user22887: I see a lot of question tagged with "bio-informatics" and as far as I know there are always comments like: 

This is probably a better question for biostars.org

Just like this recent question. I'm wondering if these question are really off-topic and if this is the case why is there a bio-informatics tag? This may be quite misleading for new (or even experienced) people on this site, because this implicitly suggests that bio-informatics question are allowed.

user27148: I agree that it can be a bit confusing, but I think the problem is that many people come here with questions about how to do bioinformatics, rather than how to relate bioinformatics results back to biology. The former is off-topic, the latter is not. I'm not sure if the issue can be resolved, because the tag is still appropriate when the question is on-topic.

22887: <p>I see a lot of question tagged with "<code>bio-informatics</code>" and as far as I know there are <strong>always</strong> comments like: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>This is probably a better question for <a href="https://www.biostars.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">biostars.org</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Just like <a href="https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/56500/is-there-a-good-database-with-info-about-gene-expression-and-hi-c-correlations">this recent question</a>. I'm wondering if these question are really off-topic and if this is the case why is there a <code>bio-informatics</code> tag? This may be quite misleading for new (or even experienced) people on this site, because this implicitly suggests that bio-informatics question are allowed.</p>
 27148: <p>I agree that it can be a bit confusing, but I think the problem is that many people come here with questions about <em>how to do</em> bioinformatics, rather than <em>how to relate bioinformatics results back to biology</em>. The former is off-topic, the latter is not. I'm not sure if the issue can be resolved, because the tag is still appropriate when the question is on-topic.</p>
