Questions tagged [blocked-tags]
Per-site lists of tags that cannot be created or used. To suggest a tag be blocked, use [tag-block-request] instead.
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Confusing error message when trying to add a blocked(?) tag
A while ago, I was trying to edit a question on Web Applications, but got a rather confusing error message:
The tag [charts] is too similar to [charts]. If you think this new tag should be allowed, ...
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Can the [untagged] tag be blocked on the newer sites too?
As per the details in What is a blocked tag?, the tag untagged is supposed to be blocked throughout the network. However, apparently the tag needs to be added to the block list for each new site ...
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Do not allow the author or a moderator to override an edit if it results in blocked tags being applied
Due to a feature, a user was allowed to override an approved edit, which resulted in their question getting tagged with the untagged tag. That should not be allowed, given that no question should be ...
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What is a blocked tag?
Following Implement a Tag Black List, I would like to know what exactly it means for a tag to be marked as blocked (formerly blacklisted) on a Stack Exchange site.
Does it mean I can't use that tag ...
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Do not show blacklisted tags under "Explore Our Questions" for non-logged-in users
From the inception of Anime.SE until about May of this year, the tag "identification-request" was permitted on our site. This led to us accruing around 3500 of these questions total (including deleted ...
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Inappropriate match on tag prevents use
A user on meta Raspberry Pi Exchange, where I'm a moderator, recently asked this question which seems to indicate a bug.
In brief, the user went to edit a question tagged qtonpi. When the edit was ...
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Don't ask whether to create a new tag if the new tag name is invalid
Stack Exchange ate my edit!
The steps to reproduce are pretty specific.
Go to a site where there is a warning pop-up when you attempt to create a new tag. This is enabled on some graduated sites, ...
asked Nov 19 '14 at 22:46
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Let moderators use blocked tags on historical questions
The Stack Exchange team has the ability to block a tag even when the tag still exists. With the combination of Shog's new tag-specific popup messages, some tags which are blocked now have messages ...
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Why don't we block all tags that we remove?
Currently, on Stack Exchange, it is customary to burninate a tag first, and block it from creation only if it becomes a recurring issue. I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but it eludes me.
Why ...
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How do we request to have a tag blocked?
A Stack Exchange site I use has identified a tag that should be blocked, discussed it on Meta and come to an agreement that it should go (our request is here).
We and the site moderators understand ...
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Would it be possible to alter the tag blacklist to work alongside the tag synonym system?
One of the most common reasons we hear for not adding things to the site's blacklist is the cost of checking each item on every single post. While I'm not at all familiar with the mechanisms in place ...
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Make it clearer when a tag is disallowed
Looking at the following screenshot, there is no indication that google is blacklisted:
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Undeleting a question can also undelete blacklisted tags [duplicate]
The question and revision history.
When the question was deleted, we hadn't yet blacklisted homework. Once the question was undeleted, the system recreated it. It probably shouldn't do that.
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Diamond moderator rollbacks can resurrect blacklisted tags
Example revisions.
A diamond moderator rolled back a question to a state where it had homework. This effectively recreated the tag, despite it being blacklisted.
This should not happen, and is not ...
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Semi-blacklist tags (put tags on hold)
Currently burninated (non-blacklisted) tags can just come back (do they?).
I personally don't think most 1500 reputation users have enough experience on the site to know when to recreate tags we've ...
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Blacklisting a tag with synonyms breaks a few things
According to Jeff's answer to The [error] tag has come back to life! the error tag is blacklisted.
I've been removing errors, which is a really pointless tag, but have noticed a few strange things.
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When it is appropriate to ask for black-listing a tag?
On Drupal Answers, I sometimes ask for black-listing tags that are very bad, or too broad to be useful. Considering there is also the possibility of burninating a tag (removing it from the history of ...
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Warning when using a blacklisted tag - is it customizable?
I suppose that when a user tries to submit question with a blacklisted tag, he gets warning of this type:
sorry, the 'example-tag' tag is not allowed.
(I don't know this for sure, but I guess this ...
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Is it necessary to removed an unwanted tag from the questions before to ask for its burnination?
I notice that here on Meta Stack Overflow, when somebody asks for black-listing a tag, sometimes a developer will reply saying the tag has been black-listed. That answer seems given indifferently from ...
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Give moderators the ability to manage blacklisted tags
The request to Implement a Tag Black List was first raised back in Aug '09, but as one of the mods on English Language & Usage pointed out only a few days ago, even moderators don't have access to ...
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Can tags or synonyms be blocked from being used or blacklisted?
Are there any blacklisted tags on Stack Overflow? In addition, is there a way with moderator access that you can blacklist a tag?
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All I want for Christmas is a list of burninated tags
Would it be possible to make the list of blacklisted tags public?
The list would help establish precedence when determining if a tag should be put forward for burnination. This will simplify the task ...
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How do tag blocklists work? [duplicate]
I've just discovered the tag-block-request questions on this meta, and wondered how and when this feature is used.
For example, I just discovered that we had a code tag (link) on Electrical ...
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Blacklisted tags on migrated questions prevent users from suggesting edits
When I tried to suggest an edit to this question, I got an error message telling me that I can't create new tags when I was not.
When I removed the [game-development], which is blacklisted on ...
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[bestpractices] pops up to replace the banned [best-practices] on Stack Overflow [closed]
I've just edited out fivesix instances.
While I'd be happy to see such questions go, if we've going to allow the questions the tag seems less meta than some. Otherwise we need to blacklist this ...
asked Sep 21 '10 at 18:59
dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten
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Allow 10K users to vote on suggested blacklist tags
There are lots of requests popping up to blacklist meta tags. Could we get a feature for 10K users to propose and vote on tags for the blacklist? (And, maybe, to un-blackist tags, too).
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Why is the 'newbie' tag not allowed?
Why is any tag with the word 'newbie' not allowed here? Each time I try to submit a question with this tag, I get an error message in bold red letters:
Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because: ...
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Implement a Tag Black List
Based on my answer here, I would like to propose the implementation of a tag black list.
The black list should contain a list of tags that should NOT be used on the site and disallow people with ...
