Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
Refers to the ability to search within specific tags from the global search box by using [tag-name]
For questions about users who have yet to fully register their accounts and their contributions and actions.
For questions about the "Oops! Something Bad Happened!" server error page displayed on Stack Exchange sites in the event of an internal server error, or for reporting server errors received anywhere o…
For questions relating to the reputation history (or "tab") in user profiles.
used for questions about logging out of SE sites.
For questions related to the use and misuse of pluralization in text on Stack Exchange.
For reporting grammatical errors in UI elements and for guidance/suggestions on grammatical standards for posts.
For discussing the effects of broken links within posts and comments across the network, what to do with them, and how we can prevent them from becoming broken.
The content at the bottom of each page in the Stack Exchange network which contains the copyright notice and useful intra-network links.
Stack Snippets are runnable inline code samples. Currently HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are supported. Use this tag for bug reports, feature requests, and discussions explicitly relevant to these snippet…
For questions related to specific review audits that appear to be faulty or with which you disagree.
The block after a post that contains the username, gravatar, reputation, and badges.
For questions about the operations of Stack Exchange, Inc. d/b/a Stack Overflow, the company that operates the Stack Exchange network of sites.
THIS IS NOT A GENERAL TAG FOR ASKING FOR HELP! Use this tag for questions about how help and information is provided to users.
Tags whose meaning or purpose may be, or has already been, interpreted inconsistently by users of the site it exists on. Use this tag if your question relates to tags which are being used inconsistent…
For questions about the ability to star messages in chat and the star list at the right of the room.
For questions about the block formatting used for code in posts.
For questions about the team of people behind the Stack Exchange network (developers, community managers, etc.), also known as employees of Stack Overflow (the company). They can be identified by an o…
for questions about the old "on hold" status, which used to occur for the first five days that a question is closed. That is no longer the case, so the tag only applies to old …
The Creative Commons license allows the distribution of copyrighted works. Use this tag for questions on how the Stack Exchange network makes use of the CC-license.
For questions about comment-voting.
Proposals for new entries for the FAQ repository on this site should use this tag.
For questions about spoiler blocks (text hidden until mouseover) in posts.
For questions or problems relating to the use of code in questions or answers on a site or the way that markdown works with code/preformatted text.
For questions about the various April Fools' pranks that Stack Exchange used to implement. Please check if your question has already been asked first!
Hooks and fishes of the social network service and how SE interacts and injects with it. Questions about using the Facebook website itself are off-topic but may be welcome on Web Applications Stack Ex…
Use along with [meta] for questions on Meta that relate to a specific answer on Meta Stack Exchange. Questions about specific answers on other sites are off-topic here and should be asked on the per-s…
Questions about the best way to do something on a Stack Exchange site, not for questions about questions about best practices.
For questions about how Stack Exchange handles User Experience and tries to improve it. For general questions about UX, please visit User Experience Stack Exchange.
Formerly one of the possible reasons for closing a question, it has been superseded by the "not constructive" close reason. This tag is for questions *about* subjectivity, *not* for indicating that yo…
for questions related to Unicode support across the Stack Exchange sites.
The close dialog is a popup that lists available close reasons in order to vote to close a question. This tag is only for questions about the dialog itself.
Cross-posting refers to posting the same question on multiple websites.
for questions about the Stack Exchange sign-up procedure. You can sign up with email/password or a supported login provider.
For questions about the ability of gold tag badge holders to unilaterally close and reopen duplicates which were asked in tags of which they have a gold badge, and for them to edit the duplicate targe…
For questions pertaining to Super User, a site for computer enthusiasts, and how it relates to other sites.