Aliasing wagging → tailwag
Link to alias

Reason:

same thing

EDIT: The tag alias wagging -> tailwag (forum #225119) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.

Tails aren't the only thing that can wag.

BlueDingo said:
Tails aren't the only thing that can wag.

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+1. Justification below.

BlueDingo said:
Tails aren't the only thing that can wag.

Technically it is true, but...

I) Currently this tag is used exclusively for tailwag, and apparently it wasn't been used for anything else during the past decade.

II) For any other body parts or objects a different verb might fit more properly (e.g. to shake, to bounce etc).

O16 said:
+1. Justification below.

Technically it is true, but...

I) Currently this tag is used exclusively for tailwag, and apparently it wasn't been used for anything else during the past decade.

II) For any other body parts or objects a different verb might fit more properly (e.g. to shake, to bounce etc).

I know a body part that uses "wag": your finger. Usage; She wagged her finger at him, with disapproval.

O16 said:
+1. Justification below.

Technically it is true, but...

I) Currently this tag is used exclusively for tailwag, and apparently it wasn't been used for anything else during the past decade.

II) For any other body parts or objects a different verb might fit more properly (e.g. to shake, to bounce etc).

We could simply make tailwag imply the tag wagging, instead of wagging being aliased to tailwag. That would probably prevent a lot of issues/confusion that may come up as a result.

O16 said:
+1. Justification below.

Technically it is true, but...

I) Currently this tag is used exclusively for tailwag, and apparently it wasn't been used for anything else during the past decade.

II) For any other body parts or objects a different verb might fit more properly (e.g. to shake, to bounce etc).

wagging_finger. Just because wagging is currently being used for one wagging body part, that doesn't make it OK to alias it to that wagging part's tag when it can apply to other body parts. What if an applicable situation that doesn't feature a tail gets tagged wagging?

post #553280

BlueDingo said:
wagging_finger. Just because wagging is currently being used for one wagging body part, that doesn't make it OK to alias it to that wagging part's tag when it can apply to other body parts. What if applicable situation that doesn't feature a tail gets tagged wagging?

post #553280

As I said, it is true under technical terms, but not in practisis. Since this haven't happend in a timespan that long, is extremally improbable for this to happen in such a way that can't be easily fixed (I would say two mistags per year, at the worst case).

Lolwut31 said:
We could simply make tailwag imply the tag wagging, instead of wagging being aliased to tailwag. That would probably prevent a lot of issues/confusion that may come up as a result.

Those two tags aren't synonymous in meaning, but have the same usage (which is the more important to an alias). So, I can't see how this would generate "lots of issues/confusions".

O16 said:
As I said, it is true under technical terms, but not in practisis. Since this haven't happend in a timespan that long, is extremally improbable for this to happen in such a way that can't be easily fixed (I would say two mistags per year, at the worst case).

The two tags aren't synonymous in meaning, but have the same usage (which is the more important to an alias). So, I can't see how this would generate "lots of issues/confusions".

As sated before, it can result in tags being inappropriately aliased to tailwag. Even considering the low frequency of images with finger wagging, there's still two main problems. Not only is it just one example, but you also have to remember that every mistag counts.

Lolwut31 said:
As sated before, it can result in tags being inappropriately aliased to tailwag. Even considering the low frequency of images with finger wagging, there's still two main problems. Not only is it just one example, but you also have to remember that every mistag counts.

The question isn't the frequency of posts featuring finger_wagging, but the frequency of posts featuring it and tagged with "wagging"; in addition, any mistags possibly created by that alias would be easily fixed (also absurdely rare).

+1 for alias

+1 because I have been using wagging so much when I was meaning tailwag

The tag alias wagging -> tailwag (forum #225119) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.