We currently have licence and license tags, with seemingly zero overlap. These two should really be merged and established as synonyms. I recommend the US English spelling license for the main tag.
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3$\begingroup$ We don't typically use synonyms for spelling variations. Text completion and the increased rep needed to create new tags (after the private beta) should take care of it. $\endgroup$– Robert CartainoOct 23, 2013 at 15:03
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$\begingroup$ @RobertCartaino You should post that as an answer so I can accept it. $\endgroup$– userOct 26, 2013 at 14:58
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Tag synonyms are designed to be used when there are two different words with the same meaning. We don't typically use synonyms for things like regional spelling variations, pluralizations, misspellings, etc.
Once we establish which tag the system prefers, the text completion and tag wiki excerpts will help users find it. We tend to standardize on the US spelling for tag usage. Down the road a bit, it will require higher reputation to create new tags so this type of problem passes quickly.
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While we're on tag naming, we have united-states but not us, and both united-kingdom and uk. I would suggest that us and usa be synonyms of united-states, and uk of united-kingdom.
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$\begingroup$ There is already a discussion for this: meta.ham.stackexchange.com/questions/6/… $\endgroup$– Kevin Reid AG6YO ModOct 23, 2013 at 14:05
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$\begingroup$ Yep, looks like this answer is a dupe of a dupe. Sorry, haven't read through meta yet, even though there's only a few questions. $\endgroup$ Oct 23, 2013 at 14:14