Topic: [BUR] The Hub disambiguation

The bulk update request #13131 is pending approval.

create alias the_hub (8) -> the_hub_(disambiguation) (0)
change category the_hub_(disambiguation) (0) -> invalid

Reason: I randomly spotted the the hub copyright tag, and thought it was referring to the TV network that this site has a... rather storied history with. But looking at the tag, someone was using it for what seems to be a personal worldbuilding project. Feelings of "I must be really old now if people don't remember The Hub network" aside, I'm not really sure what to do in this case. If the term is generic enough for someone to use it independently like this, it's probably not going to be the last time.

It does not need to be turned into a disambiguation if there are no other "The Hub"s out there.
If it is someone's world-building project, then move everything to the_hub_(ttux3) and leave the generic tag as is.

If you still want to do something with the tag to prevent other people from using it, then I'd suggest aliasing it to hub and then changing hub to the Invalid category.

There isn't a need for either a hub_(disambiguation) or the_hub_(disambiguation) because there is nothing to disambiguate to.

thegreatwolfgang said:
It does not need to be turned into a disambiguation if there are no other "The Hub"s out there.

Wow... I really AM old.

I'm just... a bit confused that others aren't instantly thinking of the The Hub TV channel because this site's upload page still names my little pony as an example of an extreme fetish that's likely to distress people.

Seeing that the tag isn't already full of posts from the early 2010s, where every idiosyncrasy of things that happened while the show was airing a new episode instantly became a meme, was a real "glitch in the matrix" moment for me (as much as I hate that term).

lendrimujina said:
Wow... I really AM old.

I'm just... a bit confused that others aren't instantly thinking of the The Hub TV channel because this site's upload page still names my little pony as an example of an extreme fetish that's likely to distress people.

I thought of the MLP tv channel if that helps. And then I thought of pornhub.

lendrimujina said:
Wow... I really AM old.

I'm just... a bit confused that others aren't instantly thinking of the The Hub TV channel ...

I am not saying there aren't any other "The Hub"s in real-life, I'm saying that there aren't other instances of them being used here on e621.
Thus, this renders the disambiguation pointless as there are no alternative tags to point to.

I... think I need to lie down.

redphoenix42 said:
I thought of the MLP tv channel if that helps. And then I thought of pornhub.

Honestly, agreed. "The Hub" is ambiguous enough to create further problems in the future. Theoretically you could end up with the_hub_(news) the_hub_(darknet) the_hub_(band) thehub.io