Questions tagged [specific-tag]
For questions that ask about specific tags -- questions like "Is this tag useful?" "Should this tag be banned?" "Should one tag be merged with another?"
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Should the Xenobiology tag automatically imply science-based or hard-science?
In a comment to a recent question, @Nosajimiki made a good point. The OP had not tagged the question hard-science or science-based, so I chastised other respondents for taking a hard-line Real World ...
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Is an edit to the three Science tag wikis warranted?
A recent question posited a fantastic condition then used the science-based tag. In essense, the author wanted a science-based solution to a problem that wasn't science-based in the first place.
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The Rules and the Worldbuilding Resources Tag
Background
A recent question asked about designing the biological sexes of alien creatures. Not surprising in our world today, the OP's original question used the word "gender," even going ...
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Should the Worldbuilding-Process tag be discontinued?
Relevant test question on Main:
Magic Systems: Advice for developing opposing forces
The roll-over text for the Worldbuilding-Process tag reads:
For questions about the process of creating a new ...
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Please review the updated tag wikis for internal-consistency, science-fiction, science-based, and hard-science
The tag wikis for the following tags have been updated based on the results of If we can't burn the "reality check" tag, can we rename it?
internal-consistency
science-fiction
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Does using the tags [science-based] and [time-travel] in tandem make any sense?
IMHO, time travel (into the past) is fantasy. It is proven to be nigh-impossible, affects causality, there are dozens of resources discussing the vagarities and impossibilities of time-traveling to ...
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If we can't burn the "reality check" tag, can we rename it?
Conclusion:
The tag wikis have been updated and the new reality-check tag made a synonym of science-based. Users can conveniently find links to the modified tags here: Please review the updated tag ...
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Should the Feudalism and Neo-feudalism have separate tags?
I was considering adding the neo-feudalism tag but thought to ask here first.
They are distinct concepts but I predict it is nuanced and specialized enough that blindly making the tag will see ...
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Four similar tags relating to metalworking
I was writing a question about working with iron, and noticed that there seemed to be quite a lot of tags relating to the topic, some of which seemed conflicting:
metals (147)
metalworking (56)
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Are the Science-Fiction and Hard-Science tags mutually exclusive?
A July 2022 renovation of the reality-check tag and others has changed the context of this question. It is now obsolete. Please see the following question and the link under "Conclusion." If ...
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I think we lack "necromancy" tag
I was suprised that there is yet no necromancy tag on WorldBuilding. Please, consider creating it on WorldBuilding, as users can be seeking questions specifically about necromancy for their ...
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Should the Science-Based tag demand (similar to Hard-Science) that all world rules adhere to real-life science?
A July 2022 renovation of the reality-check tag and others has changed the context of this question. It is now obsolete. Please see the following question and the link under "Conclusion." If ...
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Can we have a standardized system for determining how specific tags can be?
I have been on Worldbuilding Stack Exchange for slightly over a year and I have realized that many very specific and rarely used tags exist. On the other hand, certain topics only have very broad tags ...
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My [neural-network] suggests to burninate this tag
While looking for tags appropriate for my new question I came across neural-network tag.
Currently, it only have a single question (closed as off-topic) and no description. On said question, it doesn'...
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Should we think long and hard about [sex]?
(pun in title intended)
There is a question posted about intimate relationship between members of different species: What would be the most comfortable position for mermaids and humans to engage in ...
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What should be done with tag darwiniv?
Today I noticed that there are some questions using the tag darwiniv
The questions are all asked by the same user, and revolve around that planet.
How do you feel about the tag, and what should be ...
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Creating a specific tag for questions set in a "real world" or "real world"-esque setting
A lot of stories are set in worlds that are like reality unless noted. These are settings in which the geopolitical situation is virtually identical to the modern world (minus the presence of a few ...
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A proposal to establish policy regarding the torture and execution tags
Although most questions tagged torture and execution are unquestionably well within the scope of Worldbuilding, some were or might have been inappropriate causing a discussion about the validity of ...
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Modifying the Evolution tag wiki
I believe I've finally figured out why I dislike "How can X evolve?" questions and what to do about it. I believe the proposal would help with the questions tremendously — at least if anyone ...
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What's up with the [worldbuilding-process] tag?
It seems like worldbuilding-process is just tacked on questions that it doesn't belong on. Some of these are just poor questions entirely, but many seem to be good worldbuilding questions about ...
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Should [beer] be moved to [alcoholic-beverages]?
Today, I was surprised that Worldbuilding Stack Exchange has a tag called [beer], yet there were no tags called [wine], [alcohol], or [alcoholic-beverages].
In addition, there were many questions ...
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Should [fairy] exist? It's such a vague concept
Question has been technically answered. Fairy is now a redirect for Fantasy-Races.
Should fairy exist?
It's currently used in 7 questions so far... 1 because I added it in forgetting that I don't put ...
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Should [medical] and [medicine] be merged?
medical has 89 questions as of now and the following short and long descriptions:
For questions about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injury.
This tag describes questions ...
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Should the [tag:execution] tag be removed?
While reviewing Most painful way to kill somebody with 10 bullets? I looked up the torture and execution tags. Their definitions aren't great in context of worldbuilding, and I think that's ...
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Why do we [torture] ourselves with this tag?
I don't see how torture can be used for world building. The tag text says:
For questions about the application of mental or physical suffering, usually without the intent to kill.
I'm trying to ...
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Revisiting the "science" tag
The science tag is for:
Questions about science and the perception of science in a fictional world. Use [science-based] for questions on how to explain fictional things based on real-world science. ...
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We have the "dragons" tag, so do we really need "dragon-anatomy" too?
The description of the "dragons" tag is quite general, and it would certainly seem to include questions about their anatomy:
"For questions involving dragons - generally large, reptilian, flying ...
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should the name reality check change to plausibility check or possibility check?
A July 2022 renovation of the reality-check tag and others has changed the context of this question. It is now obsolete. Please see the following question and the link under "Conclusion." If ...
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Why we don't have a high fantasy tag?
We have tags for different fantasy genres: low-fantasy, urban-fantasy, and well as magic for general fantasy questions, but what always struck me as odd is that we don't have a tag for high fantasy. ...
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What is reality check suppose to be?
A July 2022 renovation of the reality-check tag and others has changed the context of this question. It is now obsolete. Please see the following question and the link under "Conclusion." If ...
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Symbiosis tag please?
At the root of every ecology is a biome filled with co-dependant organisms. Things which just evolved together over time - frogs hiding in trees, Egrets riding on oxen, ramoras riding on sharks, cows ...
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Should there be a 'husbandry' tag?
I recently asked this question about how many people would be required to care for a particular menagerie. It's tagged farming and zoology, which could be worse, but neither tag quite fits the topic, ...
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Should there be a 'tails' tag for questions specific to tails (humanoid or otherwise)?
Wings and tails are common sci-fi/fantasy topics, especially for humanoids. A recent top new question without a 'tails' tag made me realize I'd subscribe or watch such a tag if it existed.
I checked ...
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Can acoustics be a synonym for audio?
With two recent questions:
How quiet can a static, non-propulsive pulsejet be?
What frequency range would be ideal for audible communication on a planet with a thick atmosphere?
I found myself ...
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Is spatial trigonometry hard science?
The standard for hard-science is that we should edit out the tag if hard science is obviously not wanted. I.e. the asker doesn't want to require equations or citations in the answers.
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Why no tag for tags on mechanical constructions?
I personally have written quite a few questions concerning mechanical mechanisms. My trouble is I believe engineering to be too broad and mechanics being ambiguous.
Is there anything I can do in this ...
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Fixing the resources tag
I looked this up and it turns out that, back in 2014, there was a tag for resources and people wanted resources of a world to be separate from resources for building a world. So they turned it into ...
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Defining an "Earliest-Time" tag
From time to time we encounter questions of the form:
What is the earliest time X could be discovered or built?
Examples include:
What is the earliest time a pulsejet could be built?
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Can we have a MacGyver tag or category?
The great strength of this community is its wide-ranging expertise on diverse subjects.
Questions that involve an individual are routinely put on hold as too story based but where else can we go for ...
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What is the difference between [mythical-creatures] and [fantasy-races]?
Okay, we have two tags:
mythical-creatures
For questions about creatures that are not found on Earth. These can be anything from dragons to Pegasus to your own made-up creature. They just need to not ...
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Should we have the science-fiction tag?
I just noticed the science-fiction tag.
https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/science-fiction
This tag feels meaningless to me, it should possibly be a synonym to science-based ...
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Recommend making "city-design" a synonym of "city"
I've been working with tag wikis and just completed filling out the fields for city. Next on the list is city-design.
I was going to identify city-design as a synonym of city (which puts it up for ...
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Do we need the [names] tag?
Right now names has 36 questions. A lot of them are on hold or closed, and I feel none of them needs that tag to make sense.
I feel asking about names, or name conventions, usually tends to get ...
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Are the four "alternate_X" tags synonyms?
Today I looked at the four "alternate_X" tags: alternate-earth, alternate-history, alternate-reality, alternate-worlds.
From my point of view, one or two of these could be different, but as they read ...
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New cosmology tag?
I am thinking of adding a new tag that might be helpful in Worldbuilding. One of the tags I am think of at the moment is cosmology.
Cosmology
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Opinions about the new Technobabble tag
A recent question introduced the technobabble tag. Click here to read its wiki.
I like this tag. I think it reflects the highly creative nature of the site and balances the fact that far too often ...
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What's the difference between [astronomy] and [astrophysics]?
We've had the astronomy tag for some time now, and it's been use a lot (310 questions as of today). Recently, we got a new tag: astrophysics (4 questions). I've answered some questions in both tags, ...
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Recommended: "future" a synonym for "far-future"
I don't have the required 5 points in the "far-future" tag to subit this as a possible synonym.
Recommendation: The future tag become a synonym of the far-future tag.
Synopsis of near-future:
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Trying to remove "character-design" tag, but can't remove the last association
This is the list of questions using the character-design tag
Originally there were 10 questions associated with the character-design tag. I believed that character design is intrinsically not ...
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Should we take off our [footwear]?
A short time ago, a blatantly off-topic question got posted on main and swiftly deleted, and I was curious to see that it had been (incorrectly) tagged footwear. I didn't know we had such a tag. It ...
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