tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?) 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Pete L. Clark comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5450) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5450#Comment_5450 2010-05-07T11:24:46-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Pete L. Clark http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/64/ OK, fair enough. Anton Geraschenko comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5432) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5432#Comment_5432 2010-05-07T00:17:51-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Anton Geraschenko http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/2/ I also agree with Qiaochu. Even if you were really interested in path connected spaces, searching for the tag wouldn't be the right way to do it since almost nobody will use the tag, even if their ... I also agree with Qiaochu. Even if you were really interested in path connected spaces, searching for the tag wouldn't be the right way to do it since almost nobody will use the tag, even if their question has to do with path connected spaces.

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Andrew Stacey comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5427) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5427#Comment_5427 2010-05-06T23:22:06-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Andrew Stacey http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/4/ I agree with Qiaochu. "Path-connected" is so restrictive that if a question involves path-connectedness then the questioner is going to put it in the question. I agree with Qiaochu. "Path-connected" is so restrictive that if a question involves path-connectedness then the questioner is going to put it in the question.

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Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5409) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5409#Comment_5409 2010-05-06T15:32:23-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Qiaochu Yuan http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/13/ If someone is really interested in path-connected spaces, they can search for the phrase "path-connected." Admittedly this gives a few somewhat irrelevant questions, but I think tags ... If someone is really interested in path-connected spaces, they can search for the phrase "path-connected." Admittedly this gives a few somewhat irrelevant questions, but I think tags should be for important keywords that you wouldn't otherwise say in the text of a question, e.g. no one asking about Dirichlet's theorem would say "this is a question about analytic number theory" in the body.

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Pete L. Clark comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5408) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5408#Comment_5408 2010-05-06T15:22:13-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Pete L. Clark http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/64/ I don't know. If someone is really interested in path-connected spaces and less so in the rest of gn.general-topology, then this is a good way to call up the right questions. We can have as many ...
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Harry Gindi comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5407) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5407#Comment_5407 2010-05-06T15:12:19-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ I agree. This tag is completely worthless. Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Is the tag "path-connected" a good one?" (5395) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/390/is-the-tag-pathconnected-a-good-one/?Focus=5395#Comment_5395 2010-05-06T13:41:19-07:00 2018-11-04T23:20:04-08:00 Qiaochu Yuan http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/13/ Through retagging a question which was recently closed, I learned that there are currently four questions tagged "path-connected." Three of them are about path-connected graphs and the ... Through retagging a question which was recently closed, I learned that there are currently four questions tagged "path-connected." Three of them are about path-connected graphs and the last is about path-connected topological spaces. This seems like too specific of a tag to me, but I don't feel comfortable taking unilateral action against it, so I'm curious what other people think.

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