Aliasing mates → romantic_couple
Link to alias

Reason:

Same usage.
They're not all particularly romantic, but neither are many posts that get tagged as romantic_couple. Because that was just a generic 'couple' tag before the rename, and posts involving couples don't always have romantic connotations.

(Something like 'loving_couple' would've probably been a more accurate name.)

EDIT: The tag alias mates -> romantic_couple (forum #212666) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.

+1

Just went through the mates tag, and most if not all of the content does seem to fit the latter, so +1 from me even though the post count is relatively low [~30]

The issue is later on if someone chooses to tag non-romantic scenes with mates

i.e in the context of 'Friendly; having a friendship (with).'

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That said, if we can't find a standard definition for what counts as romantic on e6, then I suppose an alias to loving_couple would work much better instead

titanmelon said:
The issue is later on if someone chooses to tag non-romantic scenes with mates

i.e in the context of 'Friendly; having a friendship (with).']
I doubt there are enough aussies around here for that to be a problem.

The tag alias mates -> romantic_couple (forum #212666) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.