Midna (imp) (again)

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BUR #61043 has been approved by @evazion.

create implication midna_(imp) -> midna

Yeah, I should have checked for previous threads on the subject (topic #25554) and made this thread before I went through and tagged every single midna post, but order of operations has never been my strong suit. In any case, I bring it up again, because i believe it has merit as a tag, and having it is overall better than not having it.

The big difference is in searching. Suppose you wanted to search for imp Midna. That is, see all posts with imp Midna, without any regard for whether or not true Midna is also in the post. In order to do this, you would have to search midna (-midna_(true) or dual_persona). It's just ridiculous to require three terms and an understanding of boolean logic to perform a search for a single character. In what universe is this "less maintenance for searchers" than just having a tag for it? Moreover, because it involves three search terms, it's impossible for regular users. I'm all for keeping it simple, but when the "simple" solution requires more thought for the average user than the "complicated" solution, it's not really simpler.

Sure, it would be another tag to think about editing, and that posters have a chance to forget, and that may need to be fixed and gardened periodically, but you could say the same for just about every other tag on this site.

Damian0358 said in forum #445026:

Why did you create Midna (Other)? Based on previous tag history, this was originally divided between the Imp and True forms.

It would be for alternate forms of Midna that are neither her imp form nor her true form. To be honest, I'm not sure about it. It's hard to say exactly the divide between it and the actual forms.

Aqros161 said in forum #445027:

It would be for alternate forms of Midna that are neither her imp form nor her true form. To be honest, I'm not sure about it. It's hard to say exactly the divide between it and the actual forms.

I just ask because, if not lumped into those tags, you'd traditionally just use one of the various alternate_* or similar tags instead. This isn't a scenario like Mita (Miside) where having Original Mita (Miside) is warranted due to the various iterations of the character, it feels excessive in Midna's case.

Noticed the new Imp tag but not this thread, made a deprecation BUR here based on prior discussion. forum #445082

Midna Imp is 1.6k of a 2.3 tag, it is the default design for this character and what you will see if you search her. If the point of the tag is to help with searching then it isn't something you need help to find. I'm not offended by the existance, but based on prior conversation it's was deemed unnecessary.

BUR #61342 has been approved by @evazion.

nuke midna_(other)

>for alternate forms of Midna that are neither her imp form nor her true form
>most of it is imp Midna anyway

I hate this tag already. I have my misgivings over Midna (Imp), but this is just a garbage dump tag where searches go to die.

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