This was previously discussed in forum #53755, where it was proposed to introduce wagashi as an umbrella tag for Japanese confectionery such as dango, youkan_(food), mochi, etc.

However, wagashi is currently an artist tag. Suggest moving the artist to wagashi77 (blog url) or wagashi_(okashina) (blog title).

Then, implications:

• wagashi -> sweets
• wagashi -> food (?)
• dango, youkan_(food), taiyaki, mochi, sakuramochi, ichigo_daifuku, etc. -> wagashi (May need to de-implicate mochi -> food first)

While we're at it, take care of some of those individual tags as well

• alias ichigodaifuku->ichigo_daifuku
• sakura_mochi is artist 星猫, suggest move to pixiv username kiraneko (which I presume is the intended reading, as opposed to hoshineko) and then alias sakuramochi -> sakura_mochi

For dicussion: disposition of japanese_sweets tag. Existing alias wafuku->japanese clothes suggests wagashi->japanese_sweets. However I would advocate aliasing in the opposite direction to avoid being too vague, since it is useful to maintain the distinction with other Japanese snacks such as pocky. (See also: forum #61759)

r0d3n7z said:
For dicussion: disposition of japanese_sweets tag. Existing alias wafuku->japanese clothes suggests wagashi->japanese_sweets. However I would advocate aliasing in the opposite direction to avoid being too vague, since it is useful to maintain the distinction with other Japanese snacks such as pocky. (See also: forum #61759)

Agreed with your suggestion. Wagashi is used specifically to refer to traditional Japanese confections; having Pocky counted in that number would be off, since it's a modern-day invention.

r0d3n7z said: wagashi is currently an artist tag. Suggest moving the artist to wagashi77 (blog url) or wagashi_(okashina) (blog title).

Moved to wagashi_(okashina). Wagashi is now open with a basic wiki stolen from, er, Wiki. Please feel free to change/expand. Just leave the reference to the artist formerly tagged there.

wagashi -> sweets
dango, youkan_(food), taiyaki, mochi, sakura_mochi, ichigo_daifuku, etc. -> wagashi (May need to de-implicate mochi -> food first)

Done, though someone will need to specify any "etc" they want.

wagashi -> food (?)

Hmm. We don't implicate candy -> food, but it seems like these confections would be categorized closer to cake or cookies than candy canes or M&Ms, and cake is implicated to food. So, maybe? Not sure.

alias ichigodaifuku->ichigo_daifuku

Done.

sakura_mochi is artist 星猫, suggest move to pixiv username kiraneko (which I presume is the intended reading, as opposed to hoshineko) and then alias sakuramochi -> sakura_mochi

Moved to hoshineko_(kiraneko) just to cover all bases and avoid any potential ambiguity.

For dicussion: disposition of japanese_sweets tag. Existing alias wafuku->japanese clothes suggests wagashi->japanese_sweets. However I would advocate aliasing in the opposite direction to avoid being too vague, since it is useful to maintain the distinction with other Japanese snacks such as pocky. (See also: forum #61759)

We can alias japanese_sweets -> wagashi, unless you're saying we need an umbrella tag for something like pocky too, which I agree should not be under wagashi.

jxh2154 said:
Done, though someone will need to specify any "etc" they want.

That's all I could think of for now. Maybe someone else might spot something we've missed.

We don't implicate candy -> food, but it seems like these confections would be categorized closer to cake or cookies than candy canes or M&Ms, and cake is implicated to food.

Besides cake, dessert and ice cream also implicate food, so this line of reasoning works for me.

We can alias japanese_sweets -> wagashi, unless you're saying we need an umbrella tag for something like pocky too, which I agree should not be under wagashi.

I meant the latter; clarify that pocky should not somehow end up under wagashi, since forum #61759 trying to identify an umbrella tag for pocky and the like and japanese_sweets was suggested. Other alternatives for that are japanese_snacks, snacks, sweets, etc.