From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T09:33:14+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Proposed new rule

Justin Bishop wrote:
> We already have a few established tags which people DO use and nobody
> seems to be averse towards.  [ANN], [RAILS], and [QUIZ].  so it seems
> like the only argument is over exactly how many there should be...not
> whether we should have them at all. so i don't see why a suggestion to
> add _2_ more should be mocked as the equivalent of saying we make a
> specific tag for everything under the sun....we have 3 already. i
> suggested we have a whopping 5! watch out--i'm crrrrrrazy!
> 
> i respect the logical arguments to stick with just the 3 and that's
> fine but that's no reason to act like one or two more is completely
> outlandish.

I expect that a general community consensus will determine what get 
used.  People make up subject tags as they see fit, and if they strike a 
chord with others, they get picked up.  Useless or confusing tags simply 
go away.

I've seen [SOLUTION] used when people have been pursuing some general 
problem (e.g., getting Ruby MySQL binary bindings working on Win32) and 
finally reach a solution.  So it has a history already.



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