The bulk update request #791 has been rejected.

create alias vtuber (4765) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication nijisanji (561) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication hololive (1603) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication vshojo (166) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication kizuna_ai (20) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication snuffy (165) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication veibae (21) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication nanahoshi_suzu (89) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication juniper_actias (84) -> virtual_youtuber (0)
create implication debidebi_debiru (421) -> nijisanji (561)
create implication ironmouse (43) -> vshojo (166)
create implication nyanners (35) -> vshojo (166)
create implication projektmelody (13) -> vshojo (166)
create implication silvervale (53) -> vshojo (166)

Reason: Cataloguing vtubers is going to be pretty complex for some time, but this is a good starting point (some of the more commonly seen Hololivers already have tag implications)
Someone else might see, or know of tags that could stand to be added, especially as time goes on and more vtuber related pics are added to the site.

ADDENDUM:
The tag Projektmelody doesn't have a space in it

EDIT: The bulk update request #791 (forum #307463) has been rejected by @furrypickle.

I would suggest swapping the vtuber -> virtual_youtuber alias, since a vtuber doesn't have to be on youtube (they can be on twitch).

watsit said:
I would suggest swapping the vtuber -> virtual_youtuber alias, since a vtuber doesn't have to be on youtube (they can be on twitch).

YouTuber are people ^{(or groups)} who get advertising revenue by being active on YouTube.
And, VTuber is basically YouTuber.　VTuber is just an short name for Virtual_YouTuber.

They have somehow even started appearing on TV, but they are still called YouTuber.
Hence they are always YouTuber or/and VTuber(Virtual_YouTuber), wherever they are.　(( Of course, on Twitch, too. ))

watsit said:
I would suggest swapping the vtuber -> virtual_youtuber alias, since a vtuber doesn't have to be on youtube (they can be on twitch).

I'd agree with this. "Tuber" commonly refers to "YouTuber" but it can still refer to other sites as well.

kurogi_foxsiv said:
YouTuber are people ^{(or groups)} who get advertising revenue by being active on YouTube.
And, VTuber is basically YouTuber.　VTuber is just an short name for Virtual_YouTuber.

Interesting enough, at least in the U.S., the term "tube" had been used to refer to broadcast television in the past, well before youtube existed. When I was growing up, it was somewhat common colloquialism to call the TV the "boob-tube". It came about because televisions and monitors were CRTs, which stands for Cathode Ray Tube, and somehow "tube" stuck out and caught on. The term "youtube" itself was made as a play on that; broadcast yourself with online video, put yourself on the tube, you-tube. To have "youtuber" come to refer to people on more general broadcasts in certain places of the world kinda brings it full circle.

But still, YouTube is a specific product owned by Google, and since vtubers aren't inherently tied to youtube, it doesn't seem appropriate to have them use a tag specific to it.

watsit said:
Interesting enough, at least in the U.S., the term "tube" had been used to refer to broadcast television in the past, well before youtube existed.

I remember the old saying "The internet is not something you just dump something on, it's not a big truck, it's a series of tubes". I think a person who surfs the web could also be called someone who explores the tubes, or perhaps more simply a tuber. Add that to the tubes being used to broadcast television and the fact that these are virtual characters broadcasting themselves through these tubes, why not make it "Virtual Tuber" and then shorten that to VTuber.
Drop the "You" because 1. Youtube is (more and more evidently) a corporate brand and 2. Vtubers don't necessarily use youtube to broadcast.

Apparently, in the future, "VTuber" should be used.
VTuber was originally a short name for Virtual_Youtuber, and those were handled as related.

However, it seems to be becoming a name that includes people who are active outside of YouTube, nowadays.

The bulk update request #791 (forum #307463) has been rejected by @furrypickle.

The bulk update request #4479 is active.

create implication hololive (1603) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication nijisanji (561) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication kizuna_ai (20) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication snuffy (165) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication veibae (21) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication nanahoshi_suzu (89) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication juniper_actias (84) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication vshojo (166) -> vtuber (4765)
create implication ironmouse (43) -> vshojo (166)
create implication nyanners (35) -> vshojo (166)
create implication projektmelody (13) -> vshojo (166)
create implication silvervale (53) -> vshojo (166)
create implication debidebi_debiru (421) -> nijisanji (561)

Reason: time to get these implications

EDIT: The bulk update request #4479 (forum #361852) has been approved by @furrypickle.

The bulk update request #4479 (forum #361852) has been approved by @furrypickle.

For the record and my sanity, a list of threads that are related:

handled:
https://e621.net/forum_topics/29201 - [which is this one]
https://e621.net/forum_topics/33730
https://e621.net/forum_topics/37436
https://e621.net/forum_topics/33051
https://e621.net/forum_topics/33983

not yet handled:
https://e621.net/forum_topics/33887
https://e621.net/forum_topics/34514
https://e621.net/forum_topics/34525
https://e621.net/forum_topics/34535