Questions tagged [tags]
General questions about tag usage on the main site
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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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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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Consider blocklisting the [microsoft] tag?
As per Manufacturer & Company tags are back. Again, microsoft as a tag is not wanted: we have more specific tags to use for microsoft products (microsoft-excel, windows-10, etc).
It has been ...
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Can we get a description for the [ole] tag?
Could we ask for the description of the ole tag or its removal?
I used the tag in the sense of Object Linking and Embedding in How to compare TIFF files with tags 37680 (0x9330)?, but see http://...
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Why is a tag too similar to itself? [duplicate]
I wanted to tag this question with variables. When I typed "vari" the only suggestion was environment-variables. Since the description says "system-wide" and my question concerned ...
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Against the "restrictions" tag
So, we have a restrictions tag. I believe it is much too vague and general.
Now, true, it has 95 associated questions, but they should either just lose the tag or get more specific tags, existing or ...
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I think we should remove the [windows-10-final] tag synonym
Previously, [windows-10-final] referred to non-preview Windows 10 builds (i.e. "final" meaning Windows 10 after its official release, when the preview period was over), and served as a tag ...
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Inconsistent tags: .bash-profile (with dot) vs bashrc (no dot)
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There is the tag .bash-profile, note the leading dot. Currently it has no synonyms, so the "canonical" tag is naturally with the dot. And there is also bashrc with .bashrc as its ...
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Make [on-hold] synonymous of [closed-questions]
I kindly request to make on-hold synonymous with closed-questions
"on-hold" was a wording used between 2013 and 2019. Nowadays, it's used "closed":
on-hold has no tag wiki and has ...
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Use of [moderation] in Meta
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Should moderation be added to questions about the general practices of using moderation privileges in Super User? Could it be better to create a new tag, i.e. "community practices" or ...
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Add the URL to a site recommendation question from Meta SE about Wordpress to [wordpress] tag excerpt
Tl;Dr: Is it OK to add the url to Where should I ask WordPress questions? (Question from Meta SE) to the wordpress tag excerpt?
The reason is that while some questions about Worpress might be on topic ...
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What to do with [google-docs], [google-drive], [google-drive-file-stream] and [google-drive-for-desktop]
google-docs has 134 questions. Several years ago, "Google Docs" was the name of what currently is called "Google Drive". See What to do with "Opening local document files in ...
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Are Matrix.org questions in-topic? Also about Tag #matrix.org
I would like to discuss about questions related to #matrix.org, and discussing about a new related Tag for SuperUser.
What is Matrix.org
The Matrix.org is an Open Source, decentralized, distributed, ...
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New tag request - 'newbie-friendly'
I realise this is unlikely to be added by the newcomer themselves, but sometimes the simplest "LMGTFY" questions are from people new to a given platform/OS; they haven't yet really figured ...
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Merge [tag:power-delivery] with [tag:usb-power-delivery]
power-delivery and usb-power-delivery seem synonymous. Let's merge them?
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