<p>With regard to blacklisting <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/kernel" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;kernel&#39;" rel="tag">kernel</a>, please read: <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/239189/225179">How should we make tag blacklist requests?</a>&mdash;site mods can't blacklist tags themselves. <s>Noting that <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/kernel" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;kernel&#39;" rel="tag">kernel</a> hasn't recrudesced, &amp; that SE might well take that as grounds for not blacklisting it, I'd rather not bother.</s> It has, &amp; @amoeba's had to deal with it.</p>

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<li><p>Upvote this answer if you agree it's not worth the candle.</p></li>
<li><p>Downvote this answer if you disagree, &amp; think the dead &amp; buried <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/kernel" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;kernel&#39;" rel="tag">kernel</a> still needs a stake through its heart.</p></li>
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