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BUR #59984 has been rejected.
create alias decantering -> decanting
As mentioned in the wiki, decantering is a typo (or perhaps an eggcorn?) and the proper word is decanting.
Since most pics aren't intentionally referencing the scene from Kami no Shizuku, there's no reason for the tag to be named like this.
BUR #59985 has been rejected.
create alias decanting -> decantering
Alternative for those who are emotionally attached to this meme from almost two decades ago.
BaiserLaVerite said in forum #441319:
BUR #59984 has been rejected.
create alias decantering -> decanting
As mentioned in the wiki, decantering is a typo (or perhaps an eggcorn?) and the proper word is decanting.
Since most pics aren't intentionally referencing the scene from Kami no Shizuku, there's no reason for the tag to be named like this.
The wiki says it was "named for a meme", so is this tag intended specifically for this meme, or for decanting in general?
TenaciousTurtleDucks said in forum #441322:
The wiki says it was "named for a meme", so is this tag intended specifically for this meme, or for decanting in general?
The tag was named after the meme, but it's not actually for the meme. The meme only existed in English-speaking sites as a result of the scanlation, so Japanese artists aren't referencing this scene specifically. Decanting from a height is simply a common gag on its own, and someone in 2010 thought it would be funny to name the tag like the meme.
Hankpropaniac57 said in forum #441324:
The decantering tag doesn't refer to the same thing as the actual process of decanting, so neither of these look good.
Given that decanting currently has no images, I think it's an arbitrary distinction to make.
Damian0358 said in forum #441326:
If we were to rename it away from the scanlation inside joke, shouldn't it describe what it is for more specifically, it being a ridiculous decanting?
Maybe, but ridiculous decanting seems to be the default, since it's visually more interesting. Pouring already works for normal examples.
BaiserLaVerite said in forum #441325:
Given that decanting currently has no images, I think it's an arbitrary distinction to make.
Decantering the tag, as it's used on the site, is just not the same thing as decanting, the process. There are plenty of posts under the decantering tag that are not decanting, it's just tea, beer, soda, etc. being poured from a height. Like post #11014286, it's not decanting but it does fit the decantering tag. Whether the current name of the tag is actually good aside, I don't agree with incorrectly naming things.
BaiserLaVerite said in forum #441327:
Maybe, but ridiculous decanting seems to be the default, since it's visually more interesting. Pouring already works for normal examples.
If we were to just name it decanting, it would pollute the tag. Danbooru's history is littered with specific tags being diluted because they got more generic tags. It'd probably be simpler to alias decanting to pouring, and renaming decantering to a specific name with decanting in it.
Would you prefer we call this pouring liquid from a ridiculous height? Come on.
The bulk update request #59984 (forum #441319) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.
The bulk update request #59985 (forum #441320) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.
