Questions tagged [discussion]
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Why is this question about a web service not moved to Web Apps SE?
Where to find Google Cloud security notification
Google Cloud is clearly a web service/application. This is a good question that quickly got 2 answers. I don't see anything that would get it rejected ...
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Is software-rec an unwanted tag, yes or no?
Referring to Could we finally get rid of [software-rec]? I get overall impression we want to get rid of the software-rec tag.
At the same time someone is actively editing existing questions all over ...
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Is there a way to block the recreation of the [bug] tag on the main site?
I've been editing out the bug tag from threads on the main site because I've noticed that there were just a few questions tagged with it and that it doesn't improve the post in any way that can't be ...
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Could we finally get rid of [software-rec]?
I know that this has been covered before (for example here), but communities evolve constantly and our current view on this matter can be different.
In my humble opinion, software-rec should be ...
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Let's deal with the [if] tag, else it'll become a problem
The if tag exists, most notably on questions about the IF functionality in Microsoft Excel, but it has been used for all sorts of conditional and branching questions.
Is it worth keeping separate? ...
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Pondering mod status tags
We've been using the status tags - things like status-review were used for 'internal' SU moderation tasks. At some point, review tags on per site meta get fed into tickets internally.
I feel like a ...
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There should be no [untagged] questions
The tag untagged is applied to questions which either have all their tags burninated or to questions migrated from other sites whose tags from the origin site do not match any tags here. According to ...
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How should command line related questions be tagged?
This question/problem has come up multiple times in the past:
Is command-line a meta tag?
Retag cmd, cli, terminal, and terminal.app into command-line
SU Retag Request: [cmd] --> [command-line]
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Google Cloud will be Sponsoring Super User SE
Update on June 25th, 2024
The site sponsorship has been extended through September 30th.
We're excited to announce that Google Cloud will be sponsoring Super User Stack Exchange April 2nd through ...
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Clean out our [container]
The container tag appears to be too broadly scoped to be useful in its current state. With its oldest question being from 2010, it is used for many different areas of expertise including but not ...
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Burninate [diagnostic], [troubleshooting], and [debugging]?
diagnostic is used on 190 questions. A few are about diagnostic software, a few are about some specific display of diagnostic information, a few are on questions asking how to troubleshoot a problem, ...
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Is [numbering] tag useful or too vague?
I am looking at the tag on SU, called numbering. It appears to be very broad and not useful at collecting similar questions. Should it be there, or removed?
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Girl, you're a mess: [images] needs a makeover
This is a plea to add images to the tag-cleanup agenda. It was discussed tangentially in the comments on this meta question from over two years ago, but no firm plans were made to attack this massive (...
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Time to downgrade [upgrade]
I propose we clean up upgrade. It is a meta tag that is bloated and all over the place content-wise. There are questions about upgrading operating systems, RAM, software, etc. Furthermore, some are ...
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Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again
We don't like company-only tags, and there's been various crusades in the past to purge them:
Can we get rid of the company tags?
Company tag necromancy: The zombie apocalypse!
What should the [...
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