Copyright Style Copyright Tag Insinuation

If something has the _(style) tag of a certain copyright, should it also have the copyright tag itself? For example, if something has the panty & stocking with garterbelt (style) tag should it also have the Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt tag?

Along with that, if there is a style heavily associated with a certain copyright but not technically belonging to it should it also be tagged? For example, the nakayama tooru (style) is associated with Mega Man Zero (Series) but technically is separate from it (since it is just the artist's style).

How should either of these cases be handled?

for technical reasons, tags can only imply other tags that are in the same category.

barring that, copyright tags are for when a post includes a character, object, scene, etc. from that IP. this would be like tagging nakayama tooru (style) with Nakayama Tooru's artist tag.

So should posts like these (post #10438143 post #3144098) not have the respective copyright tag of what they're imitating since they only feature characters from other copyrights?

personally i'd say they shouldn't have them.

think of it this way - if i were searching for a copyright tag, i'd expect to see posts featuring characters or some kind of direct reference to that copyright. i wouldn't necessarily expect or even want to see posts with no real relation to it other than a style emulation.

What about posts like post #10235832 and post #10436686, where the characters are redesigned to fit into the copyright?

i think that's direct enough of a reference to constitute a copyright tag.

I think I'm in the opposite boat, if I search for Panty and Stocking or Pop'n Music I'd expect to see posts in the series style since that is one of the main appeals of the copyright to me. This is also helpful if the parodied series doesn't have a unique tag for them and they are just floating around in style parody.

Another thought while we're on the topic, but there is also inconsistency in how these are tagged when we do have more specific tags. Sometimes it's series name, but other times it's tagged by artist. In a redundant example panty & stocking with garterbelt (style) exists but so does imaishi hiroyuki (style).

wingdings said:

personally i'd say they shouldn't have them.

think of it this way - if i were searching for a copyright tag, i'd expect to see posts featuring characters or some kind of direct reference to that copyright. i wouldn't necessarily expect or even want to see posts with no real relation to it other than a style emulation.

I think a style is a direct reference to the copyright, as long as the reference is clear, it's ok to tag the copyright imo.

On a side note, for the particular case of panty & stocking with garterbelt (style), you can search panty_&_stocking_with_garterbelt* to search for both regardless of the copytag being tagged or not for the *_(style) posts

Maiguel said:

I think a style is a direct reference to the copyright, as long as the reference is clear, it's ok to tag the copyright imo.

i was thinking more like a scene reference when i said "direct", but i get where you two are coming from. difference in specifics, i guess.

zetsubousensei said:

Another thought while we're on the topic, but there is also inconsistency in how these are tagged when we do have more specific tags. Sometimes it's series name, but other times it's tagged by artist. In a redundant example panty & stocking with garterbelt (style) exists but so does imaishi hiroyuki (style).

i think it's the difference between "this style is used in a particular copyright" vs "this style is associated with a particular artist, possibly across multiple copyrights"? to be honest, i'm seeing a whole palette of different styles in the Imaishi Hiroyuki (style) tag so i'm doubting its usefulness for searching, i'm sure the studio trigger (style) alias isn't helping.

So I believe posts with a style tag of a certain copyright: should also have the copyright tag itself.