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Jeff Atwood
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This is tricky, because there are a ton of questions with only the tag -- 1,090 as of the time I originally wrote this.

Note the sidebar where it says "related tags", pay close attention to this Related Tags sidebar:

  • vmware-esx × 146
  • virtualization × 144
  • vmware-esxi × 111
  • linux × 74
  • networking × 63
  • windows × 59

As for the idea of "rename the tag if the text contains x", I downloaded a copy of the server fault database and ran some queries:

  • questions with only the tag, and no other related tags: 725
  • of the above, with the string "esx" or "esxi" in the body or title: 157

That leaves ~568 questions (!) needing manual retagging. That's .. a lot. Really a lot.


edit: I have done the following, just now

  • when a question was tagged only, and its body or title contained "esxi", I converted that tag to (70 questions)

  • when a question was tagged only, and its body or title contained "esx", I converted that tag to (92 questions)

  • when a question was tagged only, and its body or title contained "workstation", I converted that tag to (66 questions)

  • when a question was tagged only, and its body or title contained "vmware server", I converted that tag to (71 questions)

  • (ditto for specific-enough body variants of all the vmware-* tags..)

  • when a question contained both and any other vmware-* tag, I removed the vmware tag so the more specific tag can be primary. (~450 questions)

I was skeptical, but we did indeed make a big dent in it with these heuristics. The tag went from almost 1,100 to around 300. If you guys could retag a third or so of those, to get it below I think we might be in the clear.

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