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relax tag synonym voting rules [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can we allow 7.5K users to suggest tag synonyms without a score of 5 in the tag? Is there any support for relaxing the tag synonym voting rules? A user proposed adding two ...
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Tag Synonym Proposal - Rep Requirement [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can we allow 7.5K users to suggest tag synonyms without a score of 5 in the tag? Is the reputation for proposing a tag synonym really necessary? I ask because sometimes ...
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Allow tag synonym suggestion past a certain rep point [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can we allow 7.5K users to suggest tag synonyms without a score of 5 in the tag? As it is, suggesting a tag synonym requires a score of 5 in the tag. Can a privilege be added,...
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Why do you need "total answer score of 5" to suggest tag synonyms [duplicate]

I am not so good at answering questions, but I do read a lot of them and I usually figure out what common synonyms are used for a concept. I would like to improve Stack Overflow by suggesting some ...
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Synonym privileges - make universal for top users [duplicate]

I know this has been touched on in other questions, but I'd like to bring up a possible solution for discussion. I think this is different because it offers a possible new solution that I don't ...
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Loosen the rules around suggesting tag synonyms [duplicate]

I tried to create a tag synonym for multiplatform and multi-platform, but I'm denied because I don't have 5 upvotes in the tag. I think the restrictions should be eased up for high-rep users (say, ...
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Let's Plan the Second Iteration of the Stack Exchange Quality Project! [closed]

In case you missed the first one, check out the se-quality-project tag. The quality project isn't one that we plan to ever finish, it's perennial and kicks in every 18 months or so after we've had ...
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What privilege should 30k users get?

The last time we lifted the level cap was in 2015. In 2014, we added a unilateral close-as-duplicate power for gold tag badge holders, but no new reputation level. So we've been thinking about giving ...
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Magic wand time - what does your community need?

Continuing in my series of questions to you: Last week, I heard some great origin stories. This week, I’d like to refocus a bit on what could be better (in your view). I’m very curious about whether ...
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Tag synonym dashboard 2.0

Back in January, we had a week-long internal "make-a-thon" where a bunch of people across the company got into teams, did some brainstorming, and worked to improve various parts of our UI. Bonus if ...
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Improving Tag Synonyms

Executive Summary Jon Ericson asked, Does the tag synonym suggestion system work? The answer, unfortunately, is no. Tag Synonyms were introduced in August 2010: It’s been clear for a very long time ...
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Give moderators the ability to manage blacklisted tags

The request to Implement a Tag Black List was first raised back in Aug '09, but as one of the mods on English Language & Usage pointed out only a few days ago, even moderators don't have access to ...
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Is there a way to auto-identify tag synonyms which differ by *only* a hyphen?

Note: There is a nice background discussion on this here: Should tags take the form foobar or foo-bar?. This discussion is not part of this question however: I'd like to go through and propose a ...
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Synonyms mean interchangeable, not similar

I have been noticing an increasing number of synonyms suggested where people are trying to use synonyms to create a tag hierarchy. Stuff like: php4 -> php xslt2.0 -> xslt And so on. So it's ...
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Can trusted users be trusted to suggest tag synonyms without a score of 5 in a tag? (on smaller sites, not Stack Overflow)

This has been asked before but I feel the original question was more focussed on Stack Overflow than the Stack Exchange network at large. Related: Can we allow 7.5K users to suggest tag synonyms ...
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