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Should the Box tag be removed?
The box tag has to do with an online service. Online services questions are better suited for Web Applications, and typically end up off topic at Super User. The description is vague and the tag could ...
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Do we really need the [executable] or [exe] tags?
We have two tags representing 'executable programs':
executable
An executable is a fully compiled program that can be run without further processing.
exe (tag was merged into executable)
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Deletion of several tags
I believe the following tags should be deleted since there are no questions that use them.
data-explorer
interesting-tags
limits
scraping
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Deletion of [tag:wrong]
I believe that the wrong should be deleted. It is not description and I do not see how it could be applied to any question.
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Files and folders everywhere
I hate to see these perfect examples of our tag problem go, but, oh well.
Please help clean up the tags:
file 1407 - 679 141 questions
folder 1129 - 857 319 questions
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Replace the `Surface` tag?
Users having a Microsoft Surface Computer/Tablet are using the microsoft-surface tag. But I also find some questions having just surface, which does not have a lot to do with the Microsoft Surface ...
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Why has the Failure tag been resurrected?
The failure tag was burninated in 2012 since it doesn't add any value and could probably apply to half the questions on Superuser. Somehow there are now another 16 questions with the tag, including ...
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Burnination Request - Invisible
invisible is absolutely useless! Top three questions mean 3 completely different uses.
I suggest getting rid of it.
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Can the 'logo' tag be killed?
The logo tag is currently used by a grand total of three questions:
A no-background favicon for my website?
Windows 8.1 start-up logo replaced with ASUS logo after BIOS update
How to change the BIOS ...
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Tag Synonym Request: TSV → CSV
Tab Separated Values tsv should be a synonym to csv as one of the Character Separated Values as it is a delimiter that can be used as an alternative to the comma ,.
I know csv states it is for comma ...
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Why was this (likely correct) Answer deleted?
Someone posted Wireless LAN can't connect with network because he couldn't get a Windows XP machine onto a WPA2 Wi-Fi network. Someone else Answered, suggesting he install an update from Microsoft ...
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Why has a question's post notice been added to an answer?
I just noticed that an answer has a post notice that says "we're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and context...". Why would an answer have answers? It doesn't make sense to me. ...
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Request to reopen question 661487
I posted this question here: How are virtual machine integration packages implemented internally?, but it was closed as too broad. Originally, it asked about how are integration features implemented ...
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Should "multi-boot" and "dual-boot" tags be synonyms?
Should the multi-boot and dual-boot tags be synonyms? If not, when should I use one over the other?
I recently asked this question and wasn't sure which tag would be the best.
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Tamil tag... why?
Continuing my rant on chat, let me rephrase why I don't think is needed, addressing each question problem:
Free tamil word processors: Is about a word processor, not something that critically depends ...
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Should we split up the off-topic "shopping" closing reason?
One of our current off-topic reasons reads like this:
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly. Instead, ...
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Off topic close reasons – do we need specific points for Stack Overflow or Web Apps?
It's been a couple of days since we're using the new off-topic close reasons, including:
Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend ...
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Should questions related to problems with beta software/prototype hardware be closed?
I saw that Windows 8.1 Preview No sound on Macbook Pro Retina was closed since it's Preview/Beta code and the issue may very well be fixed by MS or the PC manufacturer in the months to come before ...
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Reopening my question about destroying file contents
I rewrote my question
How to destroy file contents without deleting files. I believe now it's not asking for the shopping advice.
Is there anything I can do to the question so that it is no longer off-...
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Merge [pen-tablet] into [graphics-tablet]
Both pen-tablet and graphics-tablet appear to describe a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images and graphics.
(source)
Since we don't need two tags describing the exact same ...
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Should [charts] and [graphs] tags be merged?
charts - 205 questions tagged / 77% answered.
graphs - 148 questions tagged / 79% answered.
Both charts & graphs - 27 tagged with both / 74% answered
I think the real difference between charts ...
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Burninate the [service-rec] tag and delete its questions
The service-rec tag, aside from likely being a meta-tag, has 22 of its 23 questions closed for being off-topic and not constructive.
As I don't believe that this tag, or its questions for that matter,...
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The [filter] tag is ambiguous
See list of questions tagged filter: some of them are about ffmpeg filters (used for resizing videos and such), some are about filtering data in MS Excel, some are about organising emails... none of ...
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plasma tag itself is too generic, should be compounded and split into TV and workspace
As things stand right now, plasma is ambiguous. Questions labeled with it refer both to plasma TVs and to the KDE graphical environment, and this doesn't seem correct to me.
I suggest deleting the ...
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Please burninate tag fx-8350?
fx-8350 was created here
It's a specific model number so I don't think it belongs.
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Rename [extreme] tag to [extreme-conditions] or remove it
There are currently 3 questions tagged with extreme:
One relates to extreme temperatures, the second to extreme tabbed browsing (massive pressure on the computer), and the third to temperatures and ...
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Tag synonym request: [mac-os] to [osx]
The mac-os tag has four questions, all relating to OS X (one is even tagged with both).
Following the lead of Apple.SE, I suggest that the tag (and its synonym macos) be merged into osx.
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Let's remove the "change" tag
change is an absolutely meaningless tag.
With 43 questions tagged, it should be easy to get rid of. All that's needed is a handful of users who want to go through these questions and remove the tag, ...
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Why are different colours used for the homepage tab borders?
The main tabs on the Super User homepage use two different colours for the borders:
On Stack Overflow, a single border colour is used:
Similarly, on Meta Super User it looks like:
Is the different ...
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Reopen this. It's not localized
How to install a program that self-downloads from the web, from behind a corporate firewall?
There are gazillions of people trying to make things work behind a corporate proxy. Why on earth is ...
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Usage of "external" tag - burninate?
I just removed the external tag from a question regarding viewing of source code for a browser, and it got me thinking that this is somewhat a meta-tag.
There exists tags such as external-hard-drive ...
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Bad name for [modern-ui] tag
modern-ui was AFAIK never the official name from Microsoft. It was always either knows by the codename “Metro”, by the internally used name “Immersive” or by the moniker “Windows Store apps”
Request: ...
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Merge [utf8] and [utf-8]
Can we merge utf8 and utf-8 & synonymize? They're obviously identical. I would merge utf8 into utf-8, since it's usually written with a hyphen (Wikipedia).
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Let's nuke the "error-message" tag
We have a tag named error-message, with now 220 95 49 questions tagged.
This is quite the meta tag, because it doesn't mean anything and adds no value to a question. Most problems result in some kind ...
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Merge [mic] into [microphone]
mic obviously refers to microphone. Can we merge mic into microphone and synonymize?
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Merge [screen] [display] [monitor] and [resolution] [screen-resolution]
I really think we should merge 2 tags out of these 3:
screen x 544
display x 564
monitor x 1032
because they're too similar. There are even 11 questions tagged with all of them.
I also think we can ...
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Merge [laptop-battery] into [battery]
battery x 373
laptop-battery x 69
I think that instead of having 2 separate tags, questions about laptop batteries should be tagged with laptopbattery instead of having a special laptop-battery tag....
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Merge [xbox] and [xbox360]
Can we merge xbox and xbox360? I think all of the questions tagged with xbox refer to Xbox 360.
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Merge [web-crawler] [webcrawling] [crawler] [spider] tags
web-crawler x 20
spider x 12
webcrawling x 6
crawler x 5
They're all identical and refer to Web crawler:
Other terms for Web crawlers are ants, automatic indexers, bots,
Web spiders, Web robots,...
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Merge [hard-disk-space] and [storage-spaces] into [disk-space]
disk-space:
The amount of computer storage space on devices, such as hard drive,
floppy or USB flash drive.
I think we can merge hard-disk-space & storage-spaces into disk-space
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Merge [dual-monitor] and [triple-monitor] into [multiple-monitors]
I don't really know a lot about dual-monitor, triple-monitor or multiple-monitors setups, but it seems logical to move dual-monitor and triple-monitor into multiple-monitors since "multiple" refers to ...
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Merge [packet-sniffers] and [sniffer]
Can we merge and synonymize packet-sniffers and sniffer (probably sniffer into packet-sniffers)?
It's not like there are non-packet sniffers; "sniffer" refers only to a packet-sniffer.
Also, should ...
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Merge [tips] into [tips-and-tricks]
Can we merge tips into tips-and-tricks (and maybe even synonymize)? They're identical.
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Merge [spoof] and [spoofing]
spoofing - 21 questions tagged.
spoof - 6 questions tagged.
They're obviously identical. Can we merge them (I guess spoof into spoofing?) and synonymize?
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Merge [process] and [processes]
I guess processes refers to multiple process, but I don't see why process can't refer to both single / multiple processes so I don't think we really need processes.
I think processes should be merged ...
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Difference between [shutdown] and [system-shutdown]
What's the difference between shutdown and system-shutdown?
1/3 (16/43) of the questions that are tagged with system-shutdown are also tagged with shutdown, so I don't think the difference between ...
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Question erroneously declared to be a duplicate
How can I create multipart tar file in Linux?
This question is currently number one result in Google for "how to create multipart rar in Linux".
The question that they claim is a duplicate is NOT a ...
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Retagging [find][replace] questions with [find-and-replace]
Please retag questions tagged with findreplacement with the
find-and-replace tag.
I know I could do it myself, manually, but I thought it would be better to post about it here on meta first.
I've ...
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You like them hats? [closed]
Last year around Christmas time arQAde had a little promotion in which they awarded hats for gravatars for completing basic tasks around the site.
Here's a link to the promo from last year (and a ...
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