The bulk update request #1873 is active.

remove alias diaperfur (0) -> infantilism (5462)
remove alias diaperfurs (2) -> infantilism (5462)
remove alias abdl (87) -> infantilism (5462)
remove alias ab/dl (0) -> infantilism (5462)

Reason: This is a common misunderstanding, but none of these tags necessarily mean infantilism. In a nutshell, a diaperfur is an adult furry character wearing a diaper, and it isn't necessarily related to infantilism. Likewise, abdl short for "adult baby and diaper lover", and the latter only means diaper_fetish and has nothing to do with infantilism.

There was a bit of discussion about this at topic #31485, for further reading.

EDIT: The bulk update request #1873 (forum #325008) has been approved by @scaliespe.

Surely the "adult baby" part of ABDL implies infantilism is involved?

korbok said:
Surely the "adult baby" part of ABDL implies infantilism is involved?

It does, IMO. I’m just gonna copy my suggestion over from the other thread because I think it’s still relevant:

Now that we’re on the topic, though, I’m wondering if there’s not a better way to organize these. Perhaps abdl can be used in a similar manner to bdsm in the sense that it encapsulates different but clearly related fetishes. In the case of BDSM, both bondage and masochism are included. In that sense, ABDL could include both infantilism and diaper fetish.

I had considered suggesting aliasing these tags to diaper fetish instead, as they all seem to indicate the fetishistic use of diapers, at least. There’s no wiki for it, but it looks like it’s following the format of the other *_fetish tags, like foot/nipple/tail/food. It seems to be used to indicate any content where a diaper is used in a fetishistic or suggestive manner. Then we’d likely need a new tag, diaper_play (again, following the format of foot/nipple/tail/food play), which would be limited to the use of diapers for sex/masturbation, and would imply diaper_fetish.

Yep, I support these suggestions. Sounds very sensible.

The bulk update request #1873 (forum #325008) has been approved by @scaliespe.

So is there plans to make abdl an umbrella tag?

snpthecat said:
So is there plans to make abdl an umbrella tag?

I would like to, but I'd put it to a vote to see how others feel about it. But at the very least, abdl, like these other tags, most likely gets used for anything diaper-related regardless of there being any infantilism or not, so I still think we're better off removing the alias, even if just to move it to diaper.