Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions
The bulk update request #12703 is pending approval.
remove alias central_heterochromia (0) -> multicolored_eyes (7028)
Reason: the current wiki for central_heterochromia is incorrect. it's not just a general term for multicolored eyes, it's a specific type of heterochromia where the iris has a ring of color around the pupil.
If anything, yes, the alias should be removed, but instead of an alias, it should be an implication.
That means this entire tag is going to need to be pored over to pick out instances of central heterochromia and retag them. I was concerned that it was going to account for the vast majority of posts; skimming through it as best I can (eyes are not particularly easy to see at thumbnail scale), I'm seeing a fair bit of that but also quite a few linear gradients, people mistagging regular heterochromia, some hypno spirals, taggers failing to understand how shading works, and Pomni.
Also I get the feeling that the main reason this alias was created was to stop people from assuming "central heterochromia" falls under the heading of "heterochromia" and applying both tags.
Why can't we tag all types of heterochromia as heterochromia, aligning with real definitions? Something like
imply complete_heterochromia -> heterochromia
alias multicolored_eyes -> partial_heterochromia (or possibly alias to just heterochromia as I bet it's mistagged a ton on complete heterochromia)
imply partial_heterochromia -> heterochromia
imply sectoral_heterochromia -> partial_heterochromia
imply central_heterochromia -> partial_heterochromia
It seems to me that the technical definition of heterochromia is the same thing as multicolored_eyes, and is pointless to have as its own tag. And at least to me, the "hetero-" prefix also tends to mean "two different <something>" (heterosexual is one sex being attracted to the other sex, heterozygous is two different versions of a gene, and heterochromia is most often depicted as just two different eye colors) even if it technically can apply to more than two sometimes (though not always, unless you want to say bisexuals and pansexuals are also heterosexual).
I feel like keeping heterochromia as meaning "complete heterochromia" (or perhaps aliasing the former to the latter) would be the best option, and use multicolored_eyes with some other tags to indicate the different kinds of patterns in the iris.
errorist said:
That means this entire tag is going to need to be pored over to pick out instances of central heterochromia and retag them. I was concerned that it was going to account for the vast majority of posts; skimming through it as best I can (eyes are not particularly easy to see at thumbnail scale), I'm seeing a fair bit of that but also quite a few linear gradients, people mistagging regular heterochromia, some hypno spirals, taggers failing to understand how shading works, and Pomni.
i can assure you that if this bur gets approved i'm immediately going to start that tagging project myself lol
creepdreams said:
i can assure you that if this bur gets approved i'm immediately going to start that tagging project myself lol
Is limbal rings a form of central heterochromia? maybe it would be a clearer term?
bleakdragoon said:
Is limbal rings a form of central heterochromia? maybe it would be a clearer term?
i had the same thought process before making this bur, but apparently limbal rings are just dark outlines on the edge of the irises and not related to heterochromia. the wiki for limbal rings actually uses an eye with central heterochromia as an example of an eye without a limbal ring
