The below comes from completely personal opinion and my experience of working as a rock climbing instructor for a little over 3 years, and my desire to make this stack exchange as awesome as possible.

I think part of the bigger issue with Bouldering vs Climbing vs Rock-Climbing is not actually Bouldering but the Rock-Climbing tag. Everything tagged Bouldering can be tagged Rock-Climbing as well. Bouldering is one of 3 major subsets of climbing, the other 2 being Sport and Traditional (trad). All 3 require different sets of gear and to some extent different techniques. Also, there are somewhat few outdoor areas that are setup for sport and trad, and while you could boulder at those areas, there are usually better places to go if all you want to do is boulder.

I think the bigger issue is not Bouldering tag but Climbing tag and Rock-Climbing tags. Should they all be rolled into one or should they be separated and specifically defined somehow?

Also, about the finger pain after climbing I don't think directly relates to bouldering. The content of the question could pertain to any form of technical rock-climbing, and other than the tag doesn't specifically mention anything that is unique to bouldering.

I'd go one of 2 ways. Either have one all encompassing tag Rock-Climbing and no subset tags, or all subset tags and only allow them to be used when the question specifically pertains to that subject. In this second form, a question about a carabiner is not specific to any one subset (being used in both Sport and trad) so it could only be tagged Rock-Climbing but a question about nuts could be tagged trad.

The below comes from completely personal opinion and my experience of working as a rock climbing instructor for a little over 3 years, and my desire to make this stack exchange as awesome as possible.

I think part of the bigger issue with Bouldering vs Climbing vs Rock-Climbing is not actually Bouldering but the Rock-Climbing tag. Everything tagged Bouldering can be tagged Rock-Climbing as well. Bouldering is one of 4 major subsets of climbing, the other 3 being Ice, Sport and Traditional (trad). All 4 require different sets of gear and to some extent different techniques. Also, there are somewhat few outdoor areas that are setup for sport and trad, and while you could boulder at those areas, there are usually better places to go if all you want to do is boulder.

I think the bigger issue is not Bouldering tag but Climbing tag and Rock-Climbing tags. Should they all be rolled into one or should they be separated and specifically defined somehow?

Also, about the finger pain after climbing I don't think directly relates to bouldering. The content of the question could pertain to any form of technical rock-climbing, and other than the tag doesn't specifically mention anything that is unique to bouldering.

I'd go one of 2 ways. Either have one all encompassing tag Rock-Climbing and no subset tags, or all subset tags and only allow them to be used when the question specifically pertains to that subject. In this second form, a question about a carabiner is not specific to any one subset (being used in Ice, Sport and Trad) so it could only be tagged Rock-Climbing but a question about nuts could be tagged trad.

The below comes from completely personal opinion and my experience of working as a rock climbing instructor for a little over 3 years, and my desire to make this stack exchange as awesome as possible.

I think part of the bigger issue with Bouldering vs Climbing vs Rock-Climbing is not actually Bouldering but the Rock-Climbing tag. Everything tagged Bouldering can be tagged Rock-Climbing as well. Bouldering is one of 3 major subsets of climbing, the other 2 being Sport and Trad. All 3 require different sets of gear and to some extent different techniques. Also, there are somewhat few outdoor areas that are setup for sport and trad, and while you could boulder at those areas, there are usually better places to go if all you want to do is boulder.

I think the bigger issue is not Bouldering tag but Climbing tag and Rock-Climbing tags. Should they all be rolled into one or should they be separated and specifically defined somehow?

Also, about the finger pain after climbing I don't think directly relates to bouldering. The content of the question could pertain to any form of technical rock-climbing, and other than the tag doesn't specifically mention anything that is unique to bouldering.

The below comes from completely personal opinion and my experience of working as a rock climbing instructor for a little over 3 years, and my desire to make this stack exchange as awesome as possible.

I think part of the bigger issue with Bouldering vs Climbing vs Rock-Climbing is not actually Bouldering but the Rock-Climbing tag. Everything tagged Bouldering can be tagged Rock-Climbing as well. Bouldering is one of 3 major subsets of climbing, the other 2 being Sport and Traditional (trad). All 3 require different sets of gear and to some extent different techniques. Also, there are somewhat few outdoor areas that are setup for sport and trad, and while you could boulder at those areas, there are usually better places to go if all you want to do is boulder.

I think the bigger issue is not Bouldering tag but Climbing tag and Rock-Climbing tags. Should they all be rolled into one or should they be separated and specifically defined somehow?

Also, about the finger pain after climbing I don't think directly relates to bouldering. The content of the question could pertain to any form of technical rock-climbing, and other than the tag doesn't specifically mention anything that is unique to bouldering.

I'd go one of 2 ways. Either have one all encompassing tag Rock-Climbing and no subset tags, or all subset tags and only allow them to be used when the question specifically pertains to that subject. In this second form, a question about a carabiner is not specific to any one subset (being used in both Sport and trad) so it could only be tagged Rock-Climbing but a question about nuts could be tagged trad.