# What does it mean for a feature request to be "valuable"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Basement\ **Created:** [May 20, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140 "2024-05-20T18:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ham\_n\_pineapple](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Ham\_n\_pineapple](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Ham_n_pineapple)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140/1 "2024-05-20T18:28:32Z")
Some forum topics are marked with the “valuable” tag (I have in mind feature requests). What does this mean? I see that the tag can only be applied by mods/insiders/devs. So, presumably it means at least one person occupying one of the relevant roles thinks the suggestion is “valuable”. But, I wonder whether there are more precise criteria by which ideas are evaluated for valuableness. For example, a requirement that the idea is: - liked by a certain number of mods/insiders/devs - agreed to be valuable upon deliberation/discussion by mods/insiders/devs - agreed to be valuable based on possessing some qualities overlapping with the vision mods/insiders/devs have agreed they want to pursue Disclaimer: While I’d like to know the answer, I don’t take myself to be entitled to a thorough explanation. Perhaps the tag is there for mods/insiders, and the rest is none of my business. If so, no worries! ---
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140/2 "2024-05-20T18:54:22Z")
> [@Ham\_n\_pineapple](#): > > at least one person occupying one of the relevant roles thinks the suggestion is “valuable" There’s nothing else to it. Sorry to disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![Ham\_n\_pineapple](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Ham\_n\_pineapple](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Ham_n_pineapple)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140/3 "2024-05-20T19:57:31Z")
I’m not disappointed at all! Follow-up question: have I given an exhaustive list of the relevant occupations for assigning _valuable_ness, or are there roles I didn’t mention? ---
**Author:** ![DRRO](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@DRRO](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/DRRO)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140/4 "2026-05-23T00:18:39Z")
That would be the same for other tags like [important](https://forum.obsidian.md/tag/important) and [tracked](https://forum.obsidian.md/tag/tracked)? I’m not sure exactly what “tracked" means. Is it that someone in the team has used the Discourse option from below in the post? ![SmartSelect_20260522_191156_Brave](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/e/e/ee471218a8a5271d06aa6a9d7496b4fb9e4ce129.jpeg) * * * @Ham_n_pineapple would you mind editing/expanding the topic? To avoid opening another post. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140/5 "2026-05-24T14:25:04Z")
Those are also tags used internally by the team. The discourse’s “tracking” is a different thing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/what-does-it-mean-for-a-feature-request-to-be-valuable/82140/6 "2026-06-24T00:26:05Z")
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