Scope tags: "on-topic" vs "off-topic" vs "scope"

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Funny but I thought I had been using a scope tag here like on other SE sites I use but it seems not to exist after all.

We do have an on-topic tag but I don't think this is great since discussions of what's on-topic invariably also go into what's off topic.

I think the lead tag for this trio should be scope with two synonyms on-topic and off-topic both redirecting to it.

For those of you who are programmers you can think of it this way. What makes a better name for a variable: big, small, or size?

@AnkurBanerjee: This question is about which tag or tags is the best way to handle topics allowable questions on the site. — hippietrail, Commented Oct 5, 2011 at 9:46

VMAtm · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-03 15:22:19Z

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It's done. Sorry for long period of ignoring.

answered Dec 3, 2011 at 15:22

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-20 10:29:48Z

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It was expected that other meta sites would follow the tagging of MSO. Meta sites are even pre-populated with a selection of tags, though allowed-topics doesn't seem to be in them. There's a long-planned feature to copy tag wikis automatically from MSO, which would help.

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answered Oct 2, 2011 at 19:01

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Well I like "scope" better than "allowed topics" personally even though I didn't invent it. In any case we can also merge into whatever standard tag gets thrown at us at some point too.
– hippietrail
Commented Oct 2, 2011 at 19:07
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I've just noticed that scope also exists on MSO. I proposed it as a synonym of allowed-topics because allowed-topics gets more use, but I also prefer scope. I'm going to try to raise an MSO mod about this.
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
Commented Oct 2, 2011 at 19:09

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