The bulk update request #642 is active.

change category dated (36907) -> meta

Reason: Just like signature, but for a date/year on the image instead of the artist's name

EDIT: The bulk update request #642 (forum #303903) has been approved by @Millcore.

Never even knew this was a tag, makes sense to be meta though.

Interesting. There seems to be some overlap with year (which should also be in the meta category).

bitwolfy said:
Interesting. There seems to be some overlap with year (which should also be in the meta category).

I suggest adding the following lines to the above BUR:

category year -> meta
create implication dated -> year

gattonero2001 said:
I suggest adding the following lines to the above BUR:

category year -> meta
create implication dated -> year

Not the other way around? Every year is a date, but not every date may contain a year - could just be month and day.
IMHO, the two can just be aliased together. The difference between having the full date on the image or just the year isn't that important.

gattonero2001 said:

create implication dated -> year

But what if something has a day/month on it, but not a year? Unless you meant the reverse.

Regardless, I'm not sure of the utility of having both year and dated.

@bitWolfy @animperfectpatsy

From the wiki for year:

This tag is for images that have a year written or printed somewhere on it. It might appear on a calendar setting a time frame for when the scene takes place or as part of a watermark or signature denoting when the image was made.

The tag appears to have more applications than dated. The latter covers the "as part of a watermark or signature denoting when the image was made" use case, but not the "calendar setting a time frame for when the scene takes place" use case.

The bulk update request #642 (forum #303903) has been approved by @Millcore.