Per this meta question: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings and this one too: What's the protocol for requesting a tag warning?
There is an option, that needs to be added by Stackexchange admins, to add warnings on the usage of tags.
So what are tags you often see bad/low quality questions on, and what would be the warning message to give?
I'm just going to throw this one out there: game-identification
The warning should replicate the tag info, which provides enough information, but typically is not read by new users:
Only ask if you have a screenshot, video, or audio clip from the game you want to identify. The only game identification questions allowed on this site are those asking to identify games in movies, pictures, videos, advertisements or otherwise where an unknown game appears - not from a description of what you can recall from memory, or from a picture you drew yourself.
overwatch should have a tag warning because it can no longer be played, and questions since October 2022 are likely about overwatch-2 instead.
overwatch into the tag area, both overwatch and overwatch-2 will be suggested. If necessary, the overwatch tag's description can simply be edited to remind users that it's only about Overwatch 1.
[adnd] to [adnd-1e]. This helps avoid folks mistakenly thinking it's a tag for any edition of the game, rather than a tag for a specific edition. In this case, the mods here could just rename the tag to overwatch-1 instead.
The 'minecraft-commands' tag is not allowed without other tags. Questions about Minecraft commands must also specify the Minecraft edition. Please add one of these tags: [minecraft-java-edition], [minecraft-bedrock-edition].
Quoting Ability to block/warn about certain combinations of tags:
We already have blocked tags and tag warnings, but we need to expand this feature to block or warn about certain combinations of tags, not just the presence/absence of a certain tag.
This argument stems off of the problem where multiple tags are necessary, like with minecraft-commands. We could have something like:
This example was from this argument.
Here, the tag would be blocked until you add one of the other tags that are required with it. We could have a combination block on minecraft-commands unless the question also has minecraft-java-edition or minecraft-bedrock-edition. This will catch people making the common mistake before it happens, saving them from having to wait long periods of time as their question is closed and reopened.
We could do this also with combination tag warnings:
If implemented, this should be used sparingly, only for commonly mistaken tags. It should not be used for obviously wrong things that no one would actually do (like blocking the combination keep-talking-and-nobody-explodes papers-please)
Please note, that we do not allow questions about technical issues for Minecraft mods. Feel free to ask questions about using mods and their in-game functionalities, but be sure to always include enough details about the mods in question.
The tag technical-issues
Make sure that if you have got an error message or code, google it before asking. If you can't find anything for it, make sure to include them in your question.
The [glitch] tag is for a game that was shut down in 2012. If you are reporting a glitch in a different game then no special tag is needed.
Since we frequently see questions getting that tag when it doesn't belong, and in fact I just edited it off one that was posted several weeks ago.
(Or, for that matter, just blacklist the tag since I don't see it possibly having any new questions)
Tags with poor man's tag warnings (screaming in the tag wiki excerpt):
Questions asking if something is (il)legal are off topic here.
This tag is exclusively for questions about the original Xbox, released in 2001. It should not be used for Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, or the 'Xbox Games' feature of Windows 10.
USE THIS TAG FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT DOTA 1 (THE WARCRAFT 3 MAP)
We do not allow questions about multiplayer game hacks/exploits that ruin another player's experience for personal gain.
This tag is for generalised questions about system requirements not specific to a single PC or laptop.
DO NOT USE FOR POKEMON GO
These questions are allowed only if you have an actual screenshot, video, etc. of the game hardware you want to identify; not just a description of vague recollections.
(I've excluded things that already have answers above, as well as completion-time which I wasn't sure what to do with)
Not necessarily saying all of these warrant tag warnings, and they should probably be rephrased if they do warrant them, but something to think about. This is a community wiki post, so feel free to edit in any better wording suggestions.
Add a 'bait' tag [banned]
I often see questions about banned accounts and well, there is only one thing to answer those: Please contact customer service of the game and plead your case, nothing can be done from your side.
