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Magia Record, Magical Girls and Alts

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Lately I went through the Magireco tag (or rather, its Safe and currently active portion - I'm still planning on doing that for Questionable and Explicit sooner-or-later as well, though probably won't bother with deleted posts) to add the magical girl tag where it's missing. However, I sorta ran into an issue of tagging alts from the game. Namely, while the characters are technically transformed within them, they don't really look "magical girl"-y at all, for example Swimsuit alts and Haregi alts. See post #4322597, for example - within it, there are two girls who are transformed and wearing a kimono, and three who aren't. Would someone who doesn't know Magia Record be able to tell them apart? I doubt so. That's Madoka (pink) and Sayaka (blue), btw. Or post #4032582 - one MG, seven untransformed. The MG is Iroha - pink

I'm simply afraid I'm leaning too hard on canon tagging, in here, and that's why I'm kinda hesitant on this.

I made favgroup #14430 to compile all the alts from the game, to make re-tagging easier.

Additionally, I think I might need a tip - there are some dual units in the game (that is, alts that have two characters as one unit), and I don't know how to deal with them once I get around to making tags for all the alts, similar to Holy Mami - should I make two separate tags, like Alina Gray (Halloween ver.), Misono Karin (Halloween ver.), even though the alt is shared? Or a single tag, like Alina and Karin (Halloween ver.), disregarding that there are posts where the two are separated?

If it helps, here's a Puella Magi Wiki page that lists all the alts and characters.

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  • KagayakuShiningGate said:

    Additionally, I think I might need a tip - there are some dual units in the game (that is, alts that have two characters as one unit), and I don't know how to deal with them once I get around to making tags for all the alts, similar to Holy Mami - should I make two separate tags, like Alina Gray (Halloween ver.), Misono Karin (Halloween ver.), even though the alt is shared? Or a single tag, like Alina and Karin (Halloween ver.), disregarding that there are posts where the two are separated?

    I think the standard in these situations is just to make two separate tags. Makes precise searches easier, so it's what I'd agree with in any case.

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  • Okay, then question number two (three?) - should I go with tag names like character_name_(alt), or character_name_(alt_ver.)? Might sound trivial, but there are, for example, swimsuit alts, like Tamaki Iroha (Swimsuit ver.), where I'm afraid just tagging it as (swimsuit) could lead to a mass of mistagging - Iroha has like four official swimsuits (only one of them is an alt), and probably a ton of fanmade ones, so people who know the series less could assume it's just a tag for when she's in a swimsuit, not *this* specific swimsuit (similar applies to other characters, obviously).

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  • The bulk update request #10497 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

    rename miki_sayaka_(swimsuit_ver.) -> miki_sayaka_(surfer_ver.)
    rename togame_momoko_(sister) -> togame_momoko_(sister_ver.)
    create alias rena-chan_(idol_ver.) -> minami_rena_(idol_ver.)
    create alias rumor_of_the_nameless_artificial_intelligence -> ai-chan_(magia_record)
    create alias mannenzakura_no_uwasa -> eternal_sakura
    create alias hiiragi_sakurako -> eternal_sakura
    create alias mannenzakura_no_uwasa_(swimsuit_ver.) -> eternal_sakura_(swimsuit_ver.)
    create alias holy_alina_(magia_record) -> holy_alina
    rename yume_ulala -> yume_urara
    rename natsu_ryoko -> natsu_ryouko

    1st rename because I accidentally messed up the name, 2nd to standardize.
    Aliases mostly because there are no official translations for names anymore.
    The last few are because of different romanizations.

    I will probably also do a BUR for alts and academy uniform implications some day, but that day ain't today yet.

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  • I was eventually going to expand those tags, but if the aliases ain't needed, then I guess that just means less pressure on me. Though, I'm thinking more about uploaders, since there've been cases already of a character with multiple names having two chartags, like Ai-chan/Uwasa of the Anonymous Artificial Intelligence or Eternal Sakura/Mannenzakura no Uwasa, maybe.

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  • The bulk update request #10799 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

    create alias ryuugasaki_academy_uniform -> ryuugasaki_academy_school_uniform
    create alias shirome_school_uniform -> shiraha_private_academy_school_uniform
    create alias eliza_celjska -> elisa_celjska
    rename yuki_maria -> yuki_maria_(madoka_magica)

    The first one I missed, the second is fixing an old mis-romanization, and the third is merging two tags for the same character, qualifying Yuki Maria since apparently there is another.

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  • Damian0358
  • The bulk update request #11151 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

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    create alias futaba_sana_(uwasa) -> uwasa_no_sana
    create alias yui_tsuruno_(uwasa) -> uwasa_no_tsuruno
    create alias tomoe_mami_(holy) -> holy_mami
    create alias alina_gray_(holy) -> holy_alina
    create implication akino_kaede_(swimsuit_costume) -> akino_kaede
    create implication akino_kaede_(swimsuit_ver.) -> akino_kaede
    create implication akino_kaede_(winter_costume) -> akino_kaede
    create implication eternal_sakura_(swimsuit_ver.) -> eternal_sakura
    create implication futaba_sana_(haregi_costume) -> futaba_sana
    create implication futaba_sana_(pajamas_costume) -> futaba_sana
    create implication futaba_sana_(swimsuit_costume) -> futaba_sana
    create implication futaba_sana_(winter_costume) -> futaba_sana
    create implication uwasa_no_sana -> futaba_sana
    create implication izumi_kanagi_(vampire_ver.) -> izumi_kanagi
    create implication izumi_kanagi_(yamiochi_ver.) -> izumi_kanagi
    create implication izumi_kanagi_(swimsuit_costume) -> izumi_kanagi
    create implication minami_rena_(idol_ver.) -> minami_rena
    create implication minami_rena_(swimsuit_costume) -> minami_rena
    create implication minami_rena_(swimsuit_ver.) -> minami_rena
    create implication minami_rena_(winter_costume) -> minami_rena
    create implication mitsuki_felicia_(halloween_costume) -> mitsuki_felicia
    create implication mitsuki_felicia_(pajamas_costume) -> mitsuki_felicia
    create implication mitsuki_felicia_(swimsuit_costume) -> mitsuki_felicia
    create implication mitsuki_felicia_(winter_costume) -> mitsuki_felicia
    create implication nanami_yachiyo_(hajimari_ver.) -> nanami_yachiyo
    create implication nanami_yachiyo_(haregi_costume) -> nanami_yachiyo
    create implication nanami_yachiyo_(pajamas_costume) -> nanami_yachiyo
    create implication nanami_yachiyo_(swimsuit_costume) -> nanami_yachiyo
    create implication nanami_yachiyo_(tanabata_ver.) -> nanami_yachiyo
    create implication nanami_yachiyo_(winter_costume) -> nanami_yachiyo
    create implication tamaki_ui_(miko_ver.) -> tamaki_ui
    create implication tamaki_ui_(swimsuit_costume) -> tamaki_ui
    create implication togame_momoko_(mermaid_ver.) -> togame_momoko
    create implication togame_momoko_(sister_ver.) -> togame_momoko
    create implication togame_momoko_(swimsuit_costume) -> togame_momoko
    create implication togame_momoko_(winter_costume) -> togame_momoko
    create implication yakumo_mitama_(haregi_ver.) -> yakumo_mitama
    create implication yakumo_mitama_(mermaid_ver.) -> yakumo_mitama
    create implication yakumo_mitama_(swimsuit_costume) -> yakumo_mitama
    create implication yakumo_mitama_(yamiochi_ver.) -> yakumo_mitama
    create implication uwasa_no_tsuruno -> yui_tsuruno
    create implication yui_tsuruno_(christmas_costume) -> yui_tsuruno
    create implication yui_tsuruno_(delivery_ver.) -> yui_tsuruno
    create implication yui_tsuruno_(pajamas_costume) -> yui_tsuruno
    create implication yui_tsuruno_(swimsuit_costume) -> yui_tsuruno
    create implication yui_tsuruno_(winter_costume) -> yui_tsuruno

    Aliases since the official names of the units don't start with their family/given names, and the first batch of implications.

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  • DangerNightime
  • The bulk update request #11653 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

    create implication tamaki_iroha_(christmas_costume) -> tamaki_iroha
    create implication tamaki_iroha_(miko_ver.) -> tamaki_iroha
    create implication tamaki_iroha_(pajamas_costume) -> tamaki_iroha
    create implication tamaki_iroha_(swimsuit_costume) -> tamaki_iroha
    create implication tamaki_iroha_(swimsuit_ver.) -> tamaki_iroha
    create implication tamaki_iroha_(winter_costume) -> tamaki_iroha

    Somehow missed these, even though they were supposed to be in the previous batch.

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  • The bulk update request #12196 has been approved by @evazion.

    create implication kuroe_(swimsuit_ver.)_(madoka_magica) -> kuroe_(madoka_magica)
    create implication infinite_iroha -> tamaki_iroha
    create alias tamaki_iroha_(infinite) -> infinite_iroha
    create implication holy_alina -> alina_gray
    create implication alina_gray_(hospitalized_costume) -> alina_gray
    create implication alina_gray_(halloween_ver.) -> alina_gray
    create implication alina_gray_(swimsuit_costume) -> alina_gray

    Newer variants, plus a full-name alias.
    EDIT: Added some more missing ones.

    Updated

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