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Sword Art Online copyright implications

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BUR #3100 has been approved by @evazion.

create implication sword_art_online:_memory_defrag -> sword_art_online
create implication sword_art_online:_fatal_bullet -> sword_art_online
create implication sword_art_online:_alicization -> sword_art_online
create implication sword_art_online:_alicization_-_war_of_underworld -> sword_art_online:_alicization

Game and copyright implications on the main series tag that were missing.

EDIT: The bulk update request #3100 (forum #170040) has been approved by @evazion.

Updated by DanbooruBot

BrokenEagle98 said:

Get rid of Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, and Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. Those don't have the requisite 50 posts, and they all have had only one or no posts within the last year.

The War of the Underworld one doesn't have 50 either, but it's a new copyright and I expect there will be more posts within the coming year.

The others are fine, though I'm downvoting this until the above gets fixed.

I feel like that's too strict? Even if they're dead tags they will eventually reach 50 posts, doesn't make sense to keep it so strict, especially when there are other tags that meet the requirements.

Mysterious_Uploader said:

I feel like that's too strict? Even if they're dead tags they will eventually reach 50 posts, doesn't make sense to keep it so strict, especially when there are other tags that meet the requirements.

This site is not about creating the perfect hierarchy of implications. It's about creating implications which will be useful, which those will not.

Also, those implications will literally be retired even if they were to be approved. This site automatically retires all unused aliases/implications.

BrokenEagle98 said:

Get rid of Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, and Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization. Those don't have the requisite 50 posts, and they all have had only one or no posts within the last year.

The War of the Underworld one doesn't have 50 either, but it's a new copyright and I expect there will be more posts within the coming year.

The others are fine, though I'm downvoting this until the above gets fixed.

Okay, bulk request is updated.

NWF_Renim said:

Is there a need to differentiate War of Underworld from Alicization to warrant having its own tag?

War of Underworld is the official name of Alicization's second season. As far as I know, the major differences are the light novels covered and the main cast of characters; for example, if someone tags Leafa in a Sword Art Online: Alicization post, its definitely the terraria variant (Leafa (terraria), has different clothes and no fairy pointy ears or wings) that only appears in War of Underworld. But I'm still not sure if the War of Underworld tag is really needed.

NWF_Renim said:

Is there a need to differentiate War of Underworld from Alicization to warrant having its own tag?

To answer the question, War of Underworld should begins at vol. 15 and ends at vol. 18.

Following is spoilers (I'm detailling some differencies between the two parts of Alicization) :
At vol. 16, Asuna_(Stacia) appears. Leafa_(Terraria) and Sinon_(Solus) follow her in vol. 17. Other than that, Kirito is one-armed from vol. 15 to vol. 18. And the ennemies change from Quinella & the Integrity Knights, to Vecta and his underlings. Other than that, I don't think there are any differences.

However, I'm not even sure that Alicization should have its own tag as it only means "from vol.9 to vol.18 of the light novel". It's true that the main cast change from Kirito, Asuna_(sao) (and the usual crew) to Kirito, Eugeo and Alice_Schuberg. But it's not really different from creating an hypothetical tag for One Piece - Alabasta because of Nefertari_Vivi.
Also, that would means tagging the novel illustrations (for example post #3479004) with those tags, based on a posterior division from the TV-cours.

Another point I would to raise is about sword_art_online:_code_register and sword_art_online:_memory_defrag. From what I understand, they are both derivative gatcha-games with a lot of illustrations (and Memory Defrag re-using those of Code Register). Maybe we should fuse them, and tag the various outfit (for exemple some sword_art_online bikini_armor) with it.

Finally, with the previsible raise of Asuna_(Stacia), Leafa_(Terraria) and Sinon_(Solus), I would also like to ask for a clarification about how we should also tag them with Asuna_(sao), Leafa and Sinon. It will be quite a mess with four variations for Asuna (SAO, Titania, ALO, Stacia) and five for Sinon (GGO, ALO, Solus, HF + her civilian identity).

However, I'm not even sure that Alicization should have its own tag as it only means "from vol.9 to vol.18 of the light novel". It's true that the main cast change from Kirito, Asuna_(sao) (and the usual crew) to Kirito, Eugeo and Alice_Schuberg. But it's not really different from creating an hypothetical tag for One Piece - Alabasta because of Nefertari_Vivi.
Also, that would means tagging the novel illustrations (for example post #3479004) with those tags, based on a posterior division from the TV-cours.

I believe the copyright tag was created because Alicization is fairly different than the usual SAO stories until that point and its a quite big saga for the series (covering 10 volumes, more than the all previous volumes combined). The copyright comes from the official anime name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Art_Online:_Alicization

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Mysterious_Uploader said:

I feel like that's too strict? Even if they're dead tags they will eventually reach 50 posts, doesn't make sense to keep it so strict, especially when there are other tags that meet the requirements.

For the record, I'm more lenient about small copyright and character tags than small general tags. For general tags, the risk is that we end up with a bunch of unnecessary implications for tiny, hyperspecific concepts. See for example the gun hierarchy, where we end up with ridiculous implication chains like jezail -> firelock -> antique firearm -> firearm -> gun -> weapon, all for a tag with only 3 posts, just because of gun nerds going nuts over tagging guns.

For copyright tags, it's only a problem to me if the copyright doesn't have any separate characters or other visual differences, or if it's so rare that it will automatically get retired (which will happen if the tag hasn't had any uploads in the last 2 years).

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