Topic: Tag Implication: calvin -> calvin_and_hobbes

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Genjar

Former Staff

...no, this one is right way around. It's those other ones that are wrong way. :/

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Just put calvin_<artist>, majority of Calvins are from Bill Watterson.

+ if any artist sees calvin_and_hobbes copyright on their posts, they would surely change their character tag.

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TheGreatWolfgang said:
Just put calvin_<artist>, majority of Calvins are from Bill Watterson.

+ if any artist sees calvin_and_hobbes copyright on their posts, they would surely change their character tag.

You give people too much credit. ;)

We are probably better off making a calvin_(cah) tag and implicating it from there.

Hobbes is likely to be fine as is; there aren't any other meanings that I am aware of.

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Furrin_Gok said:
Yes, there is absolutely no way anything else is called Hobbes]

You've definitely got a point, and I'm almost certain I've heard the word used elsewhere before too, but there's actually a good reason to just keep Hobbes for, well Hobbes. Even though something might be more technically accurate, we often times go with what's more commonly accepted. For example, we use canine instead of canidae I'm So Meta Even This Acronym, because very few people outside of super specific fields of study actually use the word, but canine is used often in its stead.

Is there a good way to measure what word is used for common terminology? Yup, Google! Here's a search for just Hobbes. There are two main results that dominate the search's first page, Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes, and Thomas Hobbes, an English professor. Seeing as this is a furry-centric site, the likely hood of getting any r34 of Thomas Hobbes on here is slim to none, thus I'm sure it's safe to say that if the tag Hobbes is used on the site, it's almost certainly being used for that lovable stuffed tiger.

I have to admit though, this gave me a giggle.

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Genjar

Former Staff

Furrin_Gok said:
Yes, there is absolutely no way anything else is called Hobbes

While it's certainly true that many things share a name (for instance, there's several characters named Snow and Winter), I don't think that's enough of a reason to disambiguate anything.

Neither are mistagged at regular basis, so both implications seem fine.

Updated by anonymous

Moved Calvin and Hobbes calvins to calvin_(c&h) and approved.

Bongani said:
You don't tag plural forms of a specie.

Species is both the singular and plural of species; spellcheck doesn't catch it because the word specie actually refers to coins (yes, they do share the same root). :P

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