Aliasing samurai_sword → katana
Link to alias

Reason:

and maybe
ninjato -> katana

EDIT: The tag alias samurai_sword -> katana (forum #277984) has been rejected by @NotMeNotYou.

Versperus said:
Aliasing samurai_sword → katana
Link to alias

Reason:

and maybe
ninjato -> katana

-1
Bit of a weird area

It would probably be more technically correct to alias samurai sword to something like japanese sword, then implicate katana/ninjato->japanese sword
There's a bunch of different swords that were used by samurai that weren't katana, but often katana is all people know (and it can be hard to tell some sword types apart) so that's just what things end up getting called.
Ninjato just straight up shouldn't be called katana though.

Also
Alias:
odachi and nodachi-> ōdachi
Implicate:
ōdachi -> japanese sword
wakizashi->japanese sword

Just my admittedly amateur opinions.

Of note:
tachi has a single post that's probably there due to the sword.

MagnusEffect said:
-1
Bit of a weird area

It would probably be more technically correct to alias samurai sword to something like japanese sword, then implicate katana/ninjato->japanese sword
There's a bunch of different swords that were used by samurai that weren't katana, but often katana is all people know (and it can be hard to tell some sword types apart) so that's just what things end up getting called.
Ninjato just straight up shouldn't be called katana though.

Also
Alias:
odachi and nodachi-> ōdachi
Implicate:
ōdachi -> japanese sword
wakizashi->japanese sword

Just my admittedly amateur opinions.

Of note:
tachi has a single post that's probably there due to the sword.

Tantō-> Japanese_sword

Has 5 posts

Kodachi-> japanese_sword

Has one post, but it's a character type tag.

Maybe they can all be lumped together into Japanese_weaponry (Kunai, kusarigama, katana etc.)?

The tag alias samurai_sword -> katana (forum #277984) has been rejected by @NotMeNotYou.