The bulk update request #1040 is active.
create alias microsoft_corporation (0) -> microsoft (35865)
create alias microsoft_studios (0) -> xbox_game_studios (13827)
create implication minecraft (5116) -> mojang (5117)
create implication mojang (5117) -> xbox_game_studios (13827)
create implication turn_10_studios (8) -> xbox_game_studios (13827)
create implication playground_games (9) -> xbox_game_studios (13827)
create alias turn_10 (0) -> turn_10_studios (8)
create alias turn_ten_studios (0) -> turn_10_studios (8)
create alias turn_ten (0) -> turn_10_studios (8)
create implication forza_motorsport (8) -> forza (21)
create implication forza_horizon (9) -> forza (21)
create implication forza_motorsport (8) -> turn_10_studios (8)
create implication forza_horizon (9) -> playground_games (9)
create implication windows_3.1 (4) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_95 (44) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_2000 (2) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_xp (124) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_vista (9) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_7 (29) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create alias windows_8.1 (0) -> windows_8 (5)
create implication windows_8 (5) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_10 (89) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication windows_11 (9) -> microsoft_windows (409)
create implication microsoft_windows (409) -> microsoft (35865)
create implication internet_explorer (56) -> microsoft (35865)
create implication microsoft_edge (7) -> microsoft (35865)
create alias clippy_(office_assistant) (0) -> clippit (30)
create implication clippit (30) -> microsoft_office (59)
create implication microsoft_excel (20) -> microsoft_office (59)
create implication microsoft_office (59) -> microsoft (35865)
create alias java_(microsoft) (0) -> java_(microsoft_bob) (2)
create implication java_(microsoft_bob) (2) -> microsoft_bob (4)
create implication rover_(office_assistant) (8) -> microsoft (35865)
create implication microsoft_bob (4) -> microsoft (35865)
create implication microsoft_agent (1) -> microsoft (35865)
create implication microsoft_bing (1) -> microsoft (35865)
create implication zune (4) -> microsoft (35865)
remove alias xbox_one_s_controller (0) -> xbox_one_controller (0)
remove alias xbox_one_x_controller (0) -> xbox_one_controller (0)
remove implication xbox_one_controller (0) -> xbox_one (158)
remove implication xbox_one_controller (0) -> xbox_controller (514)
create alias xbox_one_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_x_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_s_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_x/s_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_x_&_s_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_x_and_s_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_series_x_and_series_s_controller (0) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create implication xbox_wireless_controller (125) -> xbox_controller (514)
create implication xbox_elite_wireless_controller (3) -> xbox_wireless_controller (125)
create alias xbox_elite_controller (0) -> xbox_elite_wireless_controller (3)
create implication xbox_series_x (33) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create implication xbox_series_s (3) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias s (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_x_&_s (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_x_and_s (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_x_and_series_s (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_x_&_series_s (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias x (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_s_&_x (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_s_and_x (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_s_and_series_x (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_s_&_series_x (0) -> xbox_series_x/s (44)
create alias xbox_series_x_console (0) -> xbox_series_x (33)
create alias xbox_series_s_console (0) -> xbox_series_s (3)
create implication xbox_series_x/s (44) -> xbox (812)
Reason:
- 1: Full name of Microsoft, however redundant it is to have a full company name as an alias. (It's what ImpidiDinkaDoo would have done.)
- 2: Former name of their video game division.
- 3: Video game developers owned by Microsoft to make video games. Also, Mojang develops Minecraft.
- 4: Shorthands and alternate spellings of Turn 10 Studios.
- 5: Forza is divided into two main series with distinct identities.
- 6: Turn 10 is the developer of Forza Motorsport, and Playground Games is the developer of Forza Horizon. (Turn 10 assists Playground Games with Forza Horizon, but Playground Games are the primary developers.)
- 7: Microsoft's most famous product and the basis of their current logo, along with several different versions of the operating system including the upcoming Windows 11. (Windows 8.1, while a different OS from Windows 8, is arguably not distinct enough from 8 to warrant having its own tag. I've also considered aliasing windows_95 to windows_9x as Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) are part of the same Windows family and not terribly distinct from one another visually, but I feel that it would be overdoing it.)
- 8: Microsoft's former and current web browsers.
- 9: Clippy's real name. (Unless you guys really want "fan" nicknames.)
- 10: Another well-known product, and Excel is part of the Office family.
- 11: Old software from Microsoft and a character from that software.
- 12: Another character from the Office Assistant family of characters that Clippit/"Clippy" is in. Since he appeared in three distinct products (Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Office, and Windows XP via its search function), I decided to implicate him to just microsoft instead. (Should I make an office_assistant character or copyright tag?)
- 13: Another old software from Microsoft.
- 14: Microsoft's search engine. Its name has been "Microsoft Bing" since 2020.
- 15: Microsoft's late line of portable media players (and their media player computer software).
- 16: The official name of the controller introduced with the Xbox One is the Xbox Wireless Controller, and since all versions of the controller work with the Xbox One and its successor the Xbox Series X and Series S (along with Microsoft Windows and, to a lesser extent, macOS, Linux iOS, and Android), it's frankly not proper to implicate it any one console no matter what revision of the controller it is. (And just to note, Sony's DualShock 4 being compatible with the PlayStation 5 not the same thing, since that controller has its own specific controller with the DualSense, and the DualShock 4's PS5 compatibility is only meant for playing backward-compatible PlayStation 4 games on that console. Microsoft deliberately made sure that all revisions of the Xbox Wireless Controller work between the eighth and ninth console generations as well as for PCs and smartphones, the latter provided it's the revisions with Bluetooth in them.) And while the are some distinct differences between revisions of the controller, they're not distinct enough to justify keeping them separate, save for the premium Xbox Elite Wireless Controller (both "series") which can have its own tag implicated to xbox_wireless_controller provided a post showing either version of that model is posted someday.
- 17: The Xbox Series X/S is the brand name for Microsoft's two consoles for the current ninth generation. Since the both the Series X and Series S have distinct appearances from one another, while their shared controller has all the specific things I mentioned in reason 16, it would actually be redundant to have "console" in their tag names when either those specific consoles appear. Also, while the two consoles are promoted together by Microsoft as "Xbox Series X|S", the tag for the brand should use a slash instead of a vertical pipe to avoid issues with eSix's DText system on the wiki and comments with display text for wiki and tag search links, since using [[xbox series x|s]] would lead to just s. This is also to avoid conflicts with eSix's search and blacklist functions. (Note that Wikipedia does the same thing for technical reasons relating to their MediaWiki backend.)
Update one: Changed java_(microsoft) to java_(microsoft_bob) for the only two posts tagged with it and added an alias suggestion to reflect the change.
Update two: Added various Windows OSs and rover_(office_assistant).
Update three: Changed aliases and implications for the Xbox Wireless Controller, and added the Xbox Series X and Series S.
EDIT: The bulk update request #1040 (forum #312281) has been approved by @Millcore.
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