UPDATE Sterling work by @ale and there are at present no Open Qs with this tag, so the issue is largely 'moot'.
There is one Closed Q that should disappear off WA within a fortnight.
Tag finance lacks a Usage guide and has 5 6 followers but is currently applied to 7 0 Open questions.
Other tags with "finance" in them: google-finance and personal-finance (neither with Usage guides).
Regarding Shog9’s criteria for burnination, summarised as:
- Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied?
- Is it unambiguous?
- Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?
- Does the tag add any meaningful information to the post?
- Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?
IMO the As are, in order: No, No, No, No, No.
It is a topic with experts (eg see the SE sites: Personal Finance & Money, Quantitative Finance) but it appears usage has had little connection with either of those.
Would anyone care to speak in its defence in a trial for its life?