Let's disambiguate / burninate [filter]

Question

The filter tag, used on 27 questions has no excerpt or wiki, and it's used in quite a few different situations, see below. I think we should get rid of it, but slowly, in order not to flood the homepage with edits.

Post quality filters:

(these can probably be retagged to quality-filter)

• Any way to work around filtering of links containing numeric addresses?
• Can the warning system for question titles adapt to warn about tone in answers and comments?
• Do not force editors of old questions to change a title with problem words
• Trigger "don't do this" message if question starts/ends with filler
• Cannot edit question without also changing the title
• Please remove the s/!/?/ title filter from Metaǃ
• Should we warn on "should"?
• How does the automatic subjective filter work?

Search / general question navigation:

(these can probably be tagged search or tag-search, if they aren't already)

• Filtering, sorting, showing
• Combination of noanswers and mytags
• filter answers after search when clicking on label (include/exclude)
• Filter for Objective C only
• votes 'range' filter in viewing questions
• Conditional Filters
• How can I format a query so that search matches tags by OR instead of AND?
• Is it possible to view questions in SO without comments?
• Filter "Questions" based on topic
• How can I browse community wiki posts?

Review queue filters

(we could make a separate review-filter tag, but I'm not sure if it's necessary; otherwise, we need to make sure they're tagged review)

• Review queue audit doesn’t take current filter mode into account
• Filter by tag in Close Votes review gives question without that tag
• Is it possible to customize suggested edit reviews?
• Apply filter to exclude particular tag in close vote queue

StackExchange.com filters

(filter → tag-filters)

• Filter revision history
• Filter Stack Exchange homepage
• I've also proposed stackexchange-filter (13 questions, no excerpt/wiki) to be a synonym for tag-filters (152 questions), you can vote for it here.

Others:

• Sensitivity of auto-question block (post-ban instead of ban and filter)
• Careers 2.0 Search Function: Why is Joel Score not included as a search filter? (off-topic, filter can be removed)

Any thoughts? Am I missing something - there might be a good reason to keep this tag?

Answer 1

I think this is a great proposal, but I would refrain from creating a review-filter tag, as it's use is too minimal.

For your Others category I'd opt to delete the closed question on the Joel Score, as it is an unanswered duplicate to a question with an authoritative answer. I think that would be more appropriate then bumping it with an edit.

The other I already re-tagged, as to make a slow start with this burn, as I observe no real objections against your proposal. I also voted to close it as off-topic, as it specifically relates to SO only.

Answer 2

Thanks to various users, the filter tag is now burninated. All that remains of my original request is the proposal for stackexchange-filter (13 questions, no excerpt/wiki) to be a synonym for tag-filters (154 questions); you can vote for it here.