This artist operates under the name "Tsubasa" (つばさ). This artist also operates under the name "Tsubasa". Beyond Tsubasa being a decently common name in its own right, how would they be differentiated here within the tags?

strikerman said:
This artist operates under the name "Tsubasa" (つばさ). This artist also operates under the name "Tsubasa". Beyond Tsubasa being a decently common name in its own right, how would they be differentiated here within the tags?

Try to find a different name if possible. This Tsubasa has a Twitter where they go by "GROWTH_pix", so that could be used instead (and have their artist entry include Tsubasa and つばさ as alternate names).

Ah, fair enough for those two. As a hypothetical, at least, what if these two were only on Pixiv and therefore only had the name "Tsubasa"?

strikerman said:
Ah, fair enough for those two. As a hypothetical, at least, what if these two were only on Pixiv and therefore only had the name "Tsubasa"?

I might try to include their pixiv ID somehow. Maybe tsubasa_(pixiv_606974), though it is a bit unwieldy.

watsit said:
I might try to include their pixiv ID somehow. Maybe tsubasa_(pixiv_606974), though it is a bit unwieldy.

Does this specific problem only exist because pixiv uses numerical IDs alongside free-pick display names? (edit: typed this before noticing it's つばさ vs つばさ@お絵描き強化月間)
I think Twitter allows duplicate display-name as well, but the account address is usually a unique text handle?

I always found it unfortunate when an artist's handle is just a generic term that you can't use for searching, or so common there's five+ of them.

magnuseffect said:
Does this specific problem only exist because pixiv uses numerical IDs alongside free-pick display names? (edit: typed this before noticing it's つばさ vs つばさ@お絵描き強化月間)

Pretty much. The @お絵描き強化月間 part is just an addendum to their name, meaning something like "drawing enhancement month". Their Twitter display name is つばさ@コミッションがんばり月間, where the @コミッションがんばり月間 means something like "commission endurance/perseverance month", so an iron artist kind of thing I suspect. I don't know if Pixiv allows artists to change their display name like Twitter does or not.

magnuseffect said:
I think Twitter allows duplicate display-name as well, but the account address is usually a unique text handle?

Yes. The @GROWTH_pix handle (and https://twitter.com/GROWTH_pix URL) is unique, and can't be changed without invalidating old URL links. The display name can be anything and can be changed whenever.

watsit said:
Maybe tsubasa_(pixiv_606974), though it is a bit unwieldy.

i believe the convention is no underscore, just: tsubasa_(pixiv606974)
most examples on danbooru seem to follow it
(e621 doesn't really have enough examples to draw conclusions from)