Questions tagged [tags]
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Motion to change the tag datastorage to data-storage
datastorage combines a two word phrase into one, and is not commonly seen used interchangeably like the "meta data" and "metadata".
eg.,
search-results
domain-registration
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A tag for duckduckgo?
There are some questions about DuckDuckGo, but no tag for it.
I do not have enough reputation to create it myself.
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Is there an on going tag clean-up / retagging effort?
I answered a question today slightly related to google-workspace. The question's core is "domains literacy" (domain registrar, domain hosting, alternatives to handle domain email forwarding )...
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Rename tag [google-apps] to [google-workspace] and synonymize [gsuite]?
According to Wikipedia, Google Workspace was formerly known as Google Apps, and later G Suite.
We've been getting some questions tagged google-workspaces, but most of them are tagged google-apps. I ...
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Synonyms: [site-deployment] or [website-deployment]?
We have two tags that appear to mean the same thing:
website-deployment - 10 questions
site-deployment - 35 questions
Making one of these a tag synonym of the other seems like a no-brainer to me. ...
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Retire the tag "google-adwords", replace with "google-ads"
The name "Google AdWords" has been deprecated for several years. You do still hear google-adwords or just plain adwords every so often tho - mostly out of habit. Those could become synonyms.
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Should we merge [social-networks] and [social-media]?
Should we merge social-networks (x 64) and social-media (x 127)?
They seem very similar in the ways that they are used to tag questions.
If merged, I suggest social-media as the canonical tag.
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What is the tag wiki mentioned in the badges?
While looking at badges, I saw something called edit wiki tag. Although I searched the site a bit, I couldn't find anything like a wiki. Actually, I don't quite understand what a wiki is.
My question ...
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Tags - [serps] are the same as [search-results], right?
Are the tags serps (search engine results pages) and search-results (search results) the same?
If so, should (edit) serps be synonymized into search-results?
Doing a spot check of the tagged questions,...
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Should we get rid of [wordpress]?
A few minutes ago, I saw this question which was closed as "off-topic for this site." A comment stated that it would be better on WordPress.StackExchange.com.
But if these questions belong ...
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Tag merge request: [advertising] and [advertisement]
Right now advertising has 420 questions, and advertisement has 23 questions.
I propose we mark the latter as a synonym for the former, since afaik they mean the exact same thing.
This also has the ...
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What are the differences between [index], [indexing], and [google-index]?
What are the differences between these tags?
index
indexing:
The process of recording where particular words occur. In the web context search engines crawl the web and make a list of which pages ...
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Is the transfer tag too broad?
Is the transfer tag too broad? It seems to add no value compared to just using the transfer keyword in a title or body. Right now this is the barebones tag info:
To move something from one thing to ...
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Remove "gwt" synonym from "google-search-console" tag
Looks like "gwt" was a synonym of "google-webmaster-tools", then this was merged into "google-search-console" and now "google-search-console" has "gwt" as a synonym.
But, "GWT" is the official name ...
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Synonimize [titles] to [title]
I came across the titles tag when searching for the title tag.
Questions tagged titles: 13
Questions tagged title: 208
It seems like an uncontroversial synonym to make (from titles to title).
(If ...
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Request to add tag synonym from [webshop] to [ecommerce]
I don't have enough rep yet to suggest a tag synonym, but this seems like a pretty straightforward case.
I propose we synonymize webshop to ecommerce, as any ecommerce question that is not about a ...
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The [webmaster] tag applies to every question ever asked?
We're all webmasters on this site, and all questions asked here are regarding a webmaster trying to master their website.
So wouldn't this tag apply to every question ever asked? If so, the tag ...
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Tag for Demo/In-Development sites
I have a question about my Webmasters Stack Exchange post: Ways to show a demo site to a client without a server
Just wondering whether the community thinks a tag for demo and/or in-development sites ...
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Adding [xml-sitemap] as synonym for [sitemap]
We have two tags for sitemaps:
sitemap
a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users.
xml-sitemap
XML files created to make it easier for Search Engine crawlers and other bots to ...
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Tag for placeholder pages ("under construction", "under development", "coming soon", …)
I think it would be useful to have a tag for placeholder pages, i.e., pages that are "under development", announce a launch ("coming soon"), or show one of those classy construction GIFs like it’s ...
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Rename [hidden-text] to [hidden-content]
Suggestion: Let's rename the tag hidden-text to hidden-content.
I don’t think there is a need to handle text differently from other forms of content (images, videos, …).
Example question (to which I ...
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Renaming [piwik] to [matomo]
Followup to https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/363733/renaming-piwik-to-matomo
The Open Source project piwik has recently been renamed to "Matomo".
https://matomo.org/blog/2018/01/piwik-is-now-...
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New tag request
Please can we create a GDPR tag as this may be useful in the lead up to May 2018 where the regulations will come into affect: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/overview-of-...
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Should we create a Google My Business Tag?
Maybe it is just me, however, when posting my last question, odd as it is, I noticed that there was no tag for Google My Business.
Should we create a Google My Business tag?
I imagine that there is ...
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Tag request: DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is a very large VPS company, not unlike Linode.
Linode has a tag yet DigitalOcean does not. I'm sure that there are other people other than me wanting to ask questions about DigitalOcean....
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IMO Incorrect "on hold", maybe add a tag to indicate not code, but concept thinking is requested
I have posted the question App opening standard browser instead of active browser in the normal ProWebmaster forum.
This has been marked as off topic, which is IMO incorrect. I think my question is ...
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Tag rename request: file-manger
Unless we're talking about baby files lying newborn in a manger, could we rename the file-manger tag to file-manager?
:)
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A tag for Google Domains
There are several questions concerning Google Domains product but no google-domains tag. One of them even contains a remark
FWIW I'd like to tag this "google-domains" and/or similar but I don't ...
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Can we get a wildcard asterisk for selecting multiple tags to include & ignore?
Can we get a wildcard asterisk for selecting multiple tags to include & ignore?
If I want to include "search-engine" & "search-engines", can I use "search-engine*" to highlight both in the ...
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Tag: google-webmaster-tools to google-search-console
Google officially renamed "Google Webmaster Tools" to "Google Search Console" and the tag issue came up when we discussed this in chat:
w3d So, errrm, who's going to retag the 1000+ questions ...
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The error tag is too vague. What should we do about it?
After seeing a suggested edit for the error wiki I concluded that this tag is too vague to be useful. I checked Stack Overflow and they have specific tags for specific error types. I believe we should ...
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Is the tag 'recommendations' sufficient?
Recommendations are off-topic for Webmasters, though there is a 'recommendations' tag. 99% of the questions tagged with 'recommendations' are closed as off-topic, duplicate or closed.
Perhaps we ...
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SSL is dead. What should we do with the HTTPS, TLS, and SSL tags?
I asked a question today and Martijn let me know that I was using the wrong terminology when I was using HTTPS and SSL interchangably.
SSL version 3 was recently found to be insecure and now websites ...
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Can the tags "broken-links" and "dead-links" be merged?
Similar tags:
broken-links ×1 -- No description
dead-links ×8 -- No description
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Should the tags tag and the tagging tag on meta be merged?
Should tags and tagging be merged? They seem to be about the same thing.
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Should the ssl and the ssl-certificate tag be merged?
There are questions in ssl and ssl-certificate. Should they be merged?
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How to specify a non relevant tag?
I recently saw a tag link-buliding what has been created with a spelling mistake (second "l" before the second "i").
It's not a big deal but how can I specify this tag must be replaced by the good ...
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Similar tags: "logging", "tracking", "analytics", "reporting", and "statistics" -- merge?
These tags are very similar:
logging × 47
tracking × 123
analytics × 301
reporting × 26
statistics × 87
Should some of them be merged?
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Which image/picture/photo related tags need to be merged?
We have several related tags that have significant overlap:
image × 78 -- merged into "images"
images × 175
photo × 10
pictures × 6
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Should “dns-server” and “nameserver” tags be merged?
We have very similar tags about DNS name servers:
nameserver × 86
dns-servers × 41
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Should "doubleclick" and "google-dfp" tags be merged?
doubleclick × 6
google-dfp × 11
Google bought doubleclick in 2007. Google DFP stands for "doubleclick for publishers".
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Should "ads" and "advertising" tags be merged?
advertising × 184 - the practice of producing text, images, or other media intended to influence others' purchasing decisions.
ads × 60 - Short for advertisements. Visual elements added by a webmaster ...
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Should "spiders", "robots", and "web-crawlers" tags be merged?
spider × 22
robots × 68 - A computer program that accesses web pages for various purposes (to scrape content, to provide search engines with information about your site, etc.)
web-crawlers × 160 - (No ...
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Which of the "design" tags should be merged?
design × 55 - a broad term for something that has been created from a plan, there are thousands of types of design types (Web Design, Graphic Design, 3D Design, Etc.)
website-design × 275 - the ...
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Why are some tags changed automatically?
Sometimes when I edit a question, I choose a tag but it doesn't taken into account. Is someone can tell me why some tags are changed automatically?
For example, I have edited a question by addind the ...
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Which of these "internationalization" tags should be merged?
I just merged "i18n" into "internationalization" (which seems straightforward).
We now have several related tags, some of which should probably be merged:
multilingual - 61 Questions
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Creating a new tag on a question that wasn't asked by me
Just a little question about tagging.
If I create a new tag by editing a question wasn't asked by me, the tag is considered as created by the question's owner or created by me?
My question is ...
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Should [url-format] be merged with [url] tag?
Does the url-format tag cover anything that the url tag does not? Many questions that are tagged with [url-format] are also tagged with [url] - unnecessarily I expect ([url] alone would be sufficient)....
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Tag: sites - please set as intrinsic/"blacklist"
Following on request to remove websites tag, (synonym: web-sites) please remove sites
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