Related to Synonym request: [software-uninstall] to [uninstall]:
To help with choosing the right tag, between uninstall and software-uninstall maybe the tag description for uninstall should be changed?
Current uninstall description:
Questions about uninstalling software in Ubuntu, or uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
Suggested uninstall description:
Questions about uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
There is no need for a tag about uninstalling Ubuntu itself. One does not uninstall an operating system but simply installs over it or erases the disk.
Generally I use the tag software-uninstall rather than uninstall, but there is no reason for us to have both of these tags. I suggest keeping software-uninstall and making uninstall a synonym of it and merging them.
I've gotta say, I just looked at the related link, and I disagree with the consensus. Sure, uninstall is technically a more general category, but within the context of valid questions on AU, I am not so sure. Everything inside the OS is software.
Sure, there are a lot of instances of firmware/hardware questions that are within the AU scope, but firmware/hardware uninstall questions? I can't think of any, at least not any that are valid.
If appropriate use of a tag encourages poor questions (e.g. "uninstall the internet itself?" as in one of the linked page's comments, supposedly a real example??), isn't it doing more harm than good?
uninstalltag serves no actual purpose and can cause more harm than good, so it should be merged withsoftware-uninstall.