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Google Cloud Platform support on Server Fault

Plus, we do already have the more specific tags about specific parts of their cloud. As to its purpose, I'd say it should be used like the AWS and Azure tags. … To tag questions about sysadmin-y things specific to Google's cloud platform, the same way the Azure and AWS tags are [supposed to be] used. …
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Who is removing a tag I use?

At the start of the year, Server Fault had just shy of 5,200 tags. Think about that for a second. 5,200 tags. And what are tags? They are labels/categories/an organizational aid. … And awful tags is where I encountered hpsa. …
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Deleting the `default` tag?

That seems to be the place on meta where we go to bring attention and corrective action to bad tags, though there's nothing wrong with trying to tackle the problem on your own... just be mindful that every …
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Tag synonym [mailserver] -> [emailserver]

Good call. Done.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Add [mesos] tag

Added tag apache-mesos. I'm copying that text into the tag summary and wiki so it has something, but feel free to improve on that.
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Should the rep requirement for creating tags on Server Fault be raised?

I baited a friendly and unsuspecting Community Manager just now. The request to increase rep minimum (to 1000, or failing that, 1500) for the tag creation privilege has been made and received.
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Someone is removing the history tag. Was that discussed and should the edit be accepted or r...

More importantly, tags are a method of sorting and organization, and in that sense, I can't possibly imagine a single use case for this tag. …
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Hey! Why does that community guy get credit for my tag creation?

As in, for example, this tag. Is it because I don't have enough rep for tag-wiki edits without approval? Not that it matters a whole lot, but it feels like something of a punch in the fun bits, and …
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Should the rep requirement for creating tags on Server Fault be raised?

I am of the opinion that increasing the quality of our tags, and maintaining a certain quality is important (otherwise, why have tags at all?) … <Sidebar> On the off chance the purpose of tags is not clear to anyone, tags exist to categorize and organize. We currently have over 5,000 tags. …
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The bad tag collection

Found some more that seem bad, while cleaning up the existing bad tags. They're all relatively unused, so we can handle them ourselves. …
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