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I just tried to post a question with and tags together and it's giving error message as given below:

error message

Error message before MSE/MSO splitting

You are attempting to create the tag [suggestion]; however the tag [discussion] already exists! If you think this new tag should be allowed, raise it on http://meta.stackexchange.com

Are suggestion and personal tags same?

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    That doesn't look like a bug to me. Rather a feature. It informs you that creating a [suggestion] tag might not be necessary.
    – Bart
    Oct 2, 2013 at 7:33
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    But message should be somewhat informative and meaningful. This current message is saying that I am trying to create Suggestion but already discussion tag is exist. Is it really meaningful?
    – Paresh Mayani
    Oct 2, 2013 at 7:54
  • @PareshMayani If it meant the tag suggestion already existed, it wouldn't mention the discussion tag. The text reads fine to me.
    – CodingIntrigue
    Oct 2, 2013 at 8:00
  • Sure that is meaningful @PareshMayani. Depending on the actual question, and you saying that you also tagged it [discussion] already, one could argue that it should be recommending [feature-request] instead, but other than that it seems fine to me.
    – Bart
    Oct 2, 2013 at 8:03
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    Maybe the text should read something like, "You are attempting to create the tag [suggestion]; however the tag [discussion] already exists and could be used instead." If you think this new tag should be allowed, raise it on meta.stackoverflow.com"
    – George Duckett
    Oct 2, 2013 at 8:06

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It's . The confusion was caused by tag having tag as its synonym. SE prevents similar tag creation (e.g. singular-plural tag pairs, vs ), and that's what the error message was trying to convey.

Also, it's on v1.0.84 betaor somewhere before that. The app doesn't allow free input on tags anymore; user can only search and use available tags from the list (excluding synonymized tags)

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  • I am wondering why my questions are getting answered lately! This question was asked 3 years back, even I can't believe :P
    – Paresh Mayani
    Mar 31, 2016 at 9:23
  • @PareshMayani I was in kind of a crusade to reduce android-app bug and thus, stumbled upon this question, so... why don't I answer it, if I (more-or-less) know the answer :P
    – Meta Andrew T.
    Mar 31, 2016 at 9:28
  • Yeah I was also wondering why reported bugs by me are still open! But thank you for posting answer and closing down it!
    – Paresh Mayani
    Mar 31, 2016 at 12:01

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