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Tag wikis to be improved (or created)

There are many tags without a wiki or hyphenated names. In the month of July year 2017, we will try our best to get rid of all these. This way we ensure that no popular tag is left out. Below is a ...
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Should we start merging duplicate tags?

I noticed while scrolling through the list of existing tags that weight, weight-loss, body-weight, overweight, and weight-gain all exist as separate tags, as do food-poisoning, foodborneillness, and ...
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Can we clean up the tags?

I would really like to organize tags but agree with one answer on another meta question about tag management that this is going to take some leadership from high-rep users to maintain. I think that ...
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A system for tagging?

I realize tagging works differently on different sites, but at least on some sites there is a set of tags that logically encompass most of the questions on the site. On SO, there are programming ...
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Tag synonyms: [renal-calculi] and [kidney-stones]

I just noticed that there is a tag for renal-calculi and kidney-stones. To my understanding, they are the same exact thing. These are exact synonyms so we need to synonymize them. They are both tagged ...
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Tag discussion: arthritis and other wrist problems?

Thus far there are no tags for "arthritis", "carpal tunnel", or any other common wrist problems. What is the proposed tagging system here? A general 'catch-all' tag for "wrist problems"? Catch-all tag ...
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