Questions tagged [retag-request]
This tag is for requests to replace one tag with another existing tag. It also applies to requests that one tag should be merged into another, or simply abandoned.
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Several tags that need cleaned up
I've noticed a few tags on the site need cleaned up.
Some of what I would like to see changed:
There is a lag tag and a lagging tag that should be merged.
The slow tag should be burninated, as it is ...
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Merge opera-mini into opera-mobile
As just pointed out by Add separate Opera tag for the new Opera browser, we currently have two Opera tags:
opera-mini × 17
opera-mobile × 13
I not only see no good reason in creating a ...
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SkyDrive is now OneDrive
OneDrive for Everything in Your Life
Today we are pleased to announce that SkyDrive will soon become OneDrive.
We only have a couple questions tagged skydrive, but it would be nice if they were re-...
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Please re-tag "viewsonic-g-tablet" to "viewsonic-gtablet"
The official name of the thing is gTablet.1
To fit with our manufacturer-name scheme for device tags, please retag viewsonic-g-tablet to viewsonic-gtablet.
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Synonym request: galaxy-note-3
galaxy-note-3 and samsung-galaxy-note-3 should be synonymized and merged.
Although the former currently has more questions, the latter matches our naming convention.
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Synonym requests for "google-plus-hangouts"
The official name is Google+ Hangouts.
Please rename google-plus-hangout to google-plus-hangouts.
Then, please synonymize and merge google-hangouts to google-plus-hangouts.
Also, the original "...
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Synonym request: "gtalk" to "google-talk"
The one is obviously a short-hand way of saying the other.
gtalk should be made a synonym of google-talk and merged.
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Rename 'htc-mytouch' to 'htc-mytouch-4g'?
I just tapped into the htc-mytouch (× 8) tag today on my walk through our tags. Checking with Wikipedia and GSMArena, I found no such device -- just a "HTC Mytouch 4g". Checking the questions, ...
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Diversify 'root' and 'rooting'
Currently, root is a synonym to rooting. I want to propose separating the two:
"rooting" concerns the process of gaining root access to a device, as its tag-wiki (including the excerpt) describes. ...
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Rename 'recording' tag to 'audio-recording'
We have tags for video-recording, voice-recording, call-recording, and 'screen-recording' (synonym to screencast). I suggest to rename recording to audio-recording to match that list (I'm already ...
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Rename 'transfer' tag to 'data-transfer'
To avoid confusion, I request we rename the transfer (x13) to data-transfer.
Explanation: We already have the file-transfer (x96). I just went over the questions tagged transfer, and re-tagged a few ...
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Confusing 'monitor' tag
We have the tags monitoring (x11) and monitor (x3). Quite obviously, the latter leads to some confusion: while some take it as a synonym to monitoring, others take it to refer to a computer monitor.
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Synonym request: [android-4.2] -> [4.2-jelly-bean]
To match up with our OS version tagging scheme, please make android-4.2 a synonym of 4.2-jelly-bean.
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Please rename [xperia-play] to [sony-ericsson-xperia-play]
To match our convention of manufacturer-model tags, please rename xperia-play to sony-ericsson-xperia-play and make the former a synonym of the latter.
In the event that the proposed tag name is too ...
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Merge meta-tags "user", "users", and "user-accounts"
We have three closely related tags on meta: user, users, and user-accounts.
We're not talking about a lot of posts here, but from what I could all be handled with a single tag.
Please merge user and ...
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Retag request: "whatsapp" to "whatsapp-messenger"
WhatsApp Messenger is the real name of the app. Can whatsapp be renamed whatsapp-messenger (and "whatsapp" kept as a synonym)?
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Radio tag is ambiguous [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the intended purpose of the 'radio' tag?
radio tag can refer both to radio ROM (the part that controls communications functions) and to FM radio. We already ...
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Are [sleep] and [sleep-mode] tags the same? Merge?
There is no description for these tags, are they referring to the same thing? If so then should they be merged? sleep-mode would appear more popular, although to be honest I prefer the shorter sleep ...
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Confusion between stock-android and stock-ui tags
The stock-android tag covers versions of the OS that includes manufacturer enhancements, but the stock-ui tag excludes manufacturer enhancements (according to the description).
stock-android
The ...
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De-synonymize vibration, haptic-feedback
I don't know who or when, but haptic-feedback is currently a synonym of vibration.
Now, while haptic feedback is a vibration, it is quite separate and distinct from notification vibrations. (The lack ...
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Please merge [gps] and [internal-gps]
Can you please merge these tags. I believe they are redundant.
internal-gps
gps
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Remove "pc" tag?
I see a lot of questions tagged pc that are really better tagged with windows or linux as a lot of them are operating-system specific.
Example:
"MTP USB Device" driver error (screenshot) ...
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Merge sms, messaging and text-message
Noticed that we've got a few tags related to SMS that ought to be merged (I think under SMS because that's the most precise term)
sms messaging text-message
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Merge stock, stock-android, vanilla; define "stock-android"
vanilla, stock and stock-android are being used interchangeably, and belong lumped together under "stock-android."
Also, I took it upon myself to define stock-android but folks should weigh in about ...
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Merge device tag variations
A lot of folks are using the tmobile-g1 tag to refer to the "HTC G1" ... presumably because the phone has no HTC branding on it and the tag exists so it seems reasonable (that's why I used it ...) ...
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merge photos, photo, and pictures tags
There are tags for photos, photo, and pictures. These should probably be all photos.
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Merge 'sync' and 'synchronization'
sync × 14
synchronization × 2
One question actually has both tags.
I think "sync" is used more because, well, it's a simple abbreviation and the full word is hard to spell. Also, a lot ...
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Merge 'alarm' and 'alarms' tags
Don't know which should win; they both have three questions.
alarm
alarms
I lean toward the singular.
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More tag redundancy - phone models
We've got a lot of different tags referencing phone models: droid, motorola-droid, incredible, htc-incredible, htc-droid-incredible, droid-x, etc etc etc. How do we want to unify these?
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