Can't include wildcards when creating a tag link

Question

I wanted to create a tag link including a wild card:

[tag:google*]

but when I typed it I got:

[tag:google*]

i.e. Nothing.

It wasn't converted into a tag link.

Answer 1

As balpha mentions on Meta, the [tag:] syntax is intentionally designed to link to a specific tag, making this status-bydesign.