Timeline for Is [GNU] a manufacturer meta tag?
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 8:59 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 8:59 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 7, 2016 at 9:53 | comment | added | Hastur |
@fixer1234 Yes GNU tag helps. E.g., if I see the tag GNU in a question with sed, I know that I can use the -i option, else that I've to check twice the syntax compatibility. Another point slightly arguable: if I worked for 2 years to the Dell technical call-center maybe I should be defined an expert of Dell and I can know nothing about Asus... If I had 3 laptop of HP, maybe it's possible I read a lot of answers about different HP models in the last 10 years, and I can quickly remember something about it... nonetheless it should not be convenient to have a tag for each trademark...
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| Sep 7, 2016 at 9:08 | comment | added | Hastur | @Braiam The gnu tag of Unix & Linux... four eyes look better than two ;-) | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 2:30 | comment | added | Braiam | Note, that Unix & Linux, which deals with many of these software, doesn't have the tag either... I've not seen it | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 1:30 | comment | added | fixer1234 | Your answer and @Hastur's are both correct, but neither seems to fully deal with the whole problem. I posted another answer to try to address the entire scope. Look forward to both of your thoughts. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 16:36 | comment | added | Hastur |
@AnthonyGeoghegan I agree: GNU is not a manufacturer tag... and that's that. :-). I express in more words (with some more diplomacy) in an answer.
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| Sep 6, 2016 at 9:21 | history | edited | Anthony Geoghegan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 6, 2016 at 9:20 | comment | added | Anthony Geoghegan | @fixer1234 Thanks for the clarification. Now that I have a better understanding, I've added a summary to my answer. I've also proposed an edit to clarify the tag's usage guidance - as some of the current tag usage isn't that useful. Now that I know of its existence, I’ve added it to my Favorite Tags. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 9:10 | history | edited | Anthony Geoghegan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 6, 2016 at 0:15 | comment | added | fixer1234 | A lot of good stuff to think about here. Thanks. BTW, the manufacturer meta tags refer to tags for the manufacturer name rather than a specific product. In cases where the manufacturer has a range of products, adding their name as a tag adds little value to attracting answerers (we don't have experts in a specific manufacturer). It looks like GNU may actually add some meaning. Is it the kind of thing that is important just to mention within the question, or do you think having a [gnu] tag would attract different answerers or aid in searches? | |
| Sep 5, 2016 at 21:32 | history | edited | Anthony Geoghegan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2016 at 21:30 | comment | added | Anthony Geoghegan | I really appreciate the efforts of those who take the time and make the effort to clean up tags. This is a good question which I felt deserved some decent feed-back. I started responding in a comment but it grew too large so I’ve posted it as an answer. | |
| Sep 5, 2016 at 21:22 | history | answered | Anthony Geoghegan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |