I just realized I have at least four different story-identification questions involving the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer. Does it make sense to add a tag for it? If so, ought it to be color-computer? tandy-color-computer? trs-80?
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Hmm. I don't think it adds much value but neither is it damaging. – Valorum Feb 19 at 13:35
I don't think it matters either way but without a good case that we do need it I'd err on the side of not creating it.
When should I create new tags?
Most common tags already exist on a mature site. You should always favor existing tags; only create new tags when you feel you can make a strong case that your question does cover a new topic that nobody else has asked about before on this site.
Currently these questions are covered under story-identification video-games, I'm not sure a trs-80-color-computer would add much value on top of that. Besides if you're mentioning it in the text you're not really increasing it's "searchability" only the categorisation.
answered Feb 19 at 13:47
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To be honest this seems to me to be one of those tags that could be useful but without an argument saying why it would be I can't see it and so see no need for it. – TheLethalCarrot Feb 19 at 13:48
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I think it could be a useful tag, so I'd err on the side of creating it.
Like I've said before, a tag is a Bat-signal for experts. And expert is quite broad here: professional experts, avid fans, creators of content, and so on.
In this case, you're trying to identify a work that was published on a given platform, that platform being the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer. You're likely to get an answer from someone who is an expert — in some fashion — on the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer.
How would you attract such an expert? By tagging your question with tandy-color-computer or a similar suitable tag.
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31 reason against this we don't want platform specific tags for everything, that's just going to create a web of noise. Starting down that road will lead to trouble later on. PC game?
[pc],[windows],[windows-7]etc. And that's before consoles and what not. – TheLethalCarrot Feb 19 at 15:00 -
2[video-games] doesn't have that many questions that we really need to start mini categories within it. – TheLethalCarrot Feb 19 at 15:01
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2And FWIW I think we should usually err on the side of not creating a tag if we don't need it. Our tag system is already a mess, we don't need more tags for no good reason just because to help clutter and confuse matters. – TheLethalCarrot Feb 19 at 15:03
