Rename Heroes of Might and Magic tags

Question

I would like to propose renaming the Heroes of Might and Magic series tags as following:

• heroes-might-magic-1 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-1 (27 characters);
• heroes-might-magic-2 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-2 (27);
• heroes-might-magic-3 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-3 (27);
• heroes-might-magic-4 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-4 (27);
• heroes-might-magic-5 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-5 (27).

Since 6th game official title has been changed to Might & Magic Heroes, we could also rename (I've checked there are a lot of and usage in place of & in tags, for example command-and-conquer):

• might-magic-heroes-6 → might-and-magic-heroes-6 (24);
• might-magic-heroes-7 → might-and-magic-heroes-7 (24).

However, this renaming is impossible for might-magic-heroes-7-trial-by-fire, but it was used only once and I don't know if we need separate tag for this expansion at all.

For some of these tags synonyms with roman digits exist ( https://gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/heroes-might-magic-3/synonyms ), they should be updated as well.

Answer 1

Phew! What a mess.

The tags have all been renamed to arghtype & Steve's suggestions, with one difference - Might and Magic X: Legacy continues to use 'X' instead of '10' as that's the official title.

Regarding synonyms however, some of the old shorter tags weren't that relevant as synonyms ("might-and-magic-2" is still within "might-and-magic-2-another-world" etc), so I have replaced them with the below synonyms that either utilise the full game's subtitle or add common series & community abbreviations:

Might & Magic

• mm-the-secret-of-the-inner-sanctum → might-and-magic-book-one
• mm-2-gates-to-another-world → might-and-magic-2-another-world
• mm-6-the-mandate-of-heaven → might-and-magic-6-mandate-of-heaven
• mm-7-for-blood-and-honor → might-and-magic-7-blood-and-honor
• mm-8-day-of-the-destroyer → might-and-magic-8-day-of-destroyer
• mm-duel-of-champions → might-and-magic-duel-of-champions
• mm-x-legacy, mm-10-legacy, might-and-magic-10-legacy → might-and-magic-x-legacy
• mm-world-of-xeen → might-and-magic-world-of-xeen
• mm-dark-messiah, might-and-magic-dark-messiah → dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic

Heroes of Might and Magic

• homm-1, heroes-might-magic-1, homm-a-strategic-quest → heroes-of-might-and-magic
• homm-2, heroes-might-magic-2 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-2
• homm-3, heroes-might-magic-3 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-3
• homm-4, heroes-might-magic-4 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-4
• homm-5, heroes-might-magic-5 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-5

Might and Magic: Heroes

• mmh-6, might-magic-heroes-6 → might-and-magic-heroes-6
• mmh-7, might-magic-heroes-7 → might-and-magic-heroes-7
• mmh-7-trial-by-fire → might-magic-heroes-7-trial-by-fire
• mmh-online, might-magic-heroes-online → might-and-magic-heroes-online

Hopefully this helps sort out this confusing mess of a series!

Answer 2

The Might & Magic: Heroes series naming is a bit complicated. The series is technically a combination of both the Heroes of Might and Magic series and the Might and Magic series.

I agree with the suggested renames, but would like to propose a few additions. (I've classified the games as best I can by series)

Might & Magic (1986-2002; 2012-present)

• might-and-magic → might-and-magic-book-one (24) Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum (1986)
• might-and-magic-2 → might-and-magic-2-another-world (31) Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World (1996)
• might-and-magic-6 → might-and-magic-6-mandate-of-heaven (35) Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (1998)
• might-and-magic-7 → might-and-magic-7-blood-and-honor (33) Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (1999)
• might-and-magic-8 → might-and-magic-8-day-of-destroyer (34) Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer (2000)
• mm-duel-of-champions → might-and-magic-duel-of-champions (33) Might & Magic Duel of Champions (Before 2012?)
• might-and-magic-x → might-and-magic-10-legacy (24) Might & Magic X: Legacy (2014)

Heroes of Might and Magic (1995-2008)

• heroes-might-magic-1 → heroes-of-might-and-magic (25) Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest (1995)
• heroes-might-magic-2 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-2 (27) Heroes of Might and Magic II (1996)
• heroes-might-magic-3 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-3 (27) Heroes of Might and Magic III (1999)
• heroes-might-magic-4 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-4 (27) Heroes of Might and Magic IV (2002)
• heroes-might-magic-5 → heroes-of-might-and-magic-5 (27) Heroes of Might and Magic V (2006)

Might and Magic: Heroes (2011-present)

• might-magic-heroes-6 → might-and-magic-heroes-6 (24) Might & Magic: Heroes VI (2011)
• might-magic-heroes-7 → might-and-magic-heroes-7 (24) Might & Magic: Heroes VII (2014)
• might-magic-heroes-online → might-and-magic-heroes-online (29) Might and Magic: Heroes Online (2014)

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There are a few tags which already use the full title or would exceed the character limit. These can probably be left unchanged.

• might-and-magic-world-of-xeen Might and Magic: World of Xeen (1993)
• dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006)
• might-magic-heroes-7-trial-by-fire Might and Magic: Heroes VII – Trial by Fire (2016)