pointless entries in pool group:style

before i make a formal request in the pointless pools, i want to open these things for discussion. it's quite a list and i feel a separate thread is reasonable to avoid walls of text in the pointless pools.

• pool #1081: Final Fantasy Tactics Style
• not different to final_fantasy_tactics style_parody
• added final_fantasy_tactics & style_parody tags in all entries

• pool #2736: Style Parody of Pixiv Friend Artists
• plain style_parody + artist_(style)
• post #781303 - added tsuki_wani_(style), gurageida_(style), yanagi_(artist)_(style), ootsuki_wataru_(style), socha_(style), miko_machi_(style)
• post #827201 - added sag_(style), cheken_(style), yamoto_(style), yonekura_satoya_(style), amane_kanon_(style), shishamoji_(style), schmaisen_(style), adenine_(artist)_(style), higeneko_(idemoto)_(style), eho_(icbm)_(style), okubyou_yuuki_(style)

• pool #758: TTGL - Eyecatch Parodies
• tengen_toppa_gurren_lagann style_parody eyecatch (logically 3 tags can be used but i can't personally test it) or
• if eyecatch tag is for "real" endcards only then tengen_toppa_gurren_lagann style_parody + fake_eyecatch (new tag) or fake_screenshot whichever is more appropriate should be ok.
• added tengen_toppa_gurren_lagann & style_parody only so far in all entries
• what should the 3rd tag be, fake_eyecatch or fake_screenshot?

• pool #1803: Umezu Kazuo Style
• plain style_parody + artist_(style)
• added style_parody & umezu_kazuo_(style)

• pool #2518: Yoda style
• plain style_parody + artist_(style)
• added style_parody & yoda_(artist)_(style)

any thoughts are welcome. thanks.

My thought is that we need to edit our wiki definition of parody or start drawing a distinction between parody and pastiche.

the easiest might be is to edit the parody entry i guess. currently style_parody implies parody. i'm not familiar with pastiche but glad to learn a new literary term. not sure in the case of most people.

but some of these posts are actually humorous or parody too. would it help we we alias style_parody to pastiche when an artist imitates the style of another artist?

I'm a little skeptical about using "artist_(style)". I think it would be a lot easier to just tag with existing artist tags. Besides, if someone's interested in a particular artist he's parodying, I think they would prefer to go to that artist's posts instead. A general "style_parody" tag of some sort should suffice for most purposes, I think.

Mysterio006 said:
I'm a little skeptical about using "artist_(style)". I think it would be a lot easier to just tag with existing artist tags.

I don't exactly like the current solution but this is far far worse. If we tagged everything drawn in taka tony's style his art would be unlocatable.