Questions tagged [tags]
For questions related to specific tags on the main site. It could be questions about whether a tag should be created, deleted, or otherwise modified.
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Should the umbrella tag be renamed?
We have car-insurance, home-insurance and insurance (and many more) but the tag for umbrella insurance is currently named umbrella.
Wouldn't it be more consistent if this tag was called umbrella-...
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"ethical-investing" and "esg-investing" tags
It seems that ethical-investing should be merged with esg-investing, since they appear to be the same thing. However, I am not sure about this because I am not too familiar with the field of ethical ...
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Should [bitcoin] be a synonym of [cryptocurrency]?
We have tags for cryptocurrency and bitcoin. Presumably, the bitcoin tag would be used for questions that are specific to Bitcoin only, but not to any other cryptocurrency. I understand that Bitcoin ...
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Ambiguity: "applications" tag
applications could refer to software apps or to formal requests for something (e.g. applying for a credit card, applying for a loan, etc.).
At the moment, there are only 23 questions tagged with ...
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Gold badge super-close with United States tag
I noticed today that I can gold-badge close as duplicate united-states questions, which is, well, most of our questions. I'm not sure that's ideal; while certainly there are times where I can ...
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What should we do about the Form 1099 tags?
As I discussed in an answer to another meta question, Form 1099-NEC was new in 2020*, and before that, its function was combined with Form 1099-MISC.
We already have lots of questions tagged form-1099-...
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Recommending a nationality/jurisdiction tag
Educated reading:
Suggesting mandatory tags
Could a regional tag (or a new "international" tag) be made mandatory?
Suggestion: Require new users to include their country in user profile
I ...
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Rename "interactive-broker" tag to "interactive-brokers"
It appears that "Interactive Broker" is a misspelling. It is supposed to be "Interactive Brokers" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Brokers).
interactive-broker should be ...
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Tags for non-fungible tokens
I propose that tag nft be made a synonym for non-fungible-tokens.
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Tag 'form-1099-ent'
What is form-1099-ent? From the context it sounds like it should be form-1099-nec.
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Merge "indices" into "market-indexes" tag
market-indexes (~150 questions):
This is a metric for tracking a collection of securities. For example, among US stocks, a commonly referenced index is the S&P 500. An index may be price-weighted,...
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Merge "university" and "college" tags
Look at university and college. They are about the same topic. Should they be merged?
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Ambiguity: "premium-bonds" tag
Referring to premium-bonds. There are only 4 questions at the moment, but I'm just going to mention that "premium bonds" has two meanings:
A premium bond is a bond trading above its face ...
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What's the difference between "europe" and "european-union" tags?
europe:
For questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of the European Union.
european-union:
for questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of the European Union (...
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What's the difference between "currency" and "foreign-exchange" tags?
currency:
For questions related to currencies or foreign exchange markets. Ideally, this tag should be accompanied by specific currency tags under discussion.
foreign-exchange:
This tag is to be ...
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Rubles — Russian and otherwise
At the moment, Money SE has tag rub-ruble without synonyms and with the following description:
This tag is to be used for the Ruble currency as used by Russia, Belarus, and the state of Transnistrian....
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"put-options" and "call-options" vs "puts" and "calls"
Do we need puts and calls when we already have put-options and call-options?
Not all puts and calls have to do with options (e.g. there are put warrants, call warrants, puttable bonds, callable bonds, ...
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Useless tag: "learning"
I found a tag that looks useless: learning. There are currently only 16 questions with that tag. I think it is a useless tag because it is too general. Nearly all questions on this site are about &...
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Is there a difference between "government-bonds" and "treasury" tags?
Description for government-bonds:
for questions that relate to government bonds. It is recommend you use a country tag or state what country you are referring to. A government bond is a bond issued ...
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Merge tags "hedging" and "hedge"
Description for hedging:
for questions that relate to hedging. A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses/gains.
Description for hedge:
A hedge is an investment to reduce ...
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Tags for US OTC securities
I'm wondering which tags I should use for questions about US over-the-counter (OTC) stocks for retail investors. The popular tags are: pink-sheets and penny-stocks. However, there are questions about ...
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The "coupons" tag is being used for bond coupons, shopping coupons, and vouchers
Look at coupons. It is being used for bond coupons, shopping coupons, and vouchers. We should probably make some new tags. I suggest:
bond-coupons:
A bond coupon is an interest payment that the ...
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Useless tag: how-to
I found a tag that looks useless: how-to. There are currently only 5 questions with that tag. I think it is a useless tag because it is too general. There are currently more than 2500 questions that ...
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Merge tags "volume" and "trading-volume"
Tags volume and trading-volume are about the same thing. Should they be merged?
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Create tag synonym: "security" and "securities"
security and securities are essentially the same. Can someone make security a synonym of securities?
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Merge tags "share-repurchase" and "buybacks"
Description for share-repurchase:
Questions relating to companies buying back their own shares from the market.
Description for buybacks:
Stock buybacks refer to the repurchasing of shares of stock ...
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Remove "problem" tag
There are currently 6 questions tagged with problem. A couple of them are basically just homework problems, and a couple are along the lines of "help, I have a problem". Aside from one, they all have ...
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Are there any points for tag creation?
I had created at least 8 tags in past and was wondering if there are any points for that.
I'd also like to know identify the tags I've created or who has created a specific tag.
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New tag suggestion: cohabitation
How to handle shared mortgage payment if one person can't pay their share? is one of many "my boy/girlfriend and I bought a house together, and then we broke up and he/she owns 50% of the property,...
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Merge tags "abroad" and "offshore" into tag "international" and establish tag synonyms?
Do we really need the abroad and offshore tags? We already have the international tag which is used far more often than either of the aforementioned.
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Why do we have the accounting tag?
RonJohn comments that its use is a flag that the question is probably off-topic. That sounds like a tag that will not be used by people who know what it's for.
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Can we redo the tag 1099-b
Can we redo the tag 1099-b.
Either create this as per standard tag form-1099-b and a synonym as 1099-b
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Make the tag 1099-b as synonym to one of the existing generic tag form-1099
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Will you please create an asset-backed-security tag?
I think it would be appropriate for this question: Extension risk with IO bonds
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Is there a tag for building loan contracts?
Is there a tag for building loan contracts, or under which tag a question on that topic should be asked?
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Should we have a specific tag for questions about the 2018 tax bill?
We don't have many yet, but of course the 2018 tax bill ("Tax Cuts and Jobs Act") hasn't quite passed yet. But - we probably will, I imagine, get a fair number of questions given that this has ...
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How should the tags for HRA be handled?
The term HRA means two different things:
In the U.S., HRA is Health Reimbursement Arrangement, an employer-funded benefit for medical expenses.
In India, HRA is House Rent Allowance, a component of ...
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Merge [bills] and [billing]
Can the tags for bills (20 questions) and billing (37 questions) be merged?
I don't see any reason why these tags wouldn't be used interchangeably.
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Difference between tags "income-tax" and "income-taxes"
There is an tag income-taxes. I see few question tagged with this.
We already have a very popular tag income-tax .
We already have a plural generic tag taxes and it doesn't make sense to have ...
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When should the "free-file-fillable-forms" tag be used?
I noticed that the free-file-fillable-forms tag was added to the following question:
Filling form 8889 Part I and form 1040 line 25
Although the question mentions the use of the Free File Fillable ...
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Can we merge tags investing and investment?
The tags investing and investments have a lot of overlap between them. The average person asking will probably not draw a distinction between them.
Note that investments already has a synonym in ...
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Proposed New Tag Summary 'Accounting'?
The current tag states:
for questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of accounting. Please note that questions about accounting that are academic or have no bearing on personal ...
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Should we have a tag for car titles?
I just created a tag called "Title" but we've chosen not to use it previously. We have lots of specific titling questions. Should we have this tag?
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Merge tags 1099 and form-1099
Can we merge tags 1099 and form-1099 as they are same.
The tag form-1099 can be primary as we have all forms starting with form-. The tag 1099 can be made a synonym.
If possible we should also have ...
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Merge tags w2 and form-w-2
I am not sure if the tags w2 and form-w-2 are the same. If they are Can we merge this.
Else can we have tag wiki to explain the difference.
A synonym may not be required as search for w-2 ...
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Should we have a tag for Islamic-oriented investment questions?
We get sporadic questions from Islamic users that have very specific investing restrictions, because of their faith.
Those are good questions, and I welcome them into the site. I think a tag for ...
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Merge sales-tax and sales-taxes tags
I noticed that we have both sales-tax and sales-taxes, both of which with a significant number of questions. (20 and 47, respectively, but only 7 questions with both.)
I propose that the two be ...
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What is the purpose of the [mistakes] tag?
I noticed that the site has a mistakes tag.
Currently, there are 25 questions tagged such, which appear to have very little in common with each other.
The tag has no tag wiki of any kind.
What is ...
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Should there be a tag for questions about welfare benefits?
While looking at this question about the CalFresh food assistance program, I was looking for a tag that would apply other than the location tag, but couldn't find one. It seems to me that there ...
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What does the [decision] tag mean?
The decision tag currently has eight questions thus tagged, covering a wide range of topics.
Their only common thread among them seems to be that they are somehow about someone trying to make a ...
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