Index: modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module,v
retrieving revision 1.417
diff -a -u -p -r1.417 taxonomy.module
--- modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	2 Mar 2008 05:58:40 -0000	1.417
+++ modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module	14 Mar 2008 20:34:00 -0000
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ function taxonomy_save_term(&$form_value
     'weight' => 0
   );
 
+  if($form_values['name']){
+    $form_values['name'] = trim($form_values['name']);
+  }
+
   if (!empty($form_values['tid']) && $form_values['name']) {
     drupal_write_record('term_data', $form_values, 'tid');
     $hook = 'update';