user24: Currently, we have anime-history, manga-history, and game-history on the main site, with 17, 3, and 1 questions, respectively. We've also had other history tags at times, such as cosplay-history on this question, which is now tagged (somewhat incorrectly) as anime-history. In principle, we could also get light-novel-history, visual-novel-history, voice-acting-history, and presumably others.
Is there a benefit to having separate tags for these? I can see why anime-production and manga-production would require somewhat different knowledge to answer in, but in the case of history I think the same people would tend to be experts on both, and there's little benefit to splitting them up.
As such, I propose merging these three tags into one history tag which covers all questions about history within the context of anime and manga. anime-history and manga-history could be made synonyms of this so that newcomers have an easier time finding this tag.

user1398: I think it might be good for browsing/searching. Since anime and manga are banned, I imagine these multiple history tags would add another level to the categorization. However, I am not sure whether it is useful in long term.
I don't think there is any harm leaving it there for a while. Tag merging can be done quickly, but it is harder to separate them out later. For favorite (following) purpose, people can use *history to follow all history tags.

user27: I agree, and looks like the community agrees on it too. If no objection is raised in say, 2 days, I'll merge the tags and update here.

24: <p>Currently, we have <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime-history&#39;" rel="tag">anime-history</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/manga-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;manga-history&#39;" rel="tag">manga-history</a>, and <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/game-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;game-history&#39;" rel="tag">game-history</a> on the main site, with 17, 3, and 1 questions, respectively. We've also had other history tags at times, such as <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cosplay-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;cosplay-history&#39;" rel="tag">cosplay-history</a> on <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2790/who-was-the-first-cosplayer">this question</a>, which is now tagged (somewhat incorrectly) as <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime-history&#39;" rel="tag">anime-history</a>. In principle, we could also get <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/light-novel-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;light-novel-history&#39;" rel="tag">light-novel-history</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/visual-novel-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;visual-novel-history&#39;" rel="tag">visual-novel-history</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/voice-acting-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;voice-acting-history&#39;" rel="tag">voice-acting-history</a>, and presumably others.</p>

<p>Is there a benefit to having separate tags for these? I can see why <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime-production" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime-production&#39;" rel="tag">anime-production</a> and <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/manga-production" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;manga-production&#39;" rel="tag">manga-production</a> would require somewhat different knowledge to answer in, but in the case of history I think the same people would tend to be experts on both, and there's little benefit to splitting them up.</p>

<p>As such, I propose merging these three tags into one <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;history&#39;" rel="tag">history</a> tag which covers all questions about history within the context of anime and manga. <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime-history&#39;" rel="tag">anime-history</a> and <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/manga-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;manga-history&#39;" rel="tag">manga-history</a> could be made synonyms of this so that newcomers have an easier time finding this tag.</p>
 1398: <p>I think it might be good for browsing/searching. Since <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime&#39;" rel="tag">anime</a> and <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/manga" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;manga&#39;" rel="tag">manga</a> are banned, I imagine these multiple history tags would add another level to the categorization. However, I am not sure whether it is useful in long term.</p>

<p>I don't think there is any harm leaving it there for a while. Tag merging can be done quickly, but it is harder to separate them out later. For favorite (following) purpose, people can use <code>*history</code> to follow all history tags.</p>
 27: <p>I agree, and looks like the community agrees on it too. If no objection is raised in say, 2 days, I'll merge the tags and update here.</p>
