When one has the [retag privilege][1], but not the edit privilege, then retagging using "edit" rather than "retag" gets one a confusing message:

> Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because:
> 
> * You have the privilege to retag questions; to suggest an edit please include a change to the title and/or the body as well

I suggest to change this into something like: 

> To just retag a question without editing title or body, please step back, and don't choose the edit-link but the retag-link beneath.

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Background:

I accidentally chose the "edit" link to retag a question, while using "retag" would have been the right way. I explain my behaviour with the different, but similar looking user interfaces for my accounts on different sites. For example: 

 * link|edit|close|flag on German L&U, rep: 1840
 * link|edit|retag|close|flag on Code Golf, rep: 797
 * link|edit|retag|flag on Code Review, rep: 330 
 * link|edit|close|flag on Stack Overflow, rep: 4767 

I used the edit-link before somewhere else, where it was appropriate, and didn't search for another link.

The current error message assumes I intended to change body + tags, or headline + tags, but had forgotten to edit the other. But in reality, I had never planned to edit something else but the tags, and had the privilege to do so. I didn't understand what it tried to tell me, until I [ranted about it][2] and it was explained to me by a moderator.

From the user perspective, a silent acceptance of tag-edits would be preferable. But that [has been discussed elsewhere][3], the result being *"it's too rare to need to do that, it would be a complex change"*. So at least the message could be improved. 

This post might remind you about an answer I [posted yesterday][4], but I was encouraged to open a new post on meta. So here we go.


  [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/privileges/retag-questions
  [2]: https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/765/misguiding-error-message-on-tag-edit/766#766
  [3]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80345/retag-privilege-taken-into-account-when-proposing-an-edit/97717#97717
  [4]: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80345/retag-privilege-taken-into-account-when-proposing-an-edit/105594#105594