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Q: The (tag-removed) tag and migration

Martin SleziakOccasionally I have seen that for low-level questions (such as introductory calculus exercises or similar level) some user replaced the tags by tag-removed - to indicate that the question is off-topic.1 I suppose that in some of those cases other users might voted to migrate to Mathematics site. ...

 
 
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8:30 AM
I'll mention that I have posted also this question on Meta Stack Exchange: Burnination vs. merging into a specific tag.
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Q: Burnination vs. merging into a specific tag

MartinWhen there is a tag which should be removed completely and removing the tag manually would cause bumping too many questions, the typical solution is burnination. Perhaps in some cases, the moderators can merge the tag into another tag. (If all of those questions fit into an already existing tag.)...

 
 
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3:20 PM
And in the meantime, quid expanded his answer to the question about related issue on Mathematics Meta:
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A: Could having (tag-removed) tag be useful?

quidThere is a dedicated way to delete tags without bumping, the jargon for this is 'burninate.' It is just that this functionality is not exposed to users and per site moderators, only SE staff can do it. This restriction is intentional, and I do not think we should introduce something that basica...

 

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