The bulk update request #9297 is pending approval.

mass update braces -> dental_braces
change category braces (2762) -> invalid

Reason: braces seems to be used exclusively for dental braces. though the term 'braces' can mean a lot more things, so its better to update it and invalidate the old term before its used for something else.

Is there enough of a mistagging issue that we would need to invalidate this instead of just aliasing it? A lot of people might not think to search "dental braces," so having an alias point to the tag that they most likely meant would be a lot more helpful, not to mention not having to clean up mistags from unscrupulous taggers.

Side note: if we do go through with this, it should be aliased to braces_(disambiguation) rather than just invalidated.

spe said:
Is there enough of a mistagging issue that we would need to invalidate this instead of just aliasing it? A lot of people might not think to search "dental braces," so having an alias point to the tag that they most likely meant would be a lot more helpful, not to mention not having to clean up mistags from unscrupulous taggers.

Have an alias from braces_(dental) instead if we're going with the disambiguation route

spe said:
Is there enough of a mistagging issue that we would need to invalidate this instead of just aliasing it? A lot of people might not think to search "dental braces," so having an alias point to the tag that they most likely meant would be a lot more helpful, not to mention not having to clean up mistags from unscrupulous taggers.

Side note: if we do go through with this, it should be aliased to braces_(disambiguation) rather than just invalidated.

i'm uncertain whether a term like braces should be aliased away, but it seems like when a person uses the word "braces," they usually mean the dental type of braces so i do think its worth aliasing. also i put in invalid since i thought it and disambiguation were the same thing at the time.

The bulk update request #9332 is pending approval.

mass update braces -> dental_braces
create alias braces (2762) -> dental_braces (0)

Reason: here's a fixed bur without invalidation. although i think braces should be disambiguated since a person may mean something like bracers, bracelet, or another medical use of the term such as in cast, it seems exclusively used for the dental kind on here and disambiguating it wouldn't do it a big favor.

The mass update isn’t necessary as aliases automatically update the tags.