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BUR #4433 has been rejected.
create alias underwear_sniffing -> sniffing_underwear
create alias clothes_sniffing -> sniffing_clothes
create alias smelling_clothes -> sniffing_clothes
create alias smelling_underwear -> sniffing_underwear
These tags are always a hassle to find for me. I always use smelling or sniffing and find nothing, so I figured it was about time I asked for an alias to make it easier to find.
Shouldn't it be sniffing clothes instead of clothes sniffing? Same for underwear.
Guaro1238 said:
Shouldn't it be sniffing clothes instead of clothes sniffing? Same for underwear.
I figured I should go with this since we have the tag smelling. I'm fine with going with sniffing if others find it to be more appropriate.
I could even flip the sniffing and smelling alias if needed to be more consistent.
blindVigil said:
Sniffing is already aliased to smelling, and all of the other tags like this use smelling, so it definitely makes more sense for this to be the other way around.
I'd be more inclined using sniffing instead of smelling for clothing, since smelling could also refer to the item emitting an odor. In the ordering of "clothes smelling", it is most commonly used in a sentence proceeding words like "fresh", "clean", "stale", etc. So in usage we'd be referring to the clothing emitting the odor with tying it with smelling. I think sniffing leaves it unambiguous the act.
NWF_Renim said:
I'd be more inclined using sniffing instead of smelling for clothing, since smelling could also refer to the item emitting an odor. In the ordering of "clothes smelling", it is most commonly used in a sentence proceeding words like "fresh", "clean", "stale", etc. So in usage we'd be referring to the clothing emitting the odor with tying it with smelling. I think sniffing leaves it unambiguous the act.
All of the things currently tagged with "smelling*" are also prone to emitting odors, though, and all of them are used to mean sniffing. And I was suggesting the tags be "smelling clothes" just like the other similar tags, not "clothes smelling". "Smelling clothes" seems a lot less likely to be misinterpreted since that ordering would usually indicate it was an action a person was performing, and not an adjective describing the object, though that is also a possibility.
"Smelling_noun" also makes the tags easier to find than "noun_sniffing" does.
We could also rename all of the tags to "sniffing_noun" though, if just to minimize potential misunderstandings.
The bulk update request #4433 (forum #178960) has been rejected by @evazion.
BUR #4921 has been approved by @evazion.
create alias underwear_sniffing -> smelling_underwear
create alias clothes_sniffing -> smelling_clothes
create alias ass_sniffing -> smelling_ass
create alias pantyhose_sniffing -> smelling_pantyhose
I'm going with smelling_*. We already have more smelling_* tags than *_sniffing, and it's more consistent with smell and smelling.
The verbing_noun form should be preferred in general. The noun_verbing form leads to unnatural English in a lot of cases. Smelling flower is a lot more natural than flower smelling or flower sniffing.
The bulk update request #4921 (forum #182189) has been approved by @evazion.
