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The [convert] tag has been burninated

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This tag has been burninated. Please do not recreate it. If you need advice on which tag to use, see the answer below. If you see this tag reappearing, it may need to be blacklisted.


The tag currently has no tag wiki and 868 questions (growing all the time). I propose that it be burninated.

To address the standard tests for burnination requests:

Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?

No, "convert" is ambiguous and isn't even a real topic. Someone can't really be an expert in "convert."

Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?

Possibly, given that it could refer to programming topics.

Does the tag add any meaningful information to the post?

No, none whatsoever.

Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?

No, not even close. Looking at the tagged questions, it's used to refer to numerous different concepts (typecasting, converting between file types, converting between languages, etc.) and it's unclear which one is "correct."

One of the ImageMagick command line tools is "convert", but a previous burnination effort created a tag specifically for programming questions about that tool.


Also, since this was previously burninated (once back in 2011, and then again in 2012), yet keeps coming back, I suggest that it be blacklisted as well.


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