The tag alias #76773 ars_goetia -> the_lesser_key_of_solomon has been rejected.

Reason: A bit of background info: The Lesser Key of Solomon (aka Lemegeton) is a 17th century grimoire that consists of five books.
These books are:

• Ars Goetia - A listing of 72 demons, their names, titles, powers, and their sigils. Far and away the most well known book of the lot, to the point where most people aren't aware there's more to the Lemegeton.
• Ars Theurgia Goetia - A similar listing of spirits for scrying and elemental magic.
• Ars Paulina - Angels, associated with things astrological and Zodiac.
• Ars Almadel - Instructions for an altar to invoke angels of the cardinal directions.
• Ars Notoria, quam Creator Altissimus Salomoni revelavit - Contains prayers supposedly formulated to have mystical effects.

Anyway, we currently have two tags on e621 related to it: ars_goetia and lesser_key_of_solomon, with ars_goetia being more populous.
These tags are currently redundant and inconsistently tagged. Near as I can tell, there are no beings anywhere on e621 that fall under any of the other four books of the Lemegeton. I don't see that changing, frankly.

I suggest that ars_goetia be aliased to lesser_key_of_solomon. This removes a redundant tag and the associated tagging issues, and won't make things incorrect in the unlikely event that someone decides to portray any of the obscure beings from the other books.

EDIT: The tag alias ars_goetia -> lesser_key_of_solomon (forum #451280) has been rejected by @donteven. (Switching to a BUR)

This is a well-researched alias suggestion.

I recommend refining the alias to the_lesser_key_of_solomon since the full title includes the article, then alias lesser_key_of_solomon, lemegeton, and ars_goetia to that instead. It's a little longer and more unwieldy, but probably better since it's more correct.

I'm not sure if the full Latin title, lemegeton_clavicula_salomonis, or the more accurate translation, the_little_key_of_solomon (with and without the article), should also be included as aliases. That might be a bit preemptive, but they're all plausible alternate ways to title the grimoire.

Could probably stick with the short version of lemegeton since people will hit the auto-suggest.
Not sure how to go about doing this if we want to change the target to the the_* version. Do I need to cancel this before making a BUR?

donteven said:
Not sure how to go about doing this if we want to change the target to the the_* version. Do I need to cancel this before making a BUR?

You'll need to, yes. This alias request would just get in the way of aliasing away ars_goetia and lesser_key_of_solomon since we can't alias away a tag via a BUR that has other tags aliased to it or is already aliased away.

The tag alias ars_goetia -> lesser_key_of_solomon (forum #451280) has been rejected by @donteven.

The bulk update request #11251 is active.

create alias ars_goetia (5) -> the_lesser_key_of_solomon (164)
create alias lesser_key_of_solomon (4) -> the_lesser_key_of_solomon (164)
create alias lemegeton (0) -> the_lesser_key_of_solomon (164)
create alias the_little_key_of_solomon (0) -> the_lesser_key_of_solomon (164)
change category the_lesser_key_of_solomon (164) -> copyright

Reason: As per above. Particle version seems more proper.
Trying to just stick to the most varied names before we make a bundle of extra aliases.

EDIT: The bulk update request #11251 (forum #451405) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #11251 (forum #451405) has been approved by @spe.