# Creating Tag Synonym Error
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** tags
**Created:** [May 23, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412 "2025-05-23T17:54:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Rubi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rubi)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/1 "2025-05-23T17:54:07Z")
Hi,
We have two tags `ubuntumate` and `ubuntu-mate`
There are no topics which include both as tags.
I wanted to create a tag synonym for `ubuntumate` on the `ubuntu-mate` tag page but when saving this appears.
Is this a bug or something else?
How to resolve?
Thanks,
Rubi
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/2 "2025-05-23T18:07:43Z")
Do you need to flip which one has the synonym?
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### Author:  [@Rubi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rubi)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/3 "2025-05-23T18:29:10Z")
Sorry, not sure I understand.
Are you saying I create the synonym on the `ubuntu-mate` tag page instead?
Wonโt that update the tags to use `ubuntumate` going forward?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/4 "2025-05-23T18:45:18Z")
I donโt think I can see an error in your screenshot? Only the confirmation box.
If everything seems as you want it to be (for `ubuntumate` to be displayed as the tag on the `ubuntu-mate` tagged topics instead) then press OK to make it so. ๐
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### Author:  [@Rubi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rubi)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/5 "2025-05-23T18:57:12Z")
Perhaps I have misunderstood what tag synonyms do.
I no longer want `ubuntumate` to be used as a tag but instead if someone selects it then it should redirect to `ubuntu-mate`, which will then be the primary tag.
Or should I just rename `ubuntmate` and all its topics will then be updated anyway?
I was looking for a way not to delete or rename it so that we have some kind of archival resource but simply redirect the tag in future.
Perhaps I need to sleep on it first ๐
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/6 "2025-05-23T19:07:39Z")
> [@Rubi](#):
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> I no longer want `ubuntumate` to be used as a tag but instead if someone selects it then it should redirect to `ubuntu-mate`, which will then be the primary tag.
This sounds like you want to create the synonym on the other tagโs page instead, as Putty said. ๐
If you try that (when youโre ready ๐) and see if the information in the confirmation box is more what you had in mind.
Though this could be another one where you could create a couple of dummy tags on some test topics in a private category and play with the synonym feature with those to get a better feel for what the result will be. ๐
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### Author:  [@Rubi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rubi)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/7 "2025-05-23T19:18:06Z")
Brilliant! It worked when I flipped ๐
Thanks to everyone for the support and being patient with me on this one.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-tag-synonym-error/367412/8 "2025-06-22T19:18:09Z")
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