The tag alias #61600 mew_(pokemon) -> mew_(disambiguation) has been rejected.

Reason: people started to use the mew tag again instead of the mew_(pokemon) tag

EDIT: The tag alias mew_(pokemon) -> mew (forum #359773) has been rejected by @gattonero2001.

Wouldn't it be better the other way around? mew -> mew_(pokemon)?
Mew sounds like an ambiguous word, it could be the depictions of "mew" sounds written on the pic, or other characters named "mew".

On another note, while the "mew" tag only has 6 posts currently, the tag change history goes a long way back

m3g4p0n1 said:
Wouldn't it be better the other way around? mew -> mew_(pokemon)?
Mew sounds like an ambiguous word, it could be the depictions of "mew" sounds written on the pic, or other characters named "mew".

If it's ambiguous enough to require a suffix, it's too ambiguous for an alias. In general we should never alias tags to suffixed versions.

m3g4p0n1 said:
On another note, while the "mew" tag only has 6 posts currently, the tag change history goes a long way back

Not for the first time, I find myself wishing the changes history supported exclusive searches (i.e. show only results where the final tags do not include a certain tag).

Anyway, it looks like the vast majority of changes were a mass update from mew to mew_(pokemon) applied by bitWolfy. Further research reveals this was BUR #3518, which references topic #35921... which is hidden. Great. Why do we allow users to do that again?

wat8548 said:
If it's ambiguous enough to require a suffix, it's too ambiguous for an alias. In general we should never alias tags to suffixed versions.
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Fair, I just now saw there is a few others mew_* tags.

alias mew -> mew_(disambiguation) then?

The tag alias mew_(pokemon) -> mew (forum #359773) has been rejected by @gattonero2001.

The bulk update request #4343 is active.

create alias mew (0) -> mew_(disambiguation) (0)
change category mew_(disambiguation) (0) -> invalid

Reason: since there are other mew_* tags it's better to make it a disambiguation

Edit: Requested to swap mew_(disambiguation) to the Invalid category

joaobaiao777 said:
The bulk update request #4343 is active.

create alias mew (0) -> mew_(disambiguation) (0)
change category mew_(disambiguation) (0) -> invalid

Reason: since there are other mew_* tags it's better to make it a disambiguation

Don't forget to swap mew_(disambiguation) to the Invalid category.

category mew_(disambiguation) -> invalid

The bulk update request #4343 (forum #359802) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

joaobaiao777 said:
The bulk update request #4343 is active.

create alias mew (0) -> mew_(disambiguation) (0)
change category mew_(disambiguation) (0) -> invalid

Reason: since there are other mew_* tags it's better to make it a disambiguation

Edit: Requested to swap mew_(disambiguation) to the Invalid category

Uh, negative count?

wat8548 said:
If it's ambiguous enough to require a suffix, it's too ambiguous for an alias. In general we should never alias tags to suffixed versions.
Not for the first time, I find myself wishing the changes history supported exclusive searches (i.e. show only results where the final tags do not include a certain tag).

Anyway, it looks like the vast majority of changes were a mass update from mew to mew_(pokemon) applied by bitWolfy. Further research reveals this was BUR #3518, which references topic #35921... which is hidden. Great. Why do we allow users to do that again?

Transparency! Meh, it shouldn't be used for a BUR.

I was surprised that Mew -> Mew_(disambiguation) alias didn't exist.