Madoka Runes Rename

BUR #54476 has been rejected.

create alias madoka_runes -> witch_runes_(madoka_magica)

They're officially called Witch Runes as they're used by witches. https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Witch_Runes

The user who contacted me previously over Discord regarding Project Moon E.G.Os and Magia Exedra skins has asked me to share this here:

Runes don't have an official English name. The Japanese name is マジョ文字 ("Majo Moji", "witch characters/glyphs"). The wiki originally called them just Runes because there was no official name in the beginning so that's what 4chan theoretists came up with, the wiki changed the name to Witch Runes as a compromise between the official Japanese name and the 4channers' unofficial name.
If you look at the page's history in December 2024, you'll notice there was a bit of a kerfuffle over the naming.
https://wiki.puella-magi.net/w/index.php?title=Witch_Runes&action=history&offset=&limit=500
Also see this talkpage section.
https://wiki.puella-magi.net/Talk:Witch_Runes#Exedra_Latin_runes
Also note the most active admin on the wiki, Celtic Minstrel, has weird opinions on translation notes and translation credits in general, so that's why there wasn't a translation note or anything until now.

BUR #54500 has been rejected.

create alias madoka_runes -> witch_glyphs_(madoka_magica)

As above for voting purposes, I suppose.

Yeah, there isn't really an "official" name for the runes. Most fans kinds calm them as they see them. Heck, my brain is like "the witch rune things", indicating a lack of an official term compared to say, "Oh that's a Whimstar" or "Oh that's a Pangu Terminal".

While "Madoka Runes" is very much an Oldbooru style tag, I do confess it is very descriptive and avoids a qualifier, which "Witch Runes" would need. We do try to avoid qualifiers when necessary. As there isn't really a uniform term and the original gets the concept across just fine, I don't really see a point in changing things.

I'm more likely to notice Witch Runes (Madoka Magica) in a tag list than Madoka Runes, which makes it better to me. Would have saved me some pain if fatui coat was qualified with Genshin Impact, and my confusion when I did notice it as a non-Genshin player.

I would think this was the preference for copyright-specific gentags (hence Pangu Terminal (Wuthering Waves)), although topic #34750 seems to imply otherwise.

Spatula22 said in forum #417294:

I would think this was the preference for copyright-specific gentags (hence Pangu Terminal (Wuthering Waves)), although topic #34750 seems to imply otherwise.

topic #33071
Not really, there isn't a firm standard now, copyright-specific gentags are handled individually without consistency.

Spatula22 said in forum #417294:

I'm more likely to notice Witch Runes (Madoka Magica) in a tag list than Madoka Runes, which makes it better to me. Would have saved me some pain if fatui coat was qualified with Genshin Impact, and my confusion when I did notice it as a non-Genshin player.

I would think this was the preference for copyright-specific gentags (hence Pangu Terminal (Wuthering Waves)), although topic #34750 seems to imply otherwise.

Admittedly, the OP has a very irritating habit of making BURs with barely any thought or research behind them. So like it or not, that will influence feelings on this BUR (which this BUR seems to continue the trend of). I don't feel strong enough on the topic to inherently be against changing the tag, as like I said before, Oldbooru style tag. I don't think if the tag were made today, it'd be called that. But as the current tag already has the copyright in the name, I was kinda like "Well this is pretty not confusing, so ambiguity can't be an issue...", unlike the fatui coat example, which should should be qualified, but that's a whole different discussion.

There is also a notable difference in that topic #34750 concerned a very small tag which would be not even a whole single page without the Reverse:1999 crossover posts, whereas Madoka Runes is a decently-sized tag for a very old and well-established copyright on the booru. We always drag our feet on older well-established tags like this it seems. I guess it depends on why we are trying to change it. And since the official name reasoning is kinda out...

Though admittedly, we usually try to qualify concepts easily confused with others, especially with smaller copyrights...

Hello, this is something I actually know about. The Madoka script is not something exclusively 'used by' witches.

A list of some (spoilers):
Well, obviously the fate of a magical girl is to become a witch yadda yadda. But for the purposes of tagging they're different things.
Opening: Full list of "archaic" characters around Madoka.
Various: On magical girls' rings.
Ep8: On a possibly meaningful billboard in the regular world.
Ep11: Present while Madoka is talking to Kyuubey, and also in Homura's transformation sequence.

Obviously these are mostly associated with witches' barriers but there's a bit more broad use than just that.

Rejecting because this seems like changing the unofficial status quo for another unofficial option without any benefit.

The bulk update request #54476 (forum #417150) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.

The bulk update request #54500 (forum #417222) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.