Tag Aliases - Read the first page before suggesting.
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Ohnine –> oc:Ohnine
Wesley Foxx 
The Fluffiest
artist:opeegenetalia -> artist:opgenetalia
We really don’t need two tags for the same thing.
We really don’t need two tags for the same thing.
Therainbowgorilla
artist:katey hanes <=> artist:therainbowgorilla
Just to be clear, this means that the two will be interchangeable right? I use both names as one is my online penname/artist name, but the second is the name of my tumblr/derpibooru. So I want someone to be able to search for one or the other and end up with the same results either way, since I want to be able to be found using either name.
Just to be clear, this means that the two will be interchangeable right? I use both names as one is my online penname/artist name, but the second is the name of my tumblr/derpibooru. So I want someone to be able to search for one or the other and end up with the same results either way, since I want to be able to be found using either name.
Neodyme
People seem to use the *power armor and *powered exoskeleton tags as synonyms, which one should stay?
I’d suggest powered exoskeleton, personally
I’d suggest powered exoskeleton, personally
barbeque 
@Therainbowgorilla
Yes. If people search for either name, they will find the pictures. In the taglist on the pictures (with the green tags and purple artist tags etc) only one will show up though, and it’s up to you to choose which one.
For example, see what happens if you go to the artist:pumkinpie16 tag and what other aliases it has, but notice that you can also still find them if you search with the other name
Yes. If people search for either name, they will find the pictures. In the taglist on the pictures (with the green tags and purple artist tags etc) only one will show up though, and it’s up to you to choose which one.
For example, see what happens if you go to the artist:pumkinpie16 tag and what other aliases it has, but notice that you can also still find them if you search with the other name
Therainbowgorilla
So do I put artist:therainbowgorilla <=> artist:Katey Hanes
In the tags when I post stuff?
In the tags when I post stuff?
barbeque
@Therainbowgorilla
The short answer: it doesn’t matter which one you type. See below for a long version.
okay, in this example let’s assume we alias
It will do a number of things throughout the site, namely:
The short answer: it doesn’t matter which one you type. See below for a long version.
okay, in this example let’s assume we alias
artist:a -> artist:b It will do a number of things throughout the site, namely:
- On image pages and thumbnails mouseovers, only
artist:bwill be shown - The /tags/ page for
artist:awill redirect to the /tags/ page forartist:b - The /tags/ page for
artist:bwill show thatartist:ais an alias for it - If you search for
artist:bit will show pictures taggedartist:b - If you search for
artist:ait will show pictures taggedartist:a - If you tag a picture with
artist:aand click “Save Tags and Source”, the system will change it toartist:b
So essentially, we (as in, on derpibooru) regardartist:bas the ‘official’ artist tag, andartist:aas just a different name for the same thing.
For a perhaps more practical example try the existing aliasts->twilight sparkle. Try searching fortsand pay attention to the mouseover taglists, or even go to >>0, add atstag, then click save and see what happens (as long as you remove it afterwards, it’s kinda the generally-agreed-upon test pic)
@everyone else in this thread, would it be useful if I put a practical example like this in the first post?
Vree 
wubs -> wub
Someone made this instead of using the singular one, should be merged before it inflates :I
Someone made this instead of using the singular one, should be merged before it inflates :I
paperbag
awr seems to be an abbreviation of a world renewed. They are tagged on all the same images.
Vree
ticklish, tickle -> tickling
Should be merged; it’s the same thing.
I’ll tell you what motivates the BPs that keep inflating this one tag with several identical tags (the same person usually adds half a dozen, like this: tickle, tickler, ticklish etc.)
On sites like DeviantArt, people find pics through searching for keywords. DA does not know how to do aliases, so it searches separately for every form of the same word. Therefore, adding all variants to the tags of a pic you upload is good policy; it will get you more hits. But it can lead to a sort of paranoia that people will not find your pic if you do not add every variant.
Moreover, fetishists for example, especially if the fetish is minor or unpopular, browse the site regularly for the object of their affection hoping for undiscovered treasures. Which in turn encourages the few full time artists for that fetish to ‘advertise’ themselves with overtagging even more.
Obviously it is completely meaningless to do the same on a site like Derpibooru. It’s a habit. A bad habit. What we can do to avoid this is to just alias these tags.
Should be merged; it’s the same thing.
I’ll tell you what motivates the BPs that keep inflating this one tag with several identical tags (the same person usually adds half a dozen, like this: tickle, tickler, ticklish etc.)
On sites like DeviantArt, people find pics through searching for keywords. DA does not know how to do aliases, so it searches separately for every form of the same word. Therefore, adding all variants to the tags of a pic you upload is good policy; it will get you more hits. But it can lead to a sort of paranoia that people will not find your pic if you do not add every variant.
Moreover, fetishists for example, especially if the fetish is minor or unpopular, browse the site regularly for the object of their affection hoping for undiscovered treasures. Which in turn encourages the few full time artists for that fetish to ‘advertise’ themselves with overtagging even more.
Obviously it is completely meaningless to do the same on a site like Derpibooru. It’s a habit. A bad habit. What we can do to avoid this is to just alias these tags.
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