A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.

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A tag for questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If it's not a bug or feature-request, it is probably a discussion.
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for proposals of new features on the site, or requests for a change to an existing feature.
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A request for assistance with one of the site's features.
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indicates a reproducible problem on the site that you believe is due to a mistake, malfunction, or programming error.
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A feature request has been implemented, a bug has been fixed, or a request has been processed.
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Questions specific to stackoverflow.com and not necessarily related to other Stack Exchange network websites, such as retag requests.
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keywords or labels that categorize and group your question with other, similar questions.
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a measurement of a user's contributions to the site, and the extent to which the community "trusts" that user with extra privileges.
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small addendum to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting. Comments are second-class citizens.
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For questions regarding the nature of a "question" on StackExchange sites; e.g. how to ask, whether specific questions are appropriate, etc.
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For questions about the /review path where users can view and act on posts by other users that the system thinks may need attention.
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For questions about the process of editing, how edits work, and other general inquiries about the edit system.
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For questions about the flagging process, how flags are handled, etc.
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for questions about answers: how to answer, whether specific answers are appropriate, and so forth.
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Users without full edit privileges can suggest edits to posts and tag wikis.
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indicates that the specified behavior is intentional and not subject to change or correction.
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awarded to encourage and incentivize positive community actions within the site.
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A service offered by Stack Exchange that allows programmers to find jobs.
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the real time, stateful web chat that's a part of every Stack Exchange site.
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the primary way users gain reputation, and also how many items are sorted to the top.
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the process by which users can vote to close a question if it is off-topic or otherwise disallowed by the FAQ.
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indicates that the feature request or bug will not be implemented or fixed at the present time.
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the Stack Exchange network staging zone, where groups of experts come together to build new Q&A sites that operate using the Stack Overflow design. It has its own meta site.
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for questions about the built-in search functionality of this site powered by elasticsearch.
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used to query the community on the specifics of a particular question asked on the main site or the meta site.
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for questions about the entire network of Q&A sites that make up the Stack Exchange network.
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for questions about the user profile page, which contains a list of all the questions, answers, and an audit trail of the user's activity on the site.
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a way to get additional attention for a question by offering some of your own reputation for great answers.
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"Design" refers to front-end elements, such as page layout, coloring conventions, etc. For questions about database structure, algorithms in the code, please use the "architecture" tag instead.
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for general questions about questions that have been closed because they are off-topic or otherwise do not meet the criteria defined in the FAQ.
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For questions about the user interface elements (inputs, checkboxes, etc) that make up this site. For questions about the design of elements, use [design].
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for questions specific to down-votes, the community's way of telling peers that their content can be improved. Down-votes on meta site have different meanings.
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Lightweight, plain-text markup language used across the entire Stack Exchange network for post formatting.
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referring to the process of identifying and closing questions that are exact duplicates of another question.
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the process of migrating off-topic questions from a Stack Exchange site to another.
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for requests to replace one tag with another existing tag. It also applies to requests that one tag should be merged into another, or simply abandoned.
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