I know a lot of people post their commissioned art or get gifted art but I have a hard time finding art specifically related to them. There is [CHARACTER_(OWNER)] but sometimes the character doesnt get tagged, the character doesnt have a name, the poster doesnt credit properly or it isnt fitting to list someone who was involved but didnt make the art.
A related user or artist function in the tags would be very helpful. A way to see what this person is involved in but can seperate their art from a gift they got.

grey_scale_dragon said:
There is [CHARACTER_(OWNER)] but sometimes the character doesnt get tagged, the character doesnt have a name, the poster doesnt credit properly or it isnt fitting to list someone who was involved but didnt make the art.

If someone isn't tagging characters properly already, having more tags won't help anything.

As for "someone who was involved but didnt make the art", it may help to be a bit more specific. "Related to the art" can mean nearly anything. We don't tag commissioners because they aren't the ones that actually made the art, and there are artists that also commission art, which would get confusing to have multiple tags for the same person. If someone commissions multiple pieces of art with the same character who is unnamed, we can make a tag with a placeholder name (e.g. wolf_(someguy)) that can be updated if they later get a proper name.

watsit said:
As for "someone who was involved but didnt make the art", it may help to be a bit more specific.

*cough*voiceactors*cough*

Couldn't sets be used for this?

watsit said:
As for "someone who was involved but didn't make the art", it may help to be a bit more specific.

I think the OP just means character tags, which already exist, and they should just add the characters if they see a pic missing the tag. But on a related note, it could mean copyright/universes. People are good at using the copyright tag for, say, Warhammer for their Skaven OCs, but not always so good for independent artists, something tells me no Lutrai pics have rym_(ollie_canal) since that tag doesn't even exist. It would require new tags.

kevsnowcat said:
I think the OP just means character tags, which already exist, and they should just add the characters if they see a pic missing the tag. But on a related note, it could mean copyright/universes. People are good at using the copyright tag for, say, Warhammer for their Skaven OCs, but not always so good for independent artists, something tells me no Lutrai pics have rym_(ollie_canal) since that tag doesn't even exist. It would require new tags.

kevsnowcat said:
I think the OP just means character tags, which already exist, and they should just add the characters if they see a pic missing the tag. But on a related note, it could mean copyright/universes. People are good at using the copyright tag for, say, Warhammer for their Skaven OCs, but not always so good for independent artists, something tells me no Lutrai pics have rym_(ollie_canal) since that tag doesn't even exist. It would require new tags.

Not really what i meant. Lets say i draw one of many characters by someone who commissions a lot and tag everything correctly including the character and crediting properly. Someone now has to look up every character specifically (and its a lot) to find a new post related to that person. Maybe someone uses a free model from the internet and dont know how to credit the person who made the model. You can credit them in the description but sometimes that can get missed. You can try to look up the character like toy_chica_(eroticphobia) but that might not work if youre looking up a model of a generic character like the andy purro gardevoir.
What im saying is that it can be easier to find new or obscure works and characters related to someone if you can sort by a common credit.

watsit said:
If someone isn't tagging characters properly already, having more tags won't help anything.

As for "someone who was involved but didnt make the art", it may help to be a bit more specific. "Related to the art" can mean nearly anything. We don't tag commissioners because they aren't the ones that actually made the art, and there are artists that also commission art, which would get confusing to have multiple tags for the same person. If someone commissions multiple pieces of art with the same character who is unnamed, we can make a tag with a placeholder name (e.g. wolf_(someguy)) that can be updated if they later get a proper name.

I was talking about commissioners and maybe using something like the exclude tag but for credited stuff. Just being able to sort by the bracketed text can be a better way to do this because you already have credit at least for the characters. You might know about wolf1-27 but not ever know about wolf28 or cat1 without specifically searching their names. So sorting by characters credited to (someguy) can help find old and obscure characters and gather their commissions in one place if all they do is commission.

Commissioners have always been eligible for copyright tags for each picture in which their OCs appear, it's just almost none of them bother to do so.

wat8548 said:
Commissioners have always been eligible for copyright tags for each picture in which their OCs appear, it's just almost none of them bother to do so.

No! NOOOOOO! Absolutely they do not! The ONLY exception that I am aware of to this is whitekitten, and that is ONLY for blacklisting purpose.

DO NOT CREATE COPYRIGHT TAGS FOR COMMISSIONERS!

To respond to the original topic: Adding additional tags, to try and address undertagging situations doesn't work. You can helpfully add character tags when they are applicable and that is the correct solution.

kiranoot said:
No! NOOOOOO! Absolutely they do not! The ONLY exception that I am aware of to this is whitekitten, and that is ONLY for blacklisting purpose.

DO NOT CREATE COPYRIGHT TAGS FOR COMMISSIONERS!

mudkipz9 is a bad tag then i take it

kiranoot said:
No! NOOOOOO! Absolutely they do not! The ONLY exception that I am aware of to this is whitekitten, and that is ONLY for blacklisting purpose.

And aj_the_flygon, foxjump, feuerfrei, xanderblaze_(copyright), wolfpack67, paledrake, evane, copperback01, ratherdevious, flir, riptideshark, skimike, bigmaster, taggcrossroad, darkmor, gentlemanplayer, to name just a few I found in a casual 60-second scroll down the tags list?

wat8548 said:
And aj_the_flygon, foxjump, feuerfrei, xanderblaze_(copyright), wolfpack67, paledrake, evane, copperback01, ratherdevious, flir, riptideshark, skimike, bigmaster, taggcrossroad, darkmor, gentlemanplayer, to name just a few I found in a casual 60-second scroll down the tags list?

They should be invalidated. A tag being in the system doesn't mean it's sanctioned or correct. In cases like these, it's easy for someone to create invalid commissioner tags that go for a while without being invalidated. See minikane_(commissioner), pepsi_(fa), and marefurryfan for examples of commissioner tags being invalidated.