Questions tagged [tags]
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The [astronomy] tag and the [eclipse] tag
A couple of days ago, I suggested that the following recent question have the astronomy tag added:
Why didn't eclipses cause mass vision damage in historical societies?
But this suggestion was ...
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Shouldn't this description under "Russia" tag be changed?
I read here under the info on "Russia" tag:
The nation's history began with that of the East Slavs, who emerged as
a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD.
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Can someone fix a typo in this tag?
I discovered this tag: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/austroneisan
But it should be nesian not neisan, right?
I don't have enough rep to fix it.
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I don't like [u]
A question was tagged with the single letter u. This is the only question with this tag, the tag name has no intrinsic meaning and is probably a typo, and the tag's wiki is empty/nonexistent. Can we ...
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The tag [orthodoxism] is not orthodox
I've always been uncomfortable with the orthodoxism tag here. It's a nonstandard term for what is normally called "Orthodoxy". The questions we have here appear to all relate to what is ...
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Should the [lgbt] tag be used only for LGBT history or also about the history of specific LGBT people?
I was looking at the question Are there any photos of Arnold Murray? and got to wondering whether it deserves the lgbt tag. The question is about the same-sex lover of a famous scientist. Partners of ...
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Disambiguate [indian] (or merge it into [india])
The indian tag has 20 questions and no tag wiki or excerpt, and (as far as I can see) except for How did Pocahontas die?, all questions are about India's (former) inhabitants or languages, for which ...
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Can we please get a tag for Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, officially known as The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country located in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean near the equator, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, ...
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Merge the [european] tag into [europe]
There are currently 7 european questions and 515 europe questions; and it does not seem the former have anything special setting them apart from the latter.
I therefore suggest the former tag be ...
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Could we get a tag for the Reconquista?
I would like to ask a question about El Cid but do not see a tag for the reconquista. Could we add a tag for the reconquista or should I use a different tag for this time period?
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Synonymize/merge [treaty] and [treaties]
We have both a treaty (8 questions) and treaties (30 questions) tags. They're obviously used for the same topic; can they be synonymized or merged?
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What is tag [roman] for?
At the moment, History SE has tags ancient-rome, roman-empire and roman-republic. What exactly is tag roman for?
Using a single adjective as a tag name is not very descriptive, is it?
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Scope and usefulness of questions about computer operating systems and computer hardwares
I am not much active user here but I once (more than a year ago) asked a question on Computer Operating system which was well received by this community. Recently I posted another one and am thinking ...
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When, if ever, should states of federal countries have their own independent tags?
I would like to ask a question about Newfoundland, and noticed there's no specific tag for it. Given how this conversation turned, I figured I'd make it more of a general case so we don't have to re-...
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When are tag edits acceptable because the question is mis-tagged?
This topic is my intention to bring a separate discussion -- perhaps sufficient for us to arrive at a consensus -- as to 'when' tag edits should be done. This is not the same as 'what' tags to use (...
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