alias boiled_egg -> hardboiled_egg

BUR #7370 has been rejected.

create alias boiled_egg -> hardboiled_egg

Utility alias.

Perhaps it should be reversed? Softboiled_egg does exist even if it's tiny. Those shouldn't automatically be made into hardboiled.

There are already softboiled eggs in hardboiled egg like post #884121

Just alias both to boiled_egg. softboiled_egg has three posts so I can't imagine anybody cares.

Talulah said:

softboiled_egg has three posts so I can't imagine anybody cares.

That may have something to do with the existence of halfboiled_egg which is a phrase I've never seen used outside of Danbooru. I'm not convinced that "halfboiled" is even a real word.

Also, I suspect that the obscurity of softboiled_egg has some users tagging soft-boiled eggs as simply egg. You can see examples of this like post #2201510 and post #2661324, where the eggs are boiled with runny yolks but aren't tagged that way.

BUR #7384 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

rename halfboiled_egg -> softboiled_egg

Alright then, I'll just turn boiled egg into a disambiguation page. @UnderCurve the name of the dish is "softboiled egg", not "halfboiled egg".

The bulk update request #7384 (forum #197513) has been approved by @nonamethanks.

The bulk update request #7370 (forum #197446) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.

I think both half- and soft- are correct, but I think it's right to use soft- to separate boiled eggs into hard-boiled eggs and this tag.

"Half boiled egg" is ESL primarily from Chinese speakers who are translating directly from Chinese 半熟蛋. Usually pops up among Singaporean/Malaysian/Hong Kong English speakers, even for those who are perfectly fluent.

Agree with the rename (to softboiled egg) and don't think we need an alias either. IIRC the forms with the hyphens (hard-boiled and soft-boiled) are more common among English speakers, but the "one word" forms are also correct.