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Can you un-tag posts to re-tag them?
in Question & Answer , by Jason R October 17 2007. Tagged update tags tagging
We had a customer ask this question because they are rolling out a new tagging scheme and wanted to update some older content. Here was our response.
Thanks for the question. We don’t allow people to un-tag discussions since users may have watchlists based on the tags or the discussions that could be compromised if we deleted tags. IAlso, it doesn't hurt to over tag posts; the alternative is worse. Instead, we suggest you add the new tags to discussions you want to highlight (adding tags to existing discussions is easy). Also, put together a post explaining the tag structure you propose. Use a post at the group level and post it using “email to all” so everyone sees it. A site manager will need to post it if you do the send all option.