Topic: (color)_ears tags BUR

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

The bulk update request #2803 is pending approval.

create alias black_ears (23527) -> black_ear (199)
create alias blue_ears (14327) -> blue_ear (42)
create alias brown_ears (18901) -> brown_ear (74)
create alias green_ears (3815) -> green_ear (12)
create alias orange_ears (7709) -> orange_ear (35)
create alias pink_ears (8107) -> pink_ear (52)
create alias purple_ears (5032) -> purple_ear (40)
create alias red_ears (4262) -> red_ear (24)
create alias white_ears (17504) -> white_ear (57)
create alias yellow_ears (8172) -> yellow_ear (27)

Reason: Similar to other plural -> singular aliases:
against_walls -> against_wall : alias #35380
air_bubbles -> air_bubble : alias #56146
alchemical_symbols -> alchemical_symbol : alias #31725
alternate_colors -> alternate_color : alias #7381
etc.

Sometimes a character has only one ear visible.

Or for example: character has one pink ear (and 2nd ear of another color),
so wrong to say they have pink_ears (plural).

(existing tag pairs: black_ear and black_ears,
brown_ear and brown_ears,
pink_ear and pink_ears,
purple_ear and purple_ears,
red_ear and red_ears,
tan_ear and tan_ears,
white_ear and white_ears,
yellow_ear and yellow_ears)

(put below in this reply to avoid cluttering up BUR above)

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First version of script blocked by error message:
"Error: Error: Antecedent name has already been taken (create alias gray_ears -> grey_ear),
Error: Antecedent name has already been taken (create alias beige_ears -> tan_ear)"

so removed some lines from Script:
"alias grey_ears -> grey_ear # duplicate of has blocking transitive relationships, cannot be applied through BUR"
"alias tan_ears -> tan_ear # duplicate of has blocking transitive relationships, cannot be applied through BUR"

2nd version also blocked by same error message,
so removed:
unalias gray_ears -> grey_ears
alias gray_ears -> grey_ear
unalias beige_ears -> tan_ears
alias beige_ears -> tan_ear

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(I was going to include rainbow_ear* and multicolored_ear* tags in BUR,
but multicolor*/two_tone* issues probably best discussed in topic #24546 OR
similar multicolor*/two_tone*/two-color* forum topic.)

Perhaps these should be reversed. We do tend to prefer singular forms of tags, but there are exceptions, like <color>_eyes and <color>_claws. Ears seems like it would fit as a plural exception (especially since it'd avoid the confusing use of multicolored_ear from each ear being a distinct single color, e.g. a brown left ear and orange right ear).

As Watsit said, things that can pretty much always be expected to come in pairs or groups usually retain the plural form.

Original page: https://e621.net/forum_topics/34430?page=1