I recently asked a question about who Nolan North voiced in an episode of Rick and Morty. I made the nolan-north tag.
I know that author tags are frowned upon (because they are misused a ton), so is this tag any different? Should I get rid of it?
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3There is no need for actor tags, they're largely pointless.– EdlothiadMay 13, 2019 at 8:42
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We've never used actor tags before, so there's no precedent for this.
Also, there's really no need for actor tags. Author tags might sometimes be useful, because authors define the style and subgenre of the writing - people might be interested in looking at all questions about all stories by a particular author. But actors usually don't contribute much to the story - they help bring it to life, they might give it a touch of their own personal flair, but people are unlikely to want to search for a list of all questions about all films that a particular actor has starred in.
TL;DR: let's get rid of this tag.
answered May 13, 2019 at 8:51
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"people are unlikely to want to search for a list of all questions about all films that a particular actor has starred in" - On IMDB 'Actor tags' are vastly more popular than character tags. To the point that they've toyed with removing them entirely.– ValorumMay 13, 2019 at 8:54
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2@Randal'Thor Gonna use your "mod magic" to nuke the new one as well?– TheLethalCarrot ModMay 13, 2019 at 9:13
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@TheLethalCarrot I was going to just edit it out (as a normal user, no mod magic), but really I should wait for this meta to be "concluded" first.– Rand al'Thor ModMay 13, 2019 at 11:45