I just asked this question and I took the liberty of adding two tags. One is failed-missions. Can this be interesting for filtering and for discussing causes and details about failed missions? With failed I mean at any phase: at launch-pad, in orbit, re-entering and so on.
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Since the use of plural in tag names could potentially suggest that broad questions are fine (they're not), I suggest we rather use tag names in singular, e.g. this one would then be failed-mission. If we used the plural failed-missions, we might invite questions that discuss multiple failed missions, or even request lists of them, which is often counterproductive.
In case singular and plural versions aren't semantically different, then I favor the singular versions. They still imply the same thing, even if the question later refers to it in plural, but is not necessarily so the other way around.
Otherwise, I think the tag is fine. We'll inevitably have also tags with a negative connotation, and failed-missions is not even as strong as some others we might see added in the near future, such as casualty, death, e.t.c.
answered Aug 17, 2013 at 21:35
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$\begingroup$ Could you rename it to singular? $\endgroup$– user55Commented Aug 18, 2013 at 0:05
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$\begingroup$ @trapo - I believe only moderators can do that. I've tried to rename tag "failed-missions" to singular "failed-mission" by double editing to exclude plural first, then include singular, but my mission failed LOL $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 18, 2013 at 13:00
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$\begingroup$ can we add the singular tag, and then delete the plural tag? I won't try now - am away, so on an iPad $\endgroup$– Rory Alsop ModCommented Aug 19, 2013 at 20:52
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$\begingroup$ @RoryAlsop - It doesn't wanna work that way, it complains that the tag already exists in plural. I've tried. We'll need to wait until we get our own moderators, I guess. :| $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:02
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$\begingroup$ we have one already - meta.space.stackexchange.com/users/545/gabe $\endgroup$– Rory Alsop ModCommented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:03
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$\begingroup$ @RoryAlsop - Ah interesting, didn't see. Then I suggest you flag in this thread something to bring this to his attention. ;) $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:07
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$\begingroup$ Beta sites usually get an SE community person until pro-tems are assigned. Not sure when @gabe came onboard $\endgroup$– Rory Alsop ModCommented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:10
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$\begingroup$ @RoryAlsop - It couldn't have been long ago, I didn't yet see him in the chat. Talking of which, I see you're there... and me too, so why are we having this chat here? :)) $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:12
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$\begingroup$ So, just to double-check... you guys want to replace [failed-missions] with [failed-mission]? $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:58
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$\begingroup$ @AnnaLear - That's correct. Plural to singular. Thanks! $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 21:59
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1$\begingroup$ All done - failed-missions will now be remapped to failed-mission, although most people will probably just use failed-mission directly. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 22:10
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$\begingroup$ @AnnaLear - Thanks! Can you please add the status-completed to this thread? Cheers! :) $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 22:12
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$\begingroup$ @RoryAlsop You guys just dodged a bullet there! We're working on finding better mods :) $\endgroup$– GabeCommented Aug 19, 2013 at 22:22
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$\begingroup$ @Gabe - Dodging a bullet, riding a bullet, even slingshooting around a bullet... all in a day's work on Space Exploration. We even use bulleted lists, when we feel particularly daring. :)) $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2013 at 22:32