Adding a tag which refers to the best answer in the case of /sed and /awk when there is also /text-processing?

Question

Here is an edit suggestion which adds a sed tag to a question: https://unix.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/177179

This question does not mention sed anywhere and originally only had the awk tag and mentioned OP's attempt in awk. The only thing related to sed is the answer with the most votes.

So is this OK? According to Shall tags refer to the solution, too? it would be. But in this case it might also be better to remove both the awk and sed tags since OP might very likely not mind, making the question not specific to either? And maybe adding the text-processing instead?

It's also worth noting that there is the following canned edit dismissal text:

This edit introduces tags that do not help to define the topic of the question. Tags should help to describe what the question is about, not just what it contains.

(Highlight by me)

Answer 1

Tags help display questions to the right people. They don't mainly function to describe a question.

Tags are mainly additive, not subtractive. People follow tags to hear about new questions in those tags. Its possible to ignore tags as well, but that's only kali-linux ;-). So for the most part, adding a tag adds audience; removing a tag removes audience.

The same is true when searching for a question or answer, and that's probably the main use after the question is thoroughly answered. I know I saw a good sed answer to X, so I search for [sed] X. Removing the sed means it'll be harder to find.

I added text-processing, though.

Answer 2

When I tag, I do it in the context of the question, which is exactly what the help center tells us:

A tag is a word or phrase that describes the topic of the question. Tags are a means of connecting experts with questions they will be able to answer by sorting questions into specific, well-defined categories.

The user used awk as an attempt to accomplish the task, but it could also been perl, or sed, or tr, or grep, or any other string manipulating utility. That was why the text processing tag was created, because unless you are asking about "why your solution doesn't work?", any of the most focused and defined tags would reduce the universe of potential answers. That is why tags should focus on the question, not on the potential answers.

You could use sed and text processing to mean that you want to process text with sed, because reasons. If you add awk to that question, when the question doesn't ask for that (ie. why sed doesn't match /this patter/?), in an attempt to draw awk answers, people that search for that issue will be presented with a disparated solution that doesn't have resemblance with the inquiry they had.

On most occasions when the question seems to be less about using a tool in specific, and rather just accomplish the task, I tend to remove the irrelevant tags from the question, as they should be, since those tag counts towards their score, it would be quite baffling if you were awarded with a tag badge on a topic you don't know iota about.