Danbooru

Pointless Wikis

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nanami said:
char:furansowazu monika

I think this was created by mistake.

I've actually made the same mistake myself when I was new to the site. And come to think of it, I've seen quite a few other wikis accidentally created that way, too.

I think the problem is that it's easy to assume the same tag-type prefixes can also carry-over to wiki entry creation, when, in fact, it does not.

Maybe some extra leeway should be provided to prevent these types of accidental wikis? eg, if a 'char:' or 'copy:' prefix is detected, it'll just ignore it?

No, I definitely remember the wiki getting deleted the first time. This wiki was created when there were actually Jessica Nigri cosplay photos under the tag, both of which failed in the mod queue.

I raised a similar issue before in forum #27286, but that was for a really minor tag. These are decently populated tags, so I'm not sure deleting them is the best way to go. After all, of all the weapon types we have on DB, gun and sword are (I'm guessing) two of the most used.