uses, mostly exposing less-known devices to light.|
|#idea-catalog|Topics that are a collection of ideas, usually for maps.|

# Help/Bug Post Category Tags

Indicator tags used to group together help topics into different statuses. Must be in #help::category or #bugs::category.

|Tag|Meaning|
| --- | --- |
|#ideas|For help posts requesting ideas or inspiration.|
|#clay-institute|The hardest known difficulty and hard-to-resolve questions. If solved, they could open up new possibilities for building.|


# Forum Tags

Tags that directly relate to the forums

|Tag|Meaning|
| --- | --- |
|#forum-beginners|Topics that new forum users should read. (Also found elsewhere)|
|#forum-tips|Guides about teaching others how to use the forum. (Also found elsewhere)|



# Topic Tags

Tags discussing a specific topic, game, or Gamemode. Examples of topics: Pizza Tower, Baldi’s Basics, Minecraft, Gimkit’s Farmchain, Gimkit’s DLD. Usually goes in #community-made-guides::category

|Tag|Meaning|
| --- | --- |
|#game-recreation|Topics related to the recreation of an external game, physical, mental, emotional, or digital|
|#gimkit-formatting|Topics related to formatting (usually text) within GimKit ^[or in some cases, the forums]. |
|#Code|A topic associated with blockcode mechanics|
|#among-us|Topics about making Among Us in Gimkit.|
|#battle-royale|Topics relating to battle-royale styled games.|
|#capture-the-flag|Topics about making Capture the Flag.|
|#farmchain|Topics about making Farmchain.|
|#tag-domination|Topics about making Tag.|
|#fishtopia|Topics about making Fishtopia.|
|#pokemon|Topics related making Pokémon in Gimkit.|
|#minecraft|Minecraft mechanics|
|#snowy-survival|Snowy-Survival mechanics|
|#halloween|Halloween topics|
|#fnaf|Five Nights at Freddy’s mechanics.|
|#rpg|Topics related making role playing games in Gimkit.|
|#tycoon|Topics about making tycoon games.|
|#escape-room|Topics about making escape rooms in Gimkit.|
|#trap|Topics about making GKC traps and pranks to trick your friends.|
|#christmas|Topics related to Christmas art/builds.|
|#voting|Topics related to voting.|
|#survival|Topics related to Survival Games|
|#racing|For racing topics.|
|#bedwars|For bedwars topics.|
|#military|Usually for an #art::category guide about military-related designs and creations.|
|#baldis-basics|Guides pertaining to Baldi’s Basics or tutorials to the game.|
|#timer| Guides about working countdown timers.|
| #board-game | Guides associated with recreations of board games.
|#top-down | Topics about systems or ideas in relation to the top-down map style.
|#platformer| Topics about systems or ideas in relation to the platforming map style.

# Other

Tags that do not fit in the other categories.

|Tag|Meaning|Recommended Category|
| --- | --- | --- |
|#research|Topics relating to gathering information or working together to research different aspects of GimKit that might not have been discovered yet.|#devices|
|#technical|Topics related to Technical Gimkit that are about complicated concepts. Redundant due to #clay-institute::tag and #concept::tag.|#devices|