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Tags are keywords or labels that categorize a question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for users to find and answer a question. Use this tag for proposing actions upon tags (such as merging, synonymization, removal, etc.), or other tag-related questions.
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Terminal vs. Command-Line
Terminal and shell are two very different concepts, though the separation is not obvious to the uninitiated (and the exact location of the separation is a little strange).
The terminal mainly provid …
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What is the proper usage of the windows tag?
I recommend window-NOUN tags, such as window-management. There's even window (U&L), which I consider a good name in principle but a bad name in practice because of the potential for confusion. …
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There is no Shell Tag?
There is a shell tag, but it and terminal are both aliased to command-line. So anything you do in a script or on the command line in a terminal is captured under the same tag, which is rather crude. I …
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Don't mix version specific tags with stuff that isn't version specific!
While you raise a good point that version tags are massively overused on AU, there's nothing wrong with combining them with other tags. … When thinking about what tags to use on a question, complete the sentence “my question is about …”. For example, Can I enable bash-completion for the new apt command? …
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Tag cleanup list
parallel-port and sagemath are very obviously good tags about a specific kind of hardware or software. I'm puzzled as to how they got into your list. …
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Should [encrypted-home] be a synonym of [ecryptfs]?
Should the tag encrypted-home be a synonym of ecryptfs? While there are other ways to encrypt a home directory, Ecryptfs is the official method under Ubuntu. All three questions tagged encrypted-home …
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Synonimization of singular/plural tag pairs
There are a few [foo]/[foos] tag pairs on Ask Ubuntu. Such tag pairs are usually the singular and plural of the same word and should be synonyms. Occasionally.
Only moderators can create [foos] when …