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Tag wiki for [php] is out of date, or Should tag wikis include "current" version numbers?
I don't think version numbers are helpful in any shape or form in our tag wiki.
If someone wants to know what the latest version of a software is, the Super User tag wiki is not the right place to ...
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Take away the chinese tag
As I understand it, many language-related issues are specific to the language. Tags for the individual languages are more likely to get the right people to see these questions. This seems useful and ...
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Tag wiki should provide guidance on [zoom] vs [zoom-meeting]
Speaking from experience, you really need a moderator to rename the tag. Excerpt guidance is always helpful, but the tag needs to be clear. The reason is that few people pay attention to excerpts and ...
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Specific policy on AWS & EC2?
Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki:
For questions about writing code related to AWS or to any application running on AWS, Stack Overflow may be a more appropriate site.
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Is it okay to begin tag wiki excerpts with "for questions about..." or "a/an", or are such words noise?
Rules must be consistent and unduplicitous. If we handle one tag one way, we should handle all tags related with that tag in the same way (say, all 35 tags about Microsoft products). This might mean ...
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Specific policy on AWS & EC2?
Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki:
For questions dealing with the AWS services, themselves, or administrative tasks associated with the host, Server Fault may be a more ...
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SharePoint questions
I took a moment to browse through a handful of the tagged questions here, and have some observations.
Of the few questions I looked at, most did not relate strongly enough to SharePoint to indicate ...
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What should I do with suggested edits to the wiki of bad tags?
I have to disagree with the accepted answer.
Why reject a perfectly good edit? What if the user put a lot of effort into the edit - why penalize them and risk them not participating in something ...
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Specific policy on AWS & EC2?
Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki:
For questions about the operating system or any PC application hosted on AWS, post here on Super User (or any site on which the question's ...
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Why is [docker-for-windows] described as only for Hyper-V?
Because it's only for Hyper-V.
It doesn't work with VirtualBox or anything else. You can choose from Linux containers on WSL2 (which uses Hyper-V) or Windows containers directly on Hyper-V. Either way ...
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What reputation is required for tag edits without approval?
No, 5,000 reputation gives you the privilege to approve tag wiki edits. Users like me won't see those edits in the Suggested Edits review queue.
What you're thinking of comes with 20,000 reputation; a ...
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What should I do with suggested edits to the wiki of bad tags?
Reject it with the reasoning that the tag doesn't even need to be here.
If it's not clear that the tag is a meta-tag then bring it up here on meta to gauge its worthiness and relevance. You can ...
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community-faq is a useless meta tag primarily serving the older users
Canonical Q&A
It doesn't make sense to not have a collection of canonical Q&A that is easy to find, and easy to find the specific question within. It would be great if newcomers to the site ...
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What should I do with suggested edits to the wiki of bad tags?
Hastur's comment on the question raises another point that's worthy of coverage in an answer. As long as a tag exists, it has the potential to be used. If it has no definition and is ambiguous, ...
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Specific policy on AWS & EC2?
Tentatively I've simply edited the excerpts to read
$variable are on topic here only if they're related to interactions on local computers, otherwise other sites on the network may be more ...
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Specific policy on AWS & EC2?
Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki:
For questions about using the AWS Management Console, or any other future web-based AWS UI that behaves like an application, WebApps may be a ...
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