Questions tagged [tags]
For questions about the behavior or usage of tags, which are keywords or labels that categorize and group your question with other, similar questions.
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Please don't double tag Google items
We shouldn't be tagging items with both google and some other tag like google-search or gmail. google should be used for the Google search engine. Use the specific app name for each app. Of course, ...
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Should *-rec tags be added?
A convention has been established on SuperUser.com where questions that ask for software recommendations, are tagged software-rec. I'm wondering if the same convention should be used here with webapp-...
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Questions untaggable for low-rep users
What can be done about tagging for low-rep users?
I had a question about xero, and wasn't able to tag it appropriately, or use a "retag-this-please" style tag (anime stack exchange has one IIRC).
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Why are more general tags getting removed from questions?
Take a look at this revision for an example:
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/posts/50481/revisions
I don't see a reason to remove the more general tags. They make it much easier to find an answer ...
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Do we really need “online” in tags on a web applications site?
There are lots of tags like "online-security" and "online-storage" showing up. Do we really need "online" - isn't that implied?
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Should [google-talk] and [google-chat] tags be merged?
From Google's view point, they are one and the same product, Google Talk. So my question is: should the two tags (google-talk and google-chat) be merged?
From google-talk's excerpt:
Instant ...
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Burninate [finance]?
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 ...
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Can we rename [google-spreadsheets] and [google-spreadsheets-query]?
We have two tags that include “spreadsheets” within them, and both refer to the Google product: google-spreadsheets and google-spreadsheets-query. In use 3,200 times (approximately) between the two.
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Merging tags [gmail] and [google-apps-email]
Tags gmail and google-apps-email refer to the same thing as the email service management features like DNS record management, email routing are out of scope in Web Applications.
It's worth to say ...
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Should .com be included in tag names?
I think that for well known services (e.g. [amazon], [gmail], [ebay], etc) we don't need the .com as part of the tag name, but for lesser known services, especially those that can be confused with ...
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Can we black list [web-application]?
web-application has quite a number of questions tagged to it, but considering the name of this site seems to be rather redundant. I mean, technically, every question on here should have that tag.
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What should we do with WordPress questions and how tag them?
Users are starting to ask questions about WordPress.
If they ask about WordPress.com I think they are on topic, but what if they ask about plug-ins that currently are not supported by WordPress.com ...
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Is the [web-apps] tag partially redundant?
See also: Do we really need online in tags on a Web Applications site
Okay, on my general tag browsing tonight I've noticed a few questions which are being tagged with [web-apps].
While there are a ...
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Tag missing from wildcard search
I did a search for all tags starting with "google":
[google*]
And it returned this url:
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/google+or+google-spreadsheets+or+google-drive+or+google-...
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Rename [g-suite] to [google-workspace]
Google has rebranded G Suite as Google Workspace. Please rename g-suite to google-workspace.
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Is the [date] tag useful?
We've got a few dozen questions tagged with date.
To me, this is not a useful tag.
Who's an expert on dates? Who is going to follow this tag?
A tag should be able to describe a question all by ...
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Clean up needed of Meta tag: [archive]
I draw your attention to the tag archive. Currently, there are 19 questions. There is no tag wiki or usage guidance.
There are a number of apps which have the concept of "archiving", not to mention ...
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Change the [conditional-formatting] tag to not only be about Google Spreadsheets
I've just asked a question about conditional formatting in Microsoft Office Online. I added the conditional-formatting tag but then saw that it apparently only relates to Google Spreadsheets.
Is that ...
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Overlapping [export]/[data-liberation]/[migrate-data]/[migration] tags
I draw your attention to the following tags (numbers are of Open Qs):
data-liberation x42
migrate-data x35
export x93
migration x20
These would seem to cover virtually the same thing.
migration has ...
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Merging tags [book] and [books]
Both tags, book and books refer to the same thing and thus should be merged. As stated in this comment: Merge 'formula' and 'formulas' probably they should be merged to books.
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Can we add “Do not use” to tags being cleaned-up since 2014?
On Let's clean up some meta tags there is a list of tags that look as meta-tags but after 6 years they are still "alive" (tags with <s></s> were not included):
filter - Can'...
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Why in the world do we have [stack-exchange]?
Apparently, we have a stack-exchange tag, with a long wiki description describing the network of sites.
Why?
Well, now we've got a baker's dozen questions that are either:
a support question that ...
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Please rename [stackoverflow] to [stack-overflow]
The tag stackoverflow should be renamed to stack-overflow better to reflect the site's official name.
It's a tiny tag with just three open Qs but I can't think of any reason not to use the site's ...
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Distinction between [facebook-chat] and [facebook-messenger]
I don’t use either (both? – it?) but am curious at the distinction between facebook-chat:
Facebook chat is the instant chat messaging system by Facebook.
and facebook-messenger:
The instant ...
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Should there be separate tags for transferring data?
There are currently three tags which seem to me to have the same purpose transferring data between web-apps and desktop software:
[import] [export] [transfer]
Should these really have separate tags, ...
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Clicking on tag link on a question does not list other questions with that same tag
Navigating to:
Assign size to image in Google Slides
shows it has been tagged with google-slides. The link on that page is https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/google-slides
When ...
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Do we need [social-networks]?
Update: Tag no longer exists.
Tag social-networks was in use for ~40 Open Qs. It showed 13 followers and a Usage guide of:
On Web Applications, the tag 'social networks' refers to a website where ...
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Please rename [research-gate] to [researchgate]
The tag research-gate should be renamed to researchgate better to reflect the site's official name.
It's a tiny tag with just a single question, How to “unfollow” people on ResearchGate but I can't ...
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When [facebook-games], when [facebook][facebook-games], when [facebook] [games], or what?
UPDATE: Since games has been burninated much of this Q has become moot so acceptance of the existing A closes this version for me. More here though.
Q When is facebook-games appropriate, on its own (~...
