About fear (i.e scared)-related tags

BUR #18603 has been rejected.

create alias dread -> scared
remove alias dread -> scared
deprecate dread
create alias horrified -> scared

There's an obscure tag called dread which seems to serve the same function as the tag scared. I assumed that someone just fancied to use such an archaic word for tag only for it to be forgotten and mistagged for dreadlocks instead. So I suggest moving posts that were tagged with "dread" to the tag "scared" instead and then deprecate it to prevent further mistagging.

Also, I wanted merging the tags horrified and scared together since, despite what it was described on the tag wiki of "horrified" (as a more "scary" version of the tag "scared"), it was mostly used simply as a second tag of "scared" instead. Since both words have similar meanings with little to differentiate, I think it should be merged instead of keeping it separate tags.

I can fully get behind aliasing dread as it's a small tag with a very vague definition. I'm not sure that it's trying to do to differentiate itself.

I'd argue that there would be some decent utility in being able to tag and search for mild (post #305421) vs extreme (post #5920417) fear though. In practice it's probably not possible to get people to tag consistently or thoroughly along those lines. Emotion tags are useful, but by their very nature are a lot more subjective that we tend to aim for tags to be.

I'm not sure if there is a good way to make this kind of distinction in an effective manner.

forum #178803

Replace "terrified" with "scared".

BUR #19416 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

create alias dread -> scared

I'll do this one because it's small and the wiki just says it's for scared.

The bulk update request #18603 (forum #248854) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.

The bulk update request #19416 (forum #251922) has been approved by @nonamethanks.