TylerH suggests in a comment the idea of using a synonym. This might be a simple solution for all problematic tags. It could work like this: - Create an anchor question that is tagged with [tag:do-not-use-this-tag]. If there is a limit to the number of hyphenated words, use [tag:do-not-use-tag] or [tag:do-not-use] or [tag:deprecated-tag]. - This tag's wiki excerpt would be a generic warning about having selected a deprecated tag. - Make every problem tag, like [tag:microsoft], a synonym of it. Tags can be added as a synonym whenever one is discovered to be a problem. - This will prevent future recreation of the bad tags, and anyone ignoring the wiki excerpt and attempting to use a banned tag will have a glaring reminder show up in the tag list, instead. - This will also encourage the OP to fix their own tags instead of creating work for the community.