Topic: Tag alias: semiaquatic -> apex_(artist)

The tag alias #81402 semiaquatic -> apex_(artist) is pending approval.

Reason: This artist also posts on Furaffinity under Semiaquatic [see wiki page] but an alias is missing.

"semiaquatic" is pretty vague and should be disambiguated if it begins to see significant usage. It's only been used twice and the first instance is on an image of a part-fish character.

eightoflakes said:
"semiaquatic" is pretty vague and should be disambiguated if it begins to see significant usage. It's only been used twice and the first instance is on an image of a part-fish character.

Ah, that's my bad - should have written it as "semiaquatic_(artist)"

lonely-space-egg said:
Ah, that's my bad - should have written it as "semiaquatic_(artist)"

Either way it's unnecessary. There are no active posts using the tag semiaquatic to refer to this artist and pre-emptively setting up aliases for artists with multiple usernames isn't really a thing we do. Usually it only happens if an artist changes their name or their work ends up split between multiple artist tags without good reason.

The bulk update request #12944 is pending approval.

create alias semiaquatic_(artist) (0) -> apex_altra (0)
create alias apex_(artist) (42) -> apex_altra (0) # has blocking transitive relationships, cannot be applied through BUR
create alias apexxx (0) -> apex_altra (0)
create alias aepaex (0) -> apex_altra (0)

Reason: As discussed above.

EDIT: Changed alias target to apex_altra.

eightoflakes said:
...and pre-emptively setting up aliases for artists with multiple usernames isn't really a thing we do.

I think an admin once mentioned that it was allowed, even if not in active use.

eightoflakes said:
There are no active posts using the tag semiaquatic to refer to this artist and pre-emptively setting up aliases for artists with multiple usernames isn't really a thing we do.

Artists are the one thing we should be doing preemptive aliases for

As any one of us yahoos can edit the artist wiki, it's best to show the link between the names using offsite sources. For example, this artist maintains three FAs— their SFW Aepaex FA, their NSFW Apexxx FA, and their fetishy NSFW Semiaquatic FA. The two NSFW FAs link to each other and to the SFW FA. The Aepaex FA links to a page with several of their gallery links, such as the Aepaex DA, their ApexDraws Tumblr, ApexAltra BlueSky, and their Apex Altra itch.io. Their personal website is https://apexaltra.com.

Considering that they use Apex Altra so much, even on sites where the gallery name is different, I'd suggest making that the target of the alias since it would be more unique than just apex_(artist).

Suggested BUR:

alias semiaquatic_(artist) -> apex_altra
alias apexxx -> apex_altra
alias aepaex -> apex_altra
alias apex_(artist) -> apex_altra

If we're going to preemptively alias one, we might as well preemptively alias the other two. The apex_(artist) alias could be converted into a mupdate in case another artist named Apex wanders along, as it could be a name more than one artist could have.