ghosting currently has 2 questions, no wiki, and no usage description. One of the questions is closed as too broad.
Can we either remove it for lack of necessity or add a proper description to prevent misuse?
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6Agreed, I see no reason for this tag.– David KAug 2, 2019 at 12:31
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2Why bother removing it? Someone will add it back eventually.– Joe StrazzereAug 2, 2019 at 20:23
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2@JoeStrazzere I'm not saying it should be removed, but we should do something with it and I'm not sure we need it. Hence removing is one of the options.– MastAug 3, 2019 at 7:56
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1I see it's just 2 posts with the unclear tag. I would just have edited it out... anyways, seems that the consensus is to remove this so I gave it a go.– DarkCygnus ModAug 5, 2019 at 17:01
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@DarkCygnus With your rep, I'd have too. But this is hardly my turf, so I left it to you lot. I just point and you can decide what to do with it. All working as intended.– MastAug 5, 2019 at 19:41
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@Mast I understand. Thanks for letting us know about this :)– DarkCygnus ModAug 5, 2019 at 19:45
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Based on the consensus and votes here seems that the tag should be gone. I agree with what David said in this answer, so I proceeded to swap 'ghosting' for communication.
I don't see a reason to keep this tag. It currently is being used on two questions, one if which is closed. It is an overly-specific tag which won't really be helpful to users. Ghosting is really just a lack of communication, so the communication tag would be applicable instead.
Not everyone knows what "ghosting" means. However it's an apt and succinct word to describe a phenomena that is fairly common and that leaves victims blindsided about what happened.
It's a nice, compact word that is optimal for a Tag. The problem, I guess, is that not enough people know what it means. In Google Trends, the term seems to be roughly increasing in usage since 2015-ish.
I think it doesn't hurt to keep it, it will eventually get more use.
I would instead considering dropping "burninate"-- that's actually a word that almost no one knows about. The etymology appears to be from a web-based comic-strip, "Homestar Runner"?? Never heard about it. The only way I can guess what it means is by seeing it's context. It also comes off the tongue very awkwardly. Burninate deserves to be burninated. What an ugly word!
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7Off-topic, but "burninate" is a familiar term in SE universe for removing a tag. And I agree with you: I don't know what "ghosting" means, so can you help improving the tag by adding an excerpt, and perhaps also the wiki? Aug 5, 2019 at 11:05
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@AndrewT. Thanks! I have edited added some Tag info for "ghosting". Burninate is strange, obfuscating word for a concept as simple as tag removal. I will agree to disagree, however. Aug 5, 2019 at 13:33
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Trogdor? Nah, never played dungeons and dragons in high school. :-) Aug 5, 2019 at 19:30
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