We don't like company-only tags, and there's been various crusades in the past to purge them: 

- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2125/can-we-get-rid-of-the-company-tags
- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/3948/company-tag-necromancy-the-zombie-apocalypse
- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5425/what-should-the-microsoft-tag-be-used-for
- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5432/lotus-tag-cleanup?lq=1
- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5980/retagging-microsoft-questions
- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5871/retagging-google-questions
- https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5853/retagging-firefox-mozilla-questions

Unlike a specific product, a company does not represent an area of expertise. Someone could be an expert in one product, but have no idea about another. [tag:microsoft] is a prime example of this, with Office, OS, Apps, Phone and other software & hardware to cover, it's likely an expert in one does not necessarily make them an expert in other areas.

Is this something that we consider a problem? If so, break out the pitchforks! 

- In some cases, the questions should be retagged to more specific product tags
- In others, the tag should simply be removed outright.

There are more than the few I've listed below, so feel free to add them as you find them.

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### Tags Found:

[tag:asus]
<s>[tag:intel]</s> (pending suggested edit approvals)
[tag:mikrotik]
[tag:nvidia]
[tag:symantec]
[tag:synology]
[tag:ubiquiti]

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### Tags Burned/Removed:

Note: Please occasionally re-check this list to see if any tags were recreated, and if so, move the tag to the "Found" list above.

[tag:2wire]
[tag:acer]
[tag:acronis]
[tag:adaptec]
[tag:adobe]
[tag:alienware]
[tag:amazon]
[tag:amd]
[tag:apc]
[tag:apple]
[tag:aptana]
[tag:asrock]
[tag:atheros]
[tag:ati]
[tag:atlassian]
[tag:belkin]
[tag:brother]
[tag:buffalo]
[tag:canon]
[tag:checkpoint]
[tag:cisco]
[tag:compaq]
[tag:dell]
[tag:dlink]
[tag:easeus]
[tag:edimax]
[tag:epson]
[tag:fujitsu]
[tag:fujitsu-siemens]
[tag:genius]
[tag:gigabyte]
[tag:hp]
[tag:htc]
[tag:huawei]
[tag:linksys]
[tag:logitech]
[tag:ibm]
[tag:intel]
[tag:iogear]
[tag:iomega]
[tag:kodak]
[tag:konica]
[tag:lenovo]
[tag:lexmark]
[tag:lg]
[tag:lotus]
[tag:matrox]
[tag:mcafee]
[tag:microsoft]
[tag:motorola]
[tag:mozilla]
[tag:netgear]
[tag:nokia]
[tag:novell]
[tag:oki]
[tag:oracle]
[tag:panasonic]
[tag:razer]
[tag:realtek]
[tag:samsung]
[tag:seagate]
[tag:sonicwall]
[tag:sony]
[tag:sony-ericsson]
[tag:sun]
[tag:synaptics]
[tag:toshiba]
[tag:tp-link]
[tag:via]
[tag:wacom]
[tag:western-digital]
[tag:xerox]
[tag:yahoo]
[tag:zebra]
[tag:zyxel]

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### Tags Synonymised/Merged:

These tags were cleaned up then renamed or merged to the primary topic area:

- [tag:apache] → [tag:apache-http-server] (Meta: [Is there a method to rename a tag without editing the questions?][1]
- [tag:msi] → [tag:windows-installer] (Meta: [The msi tag is ambiguous][2])
- [tag:redhat] → [tag:redhat-enterprise-linux] (Meta: [Synonomize Red Hat tags][3])

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### Tags Blocked:

Due to persistent recreation, the following tags have been protected against recreation:

- [tag:google] (Meta: [Blacklist Google?][4])


  [1]: https://meta.superuser.com/q/11811/107240
  [2]: https://meta.superuser.com/q/8166/107240
  [3]: https://meta.superuser.com/q/11822/107240
  [4]: https://meta.superuser.com/q/12759/107240