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64 questions are tagged as . I don't think this tag confers any information, and there won't be any experts. Should the questions be untagged?

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    !trepxe sdrawkcab a m'I !tiaW Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 16:22
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    sdrawkcab tag is backwards? Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 16:22
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    No user has answered any more than 1 question tagged backwards. It also has not tag wiki for potential uses. It seems pretty pointless. Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 16:29
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    Yes, especially considering it should be backward, with no S... Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 16:32
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    ? åjsgnirK regoR-nrøjB@ oot uoY Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 16:55
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    Maybe it's the opposite of forward. Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 17:38
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    Obligatory PHP comment: Make it a synonym for php. Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 18:36
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    You should totally drop that and try jQuery Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 0:32
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    !strepxe drawkcab era erehT Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 0:52
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    Title suggestion: "Revert [backwards]?" Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 1:00
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    @PaulR No, it's just like forward, onward, toward, untoward, etc. though the British are notorious for putting unnecessary letters in words... Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 12:39
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    @TylerH: I think it's more to do with Americans not really understanding the difference between adjectives and adverbs. ;-) Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 12:51
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    @PaulR You're mistaken, then :-) There's no need to add an s just because of the part of speech. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 12:58
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    @TylerH: you're entitled to think different. ;-) Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 12:59
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    @Bjørn-RogerKringsjå ‮Oh yeah? Well, I can even make my username backwards! Beat that! Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 20:04

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Well, only 7 questions remain in that tag right now.

It seems that a single <2k user decided to remove it on most if not all questions and was promptly approved by the queue.
Burnination is supposed to be a process of precise and careful cleaning - Closing off-topic questions, del-voting those for which the Roomba will have no effect and are useless or detrimental to the site, editing the last ones into shape while removing the tag.

The community or SOCVR hasn't had the chance to take this on and post regular status updates as was done here for the now-burninated tag; as is described in this process.

Next time, please refrain from any massive tag removal until community consensus is achieved and we can properly take care of the matter by improving the questions.

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    This should almost be a banner on all burnination requests. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 17:27
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    Or what is done right now for guidelines here meta.stackoverflow.com/a/319601/1743880 Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 17:29
  • @Tunaki We can use that until we get a banner ;) Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 17:53
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    First decide, then do. The way the user did it was spɹɐʍʞɔɐq. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 19:44
  • Sorry, this was not what I intended by asking my question. I have no idea burninations are properly handled, and I thought the appropriate persons would probably see my post. Should I post in the chat room next time, if I think a tag is worth deleting instead of opening a question? Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 21:50
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    @Kay Asking on Meta was the right thing to do. I don't really blame that misguided <2K user but rather the reviewers who let that pass. Do note that you can ask anything you want related to SO, moderation, or SOCVR in the room =) Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 22:43
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Giving people something to vote on:

It doesn't seem like that tag is very specific at all and each question has a more suitable tag already.

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    Just editing out the backward tag from questions is probably not a good idea since burninations are also good opportunities to remove a lot of off-topic questions from the site or improve them with edits. SOCVR has come up with a process that allows a clean tag removal. For example, many of these questions could probably be closed as dupes of canonical posts. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 10:21
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    This answer has led to at least one <2k rep user spam the edit review queue with needless "burnination edits". Please do not "Go ahead and start editing out the [backwards] tag" Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 15:52
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    Very sorry. I was just trying to give people something to vote on. I have edited out that part. Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 16:08
  • It seems the damage has been done during the 11 hours this was up =/ Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 17:22
  • i might as well just delete this answer right? Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 17:24
  • Your call. I wouldn't worry about it :) Commented Mar 23, 2016 at 17:24

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