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note: I'm perplexed by the answer to Can we merge [falcon9-r] into [falcon-9]? since there still seems to be two different tags with different question counts!

There are currently 36 questions tagged with both (575 questions) and (58 questions).

I have a hunch that several times both were added out of a sense of "inclusiveness" rather than the questions really being about "Falcon 9R" and/or "Falcon 9".

Before the scope of any potential retagging effort can be estimated, it's necessary to have a good understanding of the relationship between and extent of actual overlap of these two tags.

Question: How to determine on which questions the falcon9-r and falcon9 tags do and don't belong?

Here are some examples that could be examined, sorted chronologically:

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There's nothing wrong with a question having and tags, even if it's only about . Falcon 9R is just a special configuration of Falcon 9, so the tag still applies. The only reason someone should drop the more general tag is if they need the space for other tags.

That said, if someone applied to a question that is not about the Falcon 9R, by mistake, then that tag should be removed.

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Given that the falcon-9r tag description says "variant of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with reusable first and second stages" I suggest we remove it entirely, folding any misuse of it into falcon-9, since no such animal exists.

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  • $\begingroup$ If there are valid questions posted about the variant (which has been at least talked about) then shouldn't those questions keep this tag? We have plenty of questions about rockets that were proposed but never existed. $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Aug 11, 2021 at 1:02
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    $\begingroup$ Not everything needs its own tag. $\endgroup$
    – Russell Borogove
    Commented Aug 11, 2021 at 1:03
  • $\begingroup$ But this question is not about "everything", it's about a group of questions that have been posted on the site, so we should speak about whether the site is improved if their tag is revoked or not. $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Aug 11, 2021 at 1:04
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    $\begingroup$ And my position is that the site will be improved by the merging of the tags, as was the consensus when the same question was discussed two years ago. Each of your example questions, at title glance, seem to refer to extant Falconidae. $\endgroup$
    – Russell Borogove
    Commented Aug 11, 2021 at 1:12
  • $\begingroup$ I see, How does SpaceX plan to achieve reusability of the Falcon 9 second stage? doesn't have the tag, nor does What are the challenges in recovering Falcon 9's second stage this way?. I agree it's not a useful nor helpful tag. "Make it so!" $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Commented Aug 11, 2021 at 1:16
  • $\begingroup$ Merge and synonymization complete! $\endgroup$
    – called2voyage Mod
    Commented Aug 11, 2021 at 19:04

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