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Tags and Feeding the French
Questions have been raised once again about the need for a biscornu tag, given the level of current interest in that type of project. As we don't have a tag for any other kind of finishing technique, we don't feel that we as moderators should start a precedent by tagging this one.

However, have any of you thought about starting a separate biscornu community? I know there are separate communities out there for other finishes, and we think it would be a great way to concentrate all of this knowledge and ideas and enthusiasm all in one place. Please don't misunderstand: we still want and encourage you all to share any and all of your needlework projects with this community! But with a separate community you could have your own how-to tag, finishes tag, patterns tag, etc. Just a thought; be sure to let us know if you do and the name of the community so we can get it listed in the links on the sidebar immediately!!

Lessee...biscornu pincushions, biscornu earrings, biscornu paperweights, biscornu altarpieces...

OK, bad idea. But let me point out that as mods we have to keep a certain amount of order as we see fit, trying to keep things from getting completely out-of-hand, and sometimes rather confusing to keep track of for the community as a whole. What's the expression? "Keep it simple, stupid." Well, representing Stupid - who's often tired and distracted and trying to fix dinner and study for finals and you'd bloody well better put that down and quit hitting your sister - we want to keep things simple. Old tags (the MSALs) were created for one-off events and obviously haven't been used in forever. They're clutter, something we want to keep to a minimum. The parts of making a biscornu - the patterns, the assembly, the finishes - fit into existing tags, and therefore we see no need for another bit of tag clutter for a finish - especially when we do not create tags for specific finshes.