Tag proliferation and whether we should prune — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable.
What changes if the standard account of Tag proliferation is wrong? I ask because I have been treating it as settled and I noticed this week that I could not say why.
Working through the consequences rather than the evidence, since others here are better placed on the evidence.
I would rather this thread reach "we do not know" about Tag proliferation than reach a confident answer that nobody can support when asked.
Suggestion rather than complaint: the vendor pages carry a review date, and topics do not. A topic that has been read by a maintainer recently is a different thing from one nobody has looked at since 2024.
Happy to be corrected if someone holds better data than mine.
I read the earlier replies on Tag proliferation twice before writing this, because I had assumed the opposite and wanted to be sure I was disagreeing with what was said rather than what I expected.
Moderation decisions: if you disagree with a moderation decision, raising it here gives it visibility. Staff will reconsider if you make a substantive case.
For what it is worth, the same held on the two occasions I checked.
Taking post #7 at face value and following it one step further.
Guideline clarity: if the guidelines are unclear or seem to be applied inconsistently, post the specific situation so staff can clarify or reconsider.
Reporting rather than complaining: the tag filter and the category filter combine in a way I did not expect. Selecting both narrows to the intersection, which is correct, but reads as an empty result rather than a narrow one.
If the premise is wrong, everything after it is decoration.
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