Topic: markings 2: electric boogaloo

The bulk update request #3327 is pending approval.

create implication striped_fur (53051) -> fur_markings (26728)
create implication spotted_fur (50757) -> fur_markings (26728)
create implication striped_scales (1939) -> scale_markings (1595)
create implication spotted_scales (1765) -> scale_markings (1595)
create implication striped_feathers (540) -> feather_markings (480)
create implication spotted_feathers (357) -> feather_markings (480)
create implication striped_exoskeleton (68) -> exoskeleton_markings (60)
create implication spotted_exoskeleton (116) -> exoskeleton_markings (60)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (60) -> exoskeleton (5886)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (60) -> markings (492557)
remove implication striped_body (70688) -> stripes (208074)
create implication striped_body (70688) -> striped_markings (52715)
remove implication spotted_body (64054) -> spots (113003)
create implication spotted_body (64054) -> spotted_markings (14822)

Reason: stripes and spots are markings (except i know what i’m doing this time) (hopefully)

This seems to me like an improvement over the existing organisation.

For consistency, I'd also suggest adding to this BUR:

create implication striped_exoskeleton (57) -> exoskeleton_markings (8)
create implication spotted_exoskeleton (85) -> exoskeleton_markings (8)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (8) -> markings (198399)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (8) -> exoskeleton (2497)

added!

say, what’s the difference between striped_body and striped_markings anyway? should they be merged?

cheshire3rd said:
added!

Fantastic!

cheshire3rd said:
say, what’s the difference between striped_body and striped_markings anyway? should they be merged?

The two would be identical 99.99% of the time, I imagine. However, images like post #3160292 would be an exception. This post depicts the painting of striped_markings with bodypaint, while the character -- a lion -- does not herself possess a striped_body. The whole thrust of the image is that she does not have a striped body and is thus painting on striped markings.

EDIT: One additional (though hypothetical) counter-example would be an animal-skin rug or a fur coat from a striped animal. The rug/coat is no longer a body, and thus should not be tagged as a striped body, but the object still possesses the striped markings of the animal from which the object has been produced.