Should we blacklist or delete the research tag? This site is about mathematical research, so I don't see how the "research" tag is helpful, any more than a "mathematics" tag would be helpful. Of the 23 questions with the tag, 7 have been closed, and all 23 have other tags. Alternatively, someo...
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in MO editors' lounge, Jul 14 at 9:35, by Martin Sleziak
@theHigherGeometer It's possible that you have checked that yourself - I just want to confirm that the tag research is blacklisted. (I.e., if it is added in an edit, the edit cannot be submitted. The same should happend when it is used in a new question.) Here is a screenshot:
@AsafKaragila what is the conclusion now that this is [status-completed]? There are still questions at mathoverflow.net/questions/tagged/research, unless the burninator takes time to work through the questions. — David Roberts Jul 13 at 7:31
@David: I think that it was blacklisted. I'll see what's next for us on this (without manually editing all of the questions). — Asaf Karagila ♦ Jul 13 at 8:31
As it's status-completed it would be useful to have an acceptable answer summarizing the status completion. — YCor Jul 22 at 14:46
@Catija Concerning the status-completed status of the issue with research - are there plans also to burninate the tag, or will it be only blacklisted?
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Upon seeing this question, I took a look at the user tag, and it currently has 1366 unanswered questions, and 4326 total questions. Seeing as that's quite a lot, I thought I'd help with the burnination (am I correct in thinking the burnination is done by users?). However, I can't really tell when...
> If you still have a solid case for burnination, then raise the matter for discussion on that site's Meta. You MUST have community consensus before burninating a tag with more than a few questions, and Meta posts are required on Stack Overflow for tags with over 50 questions (other communities may have different standards).
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If MO users prefer removal of the tag, either it can be removed manually or a moderator can merge this tag into some tag. (AFAICT this was done quite often here on MO.)
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There is something on this here: Why are MO tags formatted as they are? and Frequently asked questions about tagging on MathOverflow.
There is a recommendation that each question should have at least one of the top-level tags, but it doesn't work 100%.
in MO editors' lounge, May 6 '20 at 4:30, by Martin Sleziak
top-level-tags 22.036% of questions without top-level tags, 17.240% of questions if we take the less strict interpretation.
This decision was made a long time before I started visiting MO. (And a long time before MO became a part of SE.)
in MO editors' lounge, Oct 16 '17 at 4:06, by François G. Dorais
@MartinSleziak Yes, the tag management on MO is very different than on Mathematics. There are several reasons for that. For example, the systematic use of broad area tags borrowed from the arxiv on day one brought a lot of stability to the general tagging system here. Mathematics explicitly decided not to use such tags in the early days, which I think was a wise choice since a great deal of users on Mathematics are unfamiliar with the arxiv classification.
I'll add here a link to your answer - in case somebody looks here at the discussion concerning the tag research.
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The tag has been blocked and can no longer be used. I leave removing the 40 tags from the existing questions - "burninating" - to you all. Please do look at the guide to how to burninate. It's important to make certain that all of these questions have been reviewed and retagged as necessary to en...
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