The bulk update request #3902 is active.

remove alias american_football_ball (0) -> football_(ball) (0)
remove implication football_(ball) (0) -> ball (15462)
mass update football_(ball) -> gridiron_ball
create implication gridiron_ball (446) -> ball (15462)

Reason: In response to topic #36774, which I had missed the vote on, the term "football_(ball)" is vague and can mean a football from different types of football sport (e.g., american_football, soccer/association_football, rugby, etc.).
Most people outside the US and Canada would associate the word "football" as to mean "soccer".

Additionally, the tag "football" has already been aliased to "football_(disambiguation)".

Suggest to mass update football_(ball) to gridiron_ball (similar to soccer_ball & rugby_ball), then alias to football_(disambiguation).

EDIT: The bulk update request #3902 (forum #354569) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

You're definitely right about disambiguation--in the first 18 football_(ball) posts, 5 are soccer_balls:

post #3791000 post #3782856 post #3760924 post #3737409 post #3731299

Pls. wait on the update until I can clean the tag, tho'
https://tagme.dev/projects/ftbll_vs_sccr/

Ok, it's done. I've also probably missed a few rugby_balls; whatever.
Actual ratio of tags removed was 80 / 470, so about 1 in 4 was a mistag.

Aren't "American Footballs" just specifically brown rugby balls? I'd think it could work best as an alias to rugby ball.

furrin_gok said:
Aren't "American Footballs" just specifically brown rugby balls? I'd think it could work best as an alias to rugby ball.

Gridiron (American) footballs tend to be sharper at the points while rugby balls tend to be more rounded and smoother.

• post #1442104 = Gridiron_Ball
• post #3568986 = Rugby_Ball

Could you include the alias and implication removal in this BUR as well?

gattonero2001 said:
Could you include the alias and implication removal in this BUR as well?

I'm not entirely sure whether BURs follow the order they were in on the script now, since I was told they were randomly queued before.
Let me know if there are any issues with the changes to the BURs.

The bulk update request #3902 (forum #354569) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

The bulk update request #3921 is active.

create alias football_(ball) (0) -> football_(disambiguation) (0)
change category football_(disambiguation) (0) -> invalid

Reason: As noted earlier in this thread, people use football_(ball) for soccer_balls, gridiron_balls (American), and rugby_balls.
Disambiguate the tag for ease of sorting.

EDIT: The bulk update request #3921 (forum #354757) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

The bulk update request #3922 is active.

create alias american_football_ball (0) -> gridiron_ball (446)

Reason: Per wikipedia, the type of football commonly played in North America is called "gridiron football". American football is a type of gridiron football.

EDIT: The bulk update request #3922 (forum #354758) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

The bulk update request #3921 (forum #354757) has been approved by @gattonero2001.

The bulk update request #3922 (forum #354758) has been approved by @gattonero2001.