Should we do something about the [untagged] tag?

Question

I just noticed that the tag untagged as been created some days ago.

At the time I write this question is it used for two questions:

• How can I inspire others to use vi/Vim?
• How much money has been raised for needy children in Uganda from Vim?

I feel like such a tag shouldn't exists since it would encourage user to ask off topic questions or not tag properly their questions.

On the mother site SO, the untagged tag is used by the system and users are asked not to use it directly.

If it was only me, I would remove the tag untagged, the first question should be retagged (I don't know with which tag) and the second tagged as history-of.

Before doing so I wanted to check the opinion of the community.

Answer 1

If you see a question tagged untagged, retag it to give it proper tags.

untagged appears under two circumstances:

• When a question is migrated and none of the tags it had on the source site exist here.

• When all the tags on a question are deleted. Tags can be deleted in two ways:

  • A tag can deleted by a Stack Exchange employee following a discussion on meta, as vim was.
  • There is an automated job that removes tags that are applied to a single question, whether the tag is needed or not, without telling anyone, and without leaving a trace. To save a tag from this tag killer, write a tag wiki.

The two questions you cite were victims of the tag killer. They need to be retagged. If you introduce a tag that's used only on one question, make sure to write a tag wiki or the situation will repeat itself in six months.