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Questions that deal with our cleaning up unwanted junk tags.
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Memory channel tangle: Clean up [single-channel], [dual-channel], [triple-channel], and [mul...
There's a bunch of different tags related to multi-channel memory architecture, including single-channel, dual-channel, and triple-channel. However, we happen to have multi-channel as well.
Can someo …
4
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Tag cleanup for [activation] tag
I agree that questions tagged activation should be retagged appropriately as it is ambiguous and redundant. Questions about activating software other than Windows should get their own tag as you've su …
8
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1
answer
82
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Tag cleanup: Delete the [bug-report] tag
The bug-report tag doesn't specify any cohesive topic. Instead, there are questions under this tag about:
how to report bugs to developers;
issues caused by specific bugs, whether identified by the …
2
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Eliminate [capabilities]
Done
Tag removed from all questions. Obvious meta tag is obvious.
2
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Stop mis[behavior]
Done
Tag removed from all questions. Again, obvious meta tag is obvious.
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2
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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.
8
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2
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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.
3
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Accepted
The tag [os-agnostic] is meaningless
Done
Tag removed from all questions. Where appropriate, more descriptive tags have been added in its place.
2
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Accepted
No excuse for [odd-behavior]
Done
Tag removed from all questions. Where appropriate, more descriptive tags have been added in its place.
6
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Accepted
The [helpdesk] tag isn't helpful
Done
Tag removed from all questions.
Questions about setting up a helpdesk service are off-topic for Super User. If the question has to do with helpdesk software, it might be on-topic for Server Fau …
5
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Accepted
You're fired: Burn the [position] tag
Done
Tag removed from all questions.
Several questions asked about window positions. For these questions, I used window in place of position, which isn't very meaningful as it fails to specify any p …
7
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1
answer
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We're not a bank, get rid of [audit] (or replace it with less ambiguous tags)
audit isn't useful as it refers to a whole bunch of different topics, including license auditing, security auditing, and software auditing.
Can we get rid of it, or perhaps retag questions with less …
10
votes
Accepted
The [filter] tag is ambiguous
Split the tag to:
for various media: audio-filter, image-filter, video-filter
ffmpeg-filter (make synonym of video-filter)
email-filter
internet-filter
file-filter (can also be used for some questio …
55
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The monster that can't be killed
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 …