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Tags - abbreviations or spelling it out?
Honestly, you're correct. I type those in because I'm used to the shorthand, and that's how many of my friends in the hobby speak. However, not everyone will or does.
I was under the impression that ...
ifconfigMod
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Do we need a [drone] tag?
I don't think we need that granular a tag, but [drone] may indeed be too generic.
Drone generically means
A quadcopter (most common)
A large UAV like the Air Force flies
The FAA calls them drones
...
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Do we need a [drone] tag?
As you sugest, drone (and similar terms like UAV) are probably too generic for a tag based on their common usage; however, tags ...
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What should we do about the [small-drones] tag?
I'm not sure you need this tag... I've gone through the 20 questions that currently use it and I don't know that I've found one that absolutely needs it. I'm going to pick out some of what I see in ...
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Tags - abbreviations or spelling it out?
I believe that the long form is more auspicious for all concerned in the long run. Future prospects to the site, who are truly newbies in this field may not be overly familiar with such abbreviations. ...
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Rename [legal] to [regulations]
If we were to change the tag from "legal" to "regulations", I think there should at least be a re-direct, as most people asking (on-topic!) questions about legality will try to tag their question with ...
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Accepted
Re-name tag to use proper spacing
I've justmerged outofcontrol into out-of-control, and created a synonym for them too.
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Rename [legal] to [regulations]
We should rename legal to regulations and create a synonym. Regulations is the broader term; since many "legal-like" questions aren't actually about legislation, it's the better name for the tag. (...
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Tag synonym proposals
Abbreviations still missing full versions for tags used more than once and my best guess:
(in order of volume)
lipo and (new) lithium-polymer-batteries to lipo-batteries ? I'm not sure that spelling ...
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Tags - abbreviations or spelling it out?
Why not have both? SE has this handy feature called tag synonyms, which, as far as I understand, will automatically remap a shorter tag that's easier to type to its longer, "canonical" version. So we ...
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Tag synonym proposals
My own list of synonyms:
bldc to brushless-motor (suggested)
fpv to first-person-view (suggested)
airplane to fixed-wing
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Tags - abbreviations or spelling it out?
I think the abbreviations should be the tag masters, for the sole reason that I think they will likely see more use than the spelled-out versions.
Like I said, many people in our community are ...
ifconfigMod
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Do we need a [drone] tag?
Not all UAVs are drones. And not every question is about drones. Therefore the drone tag appears appropriate.
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What should we do about the [small-drones] tag?
I think the same applies to the drone tag - not least as the vast majority of questions on this site are expected to relate to some form of drone!
If drone is being used to mean multirotor or ...
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Accepted
Re-name [fpvcamera] tag to use spacing
I've just created a synonym and merged the tags so fpv-camera is the master tag.
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Tag synonym proposals
I've proposed:
quadcopter-configuration to quadcopter
airplane to fixed-wing
Users can browse and vote on proposed tags here - but I think you can only see/vote on them if you have a total answer ...
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Do we need a [drone] tag?
I believe that every question or discussion here in this group is about drones and the tag 'drone' is confusing or at least ambiguous. A model aircraft could be spit further into two or more groups ...
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