Considering that the site is about Language Learning, studies is inferred.
Should we use the tag at all?
6 Answers
studies, to me, means "studies, published in a peer reviewed journal". Not "I'm doing my language studies before bed."
Perhaps a less ambiguous tag can be used for this. I like @Gille's suggestion of reference-request. It doesn't have the ambiguity shortcomings of research (is the question asking about results of past research, or how to conduct research, etc)?
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1This is a good point. I think there should definitely be a better name for it.– Alex A.Apr 5, 2016 at 20:06
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In an ideal world, wouldn't every answer cite studies? Perhaps some topics simply haven't been studied, but I'd think that any answer would benefit from one. So why call this out in a tag? Apr 5, 2016 at 20:07
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@Nathaniel: I don't think it's fair to assume that all types of questions call for studies. "What is SRS?" doesn't need a study. "How do I test for the TOEFL?" doesn't need studies. Many questions, however, will need studies... and perhaps it an expectation can be built into the site, which would make such a tag meaningless.– FlimzyApr 5, 2016 at 20:10
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@bilbo_pingouin: to me that, sounds like it's about the act of doing research. "How would I conduct an experiment to test X hypothesis?" seems like a candidate for [research] to me.– FlimzyApr 5, 2016 at 20:15
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@bilbo_pingouin: Maybe, but might I suggest first a wiki tag entry, and see what happens? There are only 4 open questions with that tag presently, and they all fit my definition of the term. Can we leave things as they are unless/until a problem is truly shown to exist?– FlimzyApr 5, 2016 at 20:18
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@Flimzy well I do find it ambiguous. But we might give it a bit of time... Apr 5, 2016 at 20:20
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@Flimzy it'll only continue to get worse, best to fix it while the questions are in the single digits– QuillApr 6, 2016 at 1:25
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@Quill: "Continue to get worse" implies an existing problem. What evidence do you have that the tag is being misused now?– FlimzyApr 6, 2016 at 6:13
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The tag description is incorrect, and this meta question and this chat message all are examples of misinterpreting/miscommunication of the tag's intention– QuillApr 6, 2016 at 6:36
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@Quill: I've submitted an edit to the description. It's awaiting approval.– FlimzyApr 6, 2016 at 6:36
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3Many Stack Exchange sites use reference-request for this, I think it's the de facto standard and it would be somewhat confusing for people who visit multiple sites to have a different tag name here. Apr 6, 2016 at 21:07
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@Gilles: Perhaps you should provide that as an answer, so it can be unambiguously voted upon.– FlimzyApr 7, 2016 at 8:40
studies has no purpose delete it
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No, I don't think it's necessary. As you said, I think studying is implied given the context of the site.
I say we use the scientific-research that I've created. It's clear and unambiguous unlike studies which could be misinterpreted in a number of ways.
And I say this as the second highest asker of the tag studies.
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[scientific-research] is ambiguous, but in a different way. "How can I conduct an experiment to test X hypothesis?" would be appropriate for a [scientific-research] tag. I like @Gille's suggestion to use [reference-request].– FlimzyApr 7, 2016 at 5:40
I don't like the word "studies." It is basically implied by the site, that we are "studying" languages.
A better usage might be something like "field," or "discipline." That would imply some "subset" of language learning.
Peer-reviewed-evidence might be a more precise tag for the same purpose.
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It is. But do we want only peer-reviewed one? And the other possible problem being that people are unlikely to find it as suggested tag. Apr 6, 2016 at 6:20
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There are some answers where only peer-reviewed evidence is requested. It could be useful to have a special tag for those cases. Apr 6, 2016 at 8:12