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I've found some information on the meta about merging tags by proposing synonyms, but what about the case where the asker of a question creates a tag whose necessity is debatable? If this does overlap with the content of a previous thread I'd appreciate a link (I looked and couldn't find one)

The example that made me think of this is here, where the tag twin has been created. This tag isn't really statistical and will most likely never be used again. I suppose it could be merged with something like multivariate or clustered. In looking at the list of tags, there are many other examples like this. What is the recommended action here?

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  • $\begingroup$ Another option would be to rename it [twin-study] and add the tag to questions like this: stats.stackexchange.com/questions/24155/… $\endgroup$
    – naught101
    May 22, 2012 at 4:02
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    $\begingroup$ or just merge it with the [genetics] tag... $\endgroup$
    – naught101
    May 22, 2012 at 4:03

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Tags that aren't used by at least 1 other question within 6 months are deleted according to SE policy (see here).

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks @gung - sometimes it's hard to find the relevant part of the FAQ :) $\endgroup$
    – Macro
    May 20, 2012 at 17:46
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    $\begingroup$ It was hard for me to find, too. I knew that I had seen it somewhere, but it wasn't in the FAQ; it took a bit of searching before I could find it. $\endgroup$
    – gung - Reinstate Monica
    May 20, 2012 at 18:07

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