Timeline for The monster that can't be killed
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| Oct 3, 2016 at 20:12 | comment | added | user | @fixer1234 I was referring to people paying attention to tags and tag wikis (even tag wiki excerpts). Worldbuilding actually has a triad of related meta-tags (reality-check, science-based, hard-science) which point out in the tag wiki excerpt to not use them as the only tag on a question. Every now and then questions still show up tagged with only one of those and no other tags. Some people take the advice and will tag questions something like [science-based] [hard-science] -- technically correct as per the tag wiki! | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 16:46 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @MichaelKjörling, I wasn't sure what you were referring to that won't work -- using a synonym tag like this, or driving a stake through its heart because Worldbuilding is about hard science. Actually, I think the stake would work on Worldbuilding, so I'll assume you're talking about the tag. :-) | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 15:44 | comment | added | user | @fixer1234 Doesn't work on Worldbuilding, at least. There's [hard-science] there (which is basically a meta tag to set the answer standards to the same level as many subject-specific science sites, such as Space Exploration or Physics or Biology), but even regulars and old-timers often either do not see it, or choose to ignore it. | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:37 | history | edited | fixer1234 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:22 | comment | added | Nick Volynkin | @fixer1234 btw, I proposed the same idea about a year ago, but was convinced that it was bad. )) | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:14 | comment | added | Wildcard | I think @NickVolynkin got it exactly right in his first comment. We'll just get questions tagged do-not-use-this-tag, and they'll have to be re-tagged or deleted. Blacklisting the tag is the best solution if it is actually widespread enough to warrant it. | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:14 | comment | added | Nick Volynkin | @fixer1234 great for entertaining experienced users, but very troubling for the newcomers, to whom SE is already quite harsh )) | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:11 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @Wildcard, I understood the comment, I was just exploring a possible solution based on it. Can you expand on why you think this would be a bad idea? | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:09 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @NickVolynkin, hmmm. How about titling the tag [do-not-bother-answering-my-question]? That would provide an incentive to fix it. :-) | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 7:07 | comment | added | Wildcard | I think you misinterpreted his comment. He didn't make a suggestion; he made the factual assertion: "The only thing that prevents [a tag] from being added is if it is blacklisted (or made a synonym of another tag)." He didn't suggest adding a "do-not-use" tag, which would in my opinion be a very bad idea. | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 6:36 | comment | added | Nick Volynkin | This will lead to a flow of questions tagged do-not-use-this-tag; on some of them it will be the only tag. Somebody will also have to repeatedly re-tag such questions. You expect all users to notice the tag replacement, but I doubt they will. | |
| Sep 23, 2016 at 16:30 | history | edited | fixer1234 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2016 at 16:23 | history | answered | fixer1234 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |