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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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Can we please disambiguate or discourage the 'mobile' tag?
In the end we're splitting hairs with this talk of tags and creating new tags. … Creating tags ahead of an issue because it might become crowded has burned us multiple times in the past. …
4
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Network or networking?
I think both have a vague difference about them, and when I see the questions that link to these I realize why some would call it "network" and others "networking". Ideally these should probably be me …
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New questions for different versions or pile them together?
Most of the time a solution will be version indiscriminate. In my opinion it is another question. CSL USB Modem U1-TF doesn't work with 10.04 - as such It's my opinion that it needs to be a new questi …
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How can I disable the grey highlightening on askubuntu?
One way to do so is to add a tag that you're either interested in, or that gets very little useage (like vpcy which has only one question attached to it on the main site). This would be a stop gap unt …
8
votes
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Purpose of the firefox-4 tag
Merge
I think the firefox-4 should be merged with firefox since it does not offer any additional value other than being a meta tag.
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Delete Tag: 4096
The tags been removed from the question, after a period of time the tag will be removed so long as it's not used again. …
7
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What to do with useless new tags?
In this case it could be a synonym, since .deb is deb, in other cases, tags are auto deleted after some time when they have 0 questions tagged under them. …
2
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Accepted
Can misspelled tags be deleted?
They can be merged with the proper tag, which has just happened in this case. In the future visit the correct tag's page, click Synonym, and suggest that the incorrect spelling of the tag be a synonym …
2
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Accepted
Could somebody please create the [router] tag?
Tags have gone under several major changes - in this case router would be considered more a meta tag, which wouldn't add any additional value to your post. …
8
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How should we tag Dash (the shell)
I went to ask a question about Dash (/bin/sh) in Ubuntu to find that "dash" is being used to describe problems with Unity's Dash interface.
4
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PHP, PHP5 tags merge
However, since both python2 and python3 exist in the repos, there should be separate tags as I've come to learn python2 and python3 are very different. …
7
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Accepted
Tag untagged: He's dead, Jim
There's no way to get rid of them except to go through and give them proper tags. …
8
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How do I create a new tag?
Tags can only be created if you ask a question and tag it with a tag that has not been used on the site previously, otherwise there is no way to "create" a tag. …
6
votes
Accepted
Can we kill the "bounty" tag?
I know this has been mentioned a few times before, but for clarity (and posterity) moderators can't just kill tags. …
8
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Should tags also used for adding extra information
Tags really shouldn't be used this way unless they properly categorize a post. Most version tags are plain superfluous and not needed (as in reality it affects more versions than that one). …