bathroom vs. restroom

They both mean the same thing but bathroom is used more. What do?

I'd say an alias, restroom to bathroom or the other way around.

Butterscotch said:
I'd say an alias, restroom to bathroom or the other way around.

That's where the conflict comes in. Alias restroom -> bathroom or bathroom -> restroom?

I say alias them both to "powder_room" because here at e621, we like to keep things classy.

TheHuskyK9 said:
That's where the conflict comes in. Alias restroom -> bathroom or bathroom -> restroom?

I'd use my first example, restroom to bathroom.

TheHuskyK9 said:
They both mean the same thing

I'm not sure that they do. Restroom tends to imply it's public, and it looks like it's being used correctly.

True.
The difference between a restroom and a bathroom is that the latter have some kind of bathing facilities. Either a bathtub or a shower. Usually private.

Whereas restrooms are generally public toilets.

DrHorse said:
I'm not sure that they do. Restroom tends to imply it's public, and it looks like it's being used correctly.

https://e621.net/post/show/428778
https://e621.net/post/show/424358
https://e621.net/post/show/417551
https://e621.net/post/show/393419

All of those images have the bathroom tag and I'm pretty sure those locations are not private. (There's way more but I don't want to fill up my reply with links)

Yep, those get mixed up a lot. I'm not sure if they're worth keeping separate, even though there is a difference.

TheHuskyK9 said:
https://e621.net/post/show/428778
https://e621.net/post/show/424358
https://e621.net/post/show/417551
https://e621.net/post/show/393419

All of those images have the bathroom tag and I'm pretty sure those locations are not private. (There's way more but I don't want to fill up my reply with links)

Yes, the bathroom tag is a bit dirty, but the restroom tag seems pretty clean. Maybe we could just imply restroom to bathroom and update the wiki?

DrHorse said:
Yes, the bathroom tag is a bit dirty, but the restroom tag seems pretty clean. Maybe we could just imply restroom to bathroom and update the wiki?

I'm not sure. I'm still stuck on aliasing because one of the tags seem redundant imo

Genjar said:
True.
The difference between a restroom and a bathroom is that the latter have some kind of bathing facilities. Either a bathtub or a shower. Usually private.

Whereas restrooms are generally public toilets.

Not always, in some parts of the globe a bathroom is simply any room with a toilet in it, public or private.
In Ohio, where I grew up, it was more common to say "I'm going to the bathroom" than anything else.
Really it comes down to regional preference like soda vs pop.

DrHorse said:
I'm not sure that they do. Restroom tends to imply it's public, and it looks like it's being used correctly.

My opinions exactly

TheHuskyK9 said:
I'm not sure. I'm still stuck on aliasing because one of the tags seem redundant imo

I wouldn't normally advocate tagging niggling details like this one, but I think public toilets are relevant to certain fetishes.

DrHorse said:
I wouldn't normally advocate tagging niggling details like this one, but I think public toilets are relevant to certain fetishes.

Good point.
And there's not that many public toilets under the bathroom tag, wouldn't take long to sort them out. So I think a minor cleanup might suffice in this case.

Alrighty, I've done some research and I think cleaning up the tags is the best thing to do. As for the wikis, the bathroom tag is for private toilets and the restroom tag is for public toilets. How's that sound?

TheHuskyK9 said:
Alrighty, I've done some research and I think cleaning up the tags is the best thing to do. As for the wikis, the bathroom tag is for private toilets and the restroom tag is for public toilets. How's that sound?

how about an additional alias of restroom to public_restroom to help clarify usage?

TheHuskyK9 said:
Alrighty, I've done some research and I think cleaning up the tags is the best thing to do. As for the wikis, the bathroom tag is for private toilets and the restroom tag is for public toilets. How's that sound?

Inaccurate to a large numer of people's usage of the term(s).

123easy said:
how about an additional alias of restroom to public_restroom to help clarify usage?

Sounds better to me.

123easy said:
how about an additional alias of restroom to public_restroom to help clarify usage?

Sounds like a good idea. Public restrooms are usually dirty and disgusting and knowing e621 it's probably a fetish here.

123easy said:
how about an additional alias of restroom to public_restroom to help clarify usage?

I don't see why not

123easy said:
how about an additional alias of restroom to public_restroom to help clarify usage?

Nice idea, I agree :3

123easy said:
how about an additional alias of restroom to public_restroom to help clarify usage?

Sounds like a good idea.

Agreed, will alias restroom to public_restroom and have the tags split. Should public_restroom implicate bathroom though?

Rainbow_Dash said:
Agreed, will alias restroom to public_restroom and have the tags split. Should public_restroom implicate bathroom though?

I think so.
Seems like a fairly typical set/subset situation.
Public restrooms are bathrooms, but not all bathrooms are public restrooms.

Rainbow_Dash said:
Agreed, will alias restroom to public_restroom and have the tags split. Should public_restroom implicate bathroom though?

Yes, for the same reason Halit just said. :3

Butterscotch said:
Yes, for the same reason Halit just said. :3