user49: I was gonna create this post only for identification-request, but then noticed this other post that asks for the same for retag. As such, I'll make this about both (also because the other post is almost a year old, and got very little attention).
We have retag so that users with low rep that want to ask a question about a series which has no tag yet can use it, and wait for somebody with enough rep to create it for them.
And we have identification-request for when users want to have a series or image identified.
However, many new users seem to either use completely random tags for either of the above, or to recur to anime-production many times.  

I propose that these two tags be suggested by default here

in order to have something more like what happens in meta

where the tags suggested are fixed (I think the ones suggested on the main site are random, but if not, at least these two tags should be there by default).  

Or maybe have some warning, like the one that shows up if you use identification-request:

That could read something like "Can't find the tag you're looking for? Try 'retag' for a new series or 'identification-request' if you want help identifying a series".

user1962: I don't think it a good idea to encourage the use of retag or identification-request.
To tackle retagging first: it's not unusual for authors to miss-tag their questions. There's not a site on the network that doesn't have tags that are misused frequently. We have an escalation process to remove bad tags and we make it as easy as possible for high-reputation users to edit question tags. So the usual path is for authors to do their best to tag correctly and editors to fix their mistakes.  I consider retag to be a harmful meta tag.
While I think identification questions are less than ideal, I do think they have a place on many sites. But I don't think encouraging such questions is a great idea. People already jump to those sorts of questions on many sites and prompting more hurts the overall usefulness of this site.

I completely missed Shog's meta post so I'm taking back my snap advice for the identification-request wiki.

user191: After a bit of thinking I noticed that there is a huge stupid hint that doesn't provide a lot of help to new users. Just look at the original text. The first paragraph doesn't even answer the question "how to tag". This is what I came up with (some more editing and it could be a lot more helpful):

Special tags are identification-request, anime-history, manga-production, terminology, tropes or any other tag that is not about any one specific anime or manga work.
There's no need to add new functionality or anything. We just need to edit that horribly unhelpful hint box that takes up so much space and helps so little right now.

user65: Update: I liked Hakase's suggestion the best, so...


The way I see it, y'all are caught between a rock and a hard place. Jon's right: retag is a crappy tag. Of course, that's the whole point: to exist just long enough for someone with tag-creation privileges to see it, get all sick and disgusted about it, and replace it with something better.
identification-request is a necessary evil - ya definitely don't want folks using it any more than they need to, but when they're actually asking an identification question... They better use the right tag.
The problem is, it's not really possible to convey any of that in that little bit of tag suggestion text. All you can really say is "these are examples of tags". And then... You'd be giving them the two worst possible examples. Without any guidance on how/why they should be used.
Yeah. Your lives suck. Tagging-wise. You have my sympathy...
But! There may be hope...

However, many new users seem to either use completely random tags for either of the above, or to recur to anime-production many times.

And why would they do that? Well, because the most obvious tag is anime - and that's not available. So the next best thing is any ol' tag that starts with anime, right? Well, no. But that's what they go with given no other options
So, what if we just attached a bit of guidance to anime? Like we already did for identification, but without the ability to actually submit the question that way - something like, "if you can't find the right tag, use retag and we'll make one for you!" I'm just thinking out loud; come up with some better guidance for lost and I'll wire it up to anime and manga... Then we can see if it works.

49: <p>I was gonna create this post only for <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a>, but then noticed <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/735/49">this other post</a> that asks for the same for <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/retag" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;retag&#39;" rel="tag">retag</a>. As such, I'll make this about both (also because the other post is almost a year old, and got very little attention).</p>

<p>We have <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/retag" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;retag&#39;" rel="tag">retag</a> so that users with low rep that want to ask a question about a series which has no tag yet can use it, and wait for somebody with enough rep to create it for them.<br>
And we have <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a> for when users want to have a series or image identified.</p>

<p>However, many new users seem to either use completely random tags for either of the above, or to recur to <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> many times.  </p>

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<p>I propose that <strong>these two tags be suggested by default</strong> here<br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/O88Z9.png" alt="tag box in the main site"><br>
in order to have something more like what happens in meta<br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JXWSQ.png" alt="tag box in meta"><br>
where the tags suggested are fixed (I think the ones suggested on the main site are random, but if not, at least these two tags should be there by default).  </p>

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<p>Or maybe have <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1084/49">some warning</a>, like the one that shows up if you use <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a>:<br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PnmU0.png" alt="id-request warning"><br>
That could read something like <strong>"Can't find the tag you're looking for? Try 'retag' for a new series or 'identification-request' if you want help identifying a series"</strong>.</p>
 1962: <p>I don't think it a good idea to encourage the use of <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/retag" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;retag&#39;" rel="tag">retag</a> <em>or</em> <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a>.</p>

<p>To tackle retagging first: <strong>it's not unusual for authors to miss-tag their questions</strong>. There's not a site on the network that doesn't have tags that are misused frequently. We have <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/242661/1438">an escalation process to remove bad tags</a> and we make it as easy as possible for <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools">high-reputation users</a> to edit question tags. So the usual path is for authors to do their best to tag correctly and editors to fix their mistakes.  I consider <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/retag" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;retag&#39;" rel="tag">retag</a> to be a <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/">harmful meta tag</a>.</p>

<p>While I think identification questions are less than ideal, I do think <a href="https://movies.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1085/5367">they have a place on many sites</a>. But I don't think encouraging such questions is a great idea. People already jump to those sorts of questions on many sites and prompting more hurts the overall usefulness of this site.</p>

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<p>I completely missed <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1083/improve-question-quality-by-informing-users-of-reverse-image-search-sites/1084#1084">Shog's meta post</a> so I'm taking back my snap advice for the <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a> wiki.</p>
 191: <p>After a bit of thinking I noticed that there is a huge stupid hint that doesn't provide a lot of help to new users. Just look at the original text. The first paragraph doesn't even answer the question "how to tag". This is what I came up with (some more editing and it could be a lot more helpful):</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/12JjV.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Special tags are <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a>, <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-production" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;manga-production&#39;" rel="tag">manga-production</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/terminology" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;terminology&#39;" rel="tag">terminology</a>, <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tropes" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;tropes&#39;" rel="tag">tropes</a> or any other tag that is not about any one specific anime or manga work.</p>

<p>There's no need to add new functionality or anything. We just need to edit that horribly unhelpful hint box that takes up so much space and helps so little right now.</p>
 65: <p><strong>Update:</strong> I liked Hakase's suggestion the best, so...</p>

<p><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/ask"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wU25N.png" alt=""></a></p>

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<p>The way I see it, y'all are caught between a rock and a hard place. <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1139/having-identification-request-and-retag-show-up-as-tag-suggestions-by-defaul/1140#1140">Jon's right</a>: retag is a crappy tag. Of course, that's the whole point: to exist just long enough for someone with tag-creation privileges to see it, get all sick and disgusted about it, and replace it with something better.</p>

<p><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/identification-request" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;identification-request&#39;" rel="tag">identification-request</a> is a necessary evil - ya definitely don't want folks using it any more than they <em>need</em> to, but when they're actually asking an identification question... They better use the right tag.</p>

<p>The problem is, it's not really possible to convey <em>any</em> of that in that little bit of tag suggestion text. All you can really say is "these are examples of tags". And then... You'd be giving them the two worst possible examples. Without any guidance on how/why they should be used.</p>

<p>Yeah. Your lives suck. Tagging-wise. You have my sympathy...</p>

<p>But! There may be hope...</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>However, many new users seem to either use completely random tags for either of the above, or to recur to anime-production many times.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And why would they do that? Well, because the most obvious tag is <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime&#39;" rel="tag">anime</a> - and that's not available. So the next best thing is any ol' tag that <em>starts</em> with anime, right? Well, no. But that's what they go with given no other options</p>

<p>So, what if we just attached a bit of guidance to <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime&#39;" rel="tag">anime</a>? Like <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1083/improve-question-quality-by-informing-users-of-reverse-image-search-sites/1084#1084">we already did for identification</a>, but without the ability to actually submit the question that way - something like, "if you can't find the right tag, use <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/retag" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;retag&#39;" rel="tag">retag</a> and we'll make one for you!" I'm just thinking out loud; come up with some better guidance for lost and I'll wire it up to <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>... Then we can see if it works.</p>
