The tag implication #65906 werewolf -> wolf is pending approval.

Reason: wolf.

were* usually only implies * when it's a category of species rather than a specific species. See implications of werecreature Actually i'm not even sure we're following that rule with our current implications (well, not consistently at least)

It doesn't help that many posts tagged werewolf manually get tagged wolf too regardless, and what even counts as a werewolf vs an anthro wolf (or a normal-looking wolf after_transformation) is a big mess.

Since werewolf is also tagged when "a person in the process of turning into a wolf-like being" instead of just the final complete transformation itself, it does not necessarily mean that the character would immediately be recognisable as a wolf throughout the transformation process (e.g., only the fur coming in and resulting in a very furry man, human head with just dog ears, body_part_transformation, etc.).

I want to throw the entire werewolf tag off a cliff

spe said:
I want to throw the entire werewolf tag off a cliff

I don't really see the problem with it any more than any of the other lore-y-er species tags.

although... I don't think there'd be much lost if we just obliterated all of the subtags _{(or almost all, copywrited stuff like werehog could be kept. maybe unimplied, though)} and then we just keep werecreature on its own.