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Which are blacklisted tags and blacklisted phrases?
Blacklisted tags
I will start here list of blacklisted tags based on past discussions and information I was given by Arthur Fischer in chat. I made the post CW - it should be expanded if some new ...
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Should the tag "generalization" be blacklisted?
I'm in favor of blacklisting that tag. The word "generalization" is very vague. I would imagine it's a hassle to keep deleting the tag.
(I turned Accelerator's comment into an answer, in ...
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[proof] tag (again)
I believe that if there is a reason to blacklist tag proof, the same reasoning should also work for the plural - the tag proofs. Since this tag has been created recently, it is evidently not on the ...
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Should the tag [soft-question] be blacklisted, after the EOQS?
The usage guidance for soft-question says this:
For questions whose answers can't be objectively evaluated as correct or incorrect, but which are still relevant to this site. Please be specific about ...
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Should the tag "generalization" be blacklisted?
I am posting this answer in response to Catija's comment, which asks for an error message (to be displayed when an asker attempts to use the blacklisted tag). I am marking the answer "Community ...
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Blacklist the [completeness] tag
After a few reappearances following its initial removal, the completeness tag is now blacklisted. This should probably help prevent its return.
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How about we blacklist [number]?
Upon request, the tag number (as well as the plural form) has been blacklisted today.
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Should we blacklist [homeomorphism]?
I think the homeomorphism tag is quite useful in the sense that it helps answerers and viewers to know that a particular question must be answered by constructing homeomorphisms explicitly or the ...
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Should we blacklist [homeomorphism]?
Yeah, it might be time to request a blacklist.
First of all, I really don't see what value is added by the tag. At one point there seems to have been a tag-wiki for the tag which read
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