Why can't I suggest or vote for a tag synonym, when I have enough reputation in the source tag?

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On StackOverflow, there's a proposal to make xcode6-beta4 a synonym of xcode6. I have a score of 26 in xcode6-beta4 but only 4 in xcode6. Yet when I try to vote for the synonym, I get

You do not have the required score on this tag to vote for this tag synonym

Why isn't my reputation on xcode6 taken into consideration here?

Why don't you just retag one of your xcode6-beta4 Q or As with sufficient rep to tip you over to xcode6? As long as you recorded in the question body that you were using xcode6-beta4 that important piece of information will not be lost. — PolyGeo, Commented Feb 4, 2015 at 5:05
If you do, be aware you will have to wait for a cache to update before you can use your powers meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100948/… , — Kate Gregory, Commented Oct 3, 2015 at 19:42

Paul Sweatte · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-06 15:23:39Z

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You need a score of 5, so you can make a synonym this way:

xcode6-beta4 => xcode6

but not this way:

xcode6 => xcode6-beta4

answered Sep 3, 2015 at 18:15

Paul Sweatte

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