You say tomato, I say tomato, you say Ultima Thule, I say 2014-MU69. How to deal with dual names and tags?

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I created 2014-mu69 a year and a half ago but they've since nick-named the asteroid Ultima Thule and people use that a lot.

It currently has 8 questions and no doubt in the next week it will get more, since the New Horizons flyby is imminent.

Is there a simple way to make it so when people start typing "ulti..." or "thul..." that they see the correct tag appear in the options?

@OscarLanzi Do astronomers generally agree that the distinction between comets and astroids is not so clear? — uhoh, Jan 19 '19 at 13:52

PearsonArtPhoto · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-01 13:13:21Z

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There is, it's called tag synonyms. Add in your suggestion, and it can be confirmed and then that is the behavior.

answered Jan 1 '19 at 13:13

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$\begingroup$ Ah, I had thought tag synonyms happened only after two tags merged with some minimum number of uses on each tag. This sounds much easier than that. Thanks! $\endgroup$ – uhoh Jan 1 '19 at 13:16
$\begingroup$ 2014-mu69 has eight questions i.stack.imgur.com/WVXS9.png but I got this message: i.stack.imgur.com/LQ5VF.png That means I need to add the new tag to five questions before they can be merged? $\endgroup$ – uhoh Jan 1 '19 at 13:21
$\begingroup$ yep, and done. Thanks! $\endgroup$ – uhoh Jan 1 '19 at 13:28

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