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Disambiguating collaboration

Posted under Tags

BUR #27771 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

create alias collaboration -> artist_collaboration
remove alias collaboration -> artist_collaboration
deprecate collaboration

Collaboration is a tag for works created by two or more artists. Valid examples are ones like the following:

  • post #7620081 - each artist draws a different character
  • post #7641621 - one artist draws the lineart, the other colors it (common in western comic art)
  • post #7687503 - 3D image where one artist did the 3D modeling and rendering while the other illustrated the character and designed the livery on the car
  • post #4690963 - collage of works created by multiple artists

Unfortunately, the simple name of collaboration has led to a ton of mistagging for posts of corporate collaborations. This ranges from copyrights collabing with each other (post #7722934, post #6811028), crosspromotions between copyrights and clothing/food/tourism brands (post #7529035, post #7621002), and even fanart referencing official collab events/costume/characters (post #6545968, post #6413380). A more distinct name may be necessary to stop these kind of mistaggings.

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