The tag alias #77158 hicky_mark -> hickey has been approved.

Reason: We already have hickey, wrap them up into one tag.

Aside from that, hickey is (evidently) misspelt in the tag "hicky_mark"
Almost utterly unrelated, hickeys appears in search even though it's aliased to hickey.

EDIT: The tag alias hicky_mark -> hickey (forum #454838) has been approved by @spe.

topic #47001

peskeon said:
Almost utterly unrelated, hickeys appears in search even though it's aliased to hickey.

Typing in hickeys returns all results for hickey to me. That is intended alias behavior. The tags are not just merged together when adding them to a post, but the search terms are considered synonymous as well. If you are getting a separate list of results when searching those two terms, then yes, that would be a bug.

Edit: Despite being a partial duplicate of topic #47001, I still think that this alias is worth having due to multiple different users making the typo. I would argue that we should also add the aliases hicky_marks, hickey_mark, hickey_marks, hickie_mark, and hickie_marks for the full suite of spelling and pluralization varieties so nothing slips through the cracks.

The tag alias hicky_mark -> hickey (forum #454838) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #11411 is pending approval.

create alias hicky_marks (0) -> hickey (244)
create alias hickey_mark (0) -> hickey (244)
create alias hickey_marks (0) -> hickey (244)
create alias hickie_mark (0) -> hickey (244)
create alias hickie_marks (0) -> hickey (244)

Reason:

song said:
Edit: Despite being a partial duplicate of topic #47001, I still think that this alias is worth having due to multiple different users making the typo. I would argue that we should also add the aliases hicky_marks, hickey_mark, hickey_marks, hickie_mark, and hickie_marks for the full suite of spelling and pluralization varieties so nothing slips through the cracks.

I agree, even if people might say "This is preemptive and thus not in the spirit of e6."