Questions tagged [meta]
The meta tag has no usage guidance.
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Just say no to meta tags
One of the things Stack Exchange has discovered is that meta tags are a bad idea—enough so that when Jeff Atwood wrote a blog post about them, he titled it The Death of Meta Tags.
In short: they're ...
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Which tag to retain nuance or nuances?
I noticed that there is a tag nuance (13 uses) and nuances (117). Any one have privilege to delete tags? I think my reputation is not enough. The funny thing is in the meta site there are tag (1) and ...
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Is there a way to link from meta to a tag on the main site?
Sometimes I'm writing on meta and would like to use the method [tag: + tagname + ] to link to a tag on the main site but that construct links to a tag on the meta site.
Is there a way to do what I ...
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Haiku competition on Meta Stack Overflow might be of interest
I just the contributors to Japanese Language might be interested to know of a fun hat-related haiku competition over on Meta Stack Overflow:
Christmas Hat Haiku
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Disappearing comments and answers on meta.
Can comments or answers disappear other than being deleted by their authors?
I am sure there was another answer besides mine on "Spelling" tag, does it make sense for Japanese? and maybe I ...
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What is the meaning of the discussion tag?
It's used for almost all questions in meta, and seems a bit useless or misused.
What is it for? Should the previous questions have their tags cleaned accordingly?
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Sanseidō Daijirin, 3rd edition, link rot
The link for Sanseidō Daijirin, 3rd edition here in the resources post seems to have expired. Any idea where else it can be found online? Or should we remove it from the resources post?
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Why can't I propose tag wikis on meta?
I know there is an edit queue which can fill up, but us mortal users are not informed of this circumstance so maybe this is the problem.
I definitely can propose tag wiki edits in the main site so ...
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Do we want community promotion ads? [duplicate]
Community promotion ads are ads that promote other SE sites, external web sites, or proposed Stack Exchange sites that are currently in Area 51.
As an example, here's the ads either used or proposed ...
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