<p>Based on the difficulty formulating a clear scope for <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/best-practices" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;best-practices&#39;" rel="tag">best-practices</a>, and the comments that it seems to be a "meta" tag (which is generally not considered best practice), there seems to be a strong case for getting rid of this tag.</p>

<p>I wonder whether questions like the following might benefit from something like <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/professional-practice" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;professional-practice&#39;" rel="tag">professional-practice</a> as an alternative:</p>

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<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/16889/ideas-for-lab-notebook-software">Ideas for &quot;lab notebook&quot; software?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/3814/how-to-annoy-a-statistical-referee">How to annoy a statistical referee?</a> (possibly)</li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/2910/how-to-efficiently-manage-a-statistical-analysis-project">How to efficiently manage a statistical analysis project?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/7467/quality-assurance-and-quality-control-qa-qc-guidelines-for-a-database">Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) guidelines for a database</a></li>
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<p>The scope for this would be something along the lines of "issues specifically relevant to the working practices of a statistician or analyst, but not necessarily a question that is statistical in nature". We certainly have historically accepted questions that might otherwise have belonged on Workplace SE, Academia SE or even Lifehacks SE, except that they were most relevant for people working in the field of statistics or data analysis.</p>
