Questions tagged [tag-synonym-process]
This tag is for questions about tag synonyms (how they work, who can create them, etc). Use [synonym-request] for tag synonym requests.
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Request to reverse synonym direction for Persian and Farsi
TLDR "Persian" can refer to either of these two things: the language (which is also called Farsi) the script (writing system) In Stackoverflow, if a post is about the script, it should use ...
11 votes
1 answer
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Expiry for tag synonym suggestions
Recently I wanted to create a tag synonym ng-modules of the angular-module tag, but I was unable to do so because apparently there is a pending tag synonym suggestion which is open for over 10 years ...
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Cannot suggest tag synonym [ng-modules] for [angular-module] because it allegedly already exists, but it doesn't [duplicate]
I want to mark ng-modules as a synonym for the angular-module tag. When I open the tag detail page, enter ng-modules in the synonym input field and click Suggest, I'm getting the following error: ...
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Why does [dart-null-safety] just link to [dart]?
The tag dart-null-safety just links to dart. Not sure why, I guess it was made a synonym/duplicate. Why is that? It is a pretty specific subset of Dart, with specific questions and specific answers. ...
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Why does tag "file-io" refer to (non-existing) tag "fileinput"?
When asking a question related to file input, I was examining the suggested tag completions. The "info bubble" for tag "file-io" says "also: fileinput", but I could not ...
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Should some tag synonyms (with many questions in both tags) be merged?
According to this SEDE query there are more that 950 tag synonyms having questions in both tags (essentially meaning they have not been merged). You can find such synonyms also in the list of all tag ...
39 votes
2 answers
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Gold tag badges don't apply to synonymized tags
(I want to preemptively say that I do not contribute to Stack Overflow for the reputation or the badges) On Stack Overflow, I possess the selenium Gold badge, but the permissions don't seem to apply ...
52 votes
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Python 3.x is just "Python". Any way to get rid of [python-3.x] tag?
The tag python-3.x is pointless these days. The only supported versions of Python are Python 3.x, for many years now. Python 4 isn't happening ("probably there never will be a 4.0 and we'll just ...
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2 answers
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Tag silently changed to tag-synonym after posting a question
I asked this question specifying the tag pixi: After I posted it, the tag was silently changed to pixi.js. But that's not at all what I wanted. I wanted to create a new tag for a new tool. I checked ...
5 votes
1 answer
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The [oracle] tag is currently "broken" following partial renaming of the tag [duplicate]
Following the meta-question Rename [oracle] to [oracle-database] someone has created the oracle-database tag and synonymised oracle to oracle-database. New questions are being created with the oracle-...
27 votes
1 answer
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How to find a question by its old tag when that tag is synonymized with another
On Meta, chatgpt has been synonymized with ai-generated-content, but when I go to its tag page, there are only 7 questions listed when I know that there were way more questions with the chatgpt tag ...
8 votes
2 answers
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Should [discord.py] questions also be tagged [python] and [discord]? Can they be interlinked?
Many tags are related only to a particular programming language, and it might be of a library that has bindings in many languages. For example, many PyQT questions are tagged python and qt, though the ...
11 votes
1 answer
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Different tag synonym remapping for Unity3d tag: unity or unity-game-engine
Currently all tags that are synonyms for the Unity game engine are remapped to unity3d, including the tags unity-game-engine and simply unity. The problem with this is a lot of people misinterpret ...
6 votes
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Unexpected behavior in Stack Overflow Trends
I'm using Stack Overflow Trends to track the popularity of several tags. In particular, I'm very interested in monitoring the selenium tag. Currently, this chart is as follows: https://insights....
0 votes
2 answers
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Why shouldn't we merge [google-analytics-4] into [google-analytics]?
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties are now default in Google Analytics and are the replacement for Universal Analytics (UA) properties. From July 1, 2023, all standard UA properties will stop ...