Timeline for When should I use the command-line tag?
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| Apr 30, 2014 at 22:38 | comment | added | Elder Geek | The way I see it is rather simple. If a tag applies (I.E. will help an interested party find the question to answer it), apply it. If it doesn't apply to the question remove it. When in doubt leave it alone. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 9:47 | comment | added | don.joey | @Braiam if a tag is not clearly wrong, you really should not bother editing it. I disagree with "Redundant tags goes away." That's the whole point of my answer. Keep redundancy. If you disagree, ask a meta question about it and try to get the democratic advantage for your case. In the mean while, please stay away from deleting tags that are redundant. There is so much other valuable work you can do (and in fact do) on this site. Don't let redundant tags ruin that work. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 9:38 | comment | added | terdon | @Braiam obviously you only add a tag if it applies to the question not the other tags. And no, don't use non-applicable tags, again obviously. Those points have nothing to do with redundancy which is not always a bad thing. As you said, if both tags apply, you can use both, even if they're redundant. Your tag edits tend to leave questions with just one tag and that's what I'm trying to avoid in cases where other tags can also be applied. | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 1:54 | comment | added | Braiam | Ok, let me see if we can agree in something, @terdon: If both tags apply to the question, then use both. If one tag applies to the question, and the other tag applies to the first tag (but not directly to the question itself), then omit the latter. That's is in a nutshell what I try to apply. Redundant tags goes away. Don't use non-applicable tags to draw in more readers. And don't omit applicable tags to shield readers from subjects they're not interested in. source | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 22:08 | comment | added | terdon |
I agree with this as well. I am not advocating forcing the tag where it does not belong. My main point is that it can be applied to any question asking for a CLI solution. Since more tags tend to be better then fewer, if you still have space after adding other tags to your rm Q, stick a command-line on to it since that can help bring in the experts. I am not suggesting (at any rate, I did not mean to suggest, I've edited my answer) that all rm questions be tagged as CLI, all I mean is that they can be so tagged and the tag should certainly not be removed if it is already there.
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| Apr 29, 2014 at 20:49 | comment | added | Braiam | Remember that our average question is a very rough diamond, we have to flesh out the question out thin air most of the time. | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 20:41 | comment | added | Braiam | I have mixed feelings about your answer, for one part, you follow the principle to add relevant tags to answered question, but for another you don't remove the redundant/unnecessary ones, you say that they should stay... I mean, if they add no value to the question, why leave them? | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 19:18 | history | edited | don.joey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2014 at 19:12 | history | edited | don.joey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2014 at 18:55 | history | answered | don.joey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |