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if ( [conditions].isGoodTag() ) { return "keep" } else { return "burninate" }
Really, I think that the tag is really broad.
We have enough tags that we don't need one for Conditions.
(almost)All code has conditions in it for one thing or another. I really don't think that ...
MalachiMod
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.net to the core
I'm going to defend all these tags, because after thinking about it, I think they do provide value.
First and foremost: .net / .net-core are not universal/compatible. Just because something works in ....
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for (post in [loop]) { post.tagMoreAppropriately(); }
Burnination is probably fine and the iterator tag probably suffices for the examples my previous answer references.
The tag is pretty terrible.
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Do we even need to keep following [meta-tag:site-policy]?
Yes, we should keep it
Fixables
First up, the following issues you have pointed out can be fixed (and I am in the process of doing that):
it will have a tag wiki soon
the excerpt will be clarified to ...
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Should we [join] this tag with the other burninated ones?
No, your statement that join is related to sql is a faulty assumption.
There are also questions about performing joins with excel, csv, pandas, or just joining data the hard way in regular ...
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Should we put [scope] down our scope?
On Code Review tags are more useful when they refer to:
The features that the code on question is implementing i.e linked-list
The context that question is originated from i.e programming-challenge
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Do we even need to keep following [meta-tag:site-policy]?
I agree.
This tag is redundant in it's current state. If it had a different purpose originally, I suggest we restore that purpose. If it didn't, we should possibly get rid of it.
MastMod
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Burninate [heuristic]
One-off tags are automatically deleted after six months, according to the answer I got here on Meta Stack Exchange. So unless somebody else uses the tag meanwhile, there's no need to take action.
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Would burninating [performance] bring good performance?
I see three main trade-offs in most code.
Performance
Memory usage
Readability
And so when a question is posted on Code Review I think they want a trade off of all three. And so I normally try to ...
PeilonrayzMod
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Should we cast away [casting]?
I'm not so sure. Neither of those two reasons is a solid justification for eliminating a tag.
Applicability to multiple languages is a poor criterion. By that logic, we should eliminate fizzbuzz.
...
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Does the [converting] tag provide any value?
Watering down
I think we are sometimes too lenient on our tagging.
For example, a translator or type conversion shouldn't be tagged conversion.
The former whilst you are changing the input, it's not ...
PeilonrayzMod
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Normalizing [data-structures]?
I agree with abolishing data-structures.
The tag can currently be used in three ways:
Redundantly along with some other tag, such as tree or stack. I think that in these cases, data-structures adds ...
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for (post in [loop]) { post.tagMoreAppropriately(); }
Burnination is not fine.
I can think of at least two specific examples where the loop tag is more than appropriate:
A general iterator to replace "non-standard" C-style for loops
Swift replacement ...
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Would burninating [performance] bring good performance?
There are 344 followers of the performance tag.
Are there experts in performance? Yes.
Is it likely that a question tagged performance gets extra attention from specific users? Yes.
It should stay.
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if ( [conditions].isGoodTag() ) { return "keep" } else { return "burninate" }
Even with Trogdor's assistance, conditions stayed alive due to its Horcrux: the synonymized ternary-operator still tagged with some questions. With no soul pieces questions remaining, conditions will ...
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Shall we keep shelling out questions for [shell]?
I think this tag has a value. It can help users proficient in shell-scripting (in all its forms) to find questions that are doing shell scripting.
There's some common standard errors in shellscripts ...
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.net to the core
I propose we create a .net-core tag for the overarching framework, and replace:
entity-framework-core with .net-coreentity-framework
asp.net-core with .net-coreasp.net
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Should we [join] this tag with the other burninated ones?
Burn it.
Pretty much all SQL queries use joins in one form or another. I think that having sql is on its own sufficient and it should be assumed that any SQL question could have joins, making the use ...
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