Does the [ruby-on-rails] tag add relevant context on top of [ruby]

Question

We have the tag ruby-on-rails (7 questions) which is

... an open source full-stack web application framework written in Ruby. It follows the popular MVC framework model and is known for its "convention over configuration" approach to application development.

according to the tag wiki over on Stack Overflow.

We also have the tag ruby which happens to be the programming language used by Ruby on Rails.

What is so specific in developing solutions with the Stack Exchange API in Rails that it warrants its own tag?

Isn't calling / consuming the API in Rails the same as in a plain / simple Ruby app?

If those differences are minimal is it warranted to keep those Ruby questions spread over two tags? Does it hamper experts wanting to answer these RoR questions if they don't have a specific tag but only the ruby tag?

Without counter arguments posted as answers I'm happy to delete / synomize the tag ruby-on-rails into ruby in 6 to 8 weeks.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

As of the time of this writing, there are only 5 questions tagged with ruby-on-rails but not ruby. Those are:

Post	Needs Framework-specific tag?
geek score calculator - SO + Github on Rail	No. Built with Rails, not connected otherwise (meta)
Localhost test Stack App authentication: error 'redirect_uri' does not match	Probably. Rails-specific but the issue is with a Ruby gem
How to use the API to show the user reputation?	No. FAQ duplicate, Rails part can be generalized to Ruby
topstack.io - Learn from some of the most popular questions and answers on Stack Overflow (beta)	No. Built with Rails, not connected otherwise (meta)
OBSOLETE - achivy.com, track all your statistics, reputation and badges in one place (now also supports coderwall)	No. Built with Rails, not connected otherwise (meta)

As can be seen from the table above, 4/5 times the tag has been used, it indicated "built with" rather than anything framework-specific which would constitute "meta" usage on Stack Overflow (i.e. a JavaScript issue with code that happens to be written in TypeScript). Only 1 question even warrants the tag, but little to no meaning is lost if Rails is substituted with Ruby there.

Given the above, I propose synonymizing (otherwise we are bound to repeat the same conversation a couple years from now when somebody recreates the tag) ruby-on-rails to ruby on Stack Apps. On a tangential note, the ruby-on-rails tag does not even have neither excerpt nor wiki.