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Is there a rationale for the tag?

I don't see how that's a sensible category for engineering questions – if you want to talk about something like , there's a tag for that, and it really doesn't matter who produces the buck converter controller you have a question about, does it?

Didn't want to this "tag-cleanup" right away, because maybe I'm just missing something.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Notice that most questions don't even mention "Texas Instruments", apart from the tags. \$\endgroup\$
    – jippie
    Commented Sep 13, 2020 at 11:16
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    \$\begingroup\$ There is also a "st" tag, a "nxp" tag, a "renesas" tag, and you can probably go on... I don't have any strong feelings whether it makes sense or not, but we should probably apply the same rationale for all of those tags. \$\endgroup\$
    – dim
    Commented Sep 14, 2020 at 10:44
  • \$\begingroup\$ Also, for reference, here are related discussion about manufacturer tags: electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6624/107479 and electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/180/107479 \$\endgroup\$
    – dim
    Commented Sep 14, 2020 at 10:50
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    \$\begingroup\$ TI has such a broad product range that the tag has little meaning, unlike the other companies mentioned in comment. \$\endgroup\$
    – Scott Seidman
    Commented Sep 16, 2020 at 11:49

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This is the sort of case where we should be able to ban a meaningless tag from future use, but where retroactively touching questions to remove it would create unjustified churn cluttering up the main page.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ That would be pretty sensible. \$\endgroup\$
    – Marcus Müller
    Commented Sep 14, 2020 at 7:13

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