Questions tagged [retag-request]
Use for Meta Questions related to changing tags on existing questions (merge, manual changes, anything basically).
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Tag synonym: hg -> mercurial
could we please have a synonym from hg to mercurial like we have on SO? I'm too new here to create it myself.
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SF retag: "esx" and "esxi" to "vmware-esx" and "vmware-esxi"?
At time of writing, there are questions tagged thus on ServerFault:
178 in "esx"
124 in "esxi"
48 in "vmware-esx"
45 in "vmware-esxi"
901 in "vmware":
115 also have "esx"
63 also have "esxi"
17 also ...
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Merge DNS record tags for consistency
I just asked a question involving DNS MX records and noticed that there are two separate tags that appear to both concern MX records: mx and mx-record.
Do these need to be merged?
Are there other tags ...
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Retag 'registrar' and 'domain-registrar'
Personally I like 'domain-registrar' better but it seems as though 'registrar' gets used much more. Either way I don't think we need both tags.
Also up for discussion:
domain(213)
domains(28)
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einstiien
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tag merge: fold socks-proxy into socks
There's two redundant tags: socks and socks-proxy.
I propose merging the latter into the former as it's shorter and there's no collision of the name with another term.
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Merge filesystem and filesystems
filesystem and filesystems should be merged, 135 on filesystem and 565 on filesystems . I guess keep filesystem to prefer the singular, but I don't feel strongly.
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Synonyms for DNS Tags
I've just been around filling in some tag wikis for a bunch of DNS related tags, and I noticed the following:
a-record
cname
ptr
a-record doesn't fit the same naming scheme as the rest. Probably ...
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Windows Server 2003 tags on ServerFault
There are probably a few others but saw these while searching for an issue I have.
win2k3 (16) -> windows-server-2003 (1580)
windows-server-2003-r2 (10) -> windows-server-2003 (1580)
windows-server-...
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Tag merge: SaltStack
These two tags are for the same product:
salt: https://serverfault.com/tags/salt/info
salt-stack: https://serverfault.com/tags/salt-stack/info
How about a unique one: salt-stack?
IMO, salt is not a ...
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Office, Forefront and whatever else I find
microsoft-office-2010 -> ms-office-2010
microsoft-office -> ms-office
microsoft-access -> ms-access
threat-management-gateway -> ms-ftmg
tmg-2010 -> ms-ftmg-2010
forefront -> ms-forefront
forefront-...
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Retag request: change [sharedfolders] to [shared-folders]
Retagging a question on SF, I noticed the tag sharedfolders, and it should have a hyphen in between, as they are two separate words, right?
Can we retag all sharedfolders to shared-folders?
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Retag [backupexec] to [backup-exec]?
On Server Fault, there are 56 tags [backupexec] and no [backup-exec] tags.
This seems odd to me, as you would say it as Backup Exec (2 words), much like you would say Windows Server 2008 R2 as ...
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Merge the registry and windows-registry tags
The description of registry indicates that it's supposed to apply to the Windows Registry, there's a more descriptive windows-registry as well though.
I would propose to merge registry → windows-...
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Tag merge and synonym or blackhole - Cisco-asa & ASA
The ASA tag has 109 Qs, the Cisco-ASA tag only has 79.
Please merge ASA into the more formal Cisco-ASA.
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Tag merge passenger and phusion-passenger
I think that passenger and phusion-passenger need to be merged - they refer to the same technology.
passenger is listed on 50 questions and phusion-passenger is on 181.
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Retag request: serverfault hard-disk -> hard-drive
hard-disk (46) seems to be a less-commonly used synonym for hard-drive (157). I think it'd be worth merging the former into the latter, for cleanliness.
Unknown Yahoo
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Tag synonym: subnets -> subnet
There were four questions with the subnets tag; I've edited them all to be subnet.
wombleMod
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Virtual Hosting tags [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tag synonym/merge: virtual{host,hosts,-hosting,-hosts}
I am not sure if i should post this kind of things here.
Should I?
I recommend that the tags: virtualhosts, virtual-...
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Retag: sunsolaris10 → solaris-10, sunsolaris → solaris
I suggest adding sunsolaris10 as an synonym to solaris-10.
As well, add sunsolaris as an synonym to solaris.
The bare name is more correct.
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Merge Request for trio [dnsbl] [dnsrbl] [rbl]
These three tags should be merged
rbl (30) a.k.a Real-time Blackhole List
dnsbl (5) a.k.a. DNS-based Blackhole List
dnsrbl (3) a.k.a. DNS-based Real-time Blackhole List
RBL and DNSBL was ...
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Retag or Synonym Script(s)(ing)
I'm not sure how all the retag or synonyms work, so if I'm barking up the wrong tree, could someone explain the difference between the two?
I noticed that there is a tag for scripts which has 26 Qs, ...
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Retagging for new products: terminal-services vs. remote-desktop-services
As I recently had experience with, Microsoft changed the name of terminal-services (Windows Server 2003) to remote-desktop-services (Windows Server 2008). At time of writing, these tags have 111 and ...
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Tag synonym request: chroot and chroot-jail
chroot and chroot-jail seem to refer to the same thing. A lot of questions are tagged with both.
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Tag merge: 'ssi' and 'server-side-includes'
Seems like a good candidate for merger. Only one question in each. Or should it be handled with a simple re-tag?
sysadmin1138Mod
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Q: Merge Request [mappeddrive] and [drivemapping]
I can see how they might be a little different: 'DriveMapping' might refer to the actual act of mapping/mounting a drive while 'MappedDrive' may refer specifically to drives already mapped, but people ...
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"sync" vs."synchronization" tags
The sync and synchronization tags don't seem to be differentiated in any way.
Should they be merged?
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Do we really need a backup-exec-2010 tag when there's a perfectly good backupexec tag?
Is the rather recent spate of retagging of questions around Backup Exec with backup-exec-2010 by user KCotreau strictly necessary?
We've already got a perfectly servicable backupexec tag, and my ...
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Multiple tags about 'blocking', pick one and make all others synonyms?
When you go to:
https://serverfault.com/tags
and type block, you will get 3 tags that are all pretty close to each other. Specifically:
block x 27
blocking x 45
blocked x 25
So, which one should ...
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How do I submit a tag synonym?
I notice that Squillman has entered some tag synonyms into the system that are currently pending.
How does one do this?
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I think I broke the SBS-2008 tag
OK, so after discussions in chat about the future of sbs-2008, I created a tag synonym the wrong way, from sbs-2008 <-- windows-sbs-2008 . Realising I made the wrong one, I went to the mod tools ...
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Request to merge tags: datacenter and [data-center]
Please merge these tags:
datacenter
data-center
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Merge [p4] and [perforce] tags
The title says it all. p4 has been used to either tag a question regarding the perforce revision control system or, in one case, to indicate a hardware platform. As p4 was less widely used, apparently ...
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Tag synonyms between node.js and nodejs
I do not have the reputation on this site to create a tag synonym, so I am suggesting one here between:
node.js
nodejs
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Merge tags tunnel and tunneling
As per the title. There doesn't seem to me to be enough difference in meaning to have both tags.
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Server Fault retag: gpo to group-policy
These guys: https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/gpo
go here: https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/group-policy
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certificate and certificates tag merge request
Can someone please merge the tag certificates to the tag certificate?
There is likely many more tags that differ merely by plurality indication.
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Alias throttle to throttling
Right now both throttle and throttling exist, with the larger batch of questions tagged with the throttle. They seem to be be about the same general thing, and throttling seems like a better choice to ...
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Retag or Synonym SCVMMR2 -> SCVMM
The R2 release of SCVMM isn't different enough to warrant it's own tag.
Also, it's the 2008 R2 version, so the tag name isn't even accurate to start.
The scvmmr2 tag has more questions than scvmm, so ...
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Merge postgres, postgres-8.4, postgres-8.3 into postgresql
Just noticed that there's a bunch of questions that are tagged postgres, or postgres-8.4, postgres-8.3; all need to by synonyms of postgresql
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Delete tag and blackhole - slowness
https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/slowness
Please kill it with fire. Thank you!
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Tag Deletion Request
Was moving too fast and create a tag with a typo on accident.
Please delete the tag mimedefant as it is not needed.
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Unreadable tag "sqlservermanagementstudio"
I just noticed a question with what I first thought was a newly create tag and opened it up with the intention of fixing the tag. However, that tag has already been used 80 times.
The tag in question ...
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Server-2008 tag synonym
I hope I'm not bypassing the synonym process - IMO the tag server-2008 should be added as a synonym of windows-server-2008, and/or the existing 4 questions should be retagged.
Thoughts, or will ...
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Duplicate tag basic-authentication and http-basic-authentication
basic-authentication 63 questions, 1 follower, no wiki
http-basic-authentication 10 questions, no follower, no wiki
Gotta say I would have expected the tag to be http-basic-auth.
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What's the difference between "balancing" and "load-balancing" tags?
What's the difference between balancing and load-balancing tags?
Should they be merged and made synonyms?
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Merge tags 'logging' and 'logs'
I think the following tags should be merged.
logs: 88 questions
log: 54 questions
logging: 258 questions
These seem synonymous to me.
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