EDIT - Previous discussion title:
"Tag suggestion: replace "(pokemon)_(classic)" and "(pokemon)_(remake)" by actual game abbreviations"
Previous discussion: topic #7991 (2011)
I suggest renaming a few tags as explained below. Let me know if this all sounds right or if you would change anything. If this is accepted, I'll create the bulk edit and update the wikis.
The specific suggestions are these:
1- Removing "(pokemon)_(classic)" and "(pokemon)_(remake)" from all the Pokémon human character tags.
2- Replacing the text removed above by actual game titles, like "(pokemon_frlg)" or "(pokemon_oras)" as applicable.
3- Implying character variation tags to the main character tags whenever possible. Example: implying both haruka_(pokemon_oras) and haruka_(pokemon_emerald) to haruka_(pokemon).
Reasons:
1- Shorter tags.
2- Fewer parentheses to type.
3- Consistency. Other Pokémon character tags already mention the exact game title or abbreviation: haruka_(pokemon_emerald), yuuki_(pokemon_emerald), mizuki_(pokemon_sm), mizuki_(pokemon_usum), female_protagonist_(pokemon_go), etc.
4- Clarity. The word "remake" means different games depending on the character. In my opinion, it's best to mention the exact game right away. In particular, I really think it may not always be clear that "remake" often means ORAS instead of Emerald.
Disclaimer: I'm not sure we need all these character tags in the first place. For example, maybe delete matsuba_(pokemon)_(remake), because you can just search for matsuba_(pokemon) + pokemon_hgss. But as long as we have some of these tags, in my opinion the suggested names are an improvement.
Pokémon ORAS:
[protagonists]
[Aqua/Magma bosses]
- matsubusa_(pokemon)_(remake) -> matsubusa_(pokemon_oras)
- aogiri_(pokemon)_(remake) -> aogiri_(pokemon_oras)
[Aqua/Magma admins and underlings]
- kagari_(pokemon)_(remake) -> kagari_(pokemon_oras)
- izumi_(pokemon)_(remake) -> izumi_(pokemon_oras)
- homura_(pokemon)_(remake) -> homura_(pokemon_oras)
- ushio_(pokemon)_(remake) -> ushio_(pokemon_oras)
- team_aqua_grunt_(remake) -> team_aqua_grunt_(pokemon_oras)
- team_magma_grunt_(remake) -> team_magma_grunt_(pokemon_oras)
Pokémon RGBY/FRLG:
- red_(pokemon)_(classic) -> red_(pokemon_rgby)
- blue_(pokemon)_(classic) -> blue_(pokemon_rgby)
- red_(pokemon)_(remake) -> red_(pokemon_frlg)
Maybe add these other aliases as well, because Red looks the same in certain games, including SSB where he is called "Pokémon Trainer":
- red_(pokemon_gsc) -> red_(pokemon_rgby)
- red_(pokemon_hgss) -> red_(pokemon_frlg)
- pokemon_trainer_(ssb) -> red_(pokemon_frlg)
Pokémon GSC/HGSS:
We only seem to have this HGSS gym leader with a few posts. It's severely underpopulated and could be just deleted. On the other hand, all 16 Gym Leaders from Kanto and Johto have HGSS designs, so populating all these 16 tags like this is still a possibility: kasumi_(pokemon_hgss), akane_(pokemon_hgss), etc.
Satoshi may be an exception:
- We could just keep satoshi_(pokemon)_(classic) for lack of a better name.
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