user107: Since "anime" and "manga" tags are blacklisted, light-novel should be blacklisted as well since it serves the same purpose

user24: I posted a counter-proposal a little while back which got very little discussion on either side of the argument. In my opinion, we got rid of anime and manga not because they were bad tags, but because they were bad descriptors of what the tags were actually used for and hence were overused. If we used anime-specific and manga-specific then there would be no problem. Likewise light-novel should be changed to be light-novel-specific rather than deleted.
I'm not sure I still care strongly about this either way, but I'm posting this as an answer to gauge the opinion of the community and in case anyone else does feel strongly that we should keep this tag.

The above now seems obsolete. This tag is only used on one question, and that question doesn't particularly need it. Rather than blacklisting, which should be avoided except in cases of repeated abuse (because it requires SE involvement), I think it's reasonable just to delete the tag from that question. If anyone feels strongly that this tag should exist, and can come up with a good argument for why, feel free to edit it back into the relevant questions, but please provide an answer here or somewhere else on meta as to why you think so.

107: <p>Since "anime" and "manga" tags are blacklisted, light-novel should be blacklisted as well since it serves the same purpose</p>
 24: <p><s>I posted a <a href="https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/186/should-we-have-an-anime-specific-tag">counter-proposal</a> a little while back which got very little discussion on either side of the argument. In my opinion, we got rid of <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> not because they were bad tags, but because they were bad descriptors of what the tags were actually used for and hence were overused. If we used <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/anime-specific" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;anime-specific&#39;" rel="tag">anime-specific</a> and <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/manga-specific" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;manga-specific&#39;" rel="tag">manga-specific</a> then there would be no problem. Likewise <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/light-novel" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;light-novel&#39;" rel="tag">light-novel</a> should be changed to be <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/light-novel-specific" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;light-novel-specific&#39;" rel="tag">light-novel-specific</a> rather than deleted.</p>

<p>I'm not sure I still care strongly about this either way, but I'm posting this as an answer to gauge the opinion of the community and in case anyone else does feel strongly that we should keep this tag.</s></p>

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<p>The above now seems obsolete. This tag is only used on <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/162/24">one question</a>, and that question doesn't particularly need it. Rather than blacklisting, which should be avoided except in cases of repeated abuse (because it requires SE involvement), I think it's reasonable just to delete the tag from that question. If anyone feels strongly that this tag should exist, and can come up with a good argument for why, feel free to edit it back into the relevant questions, but please provide an answer here or somewhere else on meta as to why you think so.</p>
