diff -r f3c3a1c55451 -r 7614169e14ed app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@
     @project = Project.new
     @project.safe_attributes = params[:project]
 
+
+    # todo: luisf: this should be removed from here...
+    if params && params[:project] && !params[:project][:tag_list].nil?
+      new_tags = params[:project][:tag_list].to_s.downcase
+
+      @project.tag_list = ActionController::Base.helpers.strip_tags(new_tags)
+    end
+    # end of code to be removed
+
+
     if validate_parent_id && @project.save
       @project.set_allowed_parent!(params[:project]['parent_id']) if params[:project].has_key?('parent_id')
       # Add current user as a project member if he is not admin