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Post a tag as answer which needs reworking (delete, merge, rename etc). I will fix simple issues of tag synonyms or renaming but some tag proposals can only be fixed by discussing with fellow users. So, votes on tag proposals will be used to fix them.

Up vote = "I agree this tag need cleaning"

Down vote = "I disagree this tag needs cleaning"

Also, don't forget to mention the reason in comments.

Actually, Users with more than 1250 reputation (on beta sites) and a total answer score of 5 or more on the tag, can suggest tag synonyms. Users with a total answer score (total upvotes minus total downvotes) of 5 or more on the tag, can vote for tag synonyms. Suggestions will be automatically approved when they reach a score of 4, and automatically deleted when they reach a score of -2.

If you are confident about synonyms, you can suggest directly and get approval (given you have required score in that particular tag). If you are not so sure, you can suggest in answer and this can be decided by votes.

But i suggest you to post here the even simple tag cleanup proposals and i will fix these issues as soon as possible. Also, post only one tag issue per answer.

For more details on tag cleanup, visit Meta SE post: What are tag synonyms and merged tags? How do they work?

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  • Mods should lock those answers which are "status-completed". Because, after resolving, if such posts receive downvotes later, then Mods won't intend to undo the resolution act. If anyone has anything to say about such resolved answers, let them flag with their opinions for the Mod's attention.
    – iammilind
    Commented Aug 30, 2018 at 5:43

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There is a which we are using for questions about couplets and verses. Recently, a similar tag was also created. They should be synonymized (perhaps merged). As we usually use 'sh' for the letter श , as in , , etc., latter tag can be selected as master tag.

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As we have a policy of using Sanskrit names over other Hindi names in tags and answers, I propose to merge with newly created .

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and should be synonyms as both stands for the similar or same meaning I think.

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  • Agree. murti (as word idol has bad connotation) can be master tag.
    – The Destroyer Mod
    Commented Aug 26, 2017 at 12:23
  • Why is this still pending?
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Apr 22, 2018 at 15:31
  • @Sarvabhouma Which do you think should be a master tag?
    – Pandya Mod
    Commented Apr 22, 2018 at 15:33
  • Anything is fine to me.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Apr 22, 2018 at 15:34
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    @Sarvabhouma As idol is frequently used and also has a tag excerpt, it's kept as master and idol is now synonymous.
    – Pandya Mod
    Commented Apr 22, 2018 at 15:43
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We have which is used for hymns on particular God/Goddess. There are only 4 questions with this tag.

We also have a for questions about hymns tagged for three questions. But there is no excerpt for that.

From Dictionary.com

Hymn: noun
1.a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.

Stotra also has the same meaning. From Monier-williams Sanskrit Dictionary,

Stotra: Stotra, am, n. praise, eulogium, a hymn of praise, ode. — Stotrārha (ºra-arº), as, ā, am, worthy of praise.

So, I feel these both tags should be made synonyms with hymn as master tag(As we are an english language based site and many can't understand sanskrit. We should keep the interests of all the users in mind).

I also request to add a tag wiki excerpt(and wiki if possible) for the tag so that the users may tag accurately.

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  • I feel these both tags should be made synonyms...but...with Stotra as master tag...
    – YDS
    Commented Jun 10, 2018 at 7:14
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We have tagged for 17 questions. We also have an english equivalent for 2 questions. We need to make monks synonym for sanyasi.

As sanyasi is more popular than monks, making sansyasi a master tag would be no problem.

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Make and synonyms keeping gods as master tag. Because gods already have 2 synonyms.

Tag wiki excerpt for devas is :

Gods in Vedic mythology, Hinduism.

Besides is already a synonyms of .

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should be merged with .

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: will be remapped to

Meta tags: and should be merged.

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  • I was just thinking to propose it. vote-to-close is one of the default tags which every meta gets from its mother.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Apr 6, 2018 at 18:00
  • @Pandya vote-to-close is default tag inherited from Main meta. I think VTC should be master.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented May 16, 2018 at 4:56
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should be renamed to ('s' -> 'sh').

Wikipedia uses "Yudhishthira." K M Ganguli also uses the same in his translation.

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    I support this proposal for consistency. Not only Wikipedia or K M Ganguli. We always use sh instead of a s while writing. We have Shiva, Vishnu, Adi Shankaracharya. This name is also popular and will show up in results.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Aug 14, 2019 at 1:47
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We have tagged for nine questions. We also have tagged for two questions. We need to make a synonym of keeping Dronacharya as master tag.

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Although is already a synonym of , it's not the primary tag name that shows up when you start typing 'yajna...'

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It's better to keep the most commonly used name (Wikipedia uses 'Yajnavalkya') as the primary tag name.

So can we change 'Yajnavalkya' to be the primary tag name and 'Yagnavalkya' as the synonym/secondary tag?

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Meta tags and represents 2 different aspects and hence they should Not be synonyms. Both should be separate tags.

Also Mods should try to recover the past posts, which were originally tagged with .

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    In the mod view, you get a (x) next to the Tag synonyms. Once a mod clicks that, the posts which were originally tagged with the synonymized tag are automatically recovered.
    – Bhargav Rao
    Commented Aug 30, 2018 at 20:31
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These 3 tags don't have any usage guidance or tag wiki defined so not really sure on what questions should one use these. As this Help Center article says we usually create new tags for topics that are not already dealt with on the site:

As a general rule, you should avoid creating new tags if possible, and new users are not allowed to create new tags. Even if you have sufficient reputation, you should only create new tags when you feel you can make a strong case that your question covers a new topic that nobody else has asked about before on this site.

But in this case, it seems questions are asked just for the sake of tags.

If no one else is going to use these tags, let's delete them.

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Please synonymize with . (It is pending approval, but that's gonna take ages.)

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Please synonymize with . ( is far more popular.)

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Synonymize with . ( is more popular.)

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Corrected incorrectly typo from two questions. will automatically removed by system as no question is associated with it now

Please synonymize with . (The second one is a typo, so we should keep the first one.)

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Make synonyms of .

I know that both stands for different meanings but I think Jyotisha includes both of them.

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We have tagged for 84 questions.

Devi is the feminine form of the Divine worshipped as Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati and many other forms. Also, known as Shakti.

Also for 93 questions.

A female deity, e.g., Parvati, Lakshmi, Durga etc.

Deva means a God and Devi means a Goddess in Sanskrit. So, I think they should be synonymized to avoid ambiguity.

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    Devi is also used to refer Adi Shakti. So, Goddess and Devi cannot be synonyms.
    – The Destroyer Mod
    Commented Nov 11, 2017 at 11:33
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    @TheDestroyer Where were you when I proposed the revision1 ? Pandya says they can't be synonyms. Then what to do with these ambiguous tags? Devi, Shakti, goddess?
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Nov 11, 2017 at 17:06
  • @Sarvabhouma more tags means more fun :p
    – Ankit Sharma
    Commented Aug 9, 2019 at 6:51
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Since the word "mythology" has bad connotation as explained here, I suggest to

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    Why is this discussion sidelined to an old and inactive post instead of already active detailed post? This is just a proposal whereas, the other post had different reasons why it should be or should not be removed. Changing without a reason looks like unidirectional. What happens to all the old discussions and sugesstions the community made past year?
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 10:50
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    This tag specifically should not be decided or modified just by votes because you know the reason. Votes on well written answers are reversed overnight and people are getting emotional rather than voting or editing based on content. There should be a discussion and not just votes.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 10:57
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    -1, mythology tag discussion is a very broad one and need meta post of its own. I was always against mythology tag but I never acted as I am not in support of dictatorship when I was mod and it should be properly discussed not like this. -2 for new name sacred-stories, which sound weirder.
    – Ankit Sharma
    Commented Aug 9, 2019 at 6:48
  • @AnkitSharma Ok. By the way, can you post your views in answer to meta question om mythology tag ? Thanks
    – Pandya Mod
    Commented Aug 9, 2019 at 8:19
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    @Paṇḍyā which meta post, I mean I think we need a new one? and also I can't be making a full-fledged meta post anytime soon as my time is quite utilized but I will still try to do with comments and vote for sure
    – Ankit Sharma
    Commented Aug 9, 2019 at 9:46
  • @AnkitSharma No, I meant giving feedback answer to existing meta question. Thanks for your time.
    – Pandya Mod
    Commented Aug 10, 2019 at 8:35
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Make (4 questions) a synonym of (179 questions).

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Make a synonym of . Both are the exact same deity.

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Make a synonym of .

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We should probably rename to

Also, add new tags and and make all three synonyms of each other with being the primary tag.

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Merge into , or delete altogether as the it has very few posts. Both seem to mean the same.

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    We can directly delete reference request. Merging them into scripture will bring the issue back to square one. scripture used for references. But as you know, scriptures is for questions about scriptures and not about references.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented May 28, 2018 at 14:03
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and can be made synonym keeping as master.

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    I think fasting is subset of Vrata. Vrata can also include piligrimages and other methods.
    – The Destroyer Mod
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 7:32
  • @TheDestroyer I think the tag wiki is not right. You may check meaning here: kjc-sv013.kjc.uni-heidelberg.de/dcs/…
    – Triyugi Narayan Mani
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 7:36
  • Yes. Vrata means religious vow and it can be anything. So, i think they are not exactly synonyms.
    – The Destroyer Mod
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 7:37
  • Ok. Then please let it not to do.
    – Triyugi Narayan Mani
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 7:51
  • Same reason as given by TheDestroyer...
    – YDS
    Commented Jun 10, 2018 at 7:06
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should be replaced with (or ).
It may also have a synonym as to cater the Sanskrit language.

There are only 4 classes or divisions named as: Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra. The classes are based on qualities.

There are/were/will numerous castes (jaati-s) and they may or may not relate to this classes directly. I have explained this concept in many answers. For example:

What does Hindu scripture say about class hierarchy?

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    There is already varna. So, I think there's no need of Varna vyavastha.
    – Sarvabhouma
    Commented Sep 23, 2017 at 5:38
  • @Sinister, I had already seen that. However, varna and varna-vyavastha are different terminologies. It's like money and money-management. A question on varna would hardly discussing the context of varna-vyavastha (i.e. the class-system) and vice versa.
    – iammilind
    Commented Sep 23, 2017 at 5:41
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Make a synonyms of .

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  • I disagree with this. prayer is just a subset of worship, as prayer is a form of worship. There are many other forms of worship, most common of which are singing bhajans and doing keertans. (Satsang can also be considered a form of worship). They certainly aren't synonyms.
    – Bhargav Rao
    Commented Dec 29, 2017 at 22:31
  • @BhargavRao Ok. And what about tag Puja?
    – Pandya Mod
    Commented Dec 30, 2017 at 0:31
  • That's tricky. Puja is actually worship, not prayer, but the prayer tag wiki tells that puja is prayer. I'm not that sure about it.
    – Bhargav Rao
    Commented Dec 30, 2017 at 0:33
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Tag should be made synonym to tag with tag as master tag.

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    Satyanarayana is a very specific form of Vishnu. So it should be kept separate.
    – Keshav Srinivasan Mod
    Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 17:16
  • @KeshavSrinivasan If we allow tags for forms, then we have to allow Anuriddha, Pradyumna, Shankarshana also and Aghora, Sadyojata, Vamadeva, and so on..
    – The Destroyer Mod
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 5:53
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    Well, it's just a question of what things people are likely to ask about. We aren't likely to get any questions about Vishnu's Vyuha form Pradyumna or Shiva's Sadyojyata form, but we are likely to get questions on Shiva's Nataraja form and Vishnu's Satyanarayana form. So I think this tag is useful.
    – Keshav Srinivasan Mod
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 6:01
  • @KeshavSrinivasan Ok. if we get more questions about Anirudda in future, should we allow Anirudda tag?
    – The Destroyer Mod
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 6:09
  • Yeah, in the unlikely event that people kept asking questions about Aniruddha, it would be fine to create a tag.
    – Keshav Srinivasan Mod
    Commented Jun 29, 2017 at 7:22

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