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is pretty much the same thing as and is being tagged onto questions in the same manner (now deleted, 10k+ only). Time to blacklist?

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  • 145 questions tagged [opinion] already!
    – ChrisF Mod
    Aug 12, 2010 at 13:44
  • @ChrisF i was surprised it got this far too, seems like an obvious one.
    – James
    Aug 12, 2010 at 13:46
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    +1 There were 5 on SF. Now there are 0.
    – squillman
    Aug 12, 2010 at 13:47
  • I tried linking it to [subjective] as a synonym but failed :(
    – ChrisF Mod
    Aug 12, 2010 at 13:47
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    There were 6 on SU. Now there are 0.
    – ChrisF Mod
    Aug 12, 2010 at 13:49
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    Let the eradication begin?
    – James
    Aug 12, 2010 at 13:53
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    This will never end. Up next: [not-objective]
    – user27414
    Aug 12, 2010 at 15:00
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    @Jon B If only we had some way of limiting the number of words people would come up with.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak
    – James
    Aug 12, 2010 at 15:07
  • @james - [double-plus-subjective]
    – user27414
    Aug 12, 2010 at 15:37
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    I saw it coming, and again I saw it coming. Damn, I'm good!
    – gnostradamus
    Aug 12, 2010 at 16:55
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    @gnostradamus: you are aptly named!
    – Ether
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:24
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    @gnostradamus: <nitpick> "Prophesy" is a verb; "prophecy" is the noun form. </nitpick>
    – mmyers
    Aug 12, 2010 at 19:21
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    @mmyers: Corrected. Also, I knew you were going to say that.
    – gnostradamus
    Aug 12, 2010 at 20:19

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Blacklist? How 'bout, make opinion into a kiss of death: Go through the questions so-tagged, and vote to close them. If they're already closed, vote to delete them. If they don't deserve either, then re-tag them.

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  • Hmmm. That should keep some busy for a day or two. Until the fun wears off.
    – BinaryMisfit
    Aug 12, 2010 at 16:53
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    -1 Not sure a declaration of war is the best way forward.
    – MarkJ
    Aug 12, 2010 at 16:59
  • @MarkJ: no, a fresh coat of white-wash will put things right for sure this time...
    – Shog9
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:01
  • @Shog9 at ~150 questions, i'm not that motivated...
    – James
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:11
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    @James: no one is. That's why [subjective] dominated...
    – Shog9
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:12
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    @Shog9, perhaps we could organize some sort of cleanup, where we all get together and clean the database of anything resembling a subjective question. It would be just like park clean ups! We could even make t-shirts.
    – James
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:16
  • @James: that is a rather good idea...
    – Shog9
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:24
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    +1 @Mark: Declaration of war is always the best way forward.
    – Ladybug Killer
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:35
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    OMG, uniforms! You people really are about to declare war!
    – MarkJ
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:45
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    Sounds good; I was getting bored after the [hidden-features] skirmishes ended and have been looking around for a new target. Arming photon torpedos now.
    – Ether
    Aug 12, 2010 at 19:55
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Ex-ter-min-ate! Ex-ter-min-ate!

Seriously, this is even more vacuous than "subjective". I have a lot of opinions, and varying amounts of objective support for them. Many of them are shared very widely, and I introduce some of them into all but the most objective questions (like "Is this valid according to the Standard?").

My opinion, which is only somewhat subjective, is that "opinion" is worse in every way than "subjective".

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    So let's ban opinion. And then ban whatever comes after. And ban again, and again, and again... Or, just maybe, this meta tag deletion thing isn't working. Who would have thought it? Oh, look: this post predicts the problem in advance and is the top-voted post on the suggestion to permanently remove subjective.
    – MarkJ
    Aug 12, 2010 at 17:05
  • @markj you're missing the fact that certain tags were allowed to "take root" early on and cause behaviorial problems later. We won't be repeating that mistake.
    – Jeff Atwood
    Aug 25, 2010 at 3:15

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