<h3>Update</h3>
<p>I keep forgetting about how nice linked posts are these days.  Given this- I agree that we should definitely keep the tag space free of clutter and collect links in the associated Meta questions.</p>
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<p><strike>They are flagged possibly-off-topic because we have not figured out where to draw the lines yet.  See the following two discussions:</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/35/how-much-programming-here">How much programming here?</a></p>
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<li><p><a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1/how-to-answer-r-questions">How to answer R questions</a></p>
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<p>The flags are very important as they allow us to keep tabs on these questions.  This is important for two reasons:</p>
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<li><p>It allows us to easily find these questions so that they may be used as evidence to support discussions like the ones above that will decide policy.</p>
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<li><p>Once policy has been decided, they allow us to easily find the questions and deal with them in a uniform fashion.</p>
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<p>Please don't remove the flags until the relevant discussions have been completed and we have decided on guidelines.</strike></p>
