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Should we use century tags (like 20th-century) or alternative, typically numeric year-range ...

I believe you're both thinking in Gregorian terms here. If this site were specifically interested in, say, Hindu family history then it would be tagging time frames from an entirely different calendar …
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Should we use century tags (like 20th-century) or alternative, typically numeric year-range ...

For the specific case of Gregorian dates, the amiguities cannot be resolved using numerals alone. For instance, is 1900 a year, a decade, or a century? However, using a wildcard character such as 'x' …
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