Aliasing offscreen_character → unseen_character
Link to alias

Reason:

Both refer to the same thing.

EDIT: The tag alias offscreen_character -> unseen_character (forum #215114) has been rejected by @SnowWolf.

Not quite. The first one seems to get tagged for partially visible characters, while the latter is strictly for characters who are completely offscreen.

Looks like it needs to be disambiguated instead (mostly to faceless_<sex>).

They're not exactly offscreen if you can still see part of them. You can't tag the gender accurately if you can only see their arms or legs.

Alias it to invalid_tag so far I could no less three or four different things it's used for: unseen_character, disembodied_x, faceless_character and pov. I don't think it' spossible to alias it to something that's not cause issues later.

I was just about to suggest this alias again. offscreen_character should be cleaned up, at the very least.

Just stumbled upon this as well. It's being used for too many different things which already have distinct tags, as per Circeus' post.

I'm going to +1 to invalidation, the tag seems to be all over the place as to what it ends up being used for.

I went through and cleaned up this tag. All tags that weren't fully offscreen, I moved to mostly_offscreen_character.

I decided that this tag should only apply to characters who were actually offscreen. Floating hands or dicks weren't included in the new tag group.

The tag alias offscreen_character -> unseen_character (forum #215114) has been rejected by @SnowWolf.

Rejected because it's been 6 years and things change. We're not opposed to this concept, but we want to have the conversation again but with a modern understanding. Feel free to submit again later

I support flipping this alias, on the basis that mostly_offscreen_character exists. You can still see that a fully offscreen character exists from other details in the image (most obviously dialogue) so it's not a TWYS debate. unseen_male, on the other hand, should be aliased away.

The bulk update request #5250 is active.

create alias unseen_character (1) -> offscreen_character (19806)

Reason: See wat8548's post

Also see topic #39512 for invalidating unseen_male and unseen_female

EDIT: The bulk update request #5250 (forum #371423) has been approved by @slyroon.

Bump for Cloudpie's BUR

cloudpie said:
The bulk update request #5250 is active.

create alias unseen_character (1) -> offscreen_character (19806)

Reason: See wat8548's post

Also see topic #39512 for invalidating unseen_male and unseen_female

what about characters that can't be seen because they are being obscured by something in the scene? there seem to be a significant amount of vore posts under the unseen character tag, where the unseen character is inside of another character.
does this actually count as being offscreen or should they have the tag removed?

themasterpotato said:
what about characters that can't be seen because they are being obscured by something in the scene? there seem to be a significant amount of vore posts under the unseen character tag, where the unseen character is inside of another character.
does this actually count as being offscreen or should they have the tag removed?

IMO this would count as offscreen because they aren't visible onscreen. But if it's an issue then maybe we could reverse the alias?

My understanding was that and "offscreen character" is someone that is seen by one or more of the characters in the scene but not the viewer. An "unseen character" is someone that neither the viewer or other characters don't sees but is interacting with at least one of them. such as a a voice call or remote control sex toy or invisibility.

The bulk update request #5250 (forum #371423) has been approved by @slyroon.