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The msi tag is ambiguous
Currently we have the msi tag which (according to the description) is supposed to be used for tagging questions about Windows .msi installer files. However, there are quite a few questions (about a ...
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What could we do with the [error] tag?
Well, we have a tag called error. Its description says:
Please use a more specific tag instead.
Awesome. So what do all these 547 questions have in common? A non-descriptive tag. On Oct. 10, @...
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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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Firefox versions going to infinity – should we merge the tags?
This is an update to: Merge firefox-related tags?
We now have:
firefox-3.6 x33
firefox-4 x129
firefox-5 x33
firefox-6 x15
firefox-7 x8
(nothing in between)
firefox-10 x4
How is this going to end up?...
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The [failure] tag, a story of fail?
Please look at the 226 questions under failure.
We are a site for computer problems. Tags such as "error" often don't add any additional value. The same goes for "failure", and it's probably a bit ...
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"mono" tag as in "vs .net" and as in "vs. stereo"
There seem to be two uses of the tag "mono", one for questions related to audio and one for questions related to the Mono framework.
Wouldn't it be better to create a tag "mono-framework" and retag ...
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What is the standard term for a USB flash-drive/pen/thumb/stick?
There are several questions, particularly on Super User, which refer to the use of these drives but there isn't a standard term in use nor a standard tag. Though SU has 'thumb drive', it is not ...
mas
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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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Retag windows-8 as windows-8-preview
As of now, Windows 8 is not out, and as such, all questions with tag windows-8 really relate to the preview, and should be retagged as such to windows-8-preview
This is in line with implementing the ...
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Is [data] an useful tag? Do we need it? What should we do?
How to cancel hard disk from wanting to format and how to get my files back?
This question is tagged data but you know it's about data from hard-drive-recovery.
Best Light Software to Manage Large ...
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A bunch of tag rename/synonym requests
(See related chat discussion here)
NOTE: Most are small, so doesn't need special moderator attention, just update my post when you help.
Proposed tag renames/synonyms: (old tag --> new tag)
.net -->...
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The DOS tag is ambiguous
As it is, the dos tag is ambiguous. Even the tag wiki excerpt is split:
DOS is an acronym for "Disk Operating System." DoS is an acronym for "Denial of Service." Do not use this tag for questions ...
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Get rid of the [annoyances] tag
I was surprised to see that we have a tag called annoyances (99 questions). Really?
Burninate it, fast! Trogdor, I summon you!
It is obvious that this is a useless meta-tag, that adds no valuable ...
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Kill the [software-tools] tag
The tag software-tools seems like a perfect meta-tag.
It could never be the only tag of a question.
What are "software tools", even?
People often abuse it for software-recs. Also, a common mistake ...
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Ambiguous Tag: "atom"
Current status:
The tag atom in its current form is used for both:
The Intel Atom CPU architecture
The Atom standard for XML-based web feeds
Resolution:
There already is an intel-atom tag. I've ...
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What’s up with the volume tag? [closed]
The volume tag is a mixup of partitioning questions and audio questions.
Could someone sort it out? (FYI it's the same mistake done by Polish Windows translators: translating "volume manager" like it ...
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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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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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Tag merging suggestion: [joystick] [joypad] [gamepad]
I propose to merge joystick joypad and gamepad (with a total of 25 questions) into game-controller; as we do not get many questions targeting one specific type of game controller, instead, having one ...
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SuperUser tags: [nas] vs [network-attached-storage]
I've asked a couple questions on SuperUser that I originally tagged with [nas]. There were a few other questions out there with that tag already. After awhile, one of my questions got the [network-...
Bob King
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Can `ui` tag be merged with `user-interface`?
There are two tags which have the same meaning:
ui (15 questions),
user-interface (89 questions).
I imagine that ui may be removed, and the 15 questions retagged with user-interface.
What do you ...
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Please burninate the [problem] tag
We've had it before and way before that, and also on SO, but the "problem" (which is problem) seems to be reappearing.
Can we please get rid of this meta-tag again?
By the way: There are a few ...
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Retagging [firefox] [mozilla] questions?
Almost all of the questions tagged with mozilla are questions about Firefox or Thunderbird, for example:
Is there a Firefox extension to bookmark a specific position on a webpage?
How to override the ...
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SU retag request: [wireless-network] --> [wireless-networking]
Retag wireless-network(28) to wireless-networking(349).
Also, there is also the more general wireless(222), but this one may not be an exact match on all questions.
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Merge [external-display] and [external-monitor]
There's
external-display, 121 questions
external-monitor, 13 questions
As the two are obviously synonyms, and the first one is much more widely used, I suggest to:
Merge external-display and ...
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Help clean up the Mac Office tags
Office for Mac uses versions like 2008 and 2011, which makes it different from Office for Windows (2003, 2007, 2010).
The word tag wiki suggests that for Mac there should be:
word-2004
word-2008
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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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Retag + synonym [systray] => [notification-area]
Could we have systray (4 Qs) made a synonym of notification-area (19 Qs)?
At least according to Raymond Chen, the correct name is "(Taskbar) Notification Area", so the systray tag is ...
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SU Retag Request: [tools] <--> [utilities]
tools and utilities are the same thing, right? I think they should be merged under tools.
What do you think?
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Possible Tag Merge: [toshiba-satellite] into [toshiba-laptop]
As part of the Manufacturer & Company tags cleanup, I'm removing toshiba and replacing it with a more topic/product-centric toshiba-laptop (for laptop-related questions anyway).
However I've just ...
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Can [problem] be obliterated or merged to [troubleshooting]?
Most of the questions are using problem as a meta tag, can that tag perhaps be obliterated?
Update: I looked through all tags, re-tagged only one to troubleshooting because it was necessary...
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[Aero-Peek], [Aero-Snap], and [Aero], one and the same?
Shouldn't the tags aero-peek, aero-snap, and aero just fall under aero..? Maybe we could combine them?
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Tag cleanup: Delete / merge [function] tag
function has no description, but it has cc 130 questions.
In most of the cases it's used as synonym of worksheet-function (with or without it), and sometimes referring to functions in scripts or ...
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