Proposed clean-up of bad tags
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I propose that we get rid of a lot of bad tags that should never have been created. I went through them all and this is what I think we should get rid of or rename.
I'll leave this meta post here for a week or so for feedback, before I go ahead and edit out tags that nobody got any objections about removing.
(Or if a moderator can help out with that without "mass bumping" all posts, that would be nice. I don't think I can rename or make tag synonyms either.)
Edit: some things to consider:
Tag naming guidelines.
Tag creation/deletion criteria
Too broad/non-specific/ambiguous:
- accuracy
- component-characterization
- computer
- computer-arithmetic
- control
- count
- equipment
- errors
- integrator
- limitation
- module
- network
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noise - Ambiguous since it could mean EMI, or signal processing noise, or audible noise. Should probably be removed and split into the existing tags
EMI,signal-processingandaudio. - ORing - Confusing if this is about the slang "OR:ing" as in Boolean algebra or O-ring as in a type of seal. Neither makes a good tag, use specific tags like "OR-gate" (digital electronics), "logical-or" (programming) or "bitwise-or" (programming).
- output
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packaging - Could either refer to component packages (SOT23, TO220 etc) or packing material that components use (tape & reel, tray etc). Could perhaps be renamed
packageto be less ambiguous. - programming - About as meaningful as having an "electronics" tag.
- protocol
- quality
- reliability
- switching - Could refer to switch regulators, or power switching on/off, or electrical switching (transistors, analog switches, relays, optocouplers etc), or electro-mechanical switches, or switching things in programming/general.
Too specific/limited use:
(Kindly practice DNI TLA - Do Not Invent: Three-letter Abbreviations)
- 1-wire - Name the programming interface or MCU instead. Different 1-wire interfaces have little in common.
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AC-circuit - Use
alternating-currentinstead. -
analog-computer - Limited use, go with something like
Analoginstead. - cd4047 - I don't think we need a tag for every standard IC.
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DC-generator - Use
current-sourceinstead. -
DMM - Use
multimeterinstead. -
ICMR - Use
opamp,Analogor similar tag. -
OCMR - Use
opamp,Analogor similar tag. -
OTA - Use
opampinstead. -
signal-and-systems - Not a common term AFAIK, covered by the more well-known term
signal-processing. -
stray-current-corrosion - The
corrosiontag should be enough. -
UART-USART - Just use
UARTinstead. - UVLO - Supposedly means undervoltage lockout. Personally never came across the term (even though I've been involved in battery charger design). More common terms are brown-out protection, low-voltage detection.
Off-topic/application level/use of electronic products:
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HiFi - Use the
audiotag instead. - pH - Chemistry term.
- remote-control
To be renamed/synonymous:
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awgn - Shouldn't we rather have a broader category
gaussian-noise? Or just usesignal-processing. - cmc - Should be made synonymous with common-mode-choke.
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li-ion-cell - Tags per battery chemistry makes perfect sense, so this should just be renamed to
li-ion. (And it would be fine IMO to create other similar tags as needed, like lead-acid, NiMH, Li-Po, Li-Fe4, NiCd etc.) -
Ohm-law - Any reason why this isn't namedEDIT: yes there is a reason here Tag naming guidelines. though I might not necessarily agree with that part.Ohms-law? I realize that'might not be supported inside tags.

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