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In Can we spellcheck our tags?, ArtOfCode brought up the fact that we had (note the past tense; Michael Kjörling took care of it) a tag when we really needed a tag. I also noticed that we had (again, past tense) a tag when we needed a tag.

Those are dealt with; chances are, others are not. Use an answer on this question to bring up a tag (one tag per answer, please!) you feel needs to be renamed, whether because of spelling or another reason.

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The "of" is typically used in the phrase, and it makes the phrase grammatically correct. Also, pluralization would be nice.

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    $\begingroup$ I believe the actual tag is weapon-mass-destruction (singular). The only question that uses the plural is the one you just asked. $\endgroup$
    – DaaaahWhoosh
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 19:27
  • $\begingroup$ @DaaaahWhoosh Ack! My bad. I'll fix both. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868 Mod
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 19:27
  • $\begingroup$ Oh, well, the old one is fine now, but I think it should still be renamed to the plural, weapons-of-mass-destruction. $\endgroup$
    – DaaaahWhoosh
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 19:30
  • $\begingroup$ @DaaaahWhoosh Pluralization is a different request. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868 Mod
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 19:31
  • $\begingroup$ But they'd already be changing it, two changes to the same tag just seems redundant. $\endgroup$
    – DaaaahWhoosh
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 19:33
  • $\begingroup$ @DaaaahWhoosh Implemented. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868 Mod
    Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 19:34
  • $\begingroup$ I think this is a great idea, but unfortunately tag names are limited to 25 characters. weapons-of-mass-destruction is too long. $\endgroup$
    – user Mod
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 8:25
  • $\begingroup$ mass-destruction-weapons would be grammatically correct and within the 25 character limit (24). The variants with "of" are either 27 or 26 characters. Of course, the "of" variants also include a cultural reference. $\endgroup$
    – Brythan
    Commented Sep 30, 2015 at 3:17
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I propose loses the "recommendations" part?

I don't have a problem with , but some people might not know this term; please consider changing it to "disease".

I see no purpose for the tag, and recommend removing it.

We have frequently-used and , so please consider removing the never-used .

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    $\begingroup$ Can you make each suggestion its own answer? Thanks. $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868 Mod
    Commented Jun 3, 2015 at 22:59
  • $\begingroup$ Sure! Cheers for that. $\endgroup$
    – Mikey
    Commented Jun 3, 2015 at 23:09
  • $\begingroup$ I agree with all these suggestions. $\endgroup$
    – DaaaahWhoosh
    Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 0:24
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    $\begingroup$ Oh, I meant a separate post for each one, to make voting easier. :-) $\endgroup$
    – HDE 226868 Mod
    Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 2:16
  • $\begingroup$ chemoautotrophism was one I had to look up before answering this question...but probably questions about non-solar based life could be better served by a more known word. $\endgroup$
    – Josiah
    Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 15:08
  • $\begingroup$ meteorology is a synonym of weather - as in if someone tries to use meteorology, it gets replaced with weather. No need to remove it $\endgroup$
    – ArtOfCode
    Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 15:13
  • $\begingroup$ I think that removing recommendations from software-recommendations would be confusing and lead to people tagging virtual reality and such questions with software. The other tags have either become synonyms or been deleted. $\endgroup$
    – Brythan
    Commented Sep 27, 2015 at 23:05
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Perhaps this is just semantics, but "mining" encompasses the entire industry, not just the structures used in it.

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    $\begingroup$ As an added bonus, there will no longer be confusion when asking questions about explosive traps. $\endgroup$
    – DaaaahWhoosh
    Commented Sep 28, 2015 at 17:57
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Should we keep or ?

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  • $\begingroup$ Wikipedia says that they're different, but if we must lose one I vote we keep the former. $\endgroup$
    – DaaaahWhoosh
    Commented Oct 7, 2015 at 19:27

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