Tagged Questions
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Burninate the [service-rec] tag and delete its questions
The service-rec tag, aside from likely being a meta-tag, has 22 of its 23 questions closed for being off-topic and not constructive.
As I don't believe that this tag, or its questions for that ...
4
votes
1answer
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The [filter] tag is ambiguous
See list of questions tagged filter: some of them are about ffmpeg filters (used for resizing videos and such), some are about filtering data in MS Excel, some are about organising emails... none of ...
11
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1answer
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plasma tag itself is too generic, should be compounded and split into TV and workspace
As things stand right now, plasma is ambiguous. Questions labeled with it refer both to plasma TVs and to the KDE graphical environment, and this doesn't seem correct to me.
I suggest deleting the ...
2
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0answers
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Please merge tag [alternatives] into [software-rec]
alternatives is a subsystem within Debian. However, nobody has asked a question tagged alternatives that is about the Debian subsystem. The only question with this tag that has been asked so far is ...
3
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1answer
28 views
Please burninate tag fx-8350?
fx-8350 was created here
It's a specific model number so I don't think it belongs.
-2
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3answers
46 views
Merge [remote-desktop] and [terminal-services]
Tags remote-desktop and terminal-services refer to the same thing. I think that terminal-services should remain, since it is the official name of the functionality, also it covers more than just ...
5
votes
1answer
152 views
Blacklist request: [Move], [Removal] and some more
following the tag cleanup for march 2013 I have cleaned up the move meta-tag. No more questions with move.
FYI, most of these questions referred to moving files - I have replaced these mostly with ...
8
votes
2answers
180 views
We need to disambiguate the [wds] tag
wds stands for:
Windows Desktop Search
Windows Deployment Services
Wireless Distribution System
All of these are used here, so we need to figure out how to split up the tag.
Suggestions?
To get ...
2
votes
1answer
47 views
Merge or delete learning & guide-related tags
I'm referring to:
tutorial x 67
learning x 43
guide x 10
guidelines x 7
troubleshooting x 739
Now, obviously they can all be merged (and if so we should also synonymize), but maybe they should be ...
14
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0answers
243 views
Merge [browsing] and [multiple-browsers] into [browser]
I think these tags are too similar to be different tags. browsing and browser are basically the same, and if the purpose of multiple-browsers is to be more general (not browser-specific) then I think ...
7
votes
1answer
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Speed-related tags
We have both speed:
Questions about optimizing your computer to take up less boot time,
application launch time, download time, etc.
and internet-speed.
I think we can either merge them, or ...
8
votes
1answer
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Let's remove the “change” tag
change is an absolutely meaningless tag.
With 43 questions tagged, it should be easy to get rid of. All that's needed is a handful of users who want to go through these questions and remove the tag, ...
12
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2answers
209 views
Combine SSMS and sql-management-studio tags
ssms and sql-management-studio tags both refer to the same application: SQL Server Management Studio. As a result there's no need to keep both tags around.
While 21 questions in each here doesn't ...
0
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0answers
47 views
Change microsoft-surface tag to microsoft-surface-rt and add microsoft-surface-pro before imminent launch?
As mentioned in the subject, since the Surface Pro is due to be launched tomorrow, should we change all existing instances of microsoft-surface to microsoft-surface-rt and add a new tag for ...
6
votes
1answer
128 views
Merge connection & configuration related tags
configure & configuration should be merged (although I think they both should be removed).
Some of the following should be merged:
connect
connection
connectivity
disconnects
disconnection
...
15
votes
0answers
283 views
Usage of “external” tag - burninate?
I just removed the external tag from a question regarding viewing of source code for a browser, and it got me thinking that this is somewhat a meta-tag.
There exists tags such as external-hard-drive ...
0
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0answers
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Bad name for [modern-ui] tag
modern-ui was AFAIK never the official name from Microsoft. It was always either knows by the codename “Metro”, by the internally used name “Immersive” or by the moniker “Windows Store apps”
Request: ...
3
votes
1answer
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Merge [utf8] and [utf-8]
Can we merge utf8 and utf-8 & synonymize? They're obviously identical. I would merge utf8 into utf-8, since it's usually written with a hyphen (Wikipedia).
18
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3answers
587 views
Do we need “warning” and “alert”?
Similar to error-message, which we just got rid of, there are also:
alert × 26
warning × 37
Neither of these are really specific. They don't add meaning to the questions.
Sometimes, ...
25
votes
1answer
409 views
Let's nuke the “error-message” tag
We have a tag named error-message, with now 220 95 49 questions tagged.
This is quite the meta tag, because it doesn't mean anything and adds no value to a question. Most problems result in some kind ...
1
vote
0answers
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Merge [laptop-repair] into [repair]
repair x 247
laptop-repair x 81
I think these laptop-repair should be merged into repair - just like battery and laptop-battery - (link).
Questions about laptop repair can be tagged with laptop and ...
4
votes
1answer
56 views
Merge Port tags, Report tags, Portable tags
I found these 3 groups of similar tags that I think can be merged and synonymized:
Port related tags:
port x 377
ports x 61
Report related tags:
report x 20
reporting x 18
bug-report x 6
...
2
votes
2answers
53 views
Merge password tags
These are the password tags:
passwords x 730
password-management x 127
password-recovery x 90
password-protection x 52
password-generation x 11
password-prompts x 4
Do we really need all of them? ...
2
votes
1answer
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Merge [mic] into [microphone]
mic obviously refers to microphone. Can we merge mic into microphone and synonymize?
4
votes
1answer
55 views
Merge [screen] [display] [monitor] and [resolution] [screen-resolution]
I really think we should merge 2 tags out of these 3:
screen x 544
display x 564
monitor x 1032
because they're too similar. There are even 11 questions tagged with all of them.
I also think we ...
2
votes
0answers
26 views
High Definition tags
I think we can merge / rename / remove some of the following HD tags:
hdtv x 93
high-definition (hd) x 57
hdvideo x 51
What do you think?
hd-dvd x 5
fullhd x 2
0
votes
2answers
26 views
Design, cleanup, recycling tags
There are 3 "design" tags:
design x 75
web-design x 26
graphic-design x 20
The problem is that according to the design tag wiki, it already covers web-design and graphic-design:
Questions ...
9
votes
1answer
102 views
Merge [laptop-battery] into [battery]
battery x 373
laptop-battery x 69
I think that instead of having 2 separate tags, questions about laptop batteries should be tagged with laptopbattery instead of having a special laptop-battery ...
0
votes
1answer
23 views
Merge [xbox] and [xbox360]
Can we merge xbox and xbox360? I think all of the questions tagged with xbox refer to Xbox 360.
4
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2answers
352 views
Do we really need the [recursive] tag?
I recently found a question tagged with recursive, and my first immediate thought went to recursive function calls in programming. Then my thoughts went to the -r option you can specify with most ...
3
votes
0answers
33 views
Scan related tags
I think we need to sort out the following scan-related tags:
scanner x 155
scanning x 87
printer-scanner x 9
document-scanning x 5
scan x 1
The rest are barcode-scanner, scan-disk and overscan ...
12
votes
1answer
135 views
Merge [web-crawler] [webcrawling] [crawler] [spider] tags
web-crawler x 20
spider x 12
webcrawling x 6
crawler x 5
They're all identical and refer to Web crawler:
Other terms for Web crawlers are ants, automatic indexers, bots,
Web spiders, Web ...
4
votes
1answer
37 views
Merge [hard-disk-space] and [storage-spaces] into [disk-space]
disk-space:
The amount of computer storage space on devices, such as hard drive,
floppy or USB flash drive.
I think we can merge hard-disk-space & storage-spaces into disk-space
10
votes
0answers
276 views
flash, adobe-flash and flash-player
flash:
Adobe Flash is a cross-platform multimedia runtime used to embed animations, video, and interactive applications into web pages. According to Adobe, Flash delivers over 75% of online video ...
15
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1answer
139 views
Merge [dual-monitor] and [triple-monitor] into [multiple-monitors]
I don't really know a lot about dual-monitor, triple-monitor or multiple-monitors setups, but it seems logical to move dual-monitor and triple-monitor into multiple-monitors since "multiple" refers to ...
4
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0answers
209 views
[internet], [connection] and [internet-connection]
First of all, there are 91 questions tagged with internetconnection (both) that should be retagged with internet-connection.
Second, what's the difference between internet and internet-connection? ...
4
votes
1answer
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7
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1answer
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Merge [packet-sniffers] and [sniffer]
Can we merge and synonymize packet-sniffers and sniffer (probably sniffer into packet-sniffers)?
It's not like there are non-packet sniffers; "sniffer" refers only to a packet-sniffer.
Also, should ...
3
votes
1answer
30 views
Merge [tips] into [tips-and-tricks]
Can we merge tips into tips-and-tricks (and maybe even synonymize)? They're identical.
7
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1answer
57 views
Merge [spoof] and [spoofing]
spoofing - 21 questions tagged.
spoof - 6 questions tagged.
They're obviously identical. Can we merge them (I guess spoof into spoofing?) and synonymize?
5
votes
1answer
24 views
Merge [process] and [processes]
I guess processes refers to multiple process, but I don't see why process can't refer to both single / multiple processes so I don't think we really need processes.
I think processes should be merged ...
3
votes
1answer
29 views
Difference between [shutdown] and [system-shutdown]
What's the difference between shutdown and system-shutdown?
1/3 (16/43) of the questions that are tagged with system-shutdown are also tagged with shutdown, so I don't think the difference between ...
1
vote
0answers
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Retagging [microsoft] questions
Same as the 2 previous questions I've posted:
Retagging [google] questions
Retagging [firefox] [mozilla] questions?
Most of the questions tagged with microsoft (180 questions) relate to Microsoft ...
1
vote
0answers
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Retagging [find][replace] questions with [find-and-replace]
Please retag questions tagged with findreplacement with the
find-and-replace tag.
I know I could do it myself, manually, but I thought it would be better to post about it here on meta first.
I've ...
3
votes
1answer
83 views
Merge [email] and [email-client]
Half of the questions tagged with email-client are also tagged with email (62 / 130) .
About email (tag wiki):
Questions about email clients, mail transfer agents
and email software ...
20
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0answers
212 views
Retagging [google] questions
Some of the questions tagged with google actually relate only to Google Chrome and not to Google products / Google company in general, for example:
How does Google Chrome installer work?
Google ...
3
votes
1answer
25 views
Merge [fn] into [fn-key]
fn tagged questions should probably be merged into the fn-key tag, since all of the fn tagged questions relate to the Fn key. There are also questions tagged with both fn and fn-key.
4
votes
1answer
23 views
Merge [omnibar] into [address-bar]
As far as I know omnibar relates either to the Safari Omnibar or to the Google Chrome omnibar / omnibox.
As for the Safari Omnibar, it's basically a tweaked location bar ("Search directly using ...
5
votes
1answer
35 views
Removing the [modification] meta-tag
modification seems like a meta-tag, as it doesn't really describe the content of the question. Also, there are only four questions under it, and two of them have been closed.
Please burninate the ...
13
votes
1answer
180 views
Merge [sound] and [audio] tags
audio - 1338 questions tagged.
sound - 692 questions tagged.
Both audio & sound - 107 questions tagged.
What is the difference between those tags?
I think that most of the users (including me) ...
