Similar to what was done on Stack Overflow, I would like the threshold for creating new tags to be increased on Meta.

I'm proposing a new threshold of 1,000 reputation (from the current 99) -- this is negotiable with Jeff, of course.

• The proposed threshold is currently 226 users, which should be more than enough people to manage the change

• New tags on Meta should be even more rare than on SO -- chances are if a user is having a problem with a certain feature, there's already going to be a tag in the system for that; or, an experienced user will be able to create a proper tag the first time

• This effectively prevents tag pollution from off-topic posts by new/inexperienced users (this example and this example each generated 2 new tags)