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The , , and tags all seem redundant. I'm not sure which one should be the canonical one (maybe just , which doesn't exist?), but I don't think there's a good purpose for all three....

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Formula can be other things too, not only math and calculations. No example comes to mind atm though. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 16:01
  • \$\begingroup\$ Sure, technically a formula could be a process or method. But as used so far on the site, it's applied to mathematical formulas. For the other usage, there's the somewhat-dubiously-vague but popular tag techinque. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 16:31
  • \$\begingroup\$ eh, technique I presume. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 16:42
  • \$\begingroup\$ Yes, you presume correctly. :) \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 16:46
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    \$\begingroup\$ Makes sense to me, and I agree that calculations is a good way to go with those. \$\endgroup\$
    – chills42 Mod
    Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 20:16
  • \$\begingroup\$ Hey @chills42 (or other mods, but you replied), want to go ahead and do it? \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Oct 23, 2013 at 3:43
  • \$\begingroup\$ Yeah, sounds good! \$\endgroup\$
    – chills42 Mod
    Commented Oct 23, 2013 at 16:41

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Sounds like people are generally in favor. I went ahead and created a "" tag so that exists; now all that's required is for a mod to merge the other three tags into that.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ They've been merged. \$\endgroup\$
    – chills42 Mod
    Commented Oct 23, 2013 at 17:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ @chills42 Awesome, thanks! \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Oct 23, 2013 at 18:06

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