or "canonical-post" tag to these questions

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Apr 3, 2018 at 1:15	comment	added	aparente001		@Wrzlprmft - Have you found any site which has such a tag and a post on meta where somebody really found the tag useful? Yes. // Note, I'm not saying that my proposal would permit the software to do something that it currently can't do. I'm saying that my proposal would permit human beings to do something that they currently aren't aware they can do, or forget that they can do. // This is minor, but may I also point out that SE is built on the concept of tagging; having a list buried somewhere in Meta is inherently kluge-y.
Apr 3, 2018 at 1:13	comment	added	aparente001		@Wrzlprmft - Anyway, if you want to change our how to ask blurb, better make a separate meta post for that. I think it's premature for that since we're still in the stage of figuring out whether the link in How to Ask would point to the Meta post or to the set of posts with the proposed special tag.
Apr 2, 2018 at 21:26	comment	added	Discrete lizard		"Keep in mind that as long as somebody takes care that the tag is removed, you probably wouldn’t notice" Even so, I never saw it being misused on CS and I've been a regular on the queues for a while now. But perhaps the tagging situation here is trickier. Then again, as 'academia' doesn't really have 'reference material' like a specific field would have, the tag would be a bit strange. And most of it would work without the tag.
Apr 2, 2018 at 16:23	comment	added	Wrzlprmft Mod		Anyway, if you want to change our how to ask blurb, better make a separate meta post for that.
Apr 2, 2018 at 15:54	comment	added	Wrzlprmft Mod		accidental or misguided overtagging doesn't seem to be a problem on the other sites – Keep in mind that as long as somebody takes care that the tag is removed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Also consider that tagging on this site is more challenging than elsewhere on the network and thus new users often select bad tags. However, most importantly: Have you found any site which has such a tag and a post on meta where somebody really found the tag useful? The only thing I see that cannot be done with a meta post are complex searches, but that’s nothing we need with our number of canonicals.
Apr 2, 2018 at 12:30	comment	added	aparente001		Hmm, accidental or misguided overtagging doesn't seem to be a problem on the other sites where I explored the use of this type of tag. // I like your idea of putting it in the How to Ask helper. For completeness it could go in the help/on-topic too although that probably wouldn't have much impact.
Apr 2, 2018 at 12:27	history	edited	aparente001	CC BY-SA 3.0	Removed superfluous S
Apr 2, 2018 at 11:48	comment	added	Nobody		I forgot about that list of canonical Q&A list. I just add that meta question in my favorites. Thanks for the reminder.
Apr 2, 2018 at 9:12	history	answered	WrzlprmftMod	CC BY-SA 3.0