# Make \`howto\` a synonym for the #how-to tag

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**Created:** [April 21, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-howto-a-synonym-for-the-how-to-tag/263185 "2023-04-21T14:31:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-howto-a-synonym-for-the-how-to-tag/263185/5 "2023-05-12T11:09:51Z")

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I’m starting to think that the tag was once called howto and then got renamed to how-to, and then someone else created another tag called howto.

That would explain how I linked to a search with #howto in it and why I am now unable to find any howto topics.

But that’s just wild conjecture.

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