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BUR #62041 has been rejected.
mass update family_computer_robot -> nintendo
create alias family_computer_robot -> r.o.b._(nintendo)
create alias rob_(nintendo) -> r.o.b._(nintendo)
R.O.B. is a Nintendo accessory. Thus, tagging Nintendo on him would be mandatory. Also utility aliases.
There's a bit of a split here because we have the actual physical robot as an irl object, which should be tagged with Nintendo, and a living sentient version from Super Smash Bros. (and other games), which imo should not be tagged with Nintendo the same way any other character isn't.
PersonalFowl said in forum #452619:
There's a bit of a split here because we have the actual physical robot as an irl object, which should be tagged with Nintendo, and a living sentient version from Super Smash Bros. (and other games), which imo should not be tagged with Nintendo the same way any other character isn't.
That doesn't make sense though because then R.O.B. wouldn't have a unitary copyright tag. Every character should, unless situations force an exception (ex. Virtual YouTubers), have a base copyright tag. We already have problems where people tag real life people but don't use the real life copyright tag, and problems like Shiranui Mai having up to three base copyright tags because no one can agree on a base.
If anything, the IRL object shouldn't be tagged with a copyright tag just like how you wouldn't tag a Nintendo Switch with Nintendo just because one pops up.
PersonalFowl said in forum #452759:
You're not supposed to tag Nintendo Switch/other hardware with Nintendo? Guess I misunderstood the Nintendo wiki; it kind of implies you should use the tag on the company's hardware.
I mean, you can check the difference in posts yourself between nintendo_switch -nintendo and nintendo_switch nintendo, and presumably it's the same with Sony and PlayStation and Microsoft and Xbox.
What it's saying is that using Nintendo on Nintendo hardware is acceptable, but it still needs to make sense.
fairn said in forum #452818:
No opinion on the mass update but changing the tag from perfectly clear English to an ambiguous name necessitating a qualifier seems like a downgrade.
If you think it should be a full English name, please propose a counter-BUR changing it to what R.O.B. stands for, Robotic Operating Buddy, since the main point of the above BUR is changing from the Japanese-English name to the American-English name.
fairn said in forum #452818:
No opinion on the mass update but changing the tag from perfectly clear English to an ambiguous name necessitating a qualifier seems like a downgrade.
Of the English speakers who know this character, a vast majority have never heard of a "Family Computer Robot" - what matters is whether users will know and recognize the tag, not whether it has a qualifier. If you Google Family Computer Robot, half of the results aren't even the Nintendo character, and of the actually relevant results, half of those call him "R.O.B.".
The bulk update request #62041 (forum #452596) has been rejected by @DanbooruBot.
