If general tags are supposed to be about the meaningful content of a post, and meta tags are supposed to be about the nature of the post, then the tags below may need to be reclassified to 'meta'. This is definitely not an exhaustive list, but this should hopefully help us make use of the category.

Notes:

• I’m pretty certain epilepsy_warning and sound_warning should remain artist tags so that they're immediately noticed at the top of the page.
• I think tags like invalid_tag, invalid_background, invalid_color, and invalid_color_(tan) (Why are these two even separate?) are supposed to have their own category.
• I think censored should be a meta tag, but tags describing the type of censorship should remain as 'general' (heart_censor, censor_bar, convenient_censorship, etc.) since those deal more with content.
• I think video_games should either be categorized as 'lore', 'meta', or 'copyright'.
• I’m uncertain if the tags text (and text related tags like dialogue, apology, caption, etc.), border, and detailed_background should be changed to meta since I feel they deal too heavily with image content.
• This wiki page (https://e621.net/wiki_pages/10866) may potentially house more meta tags.

It looks like this is what the new "request BUR" link is for (BUR == bulk update request).
Seems like, per the provided help, you would feed in lines like

category bust_portrait meta
category url meta

(it's easy to generate this from a list of tags using a basic regexp search+replace (^(.+)$ -> category \1 meta))

.. I guess the intended usage would be something like, enter all the ones you were pretty certain of into the BUR script, and then start a thread to discuss individually handling the ones you were uncertain of.

.. I've read over your list and I agree with all of it.

Thanks for the help. I'll try adding it there.

The bulk update request #20 is active.

Reason: I believe that these tags should be recategorized to be under the new meta tag. If you disagree, I’d like to hear which ones you take issue with so that I can develop a better understanding of the category. Thank you.

I’ve ordered them by the following subcategories.

• Language and Translation Tags
• Ratio Tags
• Resolution Tags
• Video Duration Tags
• Year Tags (All the tags listed seem to be in use. There also seem to be tags from years even further back, but I figured I’d stop there rather than listing every year in human history.)
• Media Tags
• Help and Error Tags
• Color Theme and Palette Tags
• Portrait Tags
• Edit Tags
• Art Style and Progress Tags
• Misc Tags

P.S. I'm terribly sorry for the massive wall of text.

EDIT: The bulk update request #20 (forum #287888) has been approved by @NotMeNotYou.

Don't forget long_image and tall_image which are auto-tags brought in with the updated danbooru framework.

I'm not sure how many auto-tags were introduced, but I imagine most of them would be meta.

jakxxx3 said:
Don't forget long_image and tall_image which are auto-tags brought in with the updated danbooru framework.

I'm not sure how many auto-tags were introduced, but I imagine most of them would be meta.

Thanks! I added it to the list.

Warnings could be made into their own category now that the codebase doesn't suck.

The bulk update request #20 (forum #287888) has been approved by @NotMeNotYou.

I'm not sure that the text, color palette, or portrait tags really belong as meta tags, to me they feel more like information about the content of a post rather than information about the post itself.

unavailable_at_source should be a meta tag, since it's about where the post had originally come from before it was removed from there.

Edit: I don't know how I double-posted.

I'd like to add that charcoal_(artwork) is not filed as a meta tag as of yet.

It looks like the tags added by @NotUncommon (like long_image and tall_image) weren't included in the BUR and thus haven't been moved to the meta category.

jakxxx3 said:
It looks like the tags added by @NotUncommon (like long_image and tall_image) weren't included in the BUR and thus haven't been moved to the meta category.

Sorry for the late reply. When I said that I'd at it to the list, I meant the list on this forum not the BUR. If I get around to making a second BUR, I'll add them. Until then, tags that aren't in the meta category but could belong there will be marked with [!] on the forum post.

Dated should be a meta tag

rollingpussbob said:
Dated should be a meta tag

What would "dated" even mean? That it has a date written on it? That it's subject matter is "dated" (i.e. no longer relevant, didn't age well)? That it depicts someone on a romantic date? Seems more like it should be disambiguated.

Seems to mean the first of those options.

In my personal tagging (drawings) I use 'datestamp', which is.. not strictly accurate, but at least less ambiguous.

I believe that voice_acted should be categorized as a meta tag due it being related to sound
Can this forum be stickied for a bit?

uncensored_version_at_source should be a meta tag.

webcomic, maybe? 'Characters from webcomics' seems like meta to me.

Model_sheet should probably be a meta tag.

Here's a collection of tags (including several mentioned above, here in a quickly-compiled list) that I think should probably be reassigned to the 'meta' tag category:

d.d.m. said:

• animated_comic

Seems redundant, since animated+comic should get you the same exact things.

d.d.m. said:

• comic_page

Should probably just be aliased to comic, as the majority of comic posts are a single comic page (a separate multiple_comic_pages tag could be used for posts that aren't a single page).

d.d.m. said:

• sketch_page

Any different from sketch+multiple_images?

d.d.m. said:

• webcomic

By e6's definition, webcomics (online comics hosted exclusively on its own site or a hosting site with monetization) aren't allowed here. In the colloquial sense of the term, most comics here are webcomics (comics on the web/online comics), so it would probably be better to have a tag for non-webcomic comics, if there are any. Looking at that wiki, it sounds like that really means webcomic_character (which would make sense as a character type, like fan_character or background_character).

I think lol_comments should be a meta tag since it's about the comments of a post and not the actual post itself.

2_frame_animation should be meta; animated and other related tags already are.

Hello, may I suggest alpha_channel as a meta tag ?
It is a general one as of now.

catt0s_0fthenight said:
I think to_be_continued should be a meta tag because it does not make sense to be a copyright tag. saying something is not complete is metadata. (or maybe lore?)

i accidentally hid my comment and I don't know how to undo it so I am just going to quote it

just as shaded is meta, lighting should follow suit

9:16, 5:3, 10:16, and 3:5 seem common enough to warrant being meta tags.

(there are a lot of other ratio tags that can be found by searching "[number]:*", at what point should they be 'canonized' / at what point are they too specific to warrant a tag?)

strikerman said:
9:16, 5:3, 10:16, and 3:5 seem common enough to warrant being meta tags.

(there are a lot of other ratio tags that can be found by searching "[number]:*", at what point should they be 'canonized' / at what point are they too specific to warrant a tag?)

Excellent question

The bulk update request #244 is active.

change category 3:5 (7039) -> meta
change category 5:3 (9527) -> meta
change category 9:16 (28067) -> meta
change category 10:16 (958) -> meta

Reason: Some aspect ratio tags that needs to be put in 'meta' category...

EDIT: The bulk update request #244 (forum #295640) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #244 (forum #295640) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #254 is active.

change category 2_frame_animation (993) -> meta

Reason: Other animation-related tags are already meta.

EDIT: The bulk update request #254 (forum #295961) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #254 (forum #295961) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #274 has been rejected.

change category dialogue (512578) -> meta
change category profanity (52023) -> meta
change category stated_homosexuality (1091) -> meta
change category stated_heterosexuality (421) -> meta
change category implied_incest (1549) -> meta

Reason: all tags which describe the content of text/sound/pictograpics/etc. rather than the visual content of an image

EDIT: The bulk update request #274 (forum #296548) has been rejected by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #299 is active.

Reason: These tags are closely related to existing tags that are already meta.

EDIT: The bulk update request #299 (forum #297098) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #321 is active.

change category black_and_grey (851) -> meta
create alias blue_and_gray (0) -> blue_and_grey (32)
create alias gray_and_blue (0) -> blue_and_grey (32)
create alias grey_and_blue (0) -> blue_and_grey (32)
change category blue_and_grey (32) -> meta
create alias green_and_gray (0) -> green_and_grey (2)
create alias gray_and_green (0) -> green_and_grey (2)
create alias grey_and_green (0) -> green_and_grey (2)
change category green_and_grey (2) -> meta
create alias purple_and_gray (0) -> purple_and_grey (16)
create alias gray_and_purple (0) -> purple_and_grey (16)
create alias grey_and_purple (0) -> purple_and_grey (16)
change category purple_and_grey (16) -> meta
create implication black_and_grey (851) -> monochrome (398467)
create implication blue_and_grey (32) -> monochrome (398467)
create implication green_and_grey (2) -> monochrome (398467)
create implication purple_and_grey (16) -> monochrome (398467)

Reason: Sometimes, artists make things with only grey and one other color.

EDIT: The bulk update request #321 (forum #297835) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #340 is active.

Reason: More meta suggestions, and some implications.

• Replacing sketch_page with multiple_images, since they both seem to be used in the same way, and sketch doesn't seem to apply to all of the posts tagged with sketch_page.
• Replacing webcomic with webcomic_character. If folks feel webcomic should be a Character category tag instead, it should probably have it's name altered to better reflect the tag's intended use.
• Aliasing comic_page -> comic, since they both seem to be used in the same way.
• Depending on how folks feel about making text a Meta category tag, I might submit another BUR later for re-categorizing other text tags as Meta category tags.

Edit:

• Removed the category update text -> meta.

EDIT: The bulk update request #340 (forum #298238) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #341 is active.

change category cover (8580) -> meta
change category album_cover (641) -> meta
change category back_cover (41) -> meta
change category book_cover (189) -> meta
change category cover_page (4607) -> meta
change category dvd_cover (59) -> meta
change category magazine_cover (1712) -> meta
change category video_game_cover (57) -> meta
change category cover_art (5107) -> meta
create implication cover_page (4607) -> cover_art (5107)

Reason: I decided to submit these cover tags separately, since I wasn't sure how folks would feel about re-categorizing these as Meta category tags.

• It could be better to alias cover_art -> cover_page instead. I'll edit the BUR if other folks think cover_art should be aliased away.

EDIT: The bulk update request #341 (forum #298240) has been approved by @Millcore.

d.d.m. said:

• Depending on how folks feel about making text a Meta category tag, I might submit another BUR later for re-categorizing other text tags as Meta category tags.

I think text itself should be fine as a general tag since it's describing something in the image, like hair or wings, although the specific languages (english_text, japanese_text, etc) are good as meta tags since it's information about the text. Otherwise it looks good to me.

I removed text from the BUR. I can somewhat see the argument for having text of specific languages as a Meta category tag whilst keeping text itself a General category tag, though I'm not sure if I concur with it. However, that seems like a discussion better suited for the *_text BUR once I've got that compiled.

The bulk update request #321 (forum #297835) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #379 is active.

change category 14:9 (1024) -> meta
change category 9:14 (1240) -> meta

Reason: More aspect ratio tags... maybe there's more to be put here...

EDIT: The bulk update request #379 (forum #299385) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #274 (forum #296548) has been rejected by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #341 (forum #298240) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #299 (forum #297098) has been approved by @Millcore.

The bulk update request #379 (forum #299385) has been approved by @Millcore.

spoilers -> meta

Reason: to make a new blacklist tag

darvincy said:
spoilers -> meta

Reason: to make a new blacklist tag

Is anyone paying attention to this?
We need to hide spoilers with this meta tag
so people won't be spoiled by the art

darvincy said:
spoilers -> meta

Reason: to make a new blacklist tag

There was a discussion about this some time ago, and unfortunately I can't find the forum thread, but I don't think there is a clear/useful definition for what constitutes a spoiler. For some people, once a piece of media is out, it's fair game as long as that media is tagged, for others, a few months is fine, while others might consider spoilers to last forever. Some people also consider anything not specifically showcased in pre-release material to be a spoiler, while others consider only twists or very-end stuff to be spoilers, while yet others consider any non-critical non-decision-factoring information to be spoilers (official trailers have spoiled games and movies, especially second or third trailers, for instance). Some people might not want to know anything about the new monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, for example, so they can discover and experience them fresh while playing, while other people might want to know every released (but not leaked) detail possible to be as prepared as the developers want you to be going into it.

Consequently, someone blacklisting a spoilers tag could still end up seeing what they don't want to see, and at the same time not see things they would say are fine.

Also, spoilers.

watsit said:
There was a discussion about this some time ago, and unfortunately I can't find the forum thread, but I don't think there is a clear/useful definition for what constitutes a spoiler. For some people, once a piece of media is out, it's fair game as long as that media is tagged, for others, a few months is fine, while others might consider spoilers to last forever. Some people also consider anything not specifically showcased in pre-release material to be a spoiler, while others consider only twists or very-end stuff to be spoilers, while yet others consider any non-critical non-decision-factoring information to be spoilers (official trailers have spoiled games and movies, especially second or third trailers, for instance). Some people might not want to know anything about the new monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, for example, so they can discover and experience them fresh while playing, while other people might want to know every released (but not leaked) detail possible to be as prepared as the developers want you to be going into it.

Consequently, someone blacklisting a spoilers tag could still end up seeing what they don't want to see, and at the same time not see things they would say are fine.

Also, spoilers.

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The bulk update request #340 (forum #298238) has been approved by @Millcore.