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> [How many words can a tag contain?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13270/how-many-words-can-a-tag-contain)  
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> [Maximum length of tags](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32746/maximum-length-of-tags) 
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Currently, the maximum tag length is [25 characters](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13270/how-many-words-can-a-tag-contain/13274#13274). This gives tags such as "interprocess-communicatio" (also shortened to the tag ipc).

Should this be increased, or should the truncated tag be renamed?