<p>A recent suggested edit to the <a href="/questions/tagged/statistics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;statistics&#39;" rel="tag">statistics</a> tag wiki (and excerpt) came up.  </p>

<p>The change was to make it explicitly for discussion of statistics relating to activity on the main site (things like my recent question relating to answers per question).</p>

<p>I think having a tag for such a purpose is an excellent idea.  As such I (though with some uncertainty) approved the suggested edit. I am still unsure about it, hence this post.</p>

<p>So to my questions: </p>

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<li><p>Is there a need for a <a href="/questions/tagged/statistics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;statistics&#39;" rel="tag">statistics</a> tag in the more usual sense?</p></li>
<li><p>If that is the case, might a <a href="/questions/tagged/site-statistics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;site-statistics&#39;" rel="tag">site-statistics</a> tag be better for the purpose of discussion relating to statistics about the main site?</p></li>
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<p>[This is now finalized - the <a href="/questions/tagged/statistics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;statistics&#39;" rel="tag">statistics</a> tag was renamed <a href="/questions/tagged/site-statistics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;site-statistics&#39;" rel="tag">site-statistics</a> via a tag-merge.]</p>
