Look at this edit. I didn't really expect that I would able to suggest adding featured tag, but I could!
How is it possible? (seems that usual users can add mod-only tags without moderator help!)
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Oded removed featured back :-(
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1suggested edits to add mod only tags was brought up before... I thought it was fixed. Either it wasn't or it broke again– psubsee2003Jun 29, 2014 at 11:35
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5Looks like you bypassed the first validation barrier, this is what I get when trying to suggest same edit with a low rep sock: i.stack.imgur.com/mM3pA.png :(– Shadow Wizard Says No More WarJun 29, 2014 at 11:37
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@JanDvorak I think I was confusing 2 posts.. Suggested edits can remove moderator-only tags was marked as status complete, but dealt with users removing mod only tags.– psubsee2003Jun 29, 2014 at 11:44
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...and [featured] is back. This is definitely broken, good catch @nicael.– yannisJun 29, 2014 at 11:45
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How can a user suggest a status tag edit on Meta? and Suggested edit to add status-completed tag? were about adding mod only tags, and both answers only state that "it was an employee, nothing to see here".– psubsee2003Jun 29, 2014 at 11:45
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Still, you need a low-rep user and two high-rep users, so it's not that big of an exploit– John DvorakJun 29, 2014 at 11:47
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3Probably related: no revision is created when the featured tag is removed from a question after 30 days. ... Thus, when you edit the revision, the tag is still there -- although it does not exist on the current view of the post.– ArjanJun 29, 2014 at 11:59
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Why'd you keep deleting and undeleting this post? Just add the featured tag! :P– MTLJan 8, 2015 at 22:33
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@Shok deleting and undeleting don't bump it btw. That's just cuz when it needs attention or someone refers to something he saw similar, I'll undelete it. Then, if attention disappears, I delete it (and that's because bounties on it worth me 1050 reps and when I delete, I get those reps back and can spend them on something more interesting :) ).– nicaelJan 9, 2015 at 7:22
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Oh, you're devious, @nicael :) ....do I have 500 of those 1050 reps? :P– MTLJan 9, 2015 at 16:43
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@Shokhet I'd say that you have 500 of those 11,850 reps :D (and btw, when I undelete, I loose those 1050 reps again, so you can't say that you have 500 of those 1050 reps :))– nicaelJan 9, 2015 at 16:44
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1 Answer
The problem here is that the system tells you not to use that tag, tries to discourage you from using that tag, and you ignore it and use it anyway. Therefore...
Solution:
Tell folks doing this to knock it off.
Take away their editing rights if they don't listen to #1.
There is no step #3.
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7@bjb568 The devs have better things to do with their time? Why spend time and effort fixing problems that aren't actually causing problems?– ServyJan 8, 2015 at 20:56
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1@Shog9 - Step 3: Suspend them from retagging or distract them with unicorns and waffles Apr 3, 2015 at 13:59