The tag implication #65678 yes-no_question -> question has been rejected.

Reason: A yes-no question is a type of question.

EDIT: The tag implication yes-no_question -> question (forum #425627) has been rejected by @heartstoppa.

Do we need tags for the type of question being asked? Isn't it also a bit vague as to whether a given question has only yes or no answers? I think this should be an alias instead.

watsit said:
Do we need tags for the type of question being asked?

Perhaps not.

watsit said:
Isn't it also a bit vague as to whether a given question has only yes or no answers?

Not really. If it lacks the words who/what/where/when/why/how/which, then it's a yes-no question.

EDIT: Wait a second. There's actually a separate tag for each of the wh-words (asking_where, asking_when, etc.)? Well, I'm asking why these even exist...

crocogator said:
Perhaps not.

Not really. If it lacks the words who/what/where/when/why/how/which, then it's a yes-no question.

EDIT: Wait a second. There's actually a separate tag for each of the wh-words (asking_where, asking_when, etc.)? Well, I'm asking why these even exist...

We have a certain overzealous tagger (who is now banned from tagging due to things like this) to thank for many of the overspecific tags we have, including these

donovan_dmc said:
We have a certain overzealous tagger (who is now banned from tagging due to things like this) to thank for many of the overspecific tags we have, including these

Fair enough. I'll reject this BUR myself and set up another to alias these tags away.

The tag implication yes-no_question -> question (forum #425627) has been rejected by @heartstoppa.