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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So let's talk about burning the fantasy-based tag
But first... required reading, a question asked two days into private beta.
We have come a long way since then and I think that we need to have a serious talk about what fantasy-based really means. ...
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Should we rename [spaceflight] to [space-travel]?
While looking at my own answer to Space flight vs space ships?, and specifically the bullet list at the top,
Spaceflight is about the process
Spaceships is about the technology
...I was ...
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Popping balloons (Burnination request)
I propose that we Burninate the balloon-whales tag.
As of the current posting, there is 1 question using that tag.
I think balloon-whales is too specific a tag for WB. A combination of flight + ...
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Should we merge 'water vessel design' and 'shipbuilding'?
The phrase 'water-vessel-design' (water-vessel-design) is really wordy; something like 'ship-design' would be a little better. However, we do have the tag shipbuilding (shipbuilding), which is
An ...
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Please merge and perhaps synonymize [microgravity] and [zero-gravity] tags
We currently have zero-gravity and microgravity.
As discussed in Do we need a micro-gravity tag separate from Zero-G?, in many situations these two are effectively the same thing. The tag wiki ...
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Tag synonym proposal: writing-systems -> language
Two tags are relevant here, language and written-material. Full tag wiki excerpts:
language: For questions about the written or spoken language of a world.
written-material: For questions about ...
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Identifying incorrectly tagged [hard-science] questions
One of the more confusing things about this site is the hard-science tag. Looking through the meta site, there aren't a lot of clear policies surrounding the tag.
One particular problem I have is ...
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The End of “Life” as We Know It
The "Life" tag has had a long journey.
In October 2014, the tag was first discussed in meta. We decided it was too ambiguous to consolidate with biology, because it can be used outside of that tag.
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Tag for cubeworld questions
With the recent duplicate question concerning a cubeworld, I realize that there are quite a few on cubes and other shapes with similar questions such as what the gravity would be like. And these ...
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Hard Science not-so-hard: wiping out humanity
The question
How to wipe out humanity within a week?
is marked with a hard-science. But, IMO neither the question, nor any of the answer really live up to the exigence. Or am I being too strict?
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Do we need [space-construct] and [space-station]?
So I had fun with space-questions, and learned we have a space-construct and space-station. It occurs to me that every spacestation is a space-construct. I can't immediatly immagine a spacestation ...
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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
For questions about the creation and development of ...
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Does my answer fit the hard-science tag?
I'm currently having a dispute with JDÅugosz whether my answer to a question tagged hard-science actually meets the hard-science tag requirements.
I'd be interested in what others here think about it....
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Viability of a “dungeon” tag
I just posted this question on the main site. While I was looking over the tags, I noticed that none of them really fit my question. I've selected three tags that are related, but don't really capture ...
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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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Help defining the sapience tag
I just created a new tag of sapience. I noted a number of questions that asked about the evolution of sapient level creatures and felt that it would be nice to be able to tag these sort of questions ...