Timeline for Generic dongle/adapter tag?
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| Feb 27, 2017 at 5:03 | comment | added | Daniel Mod | MacBook macOS and iOS all make sense as tags. Plenty of people want to read questions about iOS; others want to avoid iOS questions and only look at Mac questions. The problem isn't that "dongles" is generic; generic is good. The problem is that it isn't coherent. | |
| Feb 26, 2017 at 23:30 | comment | added | Monomeeth Mod | I have to say that the explanation offered by @patrix makes a lot of sense. Tags already exist for ethernet, thunderbolt, USB, firewire, HDMI, etc. One could argue that there should be a tag for every type of port (e.g. there isn't currently a SCSI tag), but in time tags get created by users themselves when they have enough reputation (300). For example, I recently answered a couple of questions about SheepSaver and, in editing those questions, I created a SheepSaver tag. But if memory serves me correctly, this tag will drop off if it's not used again within six months. | |
| Feb 26, 2017 at 13:48 | comment | added | nohillside Mod | The fact that generic tags tend to be applied inconsistently is a clear indicator that we shouldn't add more such tags. But generally speaking, generic tags with a huge number of matching questions make more sense because they allow users to filter for (or against them). People using iOS devices with PCs may not be interested in any question tagged "macOS", "macbook" and such for instance. | |
| Feb 26, 2017 at 10:13 | comment | added | user150109 | So why are other generic tags so popular? Examples include the top three site tags, macos, macbook and iphone. Why do they exist? According to your logic, they should be replaced with things like "macbook monitor", "macbook keyboard", "iphone wifi". The top question in the macbook section isn't even about macbooks. | |
| Feb 26, 2017 at 4:59 | history | answered | DanielMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |