Ok I know there are some really wierd/subjective tags out there, and theyre pretty large.

Tags like what and what_has_science_done immediately spring to mind, as well as lol_comments

Whats the story behind these tags? When is it right to use these? When is it wrong to use these?

Things like nightmare_fuel are extremely subjective so these wierd tags just seem.

Well; you know?

I made a guide on how to figure out how a tag should be used.

NotMeNotYou said:
I made a guide on how to figure out how a tag should be used.

I've used that method for years. It works.

As for the story behind those: the original tagging standard was 'anything goes'. That's all there is to it. I doubt most of those would get approved nowadays.

Lot of old joke tags have been deleted recently. I actually miss some of them. Such as those_chocolates_where_everyone_always_eats_the_orange_cremes_before_you_get_any_and_all_you_get_is_the_coconut. Now that it's gone, the longest remaining one is that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform.

Genjar said:
Now that it's gone, the longest remaining one is that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform.

I almost banned the dude who thought he'd need to remove that tag. Even though it was implicated by the normal name, he removed both tags and used ripper_(metroid) to not trigger it.

Genjar said:
As for the story behind those: the original tagging standard was 'anything goes'. That's all there is to it. I doubt most of those would get approved nowadays.

Lot of old joke tags have been deleted recently. I actually miss some of them. Such as those_chocolates_where_everyone_always_eats_the_orange_cremes_before_you_get_any_and_all_you_get_is_the_coconut. Now that it's gone, the longest remaining one is that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform.

Well, that's just horribly long and seems like a one time tag, should be put in the description of post #238952 instead of completely removed, that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform at least serves some minor usefulness (even if they're canonically called rippers).

Edit: I should update pages before posting x.x

Genjar said:
Lot of old joke tags have been deleted recently. I actually miss some of them. Such as those_chocolates_where_everyone_always_eats_the_orange_cremes_before_you_get_any_and_all_you_get_is_the_coconut. Now that it's gone, the longest remaining one is

And I thought that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform was the longest of all times...

that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform is a protected species here at e621.

Hudson said:
And I thought that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform was the longest of all times...

The 10 longest (my data might be a bit out of date):

1. 3392: autisticniggerxd repeated 212 times (ID 328455) (not in use)
2. 111: those_chocolates_where_everyone_always_eats_the_orange_cremes_before_you_get_any_and_all_you_get_is_the_coconut (longest in use)
3. 82: that_one_bug_that_looks_like_a_croissant_that_you_can_freeze_and_use_as_a_platform (longest in use until NMNY ruled above to be longest in use just now)




4. 72: f̵͕͓͇̹͙̅ͭ̑̽ͭe̛̹̜̯̫͍͕͉̰̰̫̎ͣͤ͛̔͒̒͊ͮ̓͟ma̝͍̼̮͖̞͎̬̳̩ͩ̂ͪ̑ͧ͊͆̏ͧ̔̀̕l͙̠̦͎̞ͨ̎ͦ̃̚͝e (in use, but probably shouldn't be)



5. 69: princess_sugarlicious_bonquisha_shanana_sparkle_doombringer_the_third (in use)
6. 63: maeterlinck's_blue_bird:_tyltyl_and_mytyl's_adventurous_journey (not in use, split in two tags)
7. 60: mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_a's_portable:_the_battle_of_aces (in use)
8. 59: kurousagi_(mondaiji-tachi_ga_isekai_kara_kuru_sou_desu_yo?) (in use)
9. 57: dungeon_ni_deai_wo_motomeru_no_wa_machigatteiru_darou_ka? (in use)
10. 56: the_night_will_last_forever_once_the_room_stops_spinning (in use)