Aliasing holding_gun → holding_weapon
Link to alias

Reason:

Whenever I tag images with a character holding a gun, I often mistakenly tag it as 'holding_gun' instead of 'holding_weapon'.

There should be enough images of characters holding guns to warrant an implication.

gun holding_weapon returns ~1300 hits.

+1 for implication.

+1 for alias
Do we really need separate tags for holding a gun (which is a weapon) and holding a weapon? That's like me saying that I drive a big-rig, but not a vehicle.

-Anonymous- said:
+1 for alias
Do we really need separate tags for holding a gun (which is a weapon) and holding a weapon? That's like me saying that I drive a big-rig, but not a vehicle.

Major variety of weapons: from kama, glaives, swords, maces, axes, daggers, tonfa, nunchaku (I can very easily list more, but let's not overkill), to to a list of ranged weapons, like pistols, shotguns, BB guns, miniguns, rifles, handcannons (my list of names are more limited because I'm not a guns nut); categorizing into guns, something like medieval/archaic ranged weapons (slings, crossbows, bows, etc.), and melee weaponry can be useful.

The delimma I see is how would we list, as stated, bows, slings, crossbows, and things I'll have to find to list. Long tags like holding_archaic_ranged_weapon would be too bulky without a proper implications list to set up terms for them (further delimma: the bow problem that still needs work on.). So, something like crossbow -> archaic_ranged_weapon -> weapon, as does sword -> melee_weapon -> weapon. It looks like sling would also have to be worked on, because of clothing vs the weapon (which look identical in certain circumstances).

-Anonymous- said:
+1 for alias
Do we really need separate tags for holding a gun (which is a weapon) and holding a weapon? That's like me saying that I drive a big-rig, but not a vehicle.

At least "gun" is broad enough to cover many weapons. If it were something overly-specific like holding_rocket_launcher then you would have a point.

Plus one for the alias, since weapons aren't the focus of this site and those can be found easily enough with holding_weapon gun.

-1 for alias. +1 for implication.