Should obs be renamed to open-broadcaster-software? Spelled-out names are generally clearer than abbreviations, and I accidentally created a duplicate tag at the full name when doing some cleanup of old mistagged questions.
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6I'm somewhat inclined to keep the main tag obs and make a synonym for the full name. I think it is widely more known as simply just OBS. Even their own website puts OBS first and they refer to it primarily as so.– Timmy Jim ModJul 30, 2022 at 2:10
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2Then again, a synonym would just simply be remapped. So... I'm crossed. Maybe reword this question to be "should we rename the obs tag?" and see what the community thinks.– Timmy Jim ModJul 30, 2022 at 2:13
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1All meta questions implicitly ask for the community's opinion, so I don't think an edit is needed, but feel free to edit the post in that direction if you think it would help.– ppperyJul 30, 2022 at 2:24
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3I've added the synonym open-broadcaster-software -> obs. If sentiment on this changes, it's trivial to reverse the synonym direction, but for now at least, the tag names are linked.– Robotnik ModAug 2, 2022 at 23:23
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Keep it as OBS
I've never heard someone refer to OBS as anything other than OBS. Calling it "Open Broadcaster Software" sounds needlessly corporate. It would not surprise me if a significant amount of people didn't know OBS was an abbreviation, and would be confused if we didn't have a tag for it.
A synonym existing for people who do know the difference is fine, but obs should take priority over open-broadcaster-software.
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1I definitely always thought the āSā stood for Suite. So, +1 for keeping the more commonly used and commonly understood OBS as the tag, even if the full and proper name should be set as a synonym. Aug 3, 2022 at 12:41