So... I think we should burninate the shipping tag
Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?
It is something that is in some-way related to shipping. Quite ambiguous IMO. From the tag wiki "Shipping is transportation of goods by sea or some other means. Use this tag for problems in API or program related to shipping." - so it is anything somewhat related to shipping
Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?
No. Shipping goods is very off-topic for Stack Overflow.
Does the tag add any meaningful information to the post?
No. It may describe something the question is somehow related to or what it may contain, but tags should describe what it is about, not just what it contains.
Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?
Absolutely not. It is something related to shipping, but what that something is varies. I've seen it refer to
- Shipping a program
- Getting shipping information in WooCommerce and/or Shopify
- APIs related to shipping (UPS, FedEx, etc.)
- Printing shipping labels
Because this tag has over 1k questions:
Is the tag causing a fairly large amount of harm?
Harm? Not really, it isn't terrible, although it isn't a good tag IMO. I'd be open to it getting separated into a few separate tags that are specific instead of it getting burninated if that is better.
Overall, I think this tag should go, or (maybe?) split into a few different tags.
Note: There is a process to be followed here, and so DO NOT just go removing the tag from posts. This is a proposal, not a "go out and do it". At least one moderator (maybe more?) have stated this, but I'd like to get ahead of it before it becomes an issue.
