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[APPROVED] Tag alias: artist_signature -> signature

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create alias artist_signature -> signature

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Is it at all necessary to specify that the signature belongs to the artist? The overwhelming majority of the posts tagged signature are tagged for the artist's signature anyway. If it's really so important that we be able to identify the rare cases where a signature belongs to someone else (e.g., a character), it would make more sense to make a tag just for that instead.

The tag alias artist_signature -> signature (alias #14761) has been approved.

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Ah, the two tags I often abuse (given I can read kanji names). Umm, I would say probably artist_name is the better alias to make it to. Perhaps then people will think "oh but it's also a signature, I guess I'll also tag it signature" since signature is easily a more prominent tag, but artist_signature -> signature would safely imply most signatures are artist signatures anyway (without prior knowledge of the artist name tag).

EB said:

Also, if the artist has signed their twitter username (e.g. post #2784170), that tag should be used instead of artist name.

Twitter username is contextually sometimes also the artist name. If it matches to a twitter URL listed in the artist entry then it should be tagged as artist name as well. A twitter username could represent the artist's circle, the handle of a commissioner or person the image is dedicated to, or so on, but if it's a match to one of the artist's twitter accounts then it's a match.

Since the twitter username in post #2784170 matches to http://twitter.com/franz2171 (artist #112661), twitter username should not be used instead of artist name but in addition to it.

tapnek said:

I just want to note that some artists just put their names on their work by just typing their names on it with a common font. It’s in this cause that I wouldn’t use the signature tag.

Yeah, that's how I've seen it too. I don't add signature if it's typed.

On a side note, though, I think it would be beneficial to have a character signature tag. character_name signature is mostly filled with instances where the character name is typed and the artist name is signed. It's harder to find posts where the character's name is the signature, like post #2898007.

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kuuderes_shadow said:

Being fairly strict with the tag's use only around 2% of character_name signature images seem to fit this. Even with a looser definition I doubt it would be more than about 1 in 10. Most stuff that comes up with that search are things like post #2838328.

I'd still say it's perfectly covered with character name alone.
It shouldn't depend on how it's written but what's written.
If I recall correctly we shouldn't use artist name if it's only an abbreviation or any other thing you could do with a signature.

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