Deprecate "dots"

BUR #55772 has been approved by @Hillside_Moose.

deprecate dots

The dots tag suffers from ambiguity, resulting in multiple use cases where more specific tags already exist:

• A couple cases where dots was used instead of, or alongside, ... for ellipses (post #10840840)
• dotted_line exists for dotted lines (post #2260907)
• polka_dot_background and dotted_background exist for background dots (post #3054215)
• For shading pattern dots, we have halftone and similar tags (post #8841190)
• polka_dot and related tags for same-size dot patterns (post #2643499)

There are some cases where the dots in use are much harder to define (e.g. post #10374357), but in these cases it should be questioned if a new tag should be made for the case or if the dots should be tagged at all. It is quite unlikely dots would be useful for finding specific material in these cases, regardless.

LetsDancing said in forum #421770:

post #10374357

Halftone. The tag is halftone. Which just adds to your point.

Knowledge_Seeker said in forum #421776:

Halftone. The tag is halftone. Which just adds to your point.

Those are for shading patterns, as was explained in the original forum post. It doesn't look like that's what they're being used for to me. And if they were, the tag to use would be ben-day dots since the dots are all the same size in each object.

Blank_User said in forum #421777:

Those are for shading patterns, as was explained in the original forum post. It doesn't look like that's what they're being used for to me. And if they were, the tag to use would be ben-day dots since the dots are all the same size in each object.

Oops missed that part. Sorry.

The bulk update request #55772 (forum #421770) has been approved by @Hillside_Moose.