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Accepted
Do we really want (discrete-mathematics) $\to$ (combinatorics) synonym?
I am against this synonym. Although many discrete math problems are also combinatorics problems, and depending on your definition it might be that all combinatorics problems are discrete math problems,...
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Do we need separate tags for (betting) and (gambling)?
In the question I have mentioned several possible actions. To me the most reasonable seem to be creating a synonym betting $\to$ gambling. (I.e., with (gambling) as the master tag.)
In this way when ...
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25
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Tag management 2020
Resolved. collatz renamed to collatz-conjecture.
Proposal: Rename collatz to collatz-conjecture.
Although Lothar Collatz is most known for the $3x+1$ problem (the Collatz Conjecture), I don’t think ...
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23
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Tag management 2016
Resolved: The tag is now deleted
I think java-applet should be removed.
It has barely a relationship with math. Also, the tag is being abused for general questions about math and the Java ...
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22
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Should we have tags (maximal-ideals) and (prime-ideals)?
If you think that the tags maximal-ideals and prime-ideals should be synonyms of ideals, upvote this answer.
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21
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Tag management 2019
Proposal to blacklist generalization
Reason: It's overly broad and there is no real mathematical content in it. Also, the tag has been created and removed several times.
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20
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Tag management 2016
Resolved: The synonym is approved.
double-factorial should be a synonym of factorial. Link to the suggestion.
The double factorial can easily be expressed in terms of factorials. In fact most ...
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Misuse of tag "divergence": How to deal with questions with the wrong tag?
Proposal: Changing the tag name to something more descriptive might make it clearer to the user what the tag is intended for and thus incorrect use will be less likely. (And thus reducing the ...
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17
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Tag management 2019
Resolved. All questions with cohomological-operations have been retagged to cohomology-operations (or neither tag, in a few cases where the tag was inappropriate) and cohomological-operations will be ...
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16
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Tag management 2023
Proposal: Delete tag math-school.
This is a useless tag. It is only on two questions and is reminiscent of the old 'homework' tag.
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15
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Tag management 2019
Resolved: fixedpoints renamed to fixed-points.
For consistency with other multiple-word tags. Separating words with hyphens increases readability.
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15
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Should there be a separate tag for Euler's number $e$?
I have no strong feelings about whether there should be a separate tag about the number 'e'. (It was convenient way back when, when most of the questions tagged 'e' is about the function $e^x$.)
I ...
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14
votes
Tag management 2016
Resolved: The tag is now deleted
I think hardware should be removed.
Out of the 9 questions, I think there are only 2 or 3 with the right tag. Most of the other questions use hardware when math-...
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14
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Tag management 2019
Resolved. generalizedeigenvector has been renamed generalized-eigenvector.
Proposal: rename "generalizedeigenvector" to "generalized-eigenvector"
Pledge originally initiated by WillG in this ...
14
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Tag management 2021
Resolved: The renaming and synonymizing has been done.
Proposal:
Rename the inner-product-spaces to inner-products.
Create the tag synonym inner-product-spaces $\to$ inner-products.
Create the tag ...
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13
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Tag management 2016
Resolved: manually removed from all questions.
The tag bourbaki is entirely useless. It gives nothing that searching "Bourbaki" doesn't already do.
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13
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Tag management 2016
Resolved: manually removed from all questions.
(antipodal) seems too specific and unused to be worth having.
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13
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Accepted
The tag even-and-odd-extensions
I consider the tag even-and-odd-extensions too specific to be really useful. (Having too specific tags applicable only to very narrow class of questions can cause problem since there are only five ...
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13
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Tag management 2019
Resolved. The tags triangle and circle have been renamed triangles and circles, respectively.
Proposal: pluralize triangle and circle
Putting names of mathematical objects in their plural form is a ...
13
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Tag management 2020
Resolved. umbral-calculus created.
Proposal: Create a tag umbral-calculus.
In this question the asker asks why there is no tag for questions related to the umbral calculus. I am in agreement with ...
12
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12
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Tag management 2016
Resolved: manually removed from all questions.
I think that undergraduate-research is probably worth deleting.
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12
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Tag management 2020
Proposal: Remove gre-exam, gmat-exam.
These are meta tags with very bare-bones tag wikis. Furthermore, there aren’t any other tags for important math exams, i.e. the IMO or USAMO, so why should we ...
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Where did [gradient] go?
In Tag management 2019 it was suggested to use the tag grad-curl-div as an umbrella tag for questions concerning gradient, curl, and divergence. (Currently, gradient is a synonym of vector-analysis, ...
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12
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Accepted
Should [tag:hypergeometric-function] be generalized to admit higher weights, or should a new tag be created?
I have edited the tag wiki to include the $_p F _q$ case and gave a mention to several extensions, as hardmath suggested. Please feel free to improve the blurb.
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