Topic: Tag Alias: Snowmew -> Sarki_(character)

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Aliasing Snowmew → Sarki_(character)
Link to alias)

Reason:

So I was browsing around Sarki's FA gallery and eventually realized that the Snowmew tag someone in the past had made for his OC is based on a misunderstanding, probably because the word turns up in his FA tags frequently.

Turns out snowmew is just a nickname the artist uses for snow leopards in general (more proof here). The snow leopard OC in question is simply called Sarki, as the description here states. And here. As you can see, even there the word snowmew turns up, so it's understandable that some would get confused, but in the end it's simply not the character's name.

I had begun changing the tags on my own accord, but on second thought it would be more polite to ask first. Also, an alias will do all that work automatically (hey, it saves me some time :P) and prevents future tagging mistakes.

More importantly, any misinformed people will still be able to search for Snowmew no prob, whereas if I just switched the tags manually that would cause some issues.

Updated

Snowmew is a fairly common nickname for snow leopards in general, so I think it'd be better off aliased to snow_leopard.

Updated by anonymous

Alright, but then how should we go about giving the character his correct name tag? Should I just edit every post that has the wrong tag by hand?
I'm willing to do that, there's just about 30 of them anyway.

Updated by anonymous

Right then, I'm on it. Thanks!

Also, Snowmew is currently a character tag, don't know what'll happen if you alias that to a species tag like snow_leopard. Though I'm sure you do since you're like an admin and stuff.

Updated by anonymous

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