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Users can now submit bulk update requests
These allow you to create/delete aliases and implications, as well as performing batch updates on posts. They work similar to alias/implication requests in that you can simultaneously create a forum topic. I encourage people to use these for complex tag maintenance operations since it minimizes the risk of me screwing something up.
It's "turn query a into query b" so "mass update original copyright_request -> original" would be valid to purge copyright request from images where both appear. It's not terribly easy to use but I should be able to check the threads to make sure they're valid queries and do what people actually ask since I have a fair amount of experience with the system.
lkjh098 said:
So... would something like "mass update aaa -bbb -> ccc -aaa" work?
Yes. Your example would say "search for the posts under aaa -bbb, remove the aaa tag, add the ccc tag".
Though putting -aaa in the consequent is redundant since it already removes the tags in the antecedent by default. The normal way of writing that would be:
mass update aaa -bbb -> ccc
If you instead wanted to add ccc to those posts without removing aaa, you'd do:
mass update aaa -bbb -> aaa ccc
Hillside_Moose said:
While we're at it, can you make it so alias/implication/bulk request submissions fail if the Reason field is left blank? Even a "hurr durr obious XD" is better than a blank and having to decipher the reason.
Is "Obvious." really better than nothing? Neither one adds anything to the discussion since whether something is obvious or not is obvious.
