Aliasing dj_p0n-3 -> vinyl_scratch_(mlp).

Reason: alternative name.

bcock said:
Aliasing dj_p0n-3 -> vinyl_scratch_(mlp).

Reason: alternative name.

Her official given name is DJ_Pon3.

Alias Denied.

I don't believe we should outright deny an alias between these 2 tags. DJ_Pon3 and Vinyl_Scratch are the same character; one is an official name and one is a fan name. Users should be able to search for either tag and find the same images.

Additionally, we currently have way, way more images tagged with "vinyl_scratch_(mlp)" than we do "dj_pon3" or any variation thereof. So do we force users to start using the official name even though they clearly prefer the fan name, or should we just roll with vinyl_scratch?

I'd have to vote for Vinyl Scratch simply because that's the more popular name, just like with Lyra, Carrot Top, Derpy, and any other popular character whose fame predated an official name.

Even as a non fan, I know the fan name better. Partially because dj_p0n-3 sounds like someone trying too hard on the internet :P

This is the first time I've heard of dj p0n-3. Sounds gay. I vote vinyl scratch.

ippiki_ookami said:
This is the first time I've heard of dj p0n-3. Sounds gay. I vote vinyl scratch.

How've you not heard of DJ P0N-3? I heard of that before Vinyl Scratch, but Vinyl Scratch does sound a lot better.

Raiden_Gekkou said:
How've you not heard of DJ P0N-3? I heard of that before Vinyl Scratch, but Vinyl Scratch does sound a lot better.

If it wasn't said in the show, then I'd have no reason to have heard it.

ippiki_ookami said:
If it wasn't said in the show, then I'd have no reason to have heard it.

Internet? Telephone? Fax?

ippiki_ookami said:
If it wasn't said in the show, then I'd have no reason to have heard it.

Well the official name has never been said in the show either, to my knowledge. The only time I think they've used "DJ PON-3" was a single time in a commercial for MLP several months ago.

Two commercials. Listed on the iPhone parody as DJ Pon3 and spoken in Equestria Girls.

It isn't canon, but it's the closest thing we have.

Just make the alias for now. We can always re-do the alias if her name turns out to be Vinyl Scratch (or something completely different), and if it does end up being DJ Pon-3 then we'll have saved ourselves the work of making the alias later.