Merge tags [802.11] and [wireless-networking]

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Considering wireless-networking has wifi as a synonym …

I think you've been told a couple of times that [retag-requests] should not be tagged [bug]. Please consider for the next time. — slhck, Jan 30, 2012 at 16:15
@slhck I don’t think they have the goal of reaching community consensus. — kinokijuf, Jan 30, 2012 at 16:50
Well, it's not a bug due to a programming error or any technical fault. This question is of no interest to the developer team at all. Community consensus on whether a tag should be merged with another is expressed through votes on the question itself. It has always been like that. You can see the cross-correlation by looking at the related tags for both discussion and retag-request. — slhck, Jan 30, 2012 at 17:10
In future, keep in mind that [bug] is not a synonym for [what-irks-me] and is reserved for system/development issues — random, Jan 30, 2012 at 17:26
802.11 == Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi & 802.11 are subsets of wireless-networking (as is Bluetooth, ZigBee, GSM, etc...). — Breakthrough, Apr 16, 2012 at 13:24
Brilliant community bot--bumped a 5 yr old status-declined thread because there are no upvoted or accepted answers. — fixer1234, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:06

Sathyajith Bhat · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-04 18:54:16Z

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Not too certain if 802.11* should be mapped to wireless-networking or not

answered Feb 4, 2012 at 18:54

Sathyajith BhatMod

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I have a bad feeling about merging those 802.11 into wireless networking - which is why I haven't taken action sooner. Perhaps we could merge *11g & *11n into a plain old 802.11 tag.
– studiohack Mod
Feb 5, 2012 at 4:35
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@studiohack tbh I'm not keen on either.
– Sathyajith Bhat Mod
Feb 5, 2012 at 5:15
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Counter argument to consider: People troubleshooting their n settings might benefit from their own 802.11n, the same goes for people trying to support older 802.11g standards.
– Tamara Wijsman
Feb 5, 2012 at 14:31

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