Help:Commentary Searches

This page lists various searches that can be made on the artist commentaries page to find commentaries that need translating or are missing applicable metatags. These can often bypass the two-tag search limit for basic users, allowing for additional gardening avenues.

General tips

• A lot of commentaries consist solely of character names. Searching for those alone can result in a lot of easy commentaries to translate.
• Adding the "translated" parameter ([code]search[translated_present]=Yes[/code] or [code]search[translated_present]=No[/code]) to the URL can be a tag-free substitute for Commentary and Commentary Request.
• If any searches using the asterisk wildcard time out, try replacing the text_matches query in the URL with original_description_matches or original_title_matches.
• RegExr: Online sandbox for formatting and testing regular expressions.
• URL Decoder/Encoder: Online tool for encoding unicode characters into URLs.
• More Search Options (Userscript): Adds a regular expression search option to most search pages. It includes basic handling for [code]\s[/code], [code]\S[/code], [code]\d[/code], [code]\D[/code], [code]\w[/code], and [code]\W[/code] to make them compatible with the Postgres ERE syntax used by Danbooru.

Basic Searches

• -commentary -commentary_request: Searches for posts with commentary that are missing both Commentary and Commentary Request tags. Equivalent to the three-tag search {{-commentary -commentary_request has:commentary}}.
• commentary commentary_request: Searches for posts with both the Commentary and Commentary Request tags. Equivalent to the three-tag search {{commentary commentary_request has:commentary}}.
• commentary:commission -commission: Searches for posts with the word commission in the commentary but without the Commission tag. Equivalent to {{commentary:commission -commission}}.
• Similar queries: コミッション, cms, comms, skeb
• commentary:*[quote]*h6.*Image*description* -alt_text: Searches for posts with the text format for alt text in the commentary but without the Alt Text tag. Equivalent to {{commentary:*[quote]*h6.*Image*description* -alt_text}}.
• Commentaries that are still using the old formatting for alt text (should be updated to the new syntax): *{Image*Text}*
• commentary:*[quote]*h6.*Image*description*[quote]*h6.*Image*description*: Searches for posts with the text format for alt text in the commentary if it appears at least twice, often a sign of another image's alt text being incorrectly included (though sometimes it provides context for the actual intended alt text). Equivalent to {{commentary:*[quote]*h6.*Image*description*[quote]*h6.*Image*description*}}.

Common Translations

If you're not completely sure of a translation, either refrain from adding it or add the Check Commentary tag.

• Untitled: 無題, Sin título, 无标题, むだい, 무제, 无题
• Swimsuit: 水着, 泳装, 泳裝, みずぎ
• Glasses: 眼鏡, 眼镜, 眼鏡, メガネ, めがね
• Serafuku: セーラー服
• School uniform: 制服
• Doodle: 落書き, らくがき, ｒｋｇｋ, rkgk, ラクガキ, ﾗｸｶﾞｷ
• Cute: 可愛い, かわいい, カワイイ, ｶﾜｲｲ
• Christmas: クリスマス, ｸﾘｽﾏｽ, くりすます
• Merry Christmas: メリークリスマス, メリクリ, ﾒﾘｰｸﾘｽﾏｽ, ﾒﾘｸﾘ, めりーくりすます
• Happy Christmas: ハッピークリスマス, ﾊｯﾋﾟｰｸﾘｽﾏｽ, はっぴーくりすます
• Halloween: ハロウィン, ﾊﾛｳｨﾝ, はろうぃん
• Happy Halloween: ハッピーハロウィン, ﾊｯﾋﾟｰﾊﾛｳｨﾝ, はっぴーはろうぃん
• Trick or Treat: トリックオアトリート, ﾄﾘｯｸｵｱﾄﾘｰﾄ, とりっくおあとりーと
• New Year: 新年, 正月
• Birthday: 誕生日
• Happy Birthday: 誕生日おめでとう, 誕生日おめでとうございます

Regular Expressions

By directly adding API requests to the URL search parameters, commentaries can be searched with regular expressions, allowing for more specific queries.

For most of these queries, results can be refined with specific commentary language tags or copyright tags by appending them to the end of the [code][post_tags_match][/code] query, i.e. [code][post_tags_match]=-commentary[/code] -> [code][post_tags_match]=-commentary+touhou[/code].

Missing Tags

• [code]^([^[:word:]]|[_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*$[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[original_title_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[post_tags_match]=-untranslatable_commentary+-commentary&search[is_deleted]=No Searches for commentaries consisting of only symbols and numbers that are missing the Untranslatable Commentary and Commentary tags.
• If the commentary only consists of a date, add the Commentary and Dated Commentary tags.
• [code][0-9]{2,4}[^0-9][0-9]{1,2}[^0-9][0-9]{1,2}[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[0-9]{2%2C4}[^0-9][0-9]{1%2C2}[^0-9][0-9]{1%2C2}&search[post_tags_match]=-dated_commentary Searches for commentary descriptions potentially missing a Dated Commentary tag (looks for patterns of 2-4 numbers, 1 non-number, 1-2 numbers, 1 non-number, 1-2 numbers / ####-##-##).
• Can also try [code][0-9]{1,2}[^0-9][0-9]{1,2}[^0-9][0-9]{2,4}[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[0-9]{1%2C2}[^0-9][0-9]{1%2C2}[^0-9][0-9]{2%2C4}&search[post_tags_match]=-dated_commentary (##-##-####).
• Also check results for the [code][original_title_regex][/code] query as well.
• [code][:graph:][/code] | [code]^[:space:]*$[/code]
• Commentaries with matching text in both the original and translated fields, but no Commentary or Check Commentary tags: description & title | description only | title only
• Commentaries with text in the translated field without matching text in the untranslated fields: description | title
• Can also use the parameters of [code]original_present[/code] and [code]translated_present[/code] set to no and yes, respectively: artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_present]=No&search[translated_present]=Yes
• Commentaries with some translated text, but without Commentary or Partial Commentary tags: translated title | translated description
• If the remaining commentary doesn't need to be translated, just add the Commentary tag.

Missing Language Tags

Also check search these queries in the [code][original_title_regex][/code] parameter as well.

• [code][ᄀ-ᅞ]|[ᅡ-ᇿㄱ-ㅣㅥ-ㆎꥠ-ꥼ가-힣ힰ-ퟻﾡ-ￜ][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ᄀ-ᅞ]|[ᅡ-ᇿㄱ-ㅣㅥ-ㆎꥠ-ꥼ가-힣ힰ-ퟻﾡ-ￜ]=-korean_commentary Commentaries with Hangul text without a Korean Commentary tag. Two separate character sets are included to prevent accidental joining of the [code]ᅞ[/code] and [code]ᅡ[/code] characters into [code]ᅞᅡ[/code].
• [code][ก-๛][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ก-๛]&search[post_tags_match]=-thai_commentary Commentaries with Thai text without a Thai Commentary tag.
• [code][Ѐ-ԯ][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[Ѐ-ԯ]&search[post_tags_match]=-russian_commentary Commentaries with Cyrillic text without a Russian Commentary tag. The same alphabet is also used for Ukrainian and Serbo-Croatian.
• [code][专业-丝丠丢严丧丳临丷为丽举乆义乊乐乒-乔乛][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[专业-丝丠丢严丧丳临丷为丽举乆义乊乐乒-乔乛]&search[post_tags_match]=-chinese_commentary Commentaries with non-Kanji characters from the first 96 characters in the CJK Unified Ideographs block without a Chinese Commentary tag.
• Additional searches within the block: 97-192 | 193-288 | 289-384 | 385-480 | 481-576 | 577-672 | 673-768 | 769-864 | 865-960
• Additional search blocks (mostly null searches): Radicals Supplement | Extension A | Extension B | Extension C | Extension D | Extension E | Extension F | Extension G | Extension H | Extension I | Extension J | Compatibility Supplement

Lots of false positives for the rest of these, as their characters are often used in kaomoji.

• [code][Ͱ-Ͽ][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[Ͱ-Ͽ]&search[post_tags_match]=-greek_commentary Commentaries with Greek text without a Greek Commentary tag.
• [code][ꦀ-꧟][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ꦀ-꧟]&search[post_tags_match]=-javanese_commentary Commentaries with Javanese text without a Javanese Commentary tag.
• [code][Ա-֏][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[Ա-֏]&search[post_tags_match]=-armenian_commentary Commentaries with Armenian text without an Armenian Commentary tag.
• [code][֑-״][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[֑-״]&search[post_tags_match]=-hebrew_commentary Commentaries with Hebrew text without a Hebrew Commentary tag.
• [code][؀-ۿࢠ-ࣿݐ-ݿࡰ-࢟][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[؀-ۿࢠ-ࣿݐ-ݿࡰ-࢟]&search[post_tags_match]=-arabic_commentary Commentaries with Arabic text without an Arabic Commentary tag.
• [code][ༀ-࿚][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ༀ-࿚]&search[post_tags_match]=-tibetan_commentary Commentaries with Tibetan text without a Tibetan Commentary tag.

The rest of these searches are for specific diacritical Latin letters that are often used by multiple alphabets.

• [code][ÆØÅæøå][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÆØÅæøå]&search[post_tags_match]=-danish_commentary Potential candidates for the Danish Commentary tag.
• [code][ĈĜĤĴŜŬĉĝĥĵŝŭ][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ĈĜĤĴŜŬĉĝĥĵŝŭ]&search[post_tags_match]=-esperanto_commentary Potential candidates for the Esperanto Commentary tag.
• [code][ÅÄÖŠŽåäöšž][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÅÄÖŠŽåäöšž]&search[post_tags_match]=-finnish_commentary Potential candidates for the Finnish Commentary tag.
• [code][ÀÂÆÇÉÈÊËÎÏÔŒÙÛÜŸàâæçéèêëîïôœùûüÿ][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÀÂÆÇÉÈÊËÎÏÔŒÙÛÜŸàâæçéèêëîïôœùûüÿ]&search[post_tags_match]=-french_commentary Potential candidates for the French Commentary tag.
• [code][ÄÖÜẞäöüß][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÄÖÜẞäöüß]&search[post_tags_match]=-german_commentary Potential candidates for the German Commentary tag.
• [code][ÁÉÍÓÖŐÚÜŰáéíóöőúü][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÁÉÍÓÖŐÚÜŰáéíóöőúü]&search[post_tags_match]=-hungarian_commentary Potential candidates for the Hungarian Commentary tag.
• [code][ÀÈÉÌÍÎÒÓÙÚàèéìíîòóùú][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÀÈÉÌÍÎÒÓÙÚàèéìíîòóùú]&search[post_tags_match]=-italian_commentary Potential candidates for the Italian Commentary tag.
• [code][ĄĆĘŁŃÓŚŹŻąćęłńóśźż][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ĄĆĘŁŃÓŚŹŻąćęłńóśźż]&search[post_tags_match]=-polish_commentary Potential candidates for the Polish Commentary tag.
• [code][ÁÂÃÀÇÉÊÍÓÔÕÚáâãàçéêíóôõú][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÁÂÃÀÇÉÊÍÓÔÕÚáâãàçéêíóôõú]&search[post_tags_match]=-portuguese_commentary Potential candidates for the Portuguese Commentary tag.
• [code][ÁÉÍÑÓÚÜáéíñóúü][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÁÉÍÑÓÚÜáéíñóúü]&search[post_tags_match]=-spanish_commentary Potential candidates for the Spanish Commentary tag.
• [code][ÅÄÖåäö][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÅÄÖåäö]&search[post_tags_match]=-swedish_commentary Potential candidates for the Swedish Commentary tag.
• [code][ÇĞİÖŞÜçğıöşü][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ÇĞİÖŞÜçğıöşü]&search[post_tags_match]=-turkish_commentary Potential candidates for the Turkish Commentary tag.
• [code][ĂÂÁẮẤÀẰẦẢẲẨÃẴẪẠẶẬĐÊÉẾÈỀẺỂẼỄẸỆÍÌỈĨỊÔƠÓỐỚÒỒỜỎỔỞÕỖỠỌỘỢƯÚỨÙỪỦỬŨỮỤỰÝỲỶỸỴăâáắấàằầảẳẩãẵẫạặậꞗđêéếèềẻểẽễẹệíìỉĩịôơóốớòồờỏổởõỗỡọộợſưúứùừủửũữụựýỳỷỹỵ][/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=[ĂÂÁẮẤÀẰẦẢẲẨÃẴẪẠẶẬĐÊÉẾÈỀẺỂẼỄẸỆÍÌỈĨỊÔƠÓỐỚÒỒỜỎỔỞÕỖỠỌỘỢƯÚỨÙỪỦỬŨỮỤỰÝỲỶỸỴăâáắấàằầảẳẩãẵẫạặậꞗđêéếèềẻểẽễẹệíìỉĩịôơóốớòồờỏổởõỗỡọộợſưúứùừủửũữụựýỳỷỹỵ]&search[post_tags_match]=-vietnamese_commentary Potential candidates for the Vietnamese Commentary tag.

Translation Searches

• [code]^.{0,5}$[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[is_deleted]=No&search[original_description_regex]=^.{0%2C5}%24&search[original_title_regex]=^.{0%2C5}%24&search[post_tags_match]=-commentary Searches for untranslated commentaries with less than 5 characters in the title and description fields.
• Can increase the maximum length to search for — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[is_deleted]=No&search[original_description_regex]=^.{0%2C10}%24&search[original_title_regex]=^.{0%2C10}%24&search[post_tags_match]=-commentary
• [code]^([^[:word:]]|[A-Za-z_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*$[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[original_description_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[A-Za-z_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[original_title_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[A-Za-z_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[post_tags_match]=-commentary+-commentary_request&search[is_deleted]=No Searches for commentaries consisting solely of alphanumeric characters and symbols. This query excludes Commentary Request as well to account for non-English commentary using the same alphabet.
• [code]^([^[:word:]]|[゠-ヿｦ-ﾟ_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*$[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[is_deleted]=No&search[original_description_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[゠-ヿｦ-ﾟ_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[original_title_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[゠-ヿｦ-ﾟ_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[post_tags_match]=-commentary Searches for commentaries consisting solely of katakana and symbols.
• To also search for hiragana, use [code]^([^[:word:]]|[ぁ-ヿｦ-ﾟ_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*$[/code] — artist_commentaries?commit=Search&search[is_deleted]=No&search[original_description_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[ぁ-ヿｦ-ﾟ_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[original_title_regex]=^([^[:word:]]|[ぁ-ヿｦ-ﾟ_‿⁀⁔︳︴﹍-﹏＿0-9０-９[:space:]])*%24&search[post_tags_match]=-commentary