So I was checking out the_joker and joker and related terms and got into some trouble.

Both joker and the_joker is used for the DC character, but I guess Joker could also be the playing_card, and there are probably other instances of characters named this (but maybe not on here). However joker is also used at least once for the general meaning of the word.

Strangely enough the DC character is often identified as Joker but always(?) referred to as The Joker, so what should we call him? As a note, if joker is cleaned out it would only hold very few posts.

In general terms we then have joker, jester, clown and harlequin, all related but maybe not enough to really group them together much? (We also have a (not quite) related comedian but I think that's a bit different)

harlequin not to be confused with harley_quinn, also note that we have 3 harlequin fur coat patterns in there.

Clowns are distinct enough to keep separate.
The difference between jester and harlequin is rarely apparent from images, I think those two can be combined.

And joker probably needs disambiguation.

Use The_Joker, we may just end up with other Joker tagged images in the future and they need a place to go. Might be something to disambiguate if there's enough to it.

Or joker_(batman)/the_joker_(batman), which I think would be clearer than joker/the_joker. Its format would then match other tags that would be confusing without a suffix.

Okay so we got:

• harley_quinn
• the_joker (or the_joker_(batman) if that's preferred.)

• jester <- harlequin (or other way around?)
• clown

And the wild card joker maybe to be disambiguated and should instead go into one of the_joker, jester/harlequin, playing_card, clown, comedian, etc.

Sound good?