Tag double-entendre: rc

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At the moment there are six questions tagged rc:

I don't think tags are meant to be ambiguous in this way. What, if anything, should we do to keep this issue under control?

Mark Henderson · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-02 04:09:40Z

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Not any more.

There's nothing really much to do here. rc as in "release candidate" is a shitty meta-tag and shouldn't have been used.

answered May 2, 2012 at 4:09

Mark HendersonMod

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On su, there's a convention of using windows-8-preview for windows 8 questions, since we have a load of windows 7 rc questions still popping up. Having a specific tag for release candidates works pretty well, since you have the option of cleanup
– Journeyman Geek
Commented May 2, 2012 at 14:04
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You're right about rc. After all, everyone knows it really stands for Remote Control.
– John Gardeniers
Commented May 3, 2012 at 0:05
No no, Radio Controlled.
– Tom Anderson
Commented May 11, 2012 at 10:58
@TomAnderson same difference ;]
– Hubert Kario
Commented May 16, 2012 at 23:10
@HubertKario No love for IR remote control?
– mskfisher
Commented May 18, 2012 at 15:18

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Force Flow · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-14 18:15:11Z

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Spell them out, rather then abbreviate them?

answered May 14, 2012 at 18:15

Force Flow

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