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ServerFault Fundamentalism

There has been a shift in tone in ServerFault over the last few years. When it started, the focus seemed to be on providing an open resource for professional admins to help figure out problems. Now …
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canonical tag for canonical questions?

Does it make sense for us to have a canonical tag on non-meta to flag the canonical questions with? I know that, for me, it would be easier to search for that tag than search for and reference the Ca …
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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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"ca" vs. "certificate-authority" tags

It appears that ca and certificate-authority are redundant. How about a synonym? It doesn't appear that any ca questions are referring to "Computer Associates".
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Limiting membership

ServerFault is intended for professional sysadmins. I think that this is a good policy. It helps keep the site on focus. Has there ever been thought into restricting membership to professional admi …
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