Topic: [REJECTED] Tag alias: teso -> elder_scrolls_online

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

bitWolfy

Former Staff

I agree, but shouldn't it be the_elder_scrolls_online to match the_elder_scrolls?
IMHO, it would be better to drop "the" from both of those... but the_elder_scrolls already has a bunch of implications and alises.

bitwolfy said:
I agree, but shouldn't it be the_elder_scrolls_online to match the_elder_scrolls?
IMHO, it would be better to drop "the" from both of those... but the_elder_scrolls already has a bunch of implications and alises.

Well, the term Elder Scrolls Online (without "THE") is more used among the game's community - that's why the tag elder_scrolls_online (69) has more posts than the_elder_scrolls_online (25).
With it being more popular, I thought it's better to just use the THE-less form, but if it's changed, I wouldn't argue.
I also posted a request to alias those two a while ago here.

Should be aliased to the_elder_scrolls instead. It's crazy to see how many tags people have ended up creating over the years:

elder_scrolls:_skyrim
the_elder_scrolls_(copyright)
the_elder_scrolls_(series)
the_elder_scrolls_v
the_elder_scrolls_online_(copyright)
arena_(the_elder_scrolls)
series:the_elder_scrolls
elder_scrolls_(series)
elder_scrolls_oblivion
elder_scrolls_skyrim
the_elder_scrolls:_prequel # fan series, not even official
the_elder_scrolls:_oblivion
elder_scrolls_series
elder_scrolls_v
the_elder_scrolls_ii_daggerfall
the_elder_scrolls_iv:_skyrim # ...
elder_scrolls_v_skyrim
the_elder_scrolls_iii:_morrowind
the_elder_scrolls_online
elder_scrolls_online
gen:elder_scrolls
skyrim_the_elder_scrolls
the_elder_scrolls_v:_skrim
the_elder_scrolls_v:_skriv
the_elder_scrolls:v_skyrim # this is getting ridiculous now
the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim
the_elder_scrolls_skyrim
elder_scrolls_iv:_oblivion
the_elder_scrolls_iv
the_elder_scrolls_iv_oblivion
the_elder_scrolls:skyrim
the_elder_scrolls_v:skyrim
_elder_scrolls
the_elder_scrolls:_skyrim
the_elder_scrolls_5
elder_scrolls_5
the_elder_scrolls_iv:_oblivion
the_elder_scrolls_v:_skyrim

Along with Morrowind and Skyrim, I see no reason these need to be distinct tags implicating the_elder_scrolls rather than aliases. Prequel and Oblivion also seem like they should be disambiguations, since the former is a very common term, and the latter is also the name of a movie, a few characters and artists, and is similar to other titles like Oblivion Zero and Oblivion Fall.

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