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Every thread can have lots of tags, and you can all add some to any thread.
What's the point? Well it makes it easier to group and find things by concept rather than by search term.
Someone just asked about a respray in London, the usual repetitive thing... and they could search but it might return way too much... but tags make this really easy.
Tag URLs are static... even when new things are tagged the one URL encapsulates them all.
Search URLs are not... a search is at one instance in time, and it's actually personal... my search results cannot be shared with you.
So tags give a way of making it possible to create static URLs that include all threads in all categories that are about a single topic.
Example:
http://www.londonfgss.com/tags.php?tag=paint
And tags are searchable, from the top of the page.
Point being? Go fill in tags whenever you spot them not filled in or think more appropriate ones can be added. And yes you can take the piss and add as many as you want, the more the better really.
You'll find them at the bottom of every thread you view, and when you create a thread it's below the post entry box.