Topic: Tag Implication: human_on_feral -> humanoid_on_feral

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Humans aren't humanoids though. Humanoid refers exclusively to creatures which are similar to humans but which are not humans. Check out the wiki for human or humanoid to see this. It makes it clear that there is a distinction between the two and they are not used in the same way.

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I see no reason to mix these two tags. In fact, people trying to mix human into humanoid is one of my biggest pet peeves. Rule34.xxx is basically fucked in that regard because some dumbo decided all humans were also humanoids and now that it's tagged in it's extremely hard to correct.

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Genjar

Former Staff

Humans = irrelevant to the site. Humanoids = relevant.

Don't mix them up.

Updated by anonymous

I see now that the trend is for humanoid and human to be mutually exclusive for a given character. However, it might be worth re-examining that decision, as it runs counter to the way other species are treated:

  • If a character is a cross between a dragon and a canine, we tag both dragon and canine.
  • If a character is a human with cat ears, now it is treated as an entirely separate species despite the fact that a significant part of the appearance is based on that of humans. (see cat_humanoid)

Also, looking at a broader definition, it's clear that humans are a type of humanoid: Google dictionary classifies humanoid as "having an appearance or character resembling that of a human". This may be another case where the wiki sees a distinction between tags that most users won't.

Updated by anonymous

asw_xxx said:
I see now that the trend is for humanoid and human to be mutually exclusive for a given character. However, it might be worth re-examining that decision, as it runs counter to the way other species are treated:

  • If a character is a cross between a dragon and a canine, we tag both dragon and canine.
  • If a character is a human with cat ears, now it is treated as an entirely separate species despite the fact that a significant part of the appearance is based on that of humans. (see cat_humanoid)

Also, looking at a broader definition, it's clear that humans are a type of humanoid: Google dictionary classifies humanoid as "having an appearance or character resembling that of a human". This may be another case where the wiki sees a distinction between tags that most users won't.

Related:

The human/non-human double standard is a very widespread one.

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