Remove 1.25 maximum ratio for suggesting tag synonyms [closed]

Question

I discovered that there is the tag ecma262, which is the same as ecmascript. So I decided to suggest a synonym.

Round One. I tried to suggest ecmascript as a synonym of ecma262. I got "The suggested tag must exist in the system before suggesting it as a synonym!".

Round two. OK, it seems that StackOverflow thinks that ecmascript doesn't exists because it's a synonym of javascript. Then, I tried to add javascript as a synonym of ecma262. But my score in ecma262 tag was 0, so I couldn't (see Remove tag score requirement for suggesting synonyms).

Round three. OK, maybe I don't have ecma262 score, but my javascript score is high. Then, I tried to add ecma262 as a synonym of javascript. I got "Version specific synonyms can only be created by moderators" (see Version specific synonyms can only be created by moderators).

Round four. OK, maybe I don't have any ecma262 score but I could gain it. So I edited added the tag ecma262 to the question Relocating text with js code because my answer has 11 upvotes, and this way gaining 11 ecma262 score. But my ecma262 score was still 0 (see How are tag scores calculated?).

Round five. After some hours, my ecma262 score was updated. And I tried to add javascript as a synonym of ecma262 again. But now I get "Can't create synonym; the 'javascript' tag appears more than 1.25 times the 'ecma262' tag".

So I have lost 5 rounds and I give up because StackOverflow has totally defeated me.

Answer 1

Round One

This round shouldn't have even happened. Tag synonyms work by sending a synonym tag to a master tag. You should always be on the master tag when suggesting a synonym, because any uses of the synonym automatically get retagged to its master. The ecma262 tag would not be considered the master tag in this case, so you should instead be trying to suggest a synonym on the javascript tag.

Round Two

Again, this round shouldn't happen. You need to be on the javascript tag to be suggesting the synonym.

Round Three

This is where your legitimate concern is. The system thinks that ecma262 is a version-specific tag and thus won't let you create it. In these cases, you should come to Meta to discuss whether or not it should be synonymized with the master tag javascript (like you have).

Round Four

There was no need to gain the required score in the ecma262 tag, you only needed the required score in the javascript tag.

Round Five

The ratio is there for a reason - so that low-count tags don't become masters of high-count tags. Again, this occurred because you were trying to suggest the synonym on the wrong tag. There is no reason to remove the limit.

See Also: What are tag synonyms? How do they work?

Answer 2

ECMAScript is a politically correct name for JavaScript.

ECMA262 is the standard upon which JavaScript is based.

They're not synonyms. Questions about the ECMA-262 standard are rare. Questions about JavaScript/ECMAScript are common as mud.

The behavior of the system exists to make sure folks who aren't familiar with the specifics of tags don't make bad assumptions and break things. I have to say, that seems to have worked here.