The wiki page for sexual assault currently states, "Sexual assault is any kind of unwanted physical sexual contact. This term includes acts of rape, and molestation." The wiki page for molestation currently states, "Any unwanted sexual advance (though not necessarily full-blown sexual assault) such as deliberate exposure to an uninterested partner." However, glancing through the tags, they appear to be used interchangeably. This is probably because the latter is not the colloquial definition of molestation (which does involve sexual assault).

Do these separate tags serve a purpose, or should they be aliased?

beholding said:
The wiki page for sexual assault currently states, "Sexual assault is any kind of unwanted physical sexual contact. This term includes acts of rape, and molestation." The wiki page for molestation currently states, "Any unwanted sexual advance (though not necessarily full-blown sexual assault) such as deliberate exposure to an uninterested partner." However, glancing through the tags, they appear to be used interchangeably. This is probably because the latter is not the colloquial definition of molestation (which does involve sexual assault).

Do these separate tags serve a purpose, or should they be aliased?

Alias them. sexual_assault says it includes all molestation, yet molestation says it might not always be sexual_assault. This is a contradiction.

I don't see a difference in how the tags are used, or intended to be used. Even if they are different, the difference is so subtle as to not be worth keeping up with the two separate tags.

The bulk update request #10003 is pending approval.

create alias molestation (1327) -> sexual_assault (80)

Reason: sexual_assault says it includes all molestation, yet molestation says it might not always be sexual_assault. This is a contradiction.

I don't see a difference in how the tags are used, or intended to be used.

Even if they are actually different, the difference is so subtle as to not be worth keeping up with the two separate tags.