Topic: A half-assed hybrid BUR

The bulk update request #1584 is pending approval.

create alias half_demon (100) -> demon (141420)
create alias half-demon (37) -> demon (141420)
create alias half-vampire (41) -> vampire (8661)
create alias half_vampire (1) -> vampire (8661)
create alias half-dragon (86) -> dragon (420959)
create alias half_orc (15) -> hybrid (196515)
create alias half-esper (3) -> hybrid (196515)
create alias half_satyr (2) -> hybrid (196515)
create alias half-gryphon (0) -> hybrid (196515)
create alias half-human (7) -> hybrid (196515)
create alias halfpony (1) -> hybrid (196515)
create alias halffox (1) -> hybrid (196515)

Reason: Demons and vampires are traits that don't carry a proper species. You either are or you aren't.
Everything else? Hybrids. Half-orc is already requested in topic #21272.

Why can't we also alias half-dragon to dragon and etc.? We know from the tag that it's at least half dragon, so it shouldn't be a problem since it should be tagged as such, which would be more descriptive than simply just hybrid.

spectags:1 hybrid has hundreds of results, likely where a post has been tagged with a hybrid name that aliased to hybrid and we've lost the original intention of what the tagger was meaning to add.

faucet said:
Why can't we also alias half-dragon to dragon and etc.? We know from the tag that it's at least half dragon, so it shouldn't be a problem since it should be tagged as such, which would be more descriptive than simply just hybrid.

spectags:1 hybrid has hundreds of results, likely where a post has been tagged with a hybrid name that aliased to hybrid and we've lost the original intention of what the tagger was meaning to add.

The problem would be that hybrid wouldn't be tagged then. As you linked, you can look for images that are only tagged as hybrid, but you can't really find the images that should be tagged hybrid but have only the two separated species.

furrin_gok said:
The problem would be that hybrid wouldn't be tagged then. As you linked, you can look for images that are only tagged as hybrid, but you can't really find the images that should be tagged hybrid but have only the two separated species.

But what if the half-dragon intended by the tagger is half-human? Then it’ll just be a dragon humanoid and not a hybrid.

scaliespe said:
But what if the half-dragon intended by the tagger is half-human? Then it’ll just be a dragon humanoid and not a hybrid.

Like this one:

post #234048

I believe these tags should be invalidated instead of aliased to hybrid as I share the same concerns as scaliespe.

sieghelm_lockayer said:
Like this one:

post #234048

I believe these tags should be invalidated instead of aliased to hybrid as I share the same concerns as scaliespe.

Thirded

sieghelm_lockayer said:
Like this one:

post #234048

I believe these tags should be invalidated instead of aliased to hybrid as I share the same concerns as scaliespe.

Invalidating it would serve no purpose. It either aliases to hybrid or to dragon.

furrin_gok said:
Invalidating it would serve no purpose. It either aliases to hybrid or to dragon.

I’d rather use dragon. It at least can’t be wrong that way.