I propose that we create a "tag warning" for mint, because it seems like we are getting a lot of OT questions about Mint.
Now you say, this is a dupe!
Well yes, sorta, but nothing came out of it. Sooooo.... can we please look at this again?
asked Oct 25, 2016 at 20:17
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1Just a word of caution: this tag type was intentionally not selected when Tag Warnings were first being tested/implemented on Ask Ubuntu, because "these warnings are about pushing questions away, we really want decent tracking in place before doing that." (from Thomas Orozco, in this other Meta thread); for this to be reliably implemented, I think we need to evaluate whether or not we have such a 'decent tracking' in place for this to work. (For this to work it has to hit all Non Ubuntu OS tags.)– Thomas Ward ModOct 25, 2016 at 20:22
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@ThomasWard - It seems like they have "decent tracking" in place... meta.askubuntu.com/a/15207/518562– You'reAGitForNotUsingGitOct 25, 2016 at 20:25
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I meant tracking for "Other OSes", not tracking for the warnings that are being triggered. Which is what I was trying to say about the reason they didn't chose "Other OSes" to begin with. Just like tracking for EOL releases.– Thomas Ward ModOct 25, 2016 at 20:33
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My main concern is that if we are implementing this for one tag that's not an Ubuntu OS, how far will we have to extend that? I agree that this is a good idea, but I"m not sure how "wide spread" this would have to extend to really be captured.– Thomas Ward ModOct 25, 2016 at 20:47
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We are already doing very good at closing off-topic questions especially related to Mint. Mint-specific questions are being closed very quickly. So, these are not too much of a problem.
Also preventing a mint tag won't prevent a user to ask the question anyway. If we create one for mint, we need to create every other non-ubuntu distro. So, I'm not sure we really need this.
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But what would the negatives be of implementing them? Oct 26, 2016 at 15:26
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