From my personal perspective, I think the concept of the partially undressed tag is like "a piece of clothing is not being fully worn and therefore does not provide its intended full coverage, but it has also not been completely removed."
Based on the definition written on the tag’s wiki, it seems to cover two situations:
1. A single item of clothing (such as a skirt or shirt) is not being fully worn
2. Either the top or bottom of an outfit is entirely missing, resulting in “the outfit (as a set of clothings) not being fully worn”
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My main concern lies with the first situation.
Regarding this first meaning, if the partially undressed tag were to be deprecated but we still want to distinguish between posts where a piece of clothing (e.g., a skirt) is properly worn and those where it is partially removed, then the possible options, in my view, would be:
1. Subdivide partially undressed into more specific tags like partially_undressed_skirt, partially_undressed_shirt, partially_undressed_sweater, etc.
2. When clothing is not fully worn, certain body parts may be exposed (for example, a partially removed skirt may reveal the ass or thighs), and searches could rely on those body-part tags instead
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The issue with option 1 is that when clothing is in a partially removed state (especially when only a small part remains on the body), it is often wrinkled or hanging loosely, making it difficult to identify what type of clothing it originally was.
If the proposal is merely to create subcategories under partially undressed, but not delete the partially undressed tag itself, then the problem is manageable.
However, if partially undressed were to be removed entirely,only subcategories like partially_undressed_skirt, partially_undressed_shirt, partially_undressed_sweater remain, it would force many difficult classification decisions, requiring people to determine what type of clothing each loose, crumpled, possibly trapped-under or wrapped-around-the-body garment actually is.
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As for option 2, the original design of the clothing, incidental states, and even the character’s pose and the view angle can all significantly interfere with search results.
Taking the example of a partially removed skirt.
If I want to find such posts without using partially undressed, I might search for "skirt + ass,” but that would fail for posts where the character is facing the viewer.
If I use "skirt + thighs,” it would include many posts featuring miniskirts.
If I use “skirt_pull,” it would not find posts where the character is lying down and the skirt is loosened (rather than pulled down), causing exposure.
If I use “skirt + unbuttoned,” it would also include posts where the character is wearing a skirt but has unbuttoned a shirt or jacket.
Overall, it is difficult to see how this would make searching easier or produce clearer and more consistent results.
Additionally, we must consider users who cannot use many tags in their searches.
If someone in Member level is looking for partially_undressed posts of a specific character or artist, then they would only have one tag available to define the character’s clothing state.
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In conclusion, unless a solution emerges that can address all of these issues in a unified way, I personally have reservations about removing the partially undressed tag.
