Encourage livery makers to tag livery posts with aircraft and or airline ICAO codes.

[unborn hemlock]

I believe we've all been stuck tweaking the wording of a search in #public-liveries multiple times to find every possible post for a certain livery or plane because sometimes people write the full name and or company name of an aircraft differently. Encouraging ICAO standardization would help manage this issue by having people add in the aircraft and or the airline ICAO code which is four and three letters respectively, making it much easier to have all related works under one or two keywords.

Here is a link to the FAA's various decoders to help people find the right ICAO code.
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/cnt_html/chap_3.html
And also the FAA's list of Aircraft types and their designations.
https://www.faa.gov/media/70716

Pros: with everyone doing this it would make finding liveries and having your livery be found trivial.

Cons: up to 7 more letters added to a livery post

[tidal vale]

yea I support this 100%

only downside is old liveries probably won’t be updated so you’d have to search for the full name anyway

[kindred flume]

It’s something cool but I don’t think it’s something that would be worth spending resources on

[mighty sedge]

I'd support but I'd also probably forget to tag my liveries with them too

[unborn hemlock]

When I mean tagging I don't mean like making a tagging system I just mean adding in the post the right ICAO codes, sorry for the confusion.

If you're posting say a southwest 737-800 livery you'd just put somewhere in the post SWA B738, I don't want it to be enforced, just encouraged and the resources for the ICAO codes disseminated as needed.

[winged pier]

i mean there are bearly (including me) who doesnt respect the export format for multitude of reasons {in which why should make it an forced thing when anyone bearly gives a care about the format}

[rocky latch]

No. Simple no.

Why the fuck we want to add ICAO codes when we can type keywords?

Why add ICAO codes when we just can use simple keywords?

ICAO exists in the real world; some liveries are fictional so the airline codes are pretty much useless

It is just adding another step to a much longer process

[lone thorn]

meh

with discord's shitty search feature i don't think this would help that much

also what exactly do you mean by "encourage"

[errant grail]

???

part of his suggestion is quite literally

aircraft codes

[unborn hemlock]

Perhaps pinning the documents in livery creation and requests and in public liveries. I don't want to impose anything on the creators you do great work.

As for fictional liveries, the aircraft ICAO code would be the one used instead of both the company code and the aircraft code.

Hopefully people wanting their livery to receive more visibility will add the 3 character company code and the 4 letter aircraft code somewhere in their post.

[loud light]

i do this

sometimes

[edgy crescent]

european suggestion