The tag alias #61653 juniper_(egocider) -> juniper_actias has been approved.

Reason: twitch name of the vtuber, also the name on some ref sheets

EDIT: The tag alias juniper_(egocider) -> juniper_actias (forum #360410) has been approved by @bitWolfy.

Why not the other way around?

clawstripe said:
Why not the other way around?

Juniper_(egocider) is currently used and there's no posts with juniper_actias, so I figured that was what should be aliased to.

kez_the_moth said:
Juniper_(egocider) is currently used and there's no posts with juniper_actias, so I figured that was what should be aliased to.

Not an unreasonable assumption. However, we generally prefer the full name (within reason) over part of it with a suffix. That the full name might have no posts and the partial quite a few doesn't matter when the full name is more desirable to use. The alias will populate it up, no problem.

kez_the_moth said:
Juniper_(egocider) is currently used and there's no posts with juniper_actias, so I figured that was what should be aliased to.

Useless alias is useless. Tag was never used in the first place.

clawstripe said:
Not an unreasonable assumption. However, we generally prefer the full name (within reason) over part of it with a suffix. That the full name might have no posts and the partial quite a few doesn't matter when the full name is more desirable to use. The alias will populate it up, no problem.

Sorry, not quite sure if I understand properly, are you saying there should make a new alias post or just cancel this one and leave it?

kez_the_moth said:
Sorry, not quite sure if I understand properly, are you saying there should make a new alias post or just cancel this one and leave it?

Since you would like to alias the two tags together (which nobody has an issue with), the thing to do is click on https://e621.net/tag_aliases/61653 in your post, cancel the request, then click on Request BUR up top there. Fill out the fields with this under "Script":

alias juniper_(egocider) -> juniper_actias

and the thread number (37760) under "Forum topic". Don't forget your Reason, including links to those ref sheets and any other reference you think would be relevant.

(In case you are interested, you can get a popup with templates for the various scripts that can be used in a BUR by clicking that little "Help" under the "Script" box.)

Alternately, you can just cancel this request and create a new one the other way around. A BUR would just keep things all in one thread. Whatever you choose to do, please don't hide this thread as that cancels nothing and only serves to cheese other users off.

clawstripe said:
Alternately, you can just cancel this request and create a new one the other way around. A BUR would just keep things all in one thread. Whatever you choose to do, please don't hide this thread as that cancels nothing and only serves to cheese other users off.

Let me just reverse the alias instead.

The tag alias juniper_(egocider) -> juniper_actias (forum #360410) has been approved by @bitWolfy.

bitwolfy said:
Let me just reverse the alias instead.

True. That would be far better than any of my babbling.

clawstripe said:
True. That would be far better than any of my babbling.

You were entirely correct – thank you for explaining the process to them.
It's just that I can solve the problem more quickly and easily ¯\_(ツ)_/¯