[Tagging] tag proposal for soft play centres

Dominic Hosler dominichosler at gmail.com
Thu Oct 24 10:59:44 UTC 2013


I have updated the page to indoor play, but I don't know how to
actually change the title of the page?

Do I need to just delete that one and create a new proposal called Indoor play?
Putting a note in the discussion that it has been migrated from the
previous soft play proposal?

Thanks,
Dom

On 23 October 2013 20:51, Dominic Hosler <dominichosler at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree we should move away from the trademarked title 'soft_play'. Perhaps
> if we keep the proposal and change the name of the tag to indoor_play, to
> include other types as well, as per brad's suggestion. We should also
> include sub tag qualifiers to specify if it's soft play and for what ages
> it's designed. I think it would be most appropriate to use indoor play
> considering its catch all nature and the fact that it is already used by a
> couple of websites.
>
> I will update the proposal and fill in the definition area, I must have just
> missed it. However, I won't update it till tomorrow because I only have my
> phone until then.
>
> Thanks,
> Dom
>
>
>
> Jonathan <bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree, we need to choose a term that is more generic, maybe
>> leisure=childrens_adventure or kids_play or kids_amusement.  There can
>> always be a sub tag defining soft_play?
>>
>> Especially considering that a lot of softplay areas are now included among
>> other internal children's play features? Softplay is just one bit.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> http://bigfatfrog67.me
>>
>> On 23/10/2013 17:47, Brad Neuhauser wrote:
>>
>> Instead of "soft play", what about "indoor play" (or indoor play
>> area/centre)?
>>
>> 1) it seems to be used as a catch all sometimes, even in the UK (ie -
>> http://www.timeout.com/london/events/indoor-play-centres-in-london or
>> http://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/things-to-do-family/Northampton/Indoor-Play-Areas)
>> 2) it is broad enough to cover all of these sort of places, since some
>> indoor play areas may only have some actual "soft play" equipment meant for
>> younger kids/toddlers  (or, if you are only meaning the actual areas that
>> have the soft play equipment, then that might be different)
>> 3) it might make more sense for those outside the UK who don't use the
>> term "soft play" much
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Dominic Hosler <dominichosler at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Due to child protection, you are generally not allowed to take
>>> pictures inside the soft-play centres. Also, any official pictures are
>>> copyrighted.
>>>
>>> In the proposal, I linked to a few websites of some soft play centres,
>>> where they have pictures, I hoped this would be fine.
>>>
>>> Soft play is as Jonathan said, padding not inflatables.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dom
>>>
>>> On 23 October 2013 14:31, Jonathan Bennett <jonobennett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > On 23/10/2013 14:26, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Would they qualify as soft play?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > No, that's a bouncy castle. Soft play is padding, not inflatables.
>>> >
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