<p>At the moment there are two tags related to fans:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/print-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;print-fan&#39;" rel="tag">print-fan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fans" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fans&#39;" rel="tag">fans</a></li>
</ul>

<p>If you look at the topics there is no distinction which fans are meant, this must be read in the questions.</p>

<p>Should we create separate tags for specific fan applications?</p>

[{'answer_id': 299, 'author': '0scar', 'author_id': 5740, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/5740', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>There aren\'t that many topics labelled with either one of the existing tags, so re-tagging will not be a problem.</p>\n\n<p>Indeed these tags are generic tags and do not cover the range of fans specifically for the application they are used for. There are 3 types of applications for fans in 3D printers, </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>electronics cooling fans (board/stepper/stepper drivers cooling), </li>\n<li>part cooling fans (filament cooling after deposition), and </li>\n<li>cold end cooling fans (extruder cold end cooling).</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>How about making 3 categories and re-tag? (in the same order as the previous list)</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/electronics-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;electronics-fan&#39;" rel="tag">electronics-fan</a>,</li>\n<li><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/part-cool-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;part-cool-fan&#39;" rel="tag">part-cool-fan</a> (or <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/filament-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;filament-fan&#39;" rel="tag">filament-fan</a> or <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/print-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;print-fan&#39;" rel="tag">print-fan</a>), and</li>\n<li><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/extruder-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;extruder-fan&#39;" rel="tag">extruder-fan</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Alternatively, we could just use a single tag and let the poster make sure that he explains clearly which fan is used.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 334, 'author': 'Sean Houlihane', 'author_id': 4927, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4927', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>3 tags is probably overly complex. I\'ve not looked at the question list but I expect that these questions should also have a print quality or electronics tag, making the categorisation of the question fairly clear. The problem to me of having several tags is choosing which one would be relevant to a question, and also having to literally look through all the individual tags if you were looking for a question that matches a certain type of issue.</p>\n\n<p>Looking at the questions so far, the vast majority are discussing the part cooling fans, or the distinction between part cooling and extruder/heatbreak cooling. I don\'t see any questions about specifically cooling the circuit board as was indicated in the tag wiki for <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/print-fan" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;print-fan&#39;" rel="tag">print-fan</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Given the potential confusion about what a fan is for, and the lack of a need so far to identify questions about PSU cooling, a single <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fans" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fans&#39;" rel="tag">fans</a> tag still makes sense.</p>\n\n<p>Tags can be combined as <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fans" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fans&#39;" rel="tag">fans</a> <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/print-quality" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;print-quality&#39;" rel="tag">print-quality</a>, or <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fans" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fans&#39;" rel="tag">fans</a> <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/power-supply" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;power-supply&#39;" rel="tag">power-supply</a>, but tags can\'t rely on being combined to make sense.</p>\n'}]
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