How does one merge tags? Does it take a moderator? (The "multicolinearity" tag is a misspelling of "multicollinearity", for example, and should be removed permanently. Or should we allow misspelled synonyms?)
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1$\begingroup$ Thanks for spotting this. $\endgroup$– user88Nov 25, 2010 at 12:28
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To answer you general question, you can create a synonym when you have 10K rep or are a mod (see the privileges page).
Regarding your particular question about multicollinearity, I agree with Srikant's suggestion:
- Misspellings should be fixed (as in this case).
- Context differences should be handled with a synonym, e.g. modelling and modeling.
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$\begingroup$ My privileges page says I can already create synonyms (which I have done as a workaround in this case). It doesn't say anything about merging or deleting tags. $\endgroup$– whuber ModNov 24, 2010 at 21:50
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$\begingroup$ Sorry, I misread your question. Merging and deleting tags are available to mods only (see this meta question). $\endgroup$ Nov 25, 2010 at 9:06
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$\begingroup$ Thank you for the reference to that discussion: it illuminates the issue. I did not appreciate the irreversibility of the merging process. The answer, it seems, is that requests for substantive changes to tags should be directed to moderators and I take it that this meta forum is the proper (and only?) mechanism to do so. $\endgroup$– whuber ModNov 26, 2010 at 16:03
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1$\begingroup$ For any substantive changes to tags, just post it on meta. $\endgroup$ Nov 27, 2010 at 13:19
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I think the we should follow the following general recipe:
Misspellings like the one pointed out in the question should be fixed.
Misspellings because of a difference in usage across contexts (e.g., color vs colour) should not be fixed. Instead, we should use the synonym feature for these types of misspellings.
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$\begingroup$ +1 Agreed about variants of usage. A good example is "modeling" and "modelling," which should be synonyms. But how does one go about making fixes? By posting questions in meta (like this one)? $\endgroup$– whuber ModNov 24, 2010 at 15:22
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$\begingroup$ @whuber I am not sure about the process. Perhaps, one of the mods have an insight? $\endgroup$– svadaliNov 24, 2010 at 15:31