The bulk update request #8797 is active.
create alias semi_(artist) (1) -> ikutasemi (402)
create alias she_tikin (3) -> ikutasemi (402)
Reason: These artists (semi and she_tikin) have been requested to be aliased together several times topic #38639 topic #32551 topic #45361 but until now no one really did the legwork to prove they're the same artist.
As I investigated in topic #45361 :
Most of the e621 posts tagged semi_(artist) point to one of two sources, A pixiv account that stopped posting in 2021 and a defunct Twitter account that deactivated/deleted around late 2023.
No archives for the Twitter account are available on the wayback machine.
I found a pawoo.net (Mastodon) account which appears to belong to "semi", since it has some art that was also posted to their pixiv. See post #4347591. The Mastodon account's last post was in 2019 and it points to another dead twitter account.
This other dead twitter account thankfully IS archived and it points to both the Pixiv account that stopped posting in 2021 AND this skeb.jp account which links to "いくたせみ" (ikutasemi)'s Pixiv account which is one of the most-cited sources in the she_tikin tag.
I was skeptical because their art styles appear dissimilar at first, but following the daisy-chain of dead links, these appear to be the same artist. I'm not sure what name is best for the tag as this artist has a lot of different online handles, but the most common through-line appears to be the name "ikutasemi" which is the name of their (active) Pixiv (which links to) their misskey.io account (which links to) Bluesky Twitter and Skeb.jp which are all given the display name "育田せみ" (ikutasemi)
TL;DR this artist has changed Twitter handles several times leading to the creation of a "she_tikin" tag for one of their past Twitter handles, as people weren't aware @she_tikin linked to Semi's pixiv and there was already a tag for the artist
The simplest piece of evidence tying them together is their Bluesky which has a link in the bio leading to both their current active Pixiv account and their "pixiv（旧館)" which translates to "pixiv (old building)". This "old building" Pixiv account is the most-cited source in the semi_(artist) tag.
The name "育田せみ" (ikutasemi) is their most frequently used display name currently so I think both of these old tags should alias to it to avoid any further confusion. I'll update the artist wiki with up-to-date links as well.
EDIT: The bulk update request #8797 (forum #410521) has been approved by @spe.
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