Isn't code-challenge going to be applicable to all questions? Therefore, shouldn't we delete it and related tags?
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No! Do not delete it! I did not commit to this site to practice writing as illegible code as I can to trivial problems. I committed to this site to practice coming up with practical solutions to difficult problems.
Consider using code-golf for problems where being as terse as you possibly can is the challenge. Consider using coding-challenge where the challenge is in actually coding a solution.
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coding-challengeas including "coming up with practical solutions to difficult problems". It's a challenge to solve the problem that involves coding. How do you interpret it? (BTW, I fully and 100% support scope growth beyond just code golf) \$\endgroup\$– moinudinCommented Jan 28, 2011 at 17:43
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Agree. I think tags like code-challenge and code-golf are more or less redundant for this site.
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\$\begingroup\$ Right now [code-golf] is redundant, but if (and I'm going to answer a lot of questions like this :P) we widen scope then it will serve a purpose. However, however we move scope I don't see any on-topic questions not being [code-challenge] questions. \$\endgroup\$– moinudinCommented Jan 27, 2011 at 22:00
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\$\begingroup\$ @marcog: True, though, I expect code golf to comprise at least 50% of posts, regardless, so, such a tag is probably still mostly content-free. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 27, 2011 at 22:01
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\$\begingroup\$ If it's that much (I really can't predict) then I'm less sure how to handle the distinction. Questioners should have an easy way to identify code golfs, without saying "this is a code golf". If >50% of questions are code golf I can foresee many questioners forgetting to tag [code-golf]. I guess we'll see how this evolves over time. \$\endgroup\$– moinudinCommented Jan 27, 2011 at 22:07
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\$\begingroup\$ @marcog: Indeed, play by ear. :-) \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 27, 2011 at 22:10
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\$\begingroup\$ So the question is now, do we delete these superfluous tags? \$\endgroup\$– moinudinCommented Jan 28, 2011 at 11:23
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\$\begingroup\$ @marcog: Not yet. Once the pro tempore moderators are appointed, it'll be easy for them to, if indeed that's still the direction the site is going. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 28, 2011 at 14:29
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\$\begingroup\$ Definitely play it by ear but I think your benchmark is off. Only if 100% of Questions were code-golf would that tag become superfluous. The fact that > 50% are code-golf has zero bearing in my opinion on the usefulness of the code-golf tag. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Feb 4, 2011 at 18:14
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The area51 brief said something like code-golf and programming puzzles. I think there will probably be some nice programming puzzles that aren't really fun to golf, but then how to choose a correct answer? :)
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\$\begingroup\$ See meta.codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/5/… and meta.codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/1/… Somehow that got lost in the launch of the beta, but we're discussing bringing it back. \$\endgroup\$– moinudinCommented Jan 28, 2011 at 10:21
codegolf,complexity,memory-usage. Sometimes mix 2nd and 3rd. \$\endgroup\$researchor smth like it, meaning I don't want your code, I want ideas, links to scientific materials. \$\endgroup\$