Tag Alias: helm -> helmet

Aliasing helm -> helmet.

Reason: helm is short for helmet.
According to the wikis on danbooru, they are different, but I can't find anything to back that up.

A helm is different than a helmet and it isn't short for a helmet. Its more accurate to call it a type of helmet, or if you want to, say that a helmet is a type of helm.

A Helm refers to the old Medieval style of helmet, if nothing else, but it is visually and functionally distinctive from the modern helmet.

So -1 from me.

As Anelaid notes, the two terms have different meanings. There definitely needs to be a distinction written into the respective wiki pages.

However, I wouldn't disagree with a helm → helmet implication. A helm is still protective headgear, even if it's medieval-style. When I think of the headgear on a suit of armor, "helmet" is the word that springs to mind.

Yes, this distinction makes sense, but I wouldn't think that wikipedia is wrong about something so fundamental.

Hey, this is Danbooru. Arbitrarily narrowing definitions to improve index-searching is what we do.

edit: Speaking of definitions, I'd like to slightly broaden the helm definition. I consider the Dragon Quest 3 female soldier's helmet, and those like it, to fall under that category.

I looked it up in the encyclopedia and got something different than Wikipedia, and honestly, I trust that over Wikipedia, especially since the Wikipedia page is a disambiguation. I also don't know if danbooru has a stance on using Wikipedia to back up things like definitions.

I've also cleaned up the definition of helm to be more accurate as to what a helm actually is.

Anelaid said:
I looked it up in the encyclopedia, and honestly, I trust that over Wikipedia, especially since the Wikipedia page is a disambiguation.

You can always edit wikipedia, y'know. And not trusting their articles until you've checked them is a part of balanced breakfast.

葉月 said:
You can always edit wikipedia, y'know. And not trusting their articles until you've checked them is a part of balanced breakfast.

Well, I edited Wikipedia then to be more accurate. It seems like their main page is focusing only on the modern helmet so that explains why the error occurred.

I also fixed up the helmet page.

Also a hardhat -> helmet implication will also fit.

along with kabuto -> helmet and baseball_helmet -> helmet

And motorcycle helmet, football helmet, etc.

Implicated helm, hardhat, kabuto, baseball_helmet, motorcycle_helmet, football_helmet, winged_helmet, pith_helmet, diving_helmet -> helmet

Questions:
samurai_helmet alias to kabuto?
mining_helmet alias to hardhat?

A mining_helmet isn't a hardhat per se. Despite some things, they generally have a light fixed to it and a slightly different design.

While kabutos are the most common type of Samurai helmet, I think there are some other, lesser known variants or designs.

For the mining helmets, could it perhaps be used specifically for the hardhats with the lamps on them and made a subtype of hardhat?

NWF_Renim said:
For the mining helmets, could it perhaps be used specifically for the hardhats with the lamps on them and made a subtype of hardhat?

I was thinking that but mining helmets don't always come with built-in lamps.

If the lamp isn't present, then it would look no different from what would be tagged a hardhat. So the only thing to really distinguish a mining helmet from a regular hardhat is the presence of a lamp. The lamp need not be built it, but it certainly needs to be attached.