Implicating stained_glass → glass
Link to implication

Reason:

This one seems so logical because we know it's glass. It's even in the name. But when I look through the images tagged with stained_glass, it's quickly apparent that it's recognisably stained glass but only through its distinctive style. Only some of the images under stained_glass are drawn in a way that resembles glass, the rest just invoking the style and don't look like glass at all. So I can't help wondering if implicating it would mess up the glass tag for people who are looking for actual glass-that-looks-like-glass.

Thoughts?

furrypickle said:

Thoughts?

55/72 of them are tagged my_little_pony.

Oh, and nevermind on the implication. We could technically have something like stained_glass_(artwork), but I don't think it's really worth it considering there are only a handful of posts tagged with it.

The obvious issue is we are not tagging for glass the material, but for glassware (i.e. drinking glasses), plus the occasinal oddball stuff like post #544251 and post #545393.

glass_(material) might be a relevant tag to have (for e.g. post #545393), but I wouldn't implicate it anyway.

Circeus said:
The obvious issue is we are not tagging for glass the material, but for glassware (i.e. drinking glasses), plus the occasinal oddball stuff like post #544251 and post #545393.

glass_(material) might be a relevant tag to have (for e.g. post #545393), but I wouldn't implicate it anyway.

glass_egg

lol

Circeus said:
The obvious issue is we are not tagging for glass the material, but for glassware (i.e. drinking glasses), plus the occasinal oddball stuff like post #544251 and post #545393.

glass_(material) might be a relevant tag to have (for e.g. post #545393), but I wouldn't implicate it anyway.

Actually, glass has always been for glass in almost any form. So glass tables, glass shower walls, etc are included. And we also have on_glass for when glass is not only depicted but it also has someone pressed against it or on it. Though we tend to exclude eyeglasses since it's not what people are searching for when they look for glass.

But the glass tag also has a long history of being mixed use with cup because in some parts of the world the word "glass" is commonly used shortened slang for "drinking glass", and then from there became commonly used in some dialects for any cup used for drinking (even if it's made out of other materials). Even to the point where referring to a "plastic glass" is an actual term for a cup made of plastic, no matter how strange it sounds if you stop to think about it. And so that's a common source of confusion between these two tags. Personally I'd rather all glass cups got tagged something like drinking_glass as a compromise. And then that could be implicated to glass, while cup could stay for any cup that is not made of glass. But I'm not sure whether or not it really matters to people either way. Just to clarify though, the glass tag is definitely broader than just drinking glasses.