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 Merge Request - Mac related tags
macosxserver -> mac-osx-server
osx-server -> mac-osx-server
osx -> mac-osx
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Bad Synonym for APT
I think that the apt tag shouldn't have been set to a synonym of apt-get but it should have been the other way around. apt is the technology, apt-get is one of many ways to use apt.
Probably we ...
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Tag merge request for bigip
Please merge tags "bigip" and "f5-big-ip". I can't imagine a situation where they would refer to disparate topics.
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Tag merge request for mysql
The mysqld and mysqladministrator tags are entirely superfluous. Unfortunately, there's 14 and 25 tags respectively. I would like to request that they be merged with the mysql tag.
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Please merge SQL Server Profiler related tags and add synonyms for them
I had edited in a couple of these before this post was migrated from Meta SO to Meta SF, but now there's an additional tag representing the same thing.
Here are the tags involved:
[sqlprofiler] (2)
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Mass retag: windows home server
It was pointed out that we have three tags for this particular product, whs (26), windows-home-server (8), and windowshomeserver (40). Considering how all the other Windows products are tagged, ...
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Merge 64 bit tags
I've just noticed there are currently 128 64-bit tags and 89 x64 tags. While that's a fair few of each I really think they should be merged before it gets much messier.
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Splitting vs. combining tags eg. [ubuntu], [windows]
The trend in tagging is towards merging tags and tag synonyms, so I imagine this will be quite contentious.
Given the different default behaviours and configurations of different Ubuntu releases (6....
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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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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?
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Merge tags wol and wake-on-lan on SF
The tags [wol] and [wake-on-lan] in Server Fault should be merged. They are clearly referring to the same topic and wol is just a short form of wake-on-lan.
wake-on-lan has 15 questions whereas wol ...
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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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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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Serverfault Tag Merge network/networking
I don't see logic behind a network and a networking tag, does anyone else? Can they be merged into Networking if that is the case?
[network] (425)
[networking] (1211)
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serverfault retag webhosting -> web-hosting
On serverfault
web-hosting has 226 questions vs. webhosting with 21 questions.
Please retag webhosting -> web-hosting.
Alex B
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SF Retag Request: [Exchange-Server] -> [Exchange] or the other way
There are currently around 400 questions tagged Exchange, and 16 tagged Exchange-Server. Obviously we don't need both, and I would say we get rid of Exchange-Server as there are less questions.
That ...
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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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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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SF Tag merge- tape and tapedrive?
On ServerFault, there are tags [tape] and [tapedrive]. [tape] has 40 questions, [tapedrive] has 3. It seems that [tape] is being used for all aspects of tape backup, including questions specific to ...
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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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Retag: snowleopardserver => snow-leopard-server
Serverfault Retag Request:
snowleopardserver x6 to snow-leopard-server x13
The latter is already favored by the community and is correctly formatted.
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SF: Merge/Re-tag [windows] [xp] to [windows-xp]
ServerFault:
[windows][xp] -> [windows-xp] (24)
[xp] -> [windows-xp] (57)
There's also
[vista] (297) -> [windows-vista] (48)
so I guess [vista] should win, but this is inconsistant with [windows-...
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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.
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Please merge svn and subversion tags (again)
Is it time to merge svn and subversion tags again? Below are tag counts for both tags on the trilogy sites.
Stack Overflow:
svn 4523
subversion 9
Server Fault:
svn 260
subversion 161
Super User:
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There are 189 questions tagged [belongs-on-superuser] on Server Fault
Update 7th June 2010
These are all gone on Stack Overflow and Super User. ServerFault is a different story:
https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/belongs-on-superuser - 189 questions
https://...
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SF Retag Request: [windows2000server] -> [windows-server-2000]
(EDIT: changed the request based on Eric's answer)
To align to the convention we've created on SF.
12 questions currently tagged with [windows2000server]
15 tagged with [windows-2000-server]
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Raising the Tag Limit for Serverfault in Particular
I just ran into the 5 tags limit, asked a lot of questions and never thought to use that many tags before, but this time it would have been useful. So I would like a little higher tag limit myself.
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Please Convert media-centre to media-center on Server Fault
The tag media-centre on ServerFault is spelled incorrectly, it should be changed to media-center.
Edit
When I made this post I did not realize that "center" was spelled "centre" outside of the US. ...
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Retag request: SQL Server tags on SF
Should the SF tag [sqlserver] be retagged to be the same as SO tag [sql-server]?
As a DBA I use both sites, but often find myself typing the wrong thing!
Edit (Jon): Here's what currently needs ...
Kev Riley
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Retag request: opensource -> open-source on ServerFault
Please change all instances on the tag [opensource] to [open-source]. This is an issue on SO, SU, and SF (on SF the open-source tag hasn't even been created!).
"Open source" is two words, so it ...
Zifre