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BUR #7647 has been rejected.
create alias facing_back -> facing_away
Looking_back with closed_eyes can be simplified to from_behind and facing_viewer / facing_to_the_side.
Additionally, looking_back can be from_behind and looking_at_viewer / looking_to_the_side, but I'd like to start small.
That's not how the tag is being used right now. Facing back is for the character looking back towards the viewer with their eyes closed, while facing away is for the character's head being turned away from the viewer.
The facing tags are bad because people don't care about the closed eyes clause, but this alias would make it even worse.
Shaula said:
Additionally, looking_back can be from_behind and looking_at_viewer / looking_to_the_side, but I'd like to start small.
It would be: from_behind looking_at_viewer -closed_eyes
Meaning, members wouldn't be able to search for it and no one would ever use this. Trying to get rid of "combination" tags isn't always a good or logical thing.
Guaro said:
It would be: from_behind looking_at_viewer -closed_eyes
Meaning, members wouldn't be able to search for it and no one would ever use this. Trying to get rid of "combination" tags isn't always a good or logical thing.
Where do you draw the line between...
from_behind + facing_to_the_side
and
and
A better first step might've been nuke facing_away as I don't see how that's anything but a -facing_viewer
Updated
Also worth mentioning facing_back isn't a very concise combination tag, since it can also refer to a character's front facing forward, but their head turned back to look behind them.
I would say regardless users are going to be wanting to use from_behind or -from_behind to get the results they want.
The bulk update request #7647 (forum #198776) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.
Yeah it's a badly named tag. The alternative in this case would be having head facing viewer and head facing backwards or something similar, which are pretty unwieldy, but I can't see an alternative given the constant mistags. This would of course only address the issue of where the head is facing, not the fact that the eyes need to be closed for the tags to apply.
