Topic: implicate acting_like_a_* -> animal_behavior

The bulk update request #12023 is pending approval.

create implication acting_like_a_cat (433) -> animal_behavior (62)
create implication acting_like_a_dog (124) -> animal_behavior (62)

Reason: These are types of animal behavior.

Not a fan of these since they can get pretty subjective, either relying on beliefs of cat/dog behavior (that may or may not actually be true), or personal experience that may not fit in the broader scope of animals in general. For instance, I've seen posts tagged acting_like_a_cat for behaviors that dogs also do. Someone may recognize something as "cat behavior" because they have experience with cats doing something, while not realizing dogs also do it because they aren't around dogs enough, and vice-versa. And even then, it's not as if behaviors are shared between all sub-species and breeds. So something some cat breeds may have a propensity to do, other breeds may not. Cats and dogs are individuals, and I don't think there's a clear line for when something becomes "cat/dog behavior" vs some cats/dogs doing something that essentially gets meme'd on.

The animal_behavior wiki also seems to suggest it's for anthros or animal humanoids acting stereotypical of their animal-self, e.g. a cat anthro playing with a ball of yarn. The tag's purpose seems to be for when anthros/humanoids are overtaken by their animal instincts and act un-human-like. The acting_like_a_* tags can be applied to normal ferals acting normally, making it hard to find one thing with results for a bunch of the other thing.

watsit said:
The animal_behavior wiki also seems to suggest it's for anthros or animal humanoids acting stereotypical of their animal-self, e.g. a cat anthro playing with a ball of yarn. The tag's purpose seems to be for when anthros/humanoids are overtaken by their animal instincts and act un-human-like. The acting_like_a_* tags can be applied to normal ferals acting normally, making it hard to find one thing with results for a bunch of the other thing.

The acting_like_a_* tags explicitly state they're not to be applied to feral characters. (And I actually wrote the animal_behavior wiki, but I deliberately did not mention ferals because I didn't know if it should apply to them.)

Would you suggest aliasing these tags instead, then?

beholding said:
The acting_like_a_* tags explicitly state they're not to be applied to feral characters. (And I actually wrote the animal_behavior wiki, but I deliberately did not mention ferals because I didn't know if it should apply to them.)

Would you suggest aliasing these tags instead, then?

Probably. If that's the case, I don't think it would be too different from searching animal_behavior + <species> where it's more focused on stereotypes over stuff they necessarily really do.

The bulk update request #12025 is pending approval.

remove alias behaving_like_a_cat (14) -> acting_like_a_cat (433)
create alias acting_like_a_dog (124) -> animal_behavior (62)

Reason:

alias acting_like_a_cat -> animal_behavior

As suggested.

This may cause autocomplete problems with the acting tag, but it currently has miniscule use compared to the others.