Questions tagged [tags]
General questions about tag usage on the main site
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Request for new Dynamics CRM specific tags
Is it possible to create the tag dynamics-crm? There are questions tagged with crm that are specific to Dynamics CRM.
Maybe it's possible to create version specific tags in addition, like on SO: ...
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When using filter the question are not ordered correctly
I just answered a question asked in 2013. I used a filter to filter out a certain tag and then the unanswered questions. So I took the first in the list thinking it is a recent question.
Why not sort ...
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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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How can the spelling of a tag be changed?
I recently wrote my first tag wiki for the namedranges tag because I noticed several questions had been applied the tag, and there was no information about the tag.
I would really like to change ...
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Questions about beta/pre-release software. Why are there still 73 questions tagged [Windows-8.1]?
Questions about bugs in pre-release/beta software or prototype hardware are off-topic. Bugs in pre-release products are common and even expected, and are often fixed before the final version is ...
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Superuser tag never appropriate?
How do I turn off the pop-ups that appear everytime I mouse-over a tag?
The question was migrated but there was no tag cleanup.
https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/superuser
Seems there would ...
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Re-tag option for Community Wiki questions is missing
Shouldn't there be a re-tag option, for community questions? Users can still re-tag questions by going through the edit menu.
Like this question.
EDIT: I have both buttons
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Biometric or biometrics?
Currently biometrics is the more popular tag, at 4 questions, compared to biometric which only has one question. Which is should be the canonical tag?
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null tag bug on Super User?
This question, as of this moment, has a "null" tag. There are four tag "buttons": linux, tools, "null", and threads.
"Retag" simply shows two spaces between "tools" and "threads".
Didn't try to fix ...
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Make [on-hold] synonymous of [closed-questions]
I kindly request to make on-hold synonymous with closed-questions
"on-hold" was a wording used between 2013 and 2019. Nowadays, it's used "closed":
on-hold has no tag wiki and has ...
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What are correct tags or SE sites for the I2P questions?
Are proper tags or SE sites for the I2P questions?
I find out some specific links maybe clarify some things about what is the I2P:
I2P Compared to Tor and
The I2P are the main alternatives to the ...
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How Boolean operators fit with tags?
I'm aware that if I want to search for a tag, I just type "[~~~]" in the search bar (just replace the tildes with the tag you want). But what if I want to include other things with it? How would the ...
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Tag Request: TAILS
I am unable to add this tag For the OS (see image below). It's an acronym for the Linux distro known as "The Amnesic Incognito Live System". This is an example question referring to TAILS and the ...
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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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Empty tooltip for non-existing tag
When asking a new question and creating a tag that doesn't exist I get just an empty hover-up box.
I haven't tried to actually post a question with a bogus tag, so I'm not sure if this behaviour ...
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Use of [moderation] in Meta
TL;DR:
Should moderation be added to questions about the general practices of using moderation privileges in Super User? Could it be better to create a new tag, i.e. "community practices" or ...
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Merge [tag:power-delivery] with [tag:usb-power-delivery]
power-delivery and usb-power-delivery seem synonymous. Let's merge them?
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How can I create a new tag, vsts, for Visual Studio Team Services?
How can I create a new tag, "vsts", for Visual Studio Team Services?
Tried to create, but got told "vst" already exists, and ask in Meta ...
... so here I am ...
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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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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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Meta questions missing required tags
There's an even dozen older posts on Meta Super User that lack any of the required tags (i.e., bug, feature-request,discussion, or support).
It used to be that Moderators could post questions without ...
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What does the recovery tag mean?
What does the recovery tag mean, if anything? Or is it one of those overly broad tags whose questions haven't yet been recategorized into sub-categories?
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Exactly what does "ignored tags" do?
Maybe I stupidly missed the explanation somewhere... When I set some ignored tag (under "interesting tags") - just how does this affect my experience on SuperUser?
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What to do with [google-docs], [google-drive], [google-drive-file-stream] and [google-drive-for-desktop]
google-docs has 134 questions. Several years ago, "Google Docs" was the name of what currently is called "Google Drive". See What to do with "Opening local document files in ...
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Clarification on [mac] and [osx]
Relevant tag information
mac:
Hardware related questions of computers sold/made by Apple. Use [osx]
for the operating system, and use [mac-address] for MAC addresses
instead.
osx:
A Unix-based ...
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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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Too many tags for Windows installation?
windows-installer x119
windows-installation x80
At least one needs to go. I would remove both and replace with applicable windows, windows-7, windows-8, ... and optional installation.
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Difference between 'range' tags; discussion about wireless range/signal tags
We have a total of 27 range questions on SU. Of these, 15 refer to wireless-range and 12 to data-range.
My thought is to split these up into wireless-range and data-range and have the range be a ...
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Consolidate reverse-dns and dns.ptr?
We have 12 questions tagged reverse-dns (the tag, itself is undefined).
We have a new tag dns.ptr, with a wiki excerpt. This tag has only been applied to two questions so far. There are 132 ...
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New Tag Request: "IIS-8.5"
We have a tags for "IIS", "IIS-7.5", and "IIS", but not for "IIS-8.5".
IIS 8.5 is included in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.
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Let user specify main tag for a question
I observed that a web page title for questions asked here is generated by the first tag + full question. However the ordering for the tags is fixed once added, unless one removes all tag and re-add ...
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Un-referencing the [reference] tag
It only has 7 questions, but I can't imagine reference is specific enough to be useful. I didn't want to just clear this out without asking others if it could be useful.
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Tag Editing - Process?
There was a tag that I thought was a meta tag here on Super User. I clicked on it, then looked through the questions. Some are tagged properly with it, but others (many others) are using the tag ...
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Can we rename "window" to "gui-window"?
When I was looking around in the windows tag (while waiting for an answer...) I noticed that many people when they were talking about the Windows OS, they tagged it both with windows and window.
I do ...
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Should the "certificates" and "trusted-root-certificates" tags be merged?
On SU there are these two tags dealing with certificates:
certificate
trusted-root-certificates
I'm wondering, are they too close to each other to have meaningful difference? I mean, should we just ...
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Find the tags with the most/least answered questions
Is there a way to view this?
I know that by clicking on the tag will show the number of questions that are answered overall, in the last 30 days, and the last 7 days.
Is there a broader list that ...
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Tags are not appearing properly in Tags Field
Why this tags are not displaying properly on IE8?
Whether this is an known issue?
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Should virtualization questions be tagged as both virtualbox and vmware?
Should virtualization questions be tagged as both virtualbox and vmware?
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Possible to suggest tag(s) after scanning through the question?
Is it possible to add this feature - after user enter his/her question into the question text area, the website will auto insert some suggestive tags for the question and insert them automatically in ...
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Merging or Linking Tags [duplicate]
There are very strong rumours that Apple will be rebranding OSX to macOS in June 2016.
Would it be a good idea to merge osx tags with macos ahead of time? Or at the very least link the two terms ...
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Is there any way to see all the questions that are tagged with my favorite tags?
I want to visit http://superuser.com and I want to see just all the asked questions or all active questions that are tagged with my favorite tags.
I know I can search with one tag, but I want to ...
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Doesn't the "untagged" tag defeat the purpose?
Today, I noticed a new tag called "untagged." Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the tagging system? How do you flag a tag for removal?
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Would Altap Salamander deserve a tag of its own?
Would Altap Salamander (also known as Servant Salamander) deserve a tag of its own or is it not notable enough?
Another two-pane file manager, the free (as in beer) Total Commander currently has 52 ...
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Should the [windows-8.1] tag be a synonym of [windows-8]?
Windows 8.1 is due for release very soon, and I recently noticed the windows-8.1 tag. I wanted to bring two questions up for consideration:
Should the tag windows-blue also exist, and be made a ...
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Burn the stackexchange tag on the main site
Personally, I cannot think of a single question that would be on topic that uses that tag, and the questions currently tagged with this tag reflect that.
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When should the operating system be included in questions and tags?
On a question I recently asked regarding passwords on PDFs, a comment was made that the OS should be included in the description and a tag for it used. When is it a good idea to include the OS? It ...
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Rename tag [tortoise-svn] to [tortoisesvn] to be consistent with other stack* sites
I world like to propose tha the tag tortoise-svn is renamed to tortoisesvn, because that is the tag that is used on stackowerflow.
That makes the cross site feature tagging better.
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Need help with Watch Tag Issue
I was in a post, I put my mouse over an item to click, I clicked and at the same instant a Watch Tag popped up and I clicked it instead. How do I clear Watch Tags - that is, how do I reset them?
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RSS feed for favorite tags?
I noticed that every tag has its own RSS feed, it's a handy feature to follow particular subjects.
I wonder of there is something similar for own favorite tags: I know that I can individually ...
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