Thanks for flagging this. It’s a good question – and a good problem to have – means lots of people tagging.
We haven’t discussed it much as a team, but the following is the procedure I’d unilaterally propose:
In the case that it seems two tags are in conflict.
A determination needs to be made on whether the two tags are in fact really the same concepts or in fact two separate (but closely related) concepts.
If they actually appear to actually be the same concept, then people should figure out the best name for the concept (ideally on Talk Pages which will hopefully ship soon) and then the tags should be merged (ideally via tag-merging tech that we build, but possibly a bit more manual or hacky right now).
If the tags are close but not related: a) some reflection on the ontology in the space might be warranted to ensure good factorization, b) The tag descriptions should each describe the bounds of each tag and its relationship to its neighbor, c) posts in each tag should be reviewed for proper membership.
All else equal, preference will be given to tags which have more helpful descriptions defining them.
Thanks for flagging this. It’s a good question – and a good problem to have – means lots of people tagging.
We haven’t discussed it much as a team, but the following is the procedure I’d unilaterally propose:
In the case that it seems two tags are in conflict.
A determination needs to be made on whether the two tags are in fact really the same concepts or in fact two separate (but closely related) concepts.
If they actually appear to actually be the same concept, then people should figure out the best name for the concept (ideally on Talk Pages which will hopefully ship soon) and then the tags should be merged (ideally via tag-merging tech that we build, but possibly a bit more manual or hacky right now).
If the tags are close but not related: a) some reflection on the ontology in the space might be warranted to ensure good factorization, b) The tag descriptions should each describe the bounds of each tag and its relationship to its neighbor, c) posts in each tag should be reviewed for proper membership.
All else equal, preference will be given to tags which have more helpful descriptions defining them.