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JSDF tank name standardization

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BUR #21654 has been approved by @evazion.

rename type_74 -> type_74_(tank)
rename type_74_(personification) -> type_74_(tank)_(personification)
create alias type_90_kyu-maru -> type_90_(tank)
create alias type_90_kyu-maru_(personification) -> type_90_(tank)_(personification)

JSDF tank tags have a different naming scheme. type_61_(tank) and type_10_(tank) follow the "type_xx_(tank)" scheme, while the other two, Type 90 and Type 74, are type_90_kyu-maru and type_74 respectively. In my opinion, it would be better to change their tags to avoid confusion.

Explanaition

  • 1 and 2 (rename) - Ambiguous. Type 74 can also refer to Type 74 SPH.
  • 3 and 4 (alias) - "Kyuu-maru" ("Nine-Zero") is a part of its name on Japanese, "Kyuu-maru shiki sensha", which literally means "Type 90 tank". The tank itself is usually referred to as "Type 90 tank" or just "Type 90", and "Type 90 Kyuu-Maru" is used less often.

Personification tags should be changed too, as they refer to these tanks.

Without checking the type_* search, I could speculate there might be further disambiguations necessary, not just amongst the Japanese, but with the Chinese as well - taking the disambiguation wiki for the Type 99 for example, you've got the Japanese navy and army represented, and distinctly the Imperial and modern varieties of bot, along with the Chinese People's Liberation Army, all using that name.

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