Questions tagged [tag-synonyms]
This tag is for questions about tag synonyms (how they work, who can create them, etc). To request a tag synonym, ask on the per-site meta with the tag [synonym-request].
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Merging tag synonyms with main tag
I've been looking through the tag wiki recently, and found in pages 8-12, there are many tags which have no definitions. Most of them are tag synonyms, but can they instead be merged with the main ...
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Tag Synonyms autocorrect
For extremely similar tags, like [gambit] and [gambits] or [opening] and [openings], can we make it so that one tag immediately autocorrects into the original one?
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Two tag questions
Here are two simple tag questions:
Do we really do the tag white? I think we can get rid of it as it serves no current function.
Should formation be a synonym of patterns? They seem very similar to ...
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Make [postal] a synonym of [correspondence-chess]
I'd like to propose that the new postal tag be marked as a synonym of correspondence-chess
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What is the difference between the [problems] and [puzzles] tags?
Both the problems tag and the puzzles tag seem to have very similar definitions, with problems being a little broader - perhaps puzzles ought to be a subset of problems?
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A chess problem ...
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Should the tag "Fischer" and the tag "Bobby-Fischer" be merged?
Here is the description of the tag "Fischer":
Robert J. Fischer (1943-2008) was an American grandmaster and world chess champion. At the height of his skills (1972) he was peerless. He was known for ...
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Tag synonym request
I've noticed that new gm tag has been created. I'd like to propose it be marked as a synonym of grandmaster.
I do not have the rep to make the change myself.
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We don't need no [education]
At the moment we have the following tags from the topic field "education":
teaching: 0 followers, 10 questions
Questions about teaching chess, chess strategies etc.
learning: 23 followers, 241 ...
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Should [computer-chess] be deleted?
The tag computer-chess has at the moment 4 followers and 29 questions.
It seems to me as it could be easily replaced using engines (12 followers, 280 questions). Furthermore, engines has chess-...
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Tag synonym suggestions
I suggest the following synonyms:
novelty → novelties
simul → simultaneous
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Synonymous tags: [correspondence-chess], [correspondence]
(Didn't find a dedicated thread for tag synonyms.)
I suggest correspondence-chess as a a parent.
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Tags "replayer" and "pgn-viewer"
Should these two tags from the meta site: replayer and pgn-viewer be synonimized?
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tags: chess-computers vs chess-engines?
I think people are more familiarized with the nonexistent chess-engines than with chess-computers.
I propose to alias them up, and maybe use chess-engines as master tag.
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Possibly synonymous tags: [wcc], [world-champions], [championship]
The tags wcc, world-champions, and championship have such major overlap in scope that I think we should merge them down to one or two tags.
Obviously championship can be merged into world-champions, ...
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