Topic: [feature] add some explanations on the alias/implication/BUR creation pages

Posted under Site Bug Reports & Feature Requests

Requested feature overview description.
On https://e621.net/tag_alias_request/new and https://e621.net/tag_implication_request/new, mention that if you want to suggest multiple related implications/aliases to go to https://e621.net/bulk_update_requests/new instead. Furthermore, on https://e621.net/bulk_update_requests/new, add an explanation of what the "Forum topic" field is for. EDIT: Also, add a page explaining what a BUR is to https://e621.net/help/wiki.

Why would it be useful?
I don't think this info is documented anywhere (if it is, it's pretty well hidden), so user who are new to these tools often create multiple threads of individual implications/aliases when a BUR is more appropriate or create a new thread for a BUR when adding it to an existing thread is more appropriate.

What part(s) of the site page(s) are affected?
https://e621.net/tag_alias_request/new
https://e621.net/tag_implication_request/new
https://e621.net/bulk_update_requests/new
https://e621.net/help/wiki and the new page https://e621.net/help/bulk_update_request_(BUR)

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crocogator said:
Requested feature overview description.
On https://e621.net/tag_alias_request/new and https://e621.net/tag_implication_request/new, mention that if you want to suggest multiple related implications/aliases to go to https://e621.net/bulk_update_requests/new instead. Furthermore, on https://e621.net/bulk_update_requests/new, add an explanation of what the "Forum topic" field is for.

Why would it be useful?
I don't think this info is documented anywhere (if it is, it's pretty well hidden), so user who are new to these tools often create multiple threads of individual implications/aliases when a BUR is more appropriate or create a new thread for a BUR when adding it to an existing thread is more appropriate.

What part(s) of the site page(s) are affected?
https://e621.net/tag_alias_request/new
https://e621.net/tag_implication_request/new
https://e621.net/bulk_update_requests/new

As someone who had made a BUR for the first time today, I was unable to find documentation on what it even is.

Even if it's self-explanatory from the perspective of someone who has used this site nearly a decade, clicking the BUR request button and going through the official interface is confusing. After spending time filling out a form, I get a wall of errors:
ie. can't go over 25 lines and each line needs to have a request made beforehand (which seems like a lot of unnecessary work, assuming a BUR script is capable of changing stuff without needing human output aside from writing the script?)

magikarp said:
As someone who had made a BUR for the first time today, I was unable to find documentation on what it even is.

I checked before creating this thread, and I didn't see anything either. A Wiki probably ought to be created for it
on https://e621.net/help/wiki. I'll add that to my request.

magikarp said:
Even if it's self-explanatory from the perspective of someone who has used this site nearly a decade, clicking the BUR request button and going through the official interface is confusing. After spending time filling out a form, I get a wall of errors:
ie. can't go over 25 lines and each line needs to have a request made beforehand (which seems like a lot of unnecessary work, assuming a BUR script is capable of changing stuff without needing human output aside from writing the script?)

Yeah, the interface is confusing. A Wiki might help, assuming anybody reads it. Maybe the BUR request page should have a link to the Wiki?

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