Questions tagged [tags]
Questions regarding the tags used on Space.SE, and what kind of questions they should be used on.
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What's up with the [tag:structure]?
Just saw [structure] was used the other day and had 5 entries, anyone have objections if I remove this tag and add more specific ones to the entries in question? Mainly:
Why aren't rockets built ...
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Can the tag [specfications] be spelt correctly
There are 7 questions in this tag, but it is not spelt correctly. It looks a bit illiterate at the moment. It should be spelt specifications, and probably does not need to be pluralised.
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Do we need the ORBITAL tag?
I think almost all (if not all) of the 18 instances of the orbital tag could be replaced with orbital-mechanics or just be removed. There's only one question where it is the only tag currently present....
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Three-body versus CR3BP tags; combine them?
The three-body tag (5 questions) has the best name, but the tag info is written like a full tag Wiki rather than an excerpt. I think it can be shortened.
The cr3bp tag (7 questions) has an admittedly ...
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can we do away with the 'trajectories' tag and just keep 'trajectory'?
According to this answer there can be issues when there are two tags which are singular and plural form of the same term.
However it seems we have both trajectory and trajectories.
It looks like the ...
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Synonym [accident] to [failure]
I ran across accident today. It has 23 questions and no excerpt or wiki. But we already have failure (87 questions, 1 overlap), which is already the synonym for [launch-failure], [failed-mission] and [...
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Created “reduced-gravity-manufacturing” tag but then noticed “manufacture” tag exists, what to do?
I just created a reduced-gravity-manufacturing tag to go along with the reduced-gravity-sports and reduced-gravity-cooking tags and then enthusiastically added it to eight questions.
On the last one ...
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Best use of the 'separation' and 'stage-separation' tags
separation 11 questions
stage-separation 14 questions
both tags: no questions at the moment
The meaning of stage-separation is probably straightforward, but what ...
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Identify-this-object tag potentially misapplied? Should it be slightly broadened in scope?
It was called to my attention in since-deleted comments below this answer that I might have mis-applied the identify-this-object tag a few times.
Current definition:
Questions which ask for an ...
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Can we merge [falcon9-r] into [falcon-9]?
There's currently both a falcon-9 and a falcon9-r tag. As far as I can see, falcon-9 is the generic tag for the Falcon 9 rocket, and falcon9-r is specifically for the reusable version (and was ...
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Rename [lunar-module] to [apollo-lunar-module]
While a viable lunar mission might be some years off still, I've noted that the existing lunar-module tag is geared towards Apollo exclusively.
The Lunar Module was part of the Apollo program ...
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Is thre a difference between the tags [sun] and [the-sun]?
What is the difference (if any) between the tags sun and the-sun?
Should they be merged, or do they refer to different topics?
Note that there is currently zero overlap between the two tags; no ...
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Merge [dust] and [regolith]
It seems to me that dust and regolith are p̶e̶r̶f̶e̶c̶t̶
̶ more or less synonyms (for the purpose of this site). I suggest we merge and synonymize. What do you think? ("Yes" answers should specify ...
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Rosalind Franklin is no longer called ExoMars, how to manage tags and titles of older questions?
Just like the "Solar Probe Plus" working title was changed to Parker Solar Probe, the "ESA Roscosmos ExoMars Rover" has now been officially named Rosalind Franklin.
We have over 60 posts that contain ...
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Rename the [bfr] tag
We've have the enigmatic spacex project that was tentatively called the BFR, or Big F[alcon] Rocket. Elon Musk likes to shoot from the hip and the F means something else. Unsurprisingly, they didn't ...
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Defining requirements for hypothetical-invention questions
The idea of a hypothetical-invention tag seems to be gaining mild acceptance:
https://space.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1167/58
If we're going to have this tag, we should probably first establish what ...
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Would a “Speculation” tag be useful?
There are many questions on the site of the form of "could this work". These questions generally propose a solution to some real or imagined problem and ask if the solution would work. Would it be ...
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You say tomato, I say tomato, you say Ultima Thule, I say 2014-MU69. How to deal with dual names and tags?
I created 2014-mu69 a year and a half ago but they've since nick-named the asteroid Ultima Thule and people use that a lot.
It currently has 8 questions and no doubt in the next week it will get more,...
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Two SpaceX Dragon tags, is clarification needed?
In the question What is SpaceX's parachute problem that NASA is concerned about in the NASA ASAP report? I needed a Dragon capsule tag. There are two to choose from:
dragon and dragon-v2
Do we need ...
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Role of country tags
The russia and china tags are used on 63 questions and 20 questions respectively. I've asked two questions that seem to be about the US space program and government positions, so I've created united-...
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How did my question become untagged?
I just received a notification of a suggested edit https://space.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/16868 which would change my question from the untagged tag to an actual tag.
I'm just curious ...
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Synonym [astronauts] and [astronaut]
astronauts is the more used of the two. astronaut has only 5 questions.
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Does the astro-biology tag apply to all life in space, ever?
@Conelisinspace shouldn't the astrobiology tag be for non terrestrial
native life forms? I don't think it applies to tardigrades any more
than it does to to mold, plants, mice, or people on the ...
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Can we have a [pollution] tag?
I asked a question about jettisoned rocket parts residing in the ocean, and tagged it with waste, but this tag was removed in an edit, presumably because most other instances of this tag relate waste ...
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What is the [shuttle-shuttle] tag for?
Title pretty much says it all.
What is the [shuttle-shuttle] tag for? How is it different from space-shuttle?
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Ice, [ice], baby?
I submitted an excerpt for ice, but I realized that not all the existing questions were about extra-terrestrial ice (e.g. 1, 2). Trying to shove rocket ice into that mix introduces double meanings, ...
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When are questions regarding Python on topic here?
I only realized we have a python tag the other day when someone added the tag to several questions containing Python code, and then someone else disputed the validity of the tag. But now we have 17 ...
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What should be our standard for creating speculative craft/mission tags?
So today I came across falcon-super-heavy. There's one question, and it links to an article that talks about it in theoretical terms
Musk was asked whether SpaceX can increase the Falcon Heavy’s ...
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Is it Starman or is it the Roadster?
After the test flight of the Falcon Heavy, we've gotten a flood of questions related to its wonderfully quirky payload. Before the launch, this payload was known as 'the Roadster', and we created a ...
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Easiest way to get a list of tags for which I've bee the first user? Algorithmically if possible!
I have created >several tags without sufficient documentation. As far as I know there's no easy way for me to get a list of tags by creator (a mod here may have told me that, I can't remember where or ...
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Biology shouldn't be aliased to Life?
We have a Biology tag which is aliased to "Life"
However, I am not sure this is appropriate for all the biological experiments done in space (the description of Life aka Biology is closest to ...
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Merge supply-mission and resupply-mission
The tags supply-mission and resupply-missions are the same thing and they should be synonyms. I don't have the rep to suggest the synonym so hoping some can do it for me.
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Should we have separate tags for the Soyuz launcher and the Soyuz spacecraft?
Right now, the soyuz tag refers specifically to "questions regarding the Soyuz manned spacecraft"; it doesn't include questions about the Soyuz launcher. Should we create separate tags for the Soyuz ...
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Should we have an [up-goer-five] tag?
A recent question included the following line:
Note that this question was translated into English by my father, who is the one typing it. I'm eight years old and I don't use SE unsupervised.
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What is the best tag for a question about working at NASA?
This question asks if NASA has an 'on base' department store the way the Army and Air force do. Unless this question is going to be marked off-topic, it seems we might need some better tags for it. ...
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What is the difference between [crewed-spaceflight] and [crewed-missions]?
I noticed that we have two tags that appear to be very closely related: crewed-spaceflight (171 questions) and crewed-missions (23 questions). The question overlap between them is minimal; only four ...
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I don't understand why - by design - “ion-thruster” tag remains hidden when I start typing “ion…”
I wanted to see if there was an ion-thruster or ion-propulsion tag when I was writing this question. When I started typing ...
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Do all tags have associated tag badges?
I tried to look at my progress towards a space-shuttle tag badge but there does not seem to be one for that. Are they manually created? Or am I missing something?
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Should we have a composite materials tag?
There are a number of questions related to composite materials:
https://space.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22composite+materials%22+is%3Aquestion
https://space.stackexchange.com/search?q=composites+-%...
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Confusion in creating a tag
I recently attempted to create a new tag and a corresponding description for it. Not every step was clear to me and, whilst I think I simply did it wrong, I'd like to check the process before I ...
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Can we get a tag for the Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation?
I just edited the tags of this question. I'm surprised we don't have a tag for the Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation. Shouldn't we have one?
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Should we merge launch-site and launchpad tags?
launch-site tag's description:
Questions on launch complexes, spaceports or other locales for the
launch of spacecraft.
launchpad tag's description:
Questions regarding structures used to aid ...
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Should Fuel and Propellant be merged?
I'm trying to decide if there is any meaningful difference between fuel and propellants. They both seem to cover the same thing, namely the fuel of a spacecraft. I suppose fuel is slightly more ...
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Blacklisting and nuking [technology] tag?
Related (I'll be glad if it's considered a dupe, but the other Q did not specifically ask for blacklisting): Do we need the {technology} tag?
Counted 47 questions with the tag: https://space....
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Clarify celestial-mechanics tag
The celestial-mechanics tag implies that planetary orbital mechanics are on-topic for space.SE. I would like to edit the description of the tag to clarify that it is intended for spacecraft only. ...
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Please burninate (and blacklist) the “rocket-science” tag
For a site supposedly wholly and unabashedly devoted to rocket science, this tag is kinda superfluous.
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Can 'crewed mission' be suggested as the usual tag instead of 'manned mission'?
We all know why...
Three cheers for female astronauts! Or cosmonauts! Or taikonauts, or whatever.
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We have two tags for the Quest Joint Airlock
quest and quest-joint-airlock both refer to the Quest Joint Airlock. How should we handle these synonyms?
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Should [aircraft] be a synonym of [aerobot]?
I don't have enough rep in aerobot to propose this synonym officially, so I'm going to ask this question here.
Isn't aircraft, as it is currently used, a synonym of aerobot?
Here is the single ...
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Should 'solar-power' be renamed 'photo-voltaic cell'?
The tag 'Solar Power' is used as a synonym for 'photo-voltaic' cell/array at present. This term used is not unacceptable. It may be misleading to a nouveau who comes to SEx.SE, perhaps, to seek a ...
