Use of "language" tag

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I do not think is a good tag. More specific tags should be used when possible.

Some tagging ideas can be found on http://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags.

asked 2016-08-24T05:41:43.967

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1agreed. It's another meta tag - it will always be accompanied by more specific tags that describe the content better.–None–2016-08-24T06:37:03.313

Said a user that used the tag "discussion". I do not think discussion is a good tag. More specific tags should be used when possible But anyways you're right there.. Language tag is too general. It's like using the tag Esperanto ;-)–None–2016-08-24T10:33:54.993

4@YotamSalmon [meta-tag:discussion] is one of the three tags questions on a meta site need to have. (The others are [meta-tag:bug] and [meta-tag:support]). Without one of these tags, you cannot submit a question on meta sites.–None–2016-08-24T11:58:32.477

@kiamlaluno Had to research before posting. I look so stupid now xD–None–2016-08-24T15:28:04.983

Answers

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Yes, a [language] tag conveys no information about the subject of the question itself. We call this an implicit tag where virtually every question on this site can presumed to be to be about "language".

I will remove the tag, but first someone will have re-tag those questions with something more meaningful. We don't want to orphan those questions as [untagged].

Update: The tag has been removed and will disappear overnight during the next automated cleanup.

asked 2016-08-24T05:41:43.967

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@Nathaniel Thanks. Incidentally, the 'edit' button was disabled because those posts had pending suggested-edits.–None–2016-08-24T16:41:53.460

Thanks! I realized afterwards that that might be the case.–None–2016-08-24T16:46:53.263

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Every question is about the language, when they aren't about the culture. I would think that is an implicit tag, since when you see a question tagged you know the question is about the language.
I would say, let's not use , and use when the question is about Esperanto culture, rather than the language.

I edited the questions still using . If the tag is not used in new questions, or old questions are edited to add it, the tag will be deleted in the next 24 hours.

asked 2016-08-24T05:41:43.967

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