The explanation tag has 23 questions. Some appear to ask for meaning or meaning-in-context, and should probably just be replaced by those tags.
As for the other questions, I don't see what they have in common.
What should be done with this tag?
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Something which might work is to make it a synonym of "meaning-in-context", which should re-tag all its instances. However, questions where that would be inappropriate would need to be dealt with first.– Andrew Leach ModJan 14, 2016 at 10:46
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I can't even explain why the tag exists at all, let alone what it might be supposed to mean.
I could hazard a guess that some people might feel that asking for an explanation of a preferred choice (as opposed to simply asking Should I use “such that,” “so that,” or “in a way that”?) might make a question more "On Topic" (i.e. - less a "matter of opinion").
But quite frankly, it seems to me about as useful as the tag for usage - I'd say get rid of both.
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1We need to get rid of meaning, too. Meaning-in-context might do.– user140086Jan 14, 2016 at 19:12
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1usage is a separate discussion. I think it means "Can you tell me whether a sizeable population of English speakers would actually say it this way?" Jan 14, 2016 at 19:12
It got worse, there are now 35 questions tagged explanation.
We should really stop this tag in its tracks now.
