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Company tag necromancy: The zombie apocalypse! What should the [microsoft] tag be used for? … microsoft (Meta: Consider blocklisting the [microsoft] tag?) …

For more information, look for the latest meta post tagged community-ads. …

The microsoft tag is like something from a sci-fi horror movie. This manufacturer meta tag was cleaned out in March of this year, but people keep using it. … As a result, it remains in the tag list, people see it or it's suggested when they start to type, and the tag gets reused. …

A new way to clean up tags The following tags are meta tags (or tags that are too broad or ambiguous) and need to be removed or replaced on some or all questions on which they exist. … See the info next to the tag for more information: ide – This tag has to do with Integrated Development Environments. Retag IDE hard drive questions to pata. …

It may be a good idea to have the tag blacklisted. I've reached out to Community Managers at the Tavern on the Meta as this can only be done by Stack Exchange employees. … SE developers can blacklist tags so that they cannot be used—attempting to submit a question with a blacklisted tag will fail. …

Since I am a Linux geek, I have Linux as a favorite tag, that way I can easily home in on questions about any Linux including those I have not added to my favorites. … So, is this site policy and if so, where's the meta post so I can vote it down? If it is not site policy, let's make it clear that this is not wanted, please upvote this. …

This is clearly a meta tag – no reason to have it really. This is Super User, a site for questions about computer hardware and software. … Applications are software, so the tag really makes no more sense than software which is of course blacklisted. …

If you've found a tag which you think isn't helpful: post a question on Meta Super User about it. tag your question with both discussion and tag-cleanup-request explain in the post why the tag should … In case you have any questions, post a comment in the question about the tag, post a new question on Meta Super User or visit the chat and talk about it with other users. …

When someone discovers a horrible tag, they post a new question on Meta Super User about it, tagging it with discussion in combination with tag-cleanup-request. … Once a tag is cleaned up, the status-planned tag is replaced with status-completed. …

This post is basically to share something I came across on Meta Unix & Linux. Kusalananda♦, a moderator there, posted Editing questions recently put on hold (don't). … If you want to do tag cleanup or make minor English or formatting fixes that don't address the closure issue, wait until after the five days. …

google (the manufacturer meta tag, see Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again), was cleaned up a little over a year ago. … Can we PLEASE blocklist this problematic 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 of error message, and if you get an error message with a certain program, just tag the question with that program. Shall we get rid of it? …

I couldn't find anything in the search so I thought a meta post was a good place to post. I was just wondering what are some options to help contribute to the site. … There are post that I see regarding things like tag cleanup, and things along that line, which I do not have the reputation points to really participate in. …

It's extremely meta, and there are no "options" experts that would benefit from a tag like this. I suggest burninate, and black list. …

It says so by using the tag windows-10. Your answer is about earlier versions of Windows (7/8/8.1). By not testing your answer on Windows 10, you're doing a disservice to the querant. … In general, when you have problems understanding the reasoning of other users, it's better to ask them directly (in comments), rather than making a meta post about it. …