Topic: Biggest fans (BUR)

The bulk update request #943 is pending approval.

create implication folding_fan (497) -> hand_fan (1375)
create implication uchiwa_fan (138) -> hand_fan (1375) # duplicate of implication #9709
create implication paper_fan (256) -> hand_fan (1375)
create implication hand_fan (1375) -> fan_(utility) (0)
create alias handheld_fan (1) -> hand_fan (1375)
create implication ceiling_fan (421) -> mechanical_fan (0)
create implication portable_fan (0) -> rotary_fan (20)
create implication rotary_fan (20) -> mechanical_fan (0)
create implication box_fan (32) -> mechanical_fan (0)
create implication mechanical_fan (0) -> fan_(utility) (0)
create alias electric_fan (1976) -> mechanical_fan (0)
create implication war_fan (17) -> folding_fan (497)
create implication war_fan (17) -> weapon (160633)
create alias tower_fan (3) -> column_fan (1)
create implication bladeless_fan (7) -> mechanical_fan (0)
create implication column_fan (1) -> mechanical_fan (0)
create implication feather_fan (16) -> hand_fan (1375)
create implication industrial_fan (10) -> mechanical_fan (0)

Reason: Discussion welcome. Implying fans to categories and an umbrella tag, aliasing a couple of redundant tags.
Is portable_fan as redundant as I think it is?

Honorable mentions:
post #2708250 post #1297216
Tower/column fans; Feather fans
post #917455 post #2373797
Ventilation/industrial fans; Bladeless/ring/halo fans

I'm not very familiar with the various fan tags, but most of this BUR looks good to me. Though I think portable_fan should instead be implicated to rotary_fan, since portable_fan appears to be a specific handheld variant of a rotary_fan.

For the examples you've provided, maybe adding the following aliases and implications to the BUR would be a good idea:

d.d.m. said:
I'm not very familiar with the various fan tags, but most of this BUR looks good to me. Though I think portable_fan should instead be implicated to rotary_fan, since portable_fan appears to be a specific handheld variant of a rotary_fan.

For the examples you've provided, maybe adding the following aliases and implications to the BUR would be a good idea:

alias tower_fan -> column_fan
imply bladeless_fan -> mechanical_fan
imply column_fan -> mechanical_fan
imply feather_fan -> hand_fan
imply industrial_fan -> mechanical_fan

Went ahead and added your recommendations, no harm in having a few extras, and an implication is just safer than an alias.