Questions tagged [tags]
about tags and tagging
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Why do some of my tag [suggestions or creations] get rejected?
Please, I will really like to know why some of my tag suggestions or tag creations keep getting rejected for (my personal opinion) nothing?!
Meanwhile, it seems some could be needed and of important ...
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These two tags could get [compressed]
Currently we have both:
compression × 185 (19 asked this year)
the process in which a file or folder's size is reduced by using an algorithm to encode the same information using fewer bits.
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Do we need “support”?
As of now support has 137 questions tagged. There is no proper information about its usage on the site. The existing information looks vague. So, should we re-tag all questions and remove support from ...
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We should put these tags under [lock] and [keys]
(The only reason these are the same question is for the pun. If they should be split, I can split them.)
Neither of these have tag wiki entries. As of now, lock has 182 questions, keys has 82.
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output tag needs some community input
The output has 149 questions tagged across wide range of topics - command line output, audio output, monitors - and no wiki nor usage guidance as to what this tag is all about. We already have ...
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Are [dual-monitor] and [dualhead] the same?
There are two tags:
dual-monitor (currently 128 questions):
For questions about using multiple monitors on a computer system.
dualhead (currently 47 questions):
Dualhead describes multi ...
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In [comparison] to [diff]
So we have the comparison tag, with 38 questions which does have a few highly voted posts, but overall is spread out over a broad range of topics, ranging from comparing DVDs to text files, to Ubuntu ...
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Should tags be edited out from a question if they appear irrelevant?
See Off Wi-Fi LED in Ubuntu for an example:
While it's ideally better to ask posters if, in this case, lubuntu and syslinux are indeed relevant to the question, suppose posters doesn't respond or, ...
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Can software recommendation still be used?
I need a free vpn that works on Ubuntu 16.04 and connects to UK. The old questions about that subject are obsolete.
I'd like to ask the question on this site, since it has a big community, definitely ...
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Should the copy.com tag be removed?
It currently has no watchers. At this time, there are 13 questions tagged with copy.com.
copy.com has been discontinued.
I saw it in this recent question: compare and move a file from one directory ...
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Useless tag of the day: local
The local tag has no usage guidance and it has been applied to questions without any consistent sense (from package management to networking, wherever people think some meaning of the word "local" can ...
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Are any of these tags [remote]ly useful?
A few days ago I asked this question, and this answer by Kaz Wolfe pointed out that remote-login is only one of several tags about remote stuff.
remote-desktop, 761 questions
Questions that refer ...
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Does the [remote-login] wiki need an update?
I just reviewed this helpful edit suggestion and realised that Ubuntu 14.04 is the only currently supported Ubuntu the advice in the wiki is relevant to. What happened to remote-login-service, I ...
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Rename the atom tag
The atom tag is currently being used for questions about GitHub's Atom editor and Intel's Atom CPU. I would favour a new tag for either.
Maybe the best practice is to follow Stack Overflow and ...
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Make 18.04 and bionic synonym
When I add tags to the question and type xenial, it suggests me to add 16.04 but when I type bionic, no suggestion is given.
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Should the [software-recommendation] tag be deprecated?
Related: How to run the Software Recommendation tag?
Given the existence of Software Recommendations Stack Exchange, is there any need/justification for the software-recommendation tag here any more?
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Make [desktop-recording] a synonym of [screencast]
screencast and desktop-recording almost mean the same thing.
I say almost, because there may be some subtle differences. But I don't believe they are enough to keep the tags separated.
For example, a ...
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Should we take [pictures] and [images] out of the picture?
There's images tag, which has as description:
Questions about opening / editing / saving images using image-editing applications.
And then there's pictures with no description.
IMHO:
As far as ...
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Tag synonyms: [gnome-shell-extension] and [gnome-extensions]
I just found out there's a gnome-extensions tag.
I think it's just a synonym of the older and well-documented gnome-shell-extension tag. So gnome-extensions should be merged with gnome-shell-...
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How should we tag the Dash?
The dash tag is currently a synonym for the unity-dash tag, so all questions that are tagged with dash are automatically retagged with the unity-dash tag instead. Ubuntu 17.10 and later also has an ...
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Is [top-bar] just another [panel]?
Today I noticed while reviewing suggested edits that someone had helpfully suggested a tag wiki and excerpt for top-bar.
I improved (er, in my own biased opinion) the suggestions, and I wrote in both ...
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Purpose of the “split” tag
I noticed there is a tag called split without any description. The list of 49 questions tagged right now includes all sorts of questions: splitting text files, splitting large archives, splitting ...
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Tag synonym request [fc] -> [history]
Consider the description for history:
The history command can be used to retrieve commands you have previously typed in a shell.
However, fc and related variables FCEDIT and HISTSIZE exist in bash....
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How do tag subscriptions work?
I know I can hover over a tag and click on subscribe. It then says I get an email. In the email it says I should confirm. When I click the link (https://stackexchange.com/filters/email-confirm/<...
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How to install a downloaded .deb file along with its dependencies in a system with an internet connection (offline?)
Despite the teaser in this Meta question's title, the title of the question that was closed is How to install a downloaded .deb file along with its dependencies in a system with an internet connection,...
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Can this tag be [repair]ed or should we throw it away…?
I came across the tag repair today:
112 questions tagged
Excerpt:
Questions about repairing Ubuntu can be tagged here (after a fatal error, looping kernel panics, etc.)
Wiki: none
Followers: 0
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How do I respond to my question being marked as a duplicate when it clearly isn't?
I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: apt-get upgrade fails
I'm posting about this problem because my question was marked as a duplicate when it clearly isn't a duplicate of the linked question....
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Merge squid and squid3 tags
Should we merge squid3 and squid, and make squid3 an alias of squid?
Currently there's 74 questions tagged squid3, and 117 tagged squid. Of those tagged squid, a large portion appears to be tagged ...
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Should we ditch [glitch]?
Seems we have a tag glitch.
This seems to me equivalent to having a tag bug. It could apply to issues of various types and with various causes. It seems unlikely that anyone will be especially ...
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Re-keying [key] to be more useful
Recently, I discovered the existence of key.
This tag is currently being used for both cryptographic keys (SSH/GPG/RSA/etc.) as well as keys on one's keyboard.
A tag that functions like this has, in ...
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Tag synonym request: [soft-link] -> [symbolic-link]
Could I ask for another tag synonym for symbolic-link, that is soft-link. Reference Wikipedia Symbolic Link. I don't have enough reputation to work with tags yet. I came across this because I am new ...
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Tag synonyms: [17.10] and [ubuntu-17.10]
I just found out there's a ubuntu-17.10 tag with two questions currently.
I think it's just a synonym of 17.10. I have suggested a tag synonym.
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Can [spam] handle [spam-handling]?
Here on meta, we have separate spam and spam-handling tags. They are not even synonyms. A few questions are even tagged with both of them.
Since only seven questions in total are currently tagged ...
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Issue in adding Tags in Favorite Tags
Is it normal that I can add any text in the "Favorite Tags" section, even something which isn't actually a tag? I can even add duplicate entries! Is this a bug, or will it work if I add "Hello World!" ...
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What to do with tag-only edits?
Here's the suggested edit in question.
The OP was asking about security on a shared WiFi connecton.
They had it tagged as 16.04, firefox, and security.
An edit came up that only changed the tag 16....
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Should [messages] be sent to /dev/null?
Ubuntu is trying to tell me something
In the course of removing the warning tag from a few posts I encountered the tag messages, which is currently attached to 62 questions.
It seems these questions ...
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[warning]: questionable tag detected
We have 57 posts tagged warning. Should they be retagged to remove it?
warning is not as bad as the banned error tag. error roughly meant "Something happened!" There are just a few common meanings ...
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Is the rtorrent tag useful? If so, should we retag these posts?
I noticed a new tag rtorrent.
It only has one post, but I did my usual thing of running a search which turned up ~40 questions mentioning rtorrent.
Is this a tag we need? If so
should old posts ...
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Is UBPorts within the scope of AskUbuntu?
I have this question here:
Does SECURE BOOT need to be disabled on the Nexus 5 before I can install UBPort's Ubuntu Phone Image?
I subsequently created new tags for UBPorts, and one of its core ...
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Combine [vi] and [vim] tags
We should combine the [vi] and the [vim] tags.
From the [vi] tag wiki:
Questions about the text editor "vi" or "vim"
I am not sure whether to keep the [vi] tag or the [vim] tag, but I don't think ...
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Should we delete blocklist tag?
The blocklist apparently is misused, out of 11 questions where it's used , it's used for block devices, on other - for blocking specific websites. There's also no usage-guide for that tag.
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Is the abcde tag helpful to spammers?
See this (possibly now deleted) question:
Inpage Installation
The user just threw abcde in the tags list, and thus saved themselves from entering a tag.
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Should we do something about the [lowgraphics] tag?
A while ago I noticed that we have a tag lowgraphics.
This seems like a suboptimal situation. Lowgraphics isn't a even a word. If we really need a tag for that, shouldn't it be low-graphics-mode? ...
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Maybe [hdpi] is not high enough, add [hidpi] as a synonym?
I have seen posts tagged with hidpi twice or thrice in the past, and each time I replaced it with hdpi, whose tag info reads:
High DPI (dots per inch) screen resolutions, e.g. 4k/UHD/QHD screens
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Do we need [safety] when we have [security]?
Just saw that there's tag for safety, with no usage guidance, and questions mostly about how "safe" something is. Seems like it should be a synonym of security. Or nuked altogether.
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Shouldn't [boxes] be [gnome-boxes]?
Today I untagged the one and only question with the newly created gnome-boxes tag with the usual destructive intent.
Someone in chat told me I shouldn't have done that, and someone else noticed that ...
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Can we burninate shared?
shared is useless. Just completely and utterly useless.
It doesn't refer to anything currently, is used all over the place (shared folders/shared libraries/shared memory), and has no definition for ...
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Do we need the [bootup] tag?
Looking at the questions tagged with bootup, I concluded the tag is synonymous to boot. Unlike boot, it has no description and is much less used and mostly by low-rep (assuming: new) users. Is it ...
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Can we burninate [hardware-recommendation]?
The help center says:
Questions that you should avoid:
Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try ...
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What is the [office] tag for? Can we clarify?
On a routine purge of useless new tags I found and attempted to destroy msoffice. This led me to office which has a significant number of questions but no wiki or usage guidance.
From the questions ...
