Sun, 04 Nov 2018 13:54:06 -0800 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.9 & Feed Publisher http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5444#Comment_5444 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5444#Comment_5444 Fri, 07 May 2010 10:27:12 -0700 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5431#Comment_5431 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5431#Comment_5431 Thu, 06 May 2010 23:45:29 -0700 Anton Geraschenko Jonas got it exactly right. When moderators merge tags, questions don't get bumped, so it's a much less disruptive and more efficient way to eliminate unwanted tags (like [general], [newbie], or [math]). If you see a question on the homepage with the [tag-removed] tag, please remove it. The only time you should add the [tag-removed] tag is when a question doesn't belong on MO at all and there aren't any tags that fit it (the software requires that every question have at least one tag).

]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5430#Comment_5430 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5430#Comment_5430 Thu, 06 May 2010 23:39:51 -0700 Jonas Meyer http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5428#Comment_5428 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/391/did-some-tag-get-merged-with-tagremoved/?Focus=5428#Comment_5428 Thu, 06 May 2010 23:24:54 -0700 Douglas Zare
My guess is that some vague tag was used, and this was merged with tag-removed, with the unexpected consequence that this question with 2 other tags, 32 up votes, and over 2k views is now incorrectly tagged. ]]>