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Alias orin to kaenbyou_rin

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acidtestguy

BUR #2704 has been approved by @evazion.

mass update orin -> orin_(artist)
create alias orin -> kaenbyou_rin

The nickname okuu is aliased to reiuji_utsuho, but the kaenbyou_rin nickname orin isn't aliased for her. These nicknames are both canon and commonly used in Touhou and its fandom.

Right now the orin tag is used for an artist with 10 uploaded art pieces and an artist page only linking to a DeviantArt account which hasn't had a post in about 5 years, nor an upload in about 8 years. Moreover the last upload of this artist to Danbooru was about 10 years ago.
For comparison, the last danbooru upload of a kaenbyou_rin art piece was about 3 days ago.

The orin tag is effectively sitting unused right now and would be put to much more relevant use changed to an alias for kaenbyou_rin.

EDIT: The bulk update request #2704 (forum #166826) has been approved by @evazion.

Updated by DanbooruBot

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Awedsy

acidtestguy said:

BUR #2704 has been approved by @evazion.

mass update orin -> orin_(artist)
create alias orin -> kaenbyou_rin

The nickname okuu is aliased to reiuji_utsuho, but the kaenbyou_rin nickname orin isn't aliased for her. These nicknames are both canon and commonly used in Touhou and its fandom.

Right now the orin tag is used for an artist with 10 uploaded art pieces and an artist page only linking to a DeviantArt account which hasn't had a post in about 5 years, nor an upload in about 8 years. Moreover the last upload of this artist to Danbooru was about 10 years ago.
For comparison, the last danbooru upload of a kaenbyou_rin art piece was about 3 days ago.

The orin tag is effectively sitting unused right now and would be put to much more relevant use changed to an alias for kaenbyou_rin.

Why not orin_(touhou_project) or something like that instead of adding the _(artist) to orin?
I get your point, but I think this would be much more sensitive to orin (artist)

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blindVigil

Awedsy said:

Why not orin_(touhou_project) or something like that instead of adding the _(artist) to orin?
I get your point, but I think this would be much more sensitive to orin (artist)

As far as my understanding of qualifiers goes, it's traditionally preferred to apply the qualifier to the lesser known, less likely to be a search subject tag. Which would mean in this case the very likely completely unknown artist named Orin would get the qualifer, while the more commonly known and more popular Touhou character Orin would stay as is.

I don't know if it really matters in this specific case one way or the other, but "being sensitive to the artist" probably isn't something to be concerned about, especially given complete inactivity from said artist for several years. It isn't like giving them lesser billing than the extremely well known character is somehow an insult.

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acidtestguy

Awedsy said:

Why not orin_(touhou_project) or something like that instead of adding the _(artist) to orin?
I get your point, but I think this would be much more sensitive to orin (artist)

Basically for the reasons blindVigil said.

The point of the alias of course, is to get a commonly used and canon nickname up and searchable. A qualifier would work for that, but it would probably be preferable to use the qualifier on the lesser used search. Either way, the qualifier would do it's job to inform what the tag specifically is. However, putting the qualifier on the more used tag would be a small inconvenience for someone trying to search for the more commonly used term, and not paying attention to the tags.
Not that people having itchy trigger fingers is much of a compelling argument.

In general I'd agree with giving preference to an artist as a default. If it were an artist that was somewhat active and with their works getting uploaded and approved once in a while I'd probably be leaning toward their favor even if they were barely known, versus a popular character that had popped up after them. But nearly a decade of inactivity is a bit much for simple preference for preference's sake, because by then any point to it is probably gone.
I think that is a lot more compelling an argument.

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