The random tag seems to attract taggers of all kinds, from using random number generators (which I think is the right usage) to people complaining about their computers "randomly" shutting down.
How should this tag be used?
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8@random will handle it in... random fashion– Sathyajith Bhat ModCommented Aug 26, 2011 at 15:57
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1If ever there was a tag that deserved ambiguity...– Shog9 ModCommented Aug 26, 2011 at 23:34
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+1 because digitxp seeded the question with an opinion regarding correct usage -- random number generation.– Randolf RichardsonCommented Aug 27, 2011 at 22:57
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@Randolf: random-number-generator is more clear for that purpose– Tamara WijsmanCommented Aug 28, 2011 at 0:26
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@Tom Wijsman: I just checked the "random" tag and it seems that there are no questions tagged to it; perhaps it's not even needed.– Randolf RichardsonCommented Aug 28, 2011 at 0:58
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1@Randolf: That's because Random and I already worked through that tag. I improved some titles/content and added other more specific tags along the way...– Tamara WijsmanCommented Aug 28, 2011 at 1:00
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It's a meta tag at best and now that it's been wiped away, there isn't much to do with it.
answered Aug 28, 2011 at 16:02
I think Random should only be for questions or discussions about randomness and or random number generators , not random events that are happening.
