General Tag Discussion

@Damaged  
I agree.

Re: Pony/Semi-anthro  
They shouldn’t be tagged together unless both are in the image, such as the pic @Damaged linked. They’re separate species tags and a character wouldn’t be both at once. Like how a character can’t be both a pony and a human at the same time. Again, excluding examples where the character is shown as both in the same image.
 
Pony is for, well, ponies.
 
Semi-anthro is for that tricky gray area where the character isn’t quite anthro, but they aren’t pony either.  
Yes, it can be really tough to distinguish what’s semi-anthro. Since it can so easily be either a very ponyish looking anthro, or a rather anthro looking pony standing on hind legs. [bipedal]
 
It’s so vague and hard to gauge what exactly should fall under it because the tag itself is meant for the characters that are somewhere between anthro and pony.

Help us to imply some tags! Link:  
https://derpibooru.org/forums/tagging/topics/more-tags

@LightningBolt  
Why is there no monster stallion tag? o.o;
 
Or is this a waifu thing?

@Marx  
Because one dude has been tagging it and that’s it. Maybe i’ll ask him. :T

@LightningBolt  
There’s 670 of them , is it all by just one user? Just how?
 
Seems kinda redundant when monster pony is already a thing.

@Marx  
Exactly my point. Plus he doesn’t seem to pay attention to tags and occasionally has mistagged it on males. Including my own. >:I

@LightningBolt  
Should probably alias it into monster to kill it, so that any missing monster get it tagged.

Do kitsune pones count as monster ponies?

Please update the chart embedded in the backwards cutie mark description from >>253514 (merged) to >>1178747 so it’s visible again.

Am I wrong, or is this another case of someone not knowing about galleries and we’re not supposed to make personal tags?
 
the angel of equestria girls

Is a “plane pony” considered a “robot pony”? Their bodies have parts that are clearly mechanical (such as the wings and tail fins).

@Algebroot  
Only if their internal workings are fully mechanical. If not, and there’s actual mechanical control systems in those bits, they’re cyborgs.

@Algebroot  
So are plane ponies that aren’t robots like that one cutaway drawing of Lightning McQueen showing his organs and guts?

@Dogman15  
I’d generally go the other way around. Only tag them android if something shows ALL their internals to be mechanical, cyborg if something shows a specific mix of mechanical internals and biological ones, and neither if nothing of their internals is shown. Just my thought on it, at least.
 
You tag what is in the image, generally, rather than what is not.

I’ve no idea what else does this post need for tagging:  

…I guess my logic in how robots can look is flawed. I honestly thought I only needed a slightly different appearance or a cutie mark to tell a character is a robot.

@Princess Luna  
Given the nature of the images tagged with it, I think that monster pony might be a better alias. Not many of the images in the tag seem like what gets tagged with monster under normal circumstances.

Does anyone know a term or tag for holding a pencil/quill/pen/something in your ears like this:  

@Background Pony #8B47  
There’s pencil behind ear

@Background Pony #EFDB  
Would love to have a more generic tag, but thanks!

This has to have been discussed before, but I tried and failed to find it, so here we go:
 
What’s the guideline for tagging mere depictions of things or highly incidental background objects?  
For example:  
• A character which is on a poster or photograph as a minor element in the context of a bigger drawing?  
• Another artist’s image, which is used within someone else’s image as a photo or poster?  
• Things which are displayed on screens/monitors in the background/environment of a picture?  
• Brands of food or drink, when they are not part of the focus of the image?
 
I’ve wondered for a while, but this enormous image spurred me to ask:  

 
A few specific examples in that image:  
• Joseph Joestar is shown on a distorted/faded monitor  

@Background Pony #F3C9  
If it’s in the image, tag it. There are plenty of images with over a hundred tags from all the background greebles.

I propose we rename the EqG charcter “Baewatch” to something else, because a) It’s a stupid name and b) It’s the alternative name for one of the shorts (I forget which one).