Topic: [APPROVED] Not many but a few multi BUR

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

slyroon

Former Staff

The bulk update request #10034 is active.

create alias many_teeth (10) -> multi_teeth (84)
create alias many_tails (5) -> multi_tail (36333)
create alias many_legs (5) -> multi_leg (2114)
create alias many_wings (3) -> multi_wing (1919)
create alias many_horns (3) -> multi_horn (5573)
create alias many_limbs (2) -> multi_limb (27812)
create alias many_heads (2) -> multi_head (8543)

Reason: Many < multi

EDIT: The bulk update request #10034 (forum #434733) has been approved by @spe.

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I feel like there needs to be a better name for what multi_teeth means, the multi_* family is generally for, like, supernumerary anatomy, amounts over what's normal for an animal, no? that's why multi_leg is only implied by numbers of legs that aren't normally naturally occuring numbers. but mulit_teeth seems to just be for multiple rows of teeth regardless of what's normal for an animal, even making note of sharks.

Speaking of multi_leg, the tag is intended to be used for posts with more legs than normal, but it's used on a significant portion of centipede posts where is not really more legs than normal

There's also a question of whether anthro snakes are technically multi_leg

Looking at the other tags, the multi series isn't all that coherent

snpthecat said:
Speaking of multi_leg, the tag is intended to be used for posts with more legs than normal, but it's used on a significant portion of centipede posts where is not really more legs than normal

Looking at the other tags, the multi series isn't all that coherent

maybe we might want a better word than "multi" for all of these in general. something that makes it clear that it's not just "lots of" but specifically "more than normal".

snpthecat said:
There's also a question of whether anthro snakes are technically multi_leg

for anthro, I think biped is normally the defualt, otherwise they're naga (and by extension draconcopode), so we already have a way to differentiate the two.

however, someone actually brought up something related to this in the DWHATFT thread recently. we should probably have a generalized tag for posts containing normally legless ferals drawn with legs, we have the *_growth tags for a character sprouting limbs or other anatomy but not just characters who have mismatched anatomical bits (unless they're genitalia).

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