Required tags should only be required based on type of user

@alltiagocom I think my answer will not be exactly the one you expect. Currently I do not administer any Discourse forum so I can say that I am a beginner in the field.

On the other hand, I administered many forums under vBulletin then XenForo.

The administrator of a forum is not a super moderator, he is the one who manages the back office, the one we should never see on the public part.

I do not yet know the hierarchical system on Discourse but, in theory, the founder of a forum should create 2 accounts, an administrator, the shadow account, and a moderator account with maximum power that can be assigned to him. This case of tag bypass is typical (And there are probably many others), in the public management of its community it should not be a problem, and it is not if you are a moderator, not an administrator.

I don’t know if Discourse thought of these 2 different roles in this way but if so I hope my reflection can help you better manage your community.

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