On superuser.com, I saw a link to the tag cybersex in the tags listing page (leading to the page title "Hottest 'cybersex' Questions). No questions are associated - presumably because it had been added through a spam question that was subsequently deleted. I would expect that in such a case (all questions associated with a specific tag have been deleted) that the tag itself would be deleted as well. Right?
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asked Jul 15, 2009 at 8:54
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There are periodic cleanup operations that will eventually eliminate unused tags.
answered Jul 15, 2009 at 8:55
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3I'm trying to find a source for this info, but you'll just have to believe me until I do ;-)– Kyle Cronin ModCommented Jul 15, 2009 at 8:59
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I think that the links give in the tag-pruning tag-info could count as a reasonable source. For tags with no questions specifically this one: How can we get rid of misspelled and unused (or “zombie”) tags? (Although, looking at the timestamp, this is probably not that relevant now. But since I have stumbled upon the question, I have added the links.)– MartinCommented Dec 16, 2019 at 17:37