The next [selection] for burnination

Question

The selection tag has 131 questions and 0 followers. Questions with this tag cover the entire scope of the site. The tag serves absolutely zero purpose and should be wiped from the face of Super User forever.

Answer 1

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The below changes have now been made

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I agree that selection as a tag is too broad. However, when viewing the questions it's used with, a few separate topics emerge:

• Text selection: usually paired with an OS, browser, or program tag. Some examples:

  • How to Select Hyperlink Text in Google Chrome?
  • How to make vim highlight the last character of a visual selection?
  • How can I select text highlighted by search in Vim?
  • How to select and copy text using only the keyboard in PuTTY?
  • How do I select only the middle part of a hyperlink?

• Image selection: usually specific to image editing/manipulation programs, like GIMP or Photoshop:

  • Add or remove single pixels from selection in Photoshop?
  • How do I tell the dimensions of the current selection in GIMP?
  • How to set a custom sized rectangle select area in gimp?
  • Is it possible to make a selection in Microsoft Paint beyond the current screen resolution?

• File selection: OS and program level:

  • How can I turn off auto select on an Elan Smart Pad?
  • How to copy Windows Explorer file selections and paste filenames as text
  • Is there a shortcut to send selected files to the console in Midnight Commander?
  • Why does Windows Explorer highlight only second entry?

There are some other uses, but these are the main three, and in my opinion they are topics worthwhile of having tags. So rather than completely burning, it may be better to split it into text-selection, image-selection or file-selection. (For other uses of selection, complete removal is more warranted).

The main three would be solid topic areas when paired with the appropriate program or OS tag. What do you think?