Currently the wiki for translucent https://e621.net/wiki_pages/2161 says that images should be tagged as such even if the characters themselves are opaque.

I suggest separating the tags so that actual translucent characters (usually tagged as Translucent_Body), like goo or slime, are tagged as translucent and normally opaque characters that have "x-ray"-like sections be tagged as x-ray_view. Translucent_Body should also refer to the physical property and not "x-ray"

Examples:

Translucent/Translucent_Body
https://e621.net/posts/2689694
https://e621.net/posts/2904075
https://e621.net/posts/3662323
https://e621.net/posts/2761848

X-Ray_View
https://e621.net/posts/3475923
https://e621.net/posts/3725771
https://e621.net/posts/3535797 (is a comic panel, not a cutaway. Image still includes X-Ray_View)
https://e621.net/posts/3692337 (XRay_View and Internal apply)

X-Ray_View should also not include images with the Cutaway (with an internal shot) tag since cutaway deals with a completely separate "picture-in-picture" (unless the cutaway includes an x-ray shot eg. https://e621.net/posts/3373279).

Cutaway
https://e621.net/posts/3709685
https://e621.net/posts/3544764
https://e621.net/posts/3514968
https://e621.net/posts/3533273

in summery,

Translucent should only refer to the physical property
XRay_View =/= Cutaway unless said cutaway includes x-ray

Note: X-Ray_Vision refers to the actual superpower. XRay_View is mainly for the viewer to see behind objects. It can include X-Ray_Vision. Also consider changing the XRay_View tag to X-Ray_View

Xray_view was not a valid tag until somebody added a description for it last month, and that description isn't exactly that well phrased.
I had recommended to disambiguate the tag in the past and alias it to x-ray_(disambiguation) due to its rather vague naming.

thegreatwolfgang said:
Xray_view was not a valid tag until somebody added a description for it last month, and that description isn't exactly that well phrased.
I had recommended to disambiguate the tag in the past and alias it to x-ray_(disambiguation) due to its rather vague naming.

I believe aliasing xray_view -> x-ray_vision would be better and easier.

x-ray_vision already covers what xray_view current wiki says.

m3g4p0n1 said:
I believe aliasing xray_view -> x-ray_vision would be better and easier.

x-ray_vision already covers what xray_view current wiki says.

While I do agree that x-ray_vision mostly covers what xray_view is trying to describe, I feel that it can also mean internal in some degree.
The naming of the tag does not help with differentiating between the two and the tag's wiki definition is also misleading. Disambiguating it will prevent accidental mistags.

thegreatwolfgang said:
While I do agree that x-ray_vision mostly covers what xray_view is trying to describe, I feel that it can also mean internal in some degree.
The naming of the tag does not help with differentiating between the two and the tag's wiki definition is also misleading. Disambiguating it will prevent accidental mistags.

I see, some pictures currently use xray_view when in fact they should be using only cutaway, or both cutaway and x-ray_vision.

m3g4p0n1 said:
I see, some pictures currently use xray_view when in fact they should be using only cutaway, or both cutaway and x-ray_vision.

A LOT of pictures do

...So should internal imply xray_view then? It seems like all internals would be considered xray_view. Or am I misunderstanding

Wait, people are really tagging internal as xray_view? Internal is the proper accepted term, even internal_view was aliased to it..
Also I was just thinking the same thing about translucent_body vs internal, doesn't seem like much can be done about it tho besides untagging offenders when you find em..

I always thought internal was for cutaway panels or intire images where the point of view "camera" is inside a character, xray_view was for when a part of a character's body is made invisible so the stuff going on inside can be seen, and translucent_body was for when a character's body is naturally see-though