The tag implication #56483 flash_emanata -> emanata has been approved.

Reason: It's a type of emanata

EDIT: The tag implication flash_emanata -> emanata (forum #393245) has been approved by @slyroon.

The bulk update request #6848 is active.

create implication bar_emanata (2351) -> emanata (17189)
create implication bolt_emanata (176) -> emanata (17189)
create implication bubble_emanata (54) -> emanata (17189)
create implication cloud_emanata (1646) -> emanata (17189)
create implication crossbar_emanata (667) -> emanata (17189)
create implication swirl_emanata (40) -> emanata (17189)

Reason: Same reason as parent topic

EDIT: The bulk update request #6848 (forum #393246) has been approved by @slyroon.

The bulk update request #6858 is active.

create alias expressive_emanata (1) -> emanata (17189)
create alias attention_emanata (1) -> emanata (17189)
create alias laugh_emanata (1) -> emanata (17189)
create alias impact_emanata (2) -> emanata (17189)
create alias pain_emanata (1) -> emanata (17189)
create alias speech_emanata (2) -> emanata (17189)

Reason: These tags feel extremely nondescript, not to mention redundant. The primary purpose of an emanata is to show a character's emotions, something that makes them inherently expressive, so adding that extra word to the tag does nothing but add clutter. I know that there are other uses for them besides displaying emotions, but they are still a form of visual storytelling, so my point stands regardless. In addition, all of the other variants describe the situation they're used in rather than what they actually are, which often leads to mistagging. For example, this post is tagged with attention_emanata, a tag that should be used when a character notices something, as well as impact_emanata, presumably because they are often drawn similarly. It's also correctly tagged with impact_emanata, which, despite describing what the emanata is being used for, doesn't describe how it looks. At the same time, very often there's a good bit of variation in the emanatas that these tags describe, with attention emanatas looking completely different (Flash, Bar, Crossbar), or two identical emanatas being tagged with speech_emanata and laugh_emanata (Crossbar speech, Crossbar laugh) (Bar speech, Bar laugh). I'd also like to say that the distinction between when something should be tagged with laughing or speech is hazy at best, which I think is shown well with the crossbar examples. To summarize, I think these tags had a good intention when they were initially made but ended up cluttering searches more than anything. I think it's best to alias these away and stick to just using the descriptive emanatas. If we do get rid of these, the emanata wiki page should be updated to match.

EDIT: The bulk update request #6858 (forum #393266) has been approved by @slyroon.

Related: topic #42363

The bulk update request #6848 (forum #393246) has been approved by @slyroon.

The bulk update request #6858 (forum #393266) has been approved by @slyroon.

The tag implication flash_emanata -> emanata (forum #393245) has been approved by @slyroon.