The bulk update request #8164 is active.

Reason: Balaur bondoc and Anchiornis were theropods.

Haast's eagle was an eagle.

Tully monster is the common name for Tullimonstrum gregarium, and it's a monotypic genus. Scientists are still trying to work out how to classify them, but they were marine at least.

Genetic research in 2021 revealed that the dire wolf should be placed in its own genus, not Canis.

Glyptodon is a genus in the Glyptodont subfamily.

Short-faced_bear is the common name for the tremarctine subfamily.

The steller's sea cow is one of three species in the Hydrodamalis genus

The carolina parakeet is a neotropical parrot.

The maruritius blue pigeon is a blue pigeon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachydyptes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsinoitherium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menoceras

after:

update short-faced_bear -> arctodus
imply dire_wolf -> canine
imply arctodus -> short-faced_bear
imply short-faced_bear -> bear
alias tremarctine -> short-faced_bear

EDIT: The bulk update request #8164 (forum #405526) has been approved by @scaliespe.

wandering_spaniel said:
create implication haast's_eagle (4) -> accipitrid (9133)

Why not imply it to eagle?

strikerman said:
Why not imply it to eagle?

Did not realize eagles were a polyphyletic group, oops. Fixed, thanks

shouldn't haast's_eagle imply to aquilinae actually? it was in the Hierraetus genus which is in that subfamily.

pleaseletmein said:
shouldn't haast's_eagle imply to aquilinae actually? it was in the Hierraetus genus which is in that subfamily.

thank you! editing

The bulk update request #8175 is active.

remove implication andrewsarchus (27) -> cetancodontamorph (0)
remove alias cetancodont (0) -> cetancodontamorph (0)
remove implication cetancodontamorph (0) -> mammal (3402033)
remove implication cetancodontamorph_humanoid (0) -> cetancodontamorph (0)
remove implication cetancodontamorph_humanoid (0) -> animal_humanoid (151493)
remove alias cetancodont_humanoid (0) -> cetancodontamorph_humanoid (0)
create implication dinofelis_barlowi (1) -> dinofelis (1)

Reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrewsarchus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetancodontamorpha I don't think this is a helpful clade for our tag tree. If we did keep it we'd need to imply cetacean and hippopotamid to it.

after:

imply andrewsarchus -> mammal
alias cetancodontamorph -> mammal
alias cetancodont -> mammal
alias cetancodontamorph_humanoid -> mammal_humanoid
alias cetancodont_humanoid -> mammal_humanoid 

EDIT: The bulk update request #8175 (forum #405576) has been approved by @scaliespe.

wandering_spaniel said:
Reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrewsarchus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetancodontamorpha I don't think this is a helpful clade for our tag tree. If we do keep it we'd need to imply cetacean and hippopotamid to it.

Yes, I think we should indeed just be rid of that one. The whippomorphs AKA cetancodontamorphs (cetaceans, hippos, and related) might technically all fall under even-toed hoofed mammals, but even though cetaceans evolved from ancient proto-hooved mammals, they certainly don't look it.

We do have precedent for it, too. Although technically, birds are theropod dinosaurs, we don't tag them as either theropod or dinosaur to avoid cluttering the tag list with tags that will only confuse Users. Our reasoning is simple: millions of years of evolution has allowed cetaceans/birds to develop their own unique style away from their ancestors/sister species, so for our porpoises, they can be kept separate for easier searchability.

The bulk update request #8164 (forum #405526) has been approved by @scaliespe.

The bulk update request #8175 (forum #405576) has been approved by @scaliespe.

The bulk update request #8219 is active.

mass update short-faced_bear -> arctodus
create implication dire_wolf (839) -> canine (1274024)
create implication arctodus (4) -> short-faced_bear (385)
create implication short-faced_bear (385) -> bear (132921)
create alias tremarctine (5) -> short-faced_bear (385)
create implication andrewsarchus (27) -> mammal (3402033)
create alias cetancodontamorph (0) -> mammal (3402033)
create alias cetancodont (0) -> mammal (3402033)
create alias cetancodontamorph_humanoid (0) -> mammal_humanoid (98490)
create alias cetancodont_humanoid (0) -> mammal_humanoid (98490)

Reason: Followup

EDIT: The bulk update request #8219 (forum #405874) has been approved by @scaliespe.

The bulk update request #8219 (forum #405874) has been approved by @scaliespe.