Questions tagged [burninate-request]
Requests to have a tag "burninated" (or deleted) from the system. Use for both requesting a removal, as well as discussing if a tag needs removal. Read the tag wiki for more details.
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Should we burninate [class-names]?
The tag class-names has 79 questions in it, has no wiki or wiki excerpt, and is used for questions where the questions refer to different things. Running through the burnination criteria:
Does it ...
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What should we do about the [hello-world] tag?
Recently I came across a question with a hello-world tag, which was asked a few days ago. (I can't post the link of it because it is now deleted)
After searching on Stack Overflow and Meta Stack ...
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The [tax] tag has been burninated
The tax tag is on about 200 questions dealing with numerous different concepts, languages, and problems. It only refers to a real-world domain that use cases for coding deal with, and adds no useful ...
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Can we burn [record]? [duplicate]
I found the record tag. I showed it used a the record keyword in Java. While trying to see others posts, I see it has multiples used as record for database, record for phone, or an object.
Does it ...
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Cut out that infernal racket! Turn the [volume] down to 0
For tag volume:
Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?
It is very ambiguous. In addition to the audio meaning and the geometric meaning cited in ...
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Burninate [wikimedia] or donate $2. Please don't scroll past this.
The wikimedia tag (~150 questions) seems to be in dire need of burninating.
Wikimedia is the organization behind Wikipedia and a couple of other wiki sites. While some questions about mediawiki, the ...
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Extraordinary burnination: turn off the [tdengine]
The tdengine tag has been plagued for at least since one year (possibly more) by what look like a massive seeding attempt via automatically created accounts, or plain ban evasion, at best, but again ...
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Cleaning up after a [failed-installation] [duplicate]
We have failed-installation, this was previously discussed in 2016 and had 318 questions, it now has 813.
Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?
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Who is this [publisher]?
publisher have questions with very different definitions of "publisher":
Swift Publisher:
How to implement a Publisher extension, It drops elements until the asynchronous task associated ...
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I have made a terrible [discovery]: this tag
We have discovery, which is similar to the discover tag that has already been removed. I feel most of the reasons for discover being removed, also apply here.
Does it describe the contents of the ...
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In an [ide]al world, there is no need for this tag
Looking at the related tags list in ide's top-users page we can get a reasonable idea of how the tag is being used. It mostly doubles with a second IDE specific tag:
eclipse - 1610 questions.
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Should the tag [java-aot] be retired in favor of [jaotc] and [dex2oat]?
There are 11 questions tagged jaotc with the guidance:
Jaotc is the Java Ahead-of-Time Compiler. It allows to generate native code from Java Byte Code.
There are 15 questions tagged dex2oat with the ...
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We should stop [copy]ing and [paste]ing tags
Let's get rid of these tags. I don't really see an argument for keeping them. But let's take a look at the burnination criteria:
Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied, ...
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Is this tag de[composable]?
A recent meta post drew my attention to the composable tag. There are 171 questions, but no usage guidance whatsoever.
I think this is a straightforward candidate for burnination, per the usual ...
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Time to burn our subscription to this [newsletter]
I encountered the tag newsletter today, and I don't see how it would be on topic on Stack Overflow. The tag has no wiki entry and its excerpt doesn't describe when it should be used, but what it is:
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