Q:

Suggestion for "Hint-Only" Tag

For people who only want guidance in understanding how to approach the problem, as opposed to seeing a fully fleshed out solution.
Would this tag be useful? 
Am new to this site, so don't want to create this tag especially if people think that it won't be used. I don't really use tags as yet, so don't understand how others would view it.

A:

Tags are for consolidating questions together. There are a few basic ways they get used: 

As ways to search for questions on a particular topic. 
To add to favorite tags.
To add to ignored tags.
To hand out tag badges. (This lets the community get a sense for what kind of questions particular users are good at answering.)

Having a hint-only tag serves none of these purposes, so I don't think it would be useful. 

