Questions tagged [tag-synonyms]
This tag is for questions about tag synonyms (how they work, who can create them, etc). Use [synonym-request] for tag synonym requests.
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Merging [twisty-puzzles] with [mechanical-puzzles]
As first brought up in this recent answer, I propose that twisty-puzzles should be merged with mechanical-puzzles
A brief look through the twisty-puzzles questions quickly shows how they are nearly ...
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Any objections to merging our tag synonyms?
Puzzling has various tag synonyms (e.g. 2048 is a synonym of 2048-game). No new questions can be made using a synonym; any attempts are auto-mapped to the parent. But some questions may be ...
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Should limerick be a separate tag from poetry?
I was looking through the different tags and noticed that although the old haiku tag had been made a synonym of poetry, limerick is still its own tag. I wanted to ask if there is a reason for this ...
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<Tag> does not exist on this site
I am attempting to add "Poem" in my watched Tag. It shows in suggestion also.
On selecting that suggestion and clicking Add, gives me error that "Poem does not exist on this site".
If the tag does ...
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Tag for puzzles that can easily be presented on a whiteboard (or blackboard, or chalkboard, etc)
One thing I've been hard-pressed to find online is a collection of puzzles or riddles that can be easily presented on a chalkboard, blackboard, whiteboard, etc such as in a classroom or office. ...
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Should [reverse-puzzling] be a synonym of [puzzle-identification]?
The reverse-puzzling tag is for:
A question where you must identify a puzzle based on a reasoning to solve it.
The puzzle-identification tag is for:
A question inquiring about the name or nature ...
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Changing 'joke' to 'humour' or burninating it
There have been some posts where I think there have been a few misunderstandings:
Namely:
What do you call a cookie without a fortune?
Which letter of the alphabet is the coolest? Why?
What do you ...
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Difference between "real" and "unsolved-mysteries"
There exists the tag real which currently has a wiki of
A tag used to specify real-world puzzles which usually do not have a solution at the time of posting. This can include widely-known puzzles ...
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Tag merge: [Time] and [Timings]
I don't think that there is any difference between these two tag. : time and timings. So can we merge these two tags?
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Tag merge: [sequence] and [series]
Can we merge series (2 questions) with sequence (12)? Because we don't really need both of 'em.
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Tag-merge or stricter tagging policy? [cryptic-clues] and [cryptic-crosswords]
Prompted by this question:
Another Cryptic Crossword
I wonder if we really should have both tags cryptic-crossword and cryptic-clues. It is confusing to the user searching for examples.
If we want to ...
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Word-problem vs. story [duplicate]
Should we merge the following tags?
If not, what's the difference between them?
word-problem:
A puzzle that's stated in words, usually in terms of a story or a situation that dresses the problem ...
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"Numbers on a blackboard"-type puzzles
This question was tagged blackboard: Numbers on the blackboard: From 2-2015 to 1-2014
Currently, that is the only question under this tag, but these questions would also fit under what I think the ...
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Replace "japanese" tag with "foreign language" tag
I just noticed that there is a tag named "Japanese". I suggest we delete it and replace it with a tag "foreign languages" or "non-English" or something.
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Is [linguistics] a duplicate of [language]?
We have a language tag with 46 questions, and also linguistics with 2 questions. The tags have identical descriptions, so I think they should be synonyms. Is there any difference between these two ...
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