Questions tagged [tags]
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How do we actually kill this tag?
One of our top four tags has the following description:
This tag will be removed, do not use it.
It's been that way for years. It's just about the least informative possible tag. And yet, at time ...
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Tags trend in stack exchange
We have some trend analysis in stack overflow. Like this one: http://hewgill.com/~greg/stackoverflow/stack_overflow/tagtrend.html.
And I can also see the overall count of questions based on each tag,...
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Should the salesforce-crm tag be removed?
There is a salesforce-crm tag:
https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/salesforce-crm
I'm unable to see any specific relation to questions using the tag or realize a meaning and use ...
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Generic tag soup?
We seem to have a few generic tags that I think need to be fixed, because they're being abused. Off the top of my head, we have:
lightning
Used to describe anything that has the word Lightning in it,...
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How to use Split tag
This tag has cropped up.
https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/split
The first post was relating to org splits.
The next few were related to the Apex String.split() method.
Do ...
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apex-* tags discussion
The question API Tags got me thinking. What is the organisation of *apex-** tags going to look like. Not surprisingly the apex tag already exists, but what about more specific tags, here are some ...
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Is it OK to create a tag whose primary purpose is to facilitate an official Salesforce tech enablement event?
My name is Vivek M. Chawla. I'm a Principal ISV Platform Expert at Salesforce and have been a member of the Salesforce StackExchange community since the beginning.
I have a novel idea (at least it's ...
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"how do i solve this logical problem" tag?
Across all the subjects applicable to this site I think we have 2 large groups of questions:
I'm trying to do X and run into problem Y.
I don't know how I should do X.
the first category is usually ...
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API Tags - soap, rest, etc. or soap-api, rest-api, etc?
This seems to be a good issue to nail down early... How do we tag questions about the respective apis? I propose abc-api, then we can use the bare abc tag for more general questions about that ...
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Code-coverage tag
I just noticed that there is a tag called code-coverage. I'm not a big fan of this tag since it seems to encourage "do my homework" questions. I'd prefer a tag called testing or some such idea. I ...
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No Lightning Tag
The term "Lightning" is a broad brand comprising many different technologies.
How do we approach this as a community especially when it includes:
UI
- Lightning Component Framework
- Lightning ...
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Irrelevant tags
Ok, so can anyone help me understand why tags like code are useful and can we get rid of them if not?
I mean, its like going into a cooking class and being "What would you like to learn how to cook" ...
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Release based tags
While going through the tags I noticed "winter" and "winter13". I think that most will agree winter is not specific enough, and could be merged with winter13, but maybe we should look at this a bit ...
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Please help me fix my lwc tag synonym
I accidentally added the new lwc tag – which was intended as a tag synonym for the new lightning-web-components tag – to lightning-components instead.
Aargh!
Could I ask that two kind folks go and ...
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How To Handle Tag Overlap?
I've been wondering about tag overlap lately. For example:
Every soql post is about query, but not the other way around
Every formula-field post is about formula, but not the other way around
Every ...
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Do we need a salesforce.com tag?
I see five questions tagged with "salesforce.com." Since this site is dedicated to Salesforce, is it really necessary? I would suggest that SFDC just be the default and that perhaps we only tag the ...
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Tag Synonyms - Is our community using them effectively?
I feel as if our community could make a better usage of the tag synonym feature of the StackExchange.
If you are unaware of the feature - What are tag synonyms and merged tags? How do they work?
We ...
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Tags and replacement of terminology
As you all know, Salesforce does sometimes change terminology on us. Frequently tags on the site are named after their terminology and thus really need to be updated to the new terminology.
A good ...
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Should we have a large data volume (ldv) tag?
A tough area of the platform is dealing with orgs with a LOT of data and the various limits that start to affect how you architect your solutions. Salesforce has their own Large Data Volume group, ...
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fixing the ambiguity around the Salesforce1 tag
Although that Salesforce1 indeed spans more then just the mobile app, more then 90% of the questions that are posted around Salesforce1 are about the actual mobile app.
Lately, it happens more and ...
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salesforce tag on SO - should we change it to advertise?
On a chat on http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/4/teachers-lounge I started to ask what about SO questions.
They offered the following example of what android did
https://stackoverflow.com/...
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There is no Einstein in Einstein Analytics
I saw that "Einstein-analytics" is a tag synonym for "einstein," which is not true. "Einstein-analytics" is the new name for Wave. E-A is a way to visualize Einstein output, if desired, but it has no ...
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TAG: bestpractice
The bestpractice - I think it should not be used.
A question that is tagged with it, immediately calls for a discussion. I think if the question is asked correctly, this tag should not be used.
Ofc, ...
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What does the 'salesforce-instance' tag mean?
I've seen a few questions tagged salesforce-instance. I can't think that this tag is necessary or desirable - it seems to be as redundant as salesforce.com.
Any thoughts before I go deleting tags ...
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Editing tags in bulk that make no improvement
Looked at the main page and there were half the page filled up with questions years old that had the page updated. The updates did not really improve the question or search ability.
i.e. tags [...
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Enable automatic syntax highlighting for JavaScript
The question lightning:navigation to record edit page not working when there is an record update before it is tagged javascript but syntax highlighting was not applied to the code block. I suggested ...
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What should we do about the [help] tag?
We seem to have a new problem tag that newbies are throwing on a high percentage of posts: help. It's decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio, and I find it annoying, but I'm not sure how to best handle ...
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When did the Marketing-Cloud tag replace the ExactTarget tag?
I tried to apply the exacttarget tag a few minutes ago to a new post and the tag wouldn't come up when I began typing it in. Instead, marketing-cloud appeared after I typed the complete tag it, ...
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What's this tag: Data?
What's the point of the data? Can't really understand it's meaning.
Maybe consider to delete?
Since the word "data" - is very general and broad, I think it needs some moderation.
Maybe add some ...
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Merge Tags: [deployment] and [deploy]
I propose merging these tags. [deployment] has ~ 350 tagged questions and should be primary. [deploy] has about 70 and can be a synonym. I just don't have the rep to propose this directly myself.
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What Tag for salesforce basic site?
It seems that everything is around apex visualforce and other 'advanced' SF sites and features.
And than comes a question like this: Look up search on 2 custom fields instead standard name field
and ...
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Should we merge the [aura] tag?
It seems like the [aura] tag into one of the [lightning] tags. Do you guys agree? Which tag should be the master? Just [lightning]?
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Suggest tag Maps
I noticed there is no tag yet for Maps. The forum does not allow me to use it, because it looks too much like map, which is a completely different thing:
For those who don't know: I am referring to ...
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Suggest Tag 'external-object'
I suggest the tag external-object would be a useful addition to this knowledge repository.
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Which new tags should be added to this meta site?
Since I don't have the 2000 reputation needed for creating new tags here, I'll post tags that need to be created in the answer below. Feel free to add your own tags that need to be created (if they ...
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Synonym Tag: APP and appexchange
Can we add a synonym to APP-exchange?
I am not sure which should be the main, but the 2 are the same
(even that no one has yet to tag: appexchange)
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Create Synonym: listview - for the tag: 'list-view'
Suggest to create a synonym for the tag: list-view
new synonym: listview
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"Direct Messaging" Tag
Could someone create a "Direct Messaging" tag? This would be different from "Private Messaging" (although there isn't one of these either.) There is very little documentation by Salesforce around ...
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New tag for Lightning Console App
I couldn't find a tag for questions on Lightning Console Apps.
Is it possible to create a new tag for the same or is it because it's still in Beta version that the tag is not present in SFSE?
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New Tag Suggestion/ Modification- REST API
The current tag refers to Salesforce core (Force.com). It might be of value to either modify this, or create a new one for Marketing Cloud.
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can you guys create a tag for push notifications or any alternative tag available for this?
can you guys create a tag for push notifications or any alternative tag available for this? i tried to create a question for push notification but does not find the tag push notification. can someone ...
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Could anybody add a new tag for design system react?
The design-system-react repo suggests posting support questions with the tag design-system-react.
I can't find this tag. Could someone with sufficient reputation please add this tag?
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