Don't remove tags that are only used once in the last 6 months

Question

One issue with tagging on Web Applications is the tag removal script which automatically deletes tags that have only been used once in the past six months.

This tag removal script has led to untagged questions about low-use services such as goodfilms, openraid, microsoft-answers, and koding. Other sites like Arqade have voted to have tag auto-deletion disabled in the past and it hasn't caused any issues.

Can we disable auto-deletion of single use tags on Web Applications?

Answer 1

On Ask Patents they are using tags in a way that I think that doesn't apply to Web Applications. I'm not sure about the arguments on Arqade. According to Jeff Attwood's answer to Should We Zap The Low-Occurrence Tags? the point of the automatic single-use tag removal is to remove tags added by accident and this was set because occurs frequently. I think that this happens on Web Applications, so it's could be that turning off the automatique one-use tag removal could cause more harm that benefits.

I think that having six months time window to do something to "save" a tag is enough. If we want to prevent that a tag be removed at this we have two options:

1. Post a second question
2. Add a tag wiki

Regad

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These tags reapered but still have only one question and haven't a tag wiki

• goodfilms
• microsoft-answers
• koding

This tag has't a question

• openraid

At this time, we only had five questions with untagged

• How do I set the list icon?

  As the question mentioned "Microsoft's advertising" I added microsoft to it.

• Filling up the Roster on OpenRaid

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• See the actual queries and actions Acunetix is testing with