Topic: Meta Tag Suggestions

Posted under Tag/Wiki Projects and Questions

If general tags are supposed to be about the meaningful content of a post, and meta tags are supposed to be about the nature of the post, then the tags below may need to be reclassified to 'meta'. This is definitely not an exhaustive list, but this should hopefully help us make use of the category.

List of Suggested Meta Tags

[!] Signifies a tag that hasn't been added to a tag edit request yet.

Resolution Tags
Ratio Tags
Video Duration Tags
Year Tags
Media Tags

digital_media_(artwork)

traditional_media_(artwork)

photography_(artwork)
sculpture_(artwork)
engraving_(artwork)
mixed_media

comic

animated

slideshow
webm
flash

telegram_stickers [!], telegram_sticker [!]
collage [!]
concept_art [!]
model_sheet [!]
expression_sheet [!]
sketch_page [!]
how-to [!]

Edit Tags
Language and Translation Tags
Portrait Tags
Color Theme and Palette Tags
Art Style and Progress Tags
Help and Error Tags
Misc Tags

Notes:

Updated

It looks like this is what the new "request BUR" link is for (BUR == bulk update request).
Seems like, per the provided help, you would feed in lines like

category bust_portrait meta
category url meta

(it's easy to generate this from a list of tags using a basic regexp search+replace (^(.+)$ -> category \1 meta))

.. I guess the intended usage would be something like, enter all the ones you were pretty certain of into the BUR script, and then start a thread to discuss individually handling the ones you were uncertain of.

.. I've read over your list and I agree with all of it.

The bulk update request #20 is active.

change category arabic_text (77) -> meta
change category chinese_text (3909) -> meta
change category danish_text (13) -> meta
change category english_text (732288) -> meta
change category finnish_text (87) -> meta
change category french_text (1388) -> meta
change category german_text (599) -> meta
change category italian_text (177) -> meta
change category japanese_text (88835) -> meta
change category korean_text (3392) -> meta
change category latin_text (250) -> meta
change category norwegian_text (30) -> meta
change category polish_text (111) -> meta
change category portuguese_text (562) -> meta
change category russian_text (2591) -> meta
change category spanish_text (7265) -> meta
change category swedish_text (106) -> meta
change category thai_text (179) -> meta
change category esperanto_text (22) -> meta
change category tantalog_text (170) -> meta
change category engrish (826) -> meta
change category unknown_text (120) -> meta
change category translation_request (30909) -> meta
change category partially_translated (1996) -> meta
change category translation_check (4669) -> meta
change category translated (47751) -> meta
change category hard_translated (1728) -> meta
change category translated_description (1237) -> meta
change category 1:2 (5330) -> meta
change category 2:3 (40775) -> meta
change category 3:4 (106595) -> meta
change category 4:5 (49275) -> meta
change category 5:6 (21598) -> meta
change category 1:1 (334783) -> meta
change category 5:4 (33882) -> meta
change category 4:3 (84606) -> meta
change category 3:2 (25749) -> meta
change category 16:10 (13654) -> meta
change category 7:4 (2106) -> meta
change category 16:9 (134055) -> meta
change category 2:1 (6280) -> meta
change category widescreen (150171) -> meta
change category wallpaper (4604) -> meta
change category 4k (26311) -> meta
change category short_playtime (107035) -> meta
change category long_playtime (18345) -> meta
change category 2020 (177401) -> meta
change category 2019 (162041) -> meta
change category 2018 (143298) -> meta
change category 2017 (134696) -> meta
change category 2016 (124804) -> meta
change category 2015 (92022) -> meta
change category 2014 (72306) -> meta
change category 2013 (54104) -> meta
change category 2012 (37313) -> meta
change category 2011 (23563) -> meta
change category 2010 (16818) -> meta
change category 2009 (10703) -> meta
change category 2008 (8134) -> meta
change category 2007 (6943) -> meta
change category 2006 (4989) -> meta
change category 2005 (3114) -> meta
change category 2004 (2657) -> meta
change category 2003 (2211) -> meta
change category 2002 (1642) -> meta
change category 2001 (1235) -> meta
change category 2000 (947) -> meta
change category 1999 (764) -> meta
change category 1998 (757) -> meta
change category 1997 (617) -> meta
change category 1996 (391) -> meta
change category 1995 (320) -> meta
change category 1994 (288) -> meta
change category 1993 (245) -> meta
change category 1992 (67) -> meta
change category 1991 (100) -> meta
change category 1990 (122) -> meta
change category 1989 (33) -> meta
change category 1988 (39) -> meta
change category 1987 (37) -> meta
change category 1986 (17) -> meta
change category 1985 (50) -> meta
change category 1984 (36) -> meta
change category 1983 (7) -> meta
change category 1982 (22) -> meta
change category 1981 (12) -> meta
change category 1980 (43) -> meta
change category digital_media_(artwork) (1126730) -> meta
change category 3d_(artwork) (149459) -> meta
change category digital_drawing_(artwork) (134959) -> meta
change category digital_painting_(artwork) (24829) -> meta
change category pixel_(artwork) (12032) -> meta
change category mixed_media (3996) -> meta
change category photography_(artwork) (5114) -> meta
change category traditional_media_(artwork) (62620) -> meta
change category sculpture_(artwork) (210) -> meta
change category engraving_(artwork) (0) -> meta
change category airbrush_(artwork) (0) -> meta
change category colored_pencil_(artwork) (1888) -> meta
change category crayon_(artwork) (227) -> meta
change category marker_(artwork) (3338) -> meta
change category pen_(artwork) (4577) -> meta
change category pastel_(artwork) (168) -> meta
change category oil_pastel_(artwork) (0) -> meta
change category graphite_(artwork) (14024) -> meta
change category pencil_(artwork) (13120) -> meta
change category painting_(artwork) (5780) -> meta
change category acrylic_painting_(artwork) (169) -> meta
change category oil_painting_(artwork) (528) -> meta
change category gouache_(artwork) (180) -> meta
change category watercolor_(artwork) (3825) -> meta
change category watercolor_pencil_(artwork) (0) -> meta
change category animated (135273) -> meta
change category animated_png (405) -> meta
change category pixel_animation (5676) -> meta
change category 3d_animation (39303) -> meta
change category slideshow (1067) -> meta
change category flash (8659) -> meta
change category webm (63471) -> meta
change category frame_by_frame (19944) -> meta
change category interactive (2706) -> meta
change category loop (31957) -> meta
change category comic (281508) -> meta
change category manga (4571) -> meta
change category doujinshi (2545) -> meta
change category 4koma (660) -> meta
change category tagme (8044) -> meta
change category character_request (1455) -> meta
change category source_request (10289) -> meta
change category uncensor_request (557) -> meta
change category bad_metadata (2587) -> meta
change category missing_sample (884) -> meta
change category restricted_palette (8805) -> meta
change category monochrome (370952) -> meta
change category greyscale (66654) -> meta
change category sepia (2347) -> meta
change category dark_theme (994) -> meta
change category grey_theme (590) -> meta
change category light_theme (630) -> meta
change category blue_theme (2931) -> meta
change category brown_theme (947) -> meta
change category green_theme (1429) -> meta
change category orange_theme (797) -> meta
change category pink_theme (1691) -> meta
change category purple_theme (1776) -> meta
change category red_theme (1595) -> meta
change category yellow_theme (505) -> meta
change category black_and_white (63901) -> meta
change category blue_and_white (11768) -> meta
change category brown_and_white (437) -> meta
change category green_and_white (610) -> meta
change category orange_and_white (286) -> meta
change category pink_and_white (925) -> meta
change category purple_and_white (1135) -> meta
change category red_and_white (1175) -> meta
change category yellow_and_white (212) -> meta
change category color (0) -> meta
change category colorful (5) -> meta
change category spot_color (4357) -> meta
change category chiaroscuro (0) -> meta
change category high_contrast (194) -> meta
change category color_contrast (135) -> meta
change category icon (4415) -> meta
change category portrait (155876) -> meta
change category headshot_portrait (10817) -> meta
change category bust_portrait (17917) -> meta
change category half-length_portrait (16777) -> meta
change category three-quarter_portrait (42071) -> meta
change category full-length_portrait (63673) -> meta
change category edit (0) -> meta
change category cropped (697) -> meta
change category censored (63615) -> meta
change category uncensored (6061) -> meta
change category nude_edit (395) -> meta
change category color_edit (3219) -> meta
change category shopped (393) -> meta
change category photo_manipulation (1055) -> meta
change category photomorph (624) -> meta
change category detailed (14589) -> meta
change category colored (58684) -> meta
change category flat_colors (15419) -> meta
change category guide_lines (3350) -> meta
change category line_art (19799) -> meta
change category lineless_art (0) -> meta
change category partially_colored (2639) -> meta
change category shaded (156014) -> meta
change category cel_shaded (0) -> meta
change category sketch (130988) -> meta
change category colored_sketch (7160) -> meta
change category unfinished (4872) -> meta
change category sound (33183) -> meta
change category no_sound (38944) -> meta
change category story (23534) -> meta
change category story_in_description (21008) -> meta
change category story_at_source (3193) -> meta
change category alternate_version_at_source (15091) -> meta
change category better_version_at_source (2841) -> meta
change category bigger_version_at_source (0) -> meta
change category smaller_version_at_source (4185) -> meta
change category compression_artifacts (2417) -> meta
change category aliasing (7198) -> meta
change category tag_panic (2931) -> meta
change category watermark (52720) -> meta
change category distracting_watermark (2598) -> meta
change category 3rd_party_watermark (235) -> meta
change category signature (215955) -> meta
change category url (109800) -> meta

Reason: I believe that these tags should be recategorized to be under the new meta tag. If you disagree, I’d like to hear which ones you take issue with so that I can develop a better understanding of the category. Thank you.

I’ve ordered them by the following subcategories.

  • Language and Translation Tags
  • Ratio Tags
  • Resolution Tags
  • Video Duration Tags
  • Year Tags (All the tags listed seem to be in use. There also seem to be tags from years even further back, but I figured I’d stop there rather than listing every year in human history.)
  • Media Tags
  • Help and Error Tags
  • Color Theme and Palette Tags
  • Portrait Tags
  • Edit Tags
  • Art Style and Progress Tags
  • Misc Tags

P.S. I'm terribly sorry for the massive wall of text.

EDIT: The bulk update request #20 (forum #287888) has been approved by @NotMeNotYou.

Updated by Millcore

Don't forget long_image and tall_image which are auto-tags brought in with the updated danbooru framework.

I'm not sure how many auto-tags were introduced, but I imagine most of them would be meta.

jakxxx3 said:
Don't forget long_image and tall_image which are auto-tags brought in with the updated danbooru framework.

I'm not sure how many auto-tags were introduced, but I imagine most of them would be meta.

Thanks! I added it to the list.

I'm not sure that the text, color palette, or portrait tags really belong as meta tags, to me they feel more like information about the content of a post rather than information about the post itself.

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jakxxx3 said:
It looks like the tags added by @NotUncommon (like long_image and tall_image) weren't included in the BUR and thus haven't been moved to the meta category.

Sorry for the late reply. When I said that I'd at it to the list, I meant the list on this forum not the BUR. If I get around to making a second BUR, I'll add them. Until then, tags that aren't in the meta category but could belong there will be marked with [!] on the forum post.

rollingpussbob said:
Dated should be a meta tag

What would "dated" even mean? That it has a date written on it? That it's subject matter is "dated" (i.e. no longer relevant, didn't age well)? That it depicts someone on a romantic date? Seems more like it should be disambiguated.

Seems to mean the first of those options.

In my personal tagging (drawings) I use 'datestamp', which is.. not strictly accurate, but at least less ambiguous.

Here's a collection of tags (including several mentioned above, here in a quickly-compiled list) that I think should probably be reassigned to the 'meta' tag category:

d.d.m. said:

Seems redundant, since animated+comic should get you the same exact things.

d.d.m. said:

Should probably just be aliased to comic, as the majority of comic posts are a single comic page (a separate multiple_comic_pages tag could be used for posts that aren't a single page).

d.d.m. said:

Any different from sketch+multiple_images?

d.d.m. said:

By e6's definition, webcomics (online comics hosted exclusively on its own site or a hosting site with monetization) aren't allowed here. In the colloquial sense of the term, most comics here are webcomics (comics on the web/online comics), so it would probably be better to have a tag for non-webcomic comics, if there are any. Looking at that wiki, it sounds like that really means webcomic_character (which would make sense as a character type, like fan_character or background_character).

catt0s_0fthenight said:
I think to_be_continued should be a meta tag because it does not make sense to be a copyright tag. saying something is not complete is metadata. (or maybe lore?)

i accidentally hid my comment and I don't know how to undo it so I am just going to quote it

9:16, 5:3, 10:16, and 3:5 seem common enough to warrant being meta tags.

(there are a lot of other ratio tags that can be found by searching "[number]:*", at what point should they be 'canonized' / at what point are they too specific to warrant a tag?)

strikerman said:
9:16, 5:3, 10:16, and 3:5 seem common enough to warrant being meta tags.

(there are a lot of other ratio tags that can be found by searching "[number]:*", at what point should they be 'canonized' / at what point are they too specific to warrant a tag?)

Excellent question

The bulk update request #274 has been rejected.

change category dialogue (449500) -> meta
change category profanity (44653) -> meta
change category stated_homosexuality (920) -> meta
change category stated_heterosexuality (394) -> meta
change category implied_incest (1396) -> meta

Reason: all tags which describe the content of text/sound/pictograpics/etc. rather than the visual content of an image

EDIT: The bulk update request #274 (forum #296548) has been rejected by @Millcore.

Updated by auto moderator

The bulk update request #299 is active.

change category tall_image (9387) -> meta
change category long_image (10814) -> meta
change category charcoal_(artwork) (44) -> meta
change category interactive_comic (10) -> meta
change category one_panel_comic (74) -> meta
change category one_page_comic (277) -> meta
change category turntable_(animation) (946) -> meta
change category flash_game (596) -> meta
change category text_game (82) -> meta
change category tan_theme (78) -> meta
change category black_and_grey (677) -> meta
change category black_and_blue (920) -> meta
change category black_and_red (257) -> meta
change category black_and_white_and_red (409) -> meta
change category cool_colors (2786) -> meta
change category warm_colors (3058) -> meta
change category neon_colors (16) -> meta
change category unusual_coloring (203) -> meta
change category lighting (13161) -> meta
change category most_tagged (1) -> meta
change category multiple_images (17039) -> meta
change category multiple_scenes (7729) -> meta
change category multiple_versions (679) -> meta
change category sequence (13693) -> meta
change category uncensored_version_at_source (92) -> meta
change category lol_comments (5258) -> meta
change category comment_chain (209) -> meta
change category comment_loop (0) -> meta
change category voice_acted (6478) -> meta

Reason: These tags are closely related to existing tags that are already meta.

EDIT: The bulk update request #299 (forum #297098) has been approved by @Millcore.

Updated by auto moderator

The bulk update request #321 is active.

change category black_and_grey (677) -> meta
create alias blue_and_gray (0) -> blue_and_grey (21)
create alias gray_and_blue (0) -> blue_and_grey (21)
create alias grey_and_blue (0) -> blue_and_grey (21)
change category blue_and_grey (21) -> meta
create alias green_and_gray (0) -> green_and_grey (5)
create alias gray_and_green (0) -> green_and_grey (5)
create alias grey_and_green (0) -> green_and_grey (5)
change category green_and_grey (5) -> meta
create alias purple_and_gray (0) -> purple_and_grey (8)
create alias gray_and_purple (0) -> purple_and_grey (8)
create alias grey_and_purple (0) -> purple_and_grey (8)
change category purple_and_grey (8) -> meta
create implication black_and_grey (677) -> monochrome (370952)
create implication blue_and_grey (21) -> monochrome (370952)
create implication green_and_grey (5) -> monochrome (370952)
create implication purple_and_grey (8) -> monochrome (370952)

Reason: Sometimes, artists make things with only grey and one other color.

EDIT: The bulk update request #321 (forum #297835) has been approved by @Millcore.

Updated by auto moderator

The bulk update request #340 is active.

mass update sketch_page -> multiple_images
mass update webcomic -> webcomic_character
create alias comic_page (0) -> comic (281508)
change category animated_comic (1086) -> meta
change category character_name (6699) -> meta
change category comic_sans (2021) -> meta
change category dated (21669) -> meta
change category end_page (252) -> meta
change category expression_sheet (616) -> meta
change category first_page (343) -> meta
change category image_macro (324) -> meta
change category impact_(font) (541) -> meta
change category interactive_model_sheet (0) -> meta
change category lol_description (0) -> meta
change category meme (45378) -> meta
change category model_sheet (29864) -> meta
change category story_in_comments (25) -> meta
change category uncensored_version_at_source (92) -> meta
change category webcomic_character (0) -> character
create implication 2_frame_animation (858) -> animated (135273)
create implication animated_comic (1086) -> animated (135273)
create implication animated_comic (1086) -> comic (281508)
create implication end_page (252) -> comic (281508)
create implication first_page (343) -> comic (281508)
create implication flash_animation (34) -> flash (8659)
create implication flash_animation (34) -> animated (135273)
create implication interactive_comic (10) -> interactive (2706)
create implication interactive_comic (10) -> comic (281508)
create implication interactive_model_sheet (0) -> interactive (2706)
create implication interactive_model_sheet (0) -> model_sheet (29864)
create implication one_page_comic (277) -> comic (281508)
create implication one_panel_comic (74) -> comic (281508)
create implication turntable_(animation) (946) -> animated (135273)

Reason: More meta suggestions, and some implications.

  • Replacing sketch_page with multiple_images, since they both seem to be used in the same way, and sketch doesn't seem to apply to all of the posts tagged with sketch_page.
  • Replacing webcomic with webcomic_character. If folks feel webcomic should be a Character category tag instead, it should probably have it's name altered to better reflect the tag's intended use.
  • Aliasing comic_page -> comic, since they both seem to be used in the same way.
  • Depending on how folks feel about making text a Meta category tag, I might submit another BUR later for re-categorizing other text tags as Meta category tags.

Edit:

  • Removed the category update text -> meta.

EDIT: The bulk update request #340 (forum #298238) has been approved by @Millcore.

Updated by auto moderator

The bulk update request #341 is active.

change category cover (7252) -> meta
change category album_cover (537) -> meta
change category back_cover (39) -> meta
change category book_cover (149) -> meta
change category cover_page (4102) -> meta
change category dvd_cover (48) -> meta
change category magazine_cover (1177) -> meta
change category video_game_cover (48) -> meta
change category cover_art (4507) -> meta
create implication cover_page (4102) -> cover_art (4507)

Reason: I decided to submit these cover tags separately, since I wasn't sure how folks would feel about re-categorizing these as Meta category tags.

EDIT: The bulk update request #341 (forum #298240) has been approved by @Millcore.

Updated by auto moderator

d.d.m. said:

  • Depending on how folks feel about making text a Meta category tag, I might submit another BUR later for re-categorizing other text tags as Meta category tags.

I think text itself should be fine as a general tag since it's describing something in the image, like hair or wings, although the specific languages (english_text, japanese_text, etc) are good as meta tags since it's information about the text. Otherwise it looks good to me.

I removed text from the BUR. I can somewhat see the argument for having text of specific languages as a Meta category tag whilst keeping text itself a General category tag, though I'm not sure if I concur with it. However, that seems like a discussion better suited for the *_text BUR once I've got that compiled.

darvincy said:
spoilers -> meta

Reason: to make a new blacklist tag

Is anyone paying attention to this?
We need to hide spoilers with this meta tag
so people won't be spoiled by the art

darvincy said:
spoilers -> meta

Reason: to make a new blacklist tag

There was a discussion about this some time ago, and unfortunately I can't find the forum thread, but I don't think there is a clear/useful definition for what constitutes a spoiler. For some people, once a piece of media is out, it's fair game as long as that media is tagged, for others, a few months is fine, while others might consider spoilers to last forever. Some people also consider anything not specifically showcased in pre-release material to be a spoiler, while others consider only twists or very-end stuff to be spoilers, while yet others consider any non-critical non-decision-factoring information to be spoilers (official trailers have spoiled games and movies, especially second or third trailers, for instance). Some people might not want to know anything about the new monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, for example, so they can discover and experience them fresh while playing, while other people might want to know every released (but not leaked) detail possible to be as prepared as the developers want you to be going into it.

Consequently, someone blacklisting a spoilers tag could still end up seeing what they don't want to see, and at the same time not see things they would say are fine.

Also, spoilers.

watsit said:
There was a discussion about this some time ago, and unfortunately I can't find the forum thread, but I don't think there is a clear/useful definition for what constitutes a spoiler. For some people, once a piece of media is out, it's fair game as long as that media is tagged, for others, a few months is fine, while others might consider spoilers to last forever. Some people also consider anything not specifically showcased in pre-release material to be a spoiler, while others consider only twists or very-end stuff to be spoilers, while yet others consider any non-critical non-decision-factoring information to be spoilers (official trailers have spoiled games and movies, especially second or third trailers, for instance). Some people might not want to know anything about the new monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, for example, so they can discover and experience them fresh while playing, while other people might want to know every released (but not leaked) detail possible to be as prepared as the developers want you to be going into it.

Consequently, someone blacklisting a spoilers tag could still end up seeing what they don't want to see, and at the same time not see things they would say are fine.

Also, spoilers.

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