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modprobe -r [modules]
60 questions tagged modules. Most of them are dealing with kernel-modules. Others talk about Apache2/Perl/Python/Puppet/Drupal/Slax modules. There's even one about memory modules.
The [modules] tag ...
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We're in the [same-state] as a messy tagged site
Does anyone know how to be an expert at same-state? Who are the experts that would benefit from this tag?
Get rid of it!
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Do people still use a [downloader]?
Nice useless meta tag. downloader is only a useful tag when people tell you just what downloader they are using. On its own it serves no purpose.
Only a few questions tagged with it so it's an easy ...
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Too many [options] to choose from
There are a lot of questions tagged with options. It's extremely meta, and there are no "options" experts that would benefit from a tag like this.
I suggest burninate, and black list.
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Close down the [small-business] here!
The small-business tag seems quite meta, and I don't see how an "expert" in small business would profit from using this tag.
Thoughts? Should we keep it or get rid of it?
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You're fired: Burn the [position] tag
position seems quite meta - no useful description, and no consistency, and it will not help experts in "positioning" find questions, in my opinion. I vote to fire it
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DROP [columns] FROM tags;
There are 103 questions tagged with columns, and they are all over the map: several Excel questions that involve a column of data somehow (i.e., Excel questions), some questions about manipulating ...
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Burninate or clean up the tag [dual]
We currently have 48 questions tagged dual.
There questions are on different subjects:
Dual ISPs
Dual dual mail accounts
Dual monitors
Dual graphics cards
Dual boot
Dual OS installations (...
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Burninate or clean up the tags [freeware] and [shareware]
Could we burninate or clean up the tags freeware and shareware?
They are meta tags without explanation about the topic, usually used for off topic searches for software or licence issues.
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Get rid of Microsoft tag [duplicate]
microsoft shouldn't exist, as it does not help find pertinent questions. I vote to get rid of it
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The [helpdesk] tag isn't helpful
If you look at helpdesk, most of the questions have nothing to do with helpdesks, or they are denoting a "helpdesk"-style question. I recommend that this tag be deleted because it does not have a ...
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Go green with environment-related tags
There are three overlapping environment-related tags: environment, work-environment, and physical-environment, none of which are defined, plus desktop-environments, which does not overlap. I did some ...
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Everyone's talking about the same [dialogue]
dialog and dialogbox are defined and synonomized. dialogue is undefined and had one question. I edited the tag to change it to [dialog], which leaves [dialogue] empty. If the alternate spelling is ...
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Make a decision on [decision-tree]
decision-tree is an undefined meta tag with two questions, both of them closed. Recommend deleting the tag.
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The tag [os-agnostic] is meaningless
os-agnostic is a classic example of a meta-tag. It doesn't provide any meaningful information and should be deleted.
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No excuse for [odd-behavior]
odd-behavior doesn't seem to be very meaningful. It's very vague as it just means something is acting oddly, failing to denote any cohesive topic. I suggest that this tag be deleted.
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Eliminate [capabilities]
capabilities is an undefined meta tag that does not appear to add value to any of the three questions using it. One of the questions should probably use [permissions] or [file-permissions] instead. ...
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Stop mis[behavior]
behavior is a meta tag that does not appear to add value. A few of the 8 questions with this tag could benefit from the addition of an existing specific tag (unrelated to "behavior"). Recommend ...
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Eliminate [annoyance]
annoyance is a meta tag that serves only to diminish any question it is attached to. Actually, it's not even a meta tag, it's a comment tag. Recommend simply deleting it (4 questions, which makes ...
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What action on [action]?
I'm not sure what to recommend for the undefined action tag. The questions all seem to have something in common and "action" is probably the best single word to describe the concept they share. If ...
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Please make [amazon] stop hurting my brain
I started to write a tag cleanup request for amazon, listing the different ways in which the tag is used. I got writer's cramp. Basically, if you can create an anagram that spells "amazon" from ...
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Kill the [live] tag
live is undefined and used in many ways:
booting into memory-resident OS
streaming multi-media
accomplishing a secondary task during an active process
Windows Live
etc., including irrelevant usage
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Tag cleanup: [interface]
interface is an undefined, ambiguous tag that appears to be unnecessary as a stand-alone tag. It is used to mean:
network interface (existing specific tag)
user interface (existing specific tag)
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Tag cleanup: [electronics]
electronics appears to be a pretty useless, undefined tag. Many of the questions contain this tag only because computers and related devices use electronics. Aside from that, usage includes:
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Erase the [notes]
notes is an undefined tag with multiple uses:
The "Notes" feature of various software
The Notes page in PowerPoint
Small text files
Endnote
Lotus Notes
Notes 9 Webmail
Evernote
MS Onenote
Request for ...
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The theory tag may be redundant
theory has 15 questions. Some are low quality but out of scope. Its also a classic meta-tag, and considering our close reasons contain a mention of practical problems, I propose we nuke this
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Cleanup up [organization] tag [duplicate]
Most of the 98 questions with the undefined organization tag refer to providing structure, and that is probably the appropriate usage. There are some exceptions that should be retagged. A number ...
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tag cleanup: [editor]
I was looking for an example for my question on tag definitions and came across editor, which isn't the best example because it obviously needs tag cleanup. So this is a tag cleanup request. In ...
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Eliminate the [skills] tag?
skills is undefined. It has two questions, both generally about acquiring skills. Acquiring skills seems off-topic. The tag doesn't add anything to either question. Should it be eliminated?
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Is the [ethics] tag appropriate?
ethics is an undefined tag. It has two questions, both closed. Comments on both go to the issue of whether ethics is an appropriate topic for this site. I would think the existence of the tag would ...
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Is [crowd] needed?
crowd is undefined. It has one question which never received an answer. The question appears to be about basic functionality which would seem to indicate that there is not much familiarity with it ...
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Eliminate the [home] tag?
home is an undefined tag with one question and it is closed as off-topic. Is this a needed tag?
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Remove [asus-g73jh] tag
asus-g73jh has two questions. It is obviously too specific, I believe in both cases just asus would fit better.
I am new to the whole tag cleanup/merge/remove concept and I am still trying to figure ...
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Eliminate [temporary] permanently?
Many of the questions with the temporary tag deal with temp variables, folders or files, but otherwise, this is a motley collection of stuff. Does this tag add value for any use?
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Canning the ccna tag
The ccna tag seems to either be "I saw this question in an exam" IE - not a actual problem or dosen't really add to the searchability of a question. There's 7 instances of it, a good chunk of which ...
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Normalize [normalize]
normalize is used mostly to mean equalizing volume. However, some questions use the tag to mean standardize the format of a document or spreadsheet. Although there are not yet any examples, the term ...
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Split the [manual] tag
manual usage is evenly divided between people referring to documentation and people referring to doing things by hand. Recommend splitting it into two tags that each have a consistent meaning. ...
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Clear up the [clear] tag
clear is another undefined tag that is used is multiple ways:
the "Clear" command in a number of command languages
To empty various lists like history, cache, or cookies
Clear (TM) brand hardware
to ...
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Skip the [skipping] tag?
skipping has no wiki definition and is used in various ways:
failing to process fragments of audio or video
intentionally ignoring items when processing a list like a playlist
searching for the ...
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Get rid of the Manufacturer (tag)
manufacturer looks quite useless for the 7 questions it has... Let's just get rid of it! Too meta for us
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Eliminate [point] tag?
point has seven questions with almost as many tag definitions. It has been used to mean restore point, mounting point, wireless access point, and location on an image. There were no examples of data ...
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Remove [os-rot] tag?
os-rot contains two questions. One was a duplicate (of a question that didn't need the tag). The other asked, "What is OS rot?" in response to the duplicate. It appears to be unnecessary and not ...
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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 we pair off [pairing] with [bluetooth]?
pairing is a tag specifically for pairing bluetooth devices, according to it's Wiki. However I'm not convinced it's different enough of a topic area from bluetooth to warrant it's own tag.
Should we ...
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Kill the [identification] tag
A very typical meta tag: identification for all kinds of "identify this for me" questions.
Most of these are barely useful and can probably be closed and deleted while cleaning up the tag.
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Shred and wail on the [tab] tag
My question involves a web browser, a spreadsheet, a keyboard or a sweet guitar riff..
tab
In a twist of fate tabs exists - https://superuser.com/tags/tabs/info
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Remove "binary"
I heard computers use binary. My question is about computers, so I tagged it "binary".
binary
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