user27: An edit to this question suggests that we have a tag for Poland.  Is it a good idea to have location-specific tags?  I'm guessing that most of the content on here is based in the US, should we have a "United States" tag, which would then (potentially) run rampant?  UK is also very popular, I surmise.  Poland kind of makes sense, but only in that it's a "destination" for most of the user-based; would Polish users asking questions about an American beer then tag "United States"?
(I could ask about the granularity as well -- country vs. state / province, etc, but I suspect that's a good enough sub-question once this is resolved.)

user60: Unless the question is specifically about Poland (which doesn't seem likely), I would suggest this is not a good use for tags. If the location is relevant, that information should be include in the body of the question. But if I like to drink beer on my back porch on a hot day, I wouldn't need a tag for [summer] and [outdoors]. A bit of an exaggeration, but you don't really need a tag every keyword you just happened to mention in your post. That doesn't make tags more useful. Location-based tags are typically just a crutch for asking a complete and well-qualified question.

user5: I think regional granularity makes sense in cases where there may be a regional beer style.  Specificity would really depend on a case-by-case basis.  Some countries may have common beer styles while other countries vary more internally and have states or subregions.  I could see asian, irish, and bavarian all making sense.
With regards to united-states, that may make sense when talking about law, drinking culture, more universal preferences.  Whereas we may see boston or midwest-united-states talking about styles or preferences.

27: <p>An edit to this <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/118">question</a> suggests that we have a tag for Poland.  Is it a good idea to have location-specific tags?  I'm guessing that <em>most</em> of the content on here is based in the US, should we have a "United States" tag, which would then (potentially) run rampant?  UK is also very popular, I surmise.  Poland kind of makes sense, but only in that it's a "destination" for most of the user-based; would Polish users asking questions about an American beer then tag "United States"?</p>

<p>(I could ask about the granularity as well -- country vs. state / province, etc, but I suspect that's a good enough sub-question once this is resolved.)</p>
 60: <p>Unless the question is specifically <em>about</em> Poland (which doesn't seem likely), I would suggest this is <em>not</em> a good use for tags. If the location is relevant, that information should be include in the <em>body</em> of the question. But if I like to drink beer on my back porch on a hot day, I wouldn't need a tag for [summer] and [outdoors]. A bit of an exaggeration, but you don't really need a tag every keyword you just happened to mention in your post. That doesn't make tags more useful. Location-based tags are typically just a crutch for asking a complete and well-qualified question.</p>
 5: <p>I think regional granularity makes sense in cases where there may be a regional beer style.  Specificity would really depend on a case-by-case basis.  Some countries may have common beer styles while other countries vary more internally and have states or subregions.  I could see <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/asian" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;asian&#39;" rel="tag">asian</a>, <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/irish" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;irish&#39;" rel="tag">irish</a>, and <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/bavarian" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;bavarian&#39;" rel="tag">bavarian</a> all making sense.</p>

<p>With regards to <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/united-states" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;united-states&#39;" rel="tag">united-states</a>, that may make sense when talking about law, drinking culture, more universal preferences.  Whereas we may see <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/boston" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;boston&#39;" rel="tag">boston</a> or <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/midwest-united-states" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;midwest-united-states&#39;" rel="tag">midwest-united-states</a> talking about styles or preferences.</p>
