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(Partially) fixing the tag system

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LurkingInTheDeceit said:
Update:

Many bugs I found in the testbed regarding Synonyms and merges replicate in the main forum, and some break tags.

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I'll let the thread know once I have assurance, but I have no ETA.
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Code has been updated on the main forum. Praise and worship should be directed to @alethiophile, who once left the frozen wastes for the electric coast, and now swims in the ocean of bits.

I've done 91 tests with different tag states and operations, and 14 more general functionality experiments, so it's safe to say I'm assured I'm not going to break anything now.

I plan to write up a 'how-to' guide for how to use the tag system, both from an OP's perspective and a reader's, threadmark that here, and maybe in the 'Suggested Tags' thread too. There's quite a few useful quirks to it that you could easily miss or be confused by.

Relatedly, I'm also going to compile a list of the synonym groups with their respective canonical tags, as @doll suggested, and then threadmark that. This is actually relevant to search, which I'll explain in the 'how-to'.

Once I've done both of those, I'll finally do the second batch of mergers/synonyms. The head penguin wrote up a handy UI that lets me do them en masse, so I should be able to do all of it relatively quickly.
 
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