Background Pony #B90B
Got a list of proposed changes to various tags that describe the appearance of a creature’s underside. I organized them into several themed “batches”:
Batch 1: Basic changes
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merge white belly into pale bellyReason: not much reason to single out “white” from other “pale” underbelly colors and the tag already contains many images with not-actually-white underbellies anyway.
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make pale belly imply colored belly
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make dark belly imply colored belly
Batch 2: Clarify the most common of these tags
- merge pale belly into lighter underbelly
- rename dark belly to darker underbelly (and alias the old tag)
- rename colored belly to colored underbelly (and alias the old tag)
Reason for these:
“underbelly” is a more general term than “belly” that describes a creature’s entire underside, including the undersides of their neck and chest. Although “pale belly” is the dominant of these tags today, the dictionary definition of “underbelly” more accurately fits what this tag is actually used to describe on Derpibooru (not strictly bellies - a number of “pale belly” pics don’t show a creature’s belly at all).
The other tags here are less-used than “pale belly” but I suggest renaming+aliasing them as well for consistency.
As well: replacing “pale” with “lighter” and “dark” with “darker” in these tags will better indicate that they describe an underbelly color which contrasts a character’s main body color(s). These tags should not be applied to a character whose underbelly color matches their main body color and thus incidentally happens to be “pale” or “dark”.
Batch 3: Relate the “scaled” and “general” “underbelly” tags
- make colored underbelly imply underbelly
- make scaled underbelly imply underbelly
Reason: “underbelly” is the most general of these tags, appearing intended to describe any creature with an underbelly that contrasts the appearance of the rest of its coat.
Note: I did spot a few images under “underbelly” which don’t quite fit its current dominant use. These are easy enough to remove the tag from, however.
Batch 4: Touch-ups to further reduce ambiguity
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rename underbelly to contrasting underbellyReason: The word “underbelly” on its own is ambiguous. Calling the tag “contrasting underbelly” more obviously describes its intended use.
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alias coloured underbelly and coloured belly to colored underbelly for consistency with the site’s other spellings of “color”.
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Consider merging colored underbelly into contrasting underbelly. If all of the above changes are applied, I’m not sure this distinction will be useful any longer. Those who want to see “contrasting underbellies” but not “scaled bellies” will be able to filter out the “scaled belly” tag. But I’m less convinced of this change’s benefits than the other nine.
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