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Replace 'numerics' tag
I would like to see the numerics tag replaced, because
it 'works' only because of a mutual misunderstanding. As for science, 'Numerics' refers to the investigation of numeric patterns. The first ...
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(Mis)use of the matrix-equations tag
I do research in matrix equations, which (at least in my field) is commonly accepted to mean "equations whose unknown is a matrix, such as an algebraic Riccati equation $A^*X+XA+Q-XGX=0$, everything ...
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A thread for tag mergers and tag synonyms
Related to the thread What is our policy on ambiguous tags?, I am starting this thread, for the benefit of people who wish to call attention to tags that should be merged, synonymized, or other such ...
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Computer-algebra tag?
Are questions about implementation of specific tasks in specific computer algebra systems on-topic here?
If so, can we create a computer-algebra tag?
Context: I have been feeling around on the ...
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Is there interest to install a regular (6-monthly ?) review of all tags and propose a combined update?
Given two recent posts on meta on the topic of removing tags (conditioning and numerics), I was wondering if there is an interest among some users to install a regular "tag review". The idea is to ...
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Tag Management Ideas
Since it has been a while since the last tag cleanup, I was curious to see if there were specific tags that needed fixing or general issues with tags. I wanted to get other users' thoughts on some of ...
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June 2019 tag clean-up initiative
On June 22, (anticipated lowest activity on the website), the required edits\retagging bumped a lot of questions to the main page. Last time it happened a couple of years ago when this activity was ...
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Request for Comment: Tag clean-up
Acknowledgments
First, thanks to GertVdE for going through the tags and proposing changes. AronAhmadia and I have looked at GertVdE's list, and now I'm going through and cleaning up and merging some ...
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Computational-science-careers tag - make synonym of career-development tag or remove?
Should the computational-science-careers tag be made a synonym of the career-development tag?
At the time of writing, the former tag appears to have been newly created for this question. An ...
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What is our policy on ambiguous tags?
Initialisms (DFT, CFD, etc.) are common in Science and Computational Science, so naturally tags that are initialisms may represent two very different subjects. It would be helpful to sort out some ...
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Merge tags conditioning and condition-number?
I'd like to suggest merging these two tags for the following reasons.
Both tags are under-utilized; many questions cover the topic of matrix conditioning, either in statement or in answers, but are ...
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Efficiency vs. performance
In short, what is the difference between the efficiency and performance tags? Are they different enough to keep them separate or should one be a synonym of the other?
According to Wikipedia, ...
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What would be a good frequency for a tag clean up?
What is considered to be a good frequency to do a tag clean up? I've initiated something like that two years ago with Geoff Oxberry.
Actions to be considered:
Identify misspelled tags and correct ...
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Is a dense-linear-algebra tag necessary?
As the title suggests, Do we need a dense-linear-algebra tag?
I have a few reasons for this:
Whenever linear algebra is mentioned in context to Scientific Computing, it usually refers to Sparse ...
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Scope of Data-Analysis Tag
I added the "data-analysis" tag to the question here since I felt it was the best fit for the author's request of a "post-processing" tag.
While I see those two terms as almost identical, I was ...
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Tag for rejected questions?
Should a tag be created for "closed"/"rejected" questions? It might make sense to have them tagged if they're being kept for archival purposes—it would also mean that a question like this one on Win32 ...
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