Topic: [REJECTED] Tag implication: newborn -> baby

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

m3g4p0n1

Member

I personally interpret "baby" as the middle between "newborn" and "toddler", as in, its own age range, and I don't think one age range should imply the next.

It should probably imply young though.

faucet

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m3g4p0n1 said:
I personally interpret "baby" as the middle between "newborn" and "toddler", as in, its own age range, and I don't think one age range should imply the next.

I was just going by age tagging table:

Apparent Age Tags
<1 baby and young
1-3 toddler and young
3-12 child and young
13-17 teenager and young
18+ N/A

A newborn would be <1, so it would be a baby under the current guidelines, unless we really want another age category. I'm not really sure where the cutoff would be between a newborn and a baby, I'm pretty sure the majority of people would just tag a newborn as baby either way, etc.

But I honestly don't care what people want to do as long as it implies young in some way.

hGJ1cwNfgl

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faucet said:
I was just going by age tagging table:

Apparent Age Tags
<1 baby and young
1-3 toddler and young
3-12 child and young
13-17 teenager and young
18+ N/A

A newborn would be <1, so it would be a baby under the current guidelines, unless we really want another age category. I'm not really sure where the cutoff would be between a newborn and a baby, I'm pretty sure the majority of people would just tag a newborn as baby either way, etc.

But I honestly don't care what people want to do as long as it implies young in some way.

Yeah, I'm pretty much in agreement with this.

Moonlit-Comet

Member

faucet said:
I was just going by age tagging table:

Apparent Age Tags
<1 baby and young
1-3 toddler and young
3-12 child and young
13-17 teenager and young
18+ N/A

A newborn would be <1, so it would be a baby under the current guidelines, unless we really want another age category. I'm not really sure where the cutoff would be between a newborn and a baby, I'm pretty sure the majority of people would just tag a newborn as baby either way, etc.

But I honestly don't care what people want to do as long as it implies young in some way.

newborn implication or alias to baby is what I'd vote for. I'd argue it's a pretty mild distinction, and could go either way. It's really only a relevant tag in birth-themed posts, anyway, so I doubt we'd be missing much if we aliased it.

Watsit

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newborn aliased to baby is my vote. Unless the post is featuring a live_birth, the distinction is quite minuscule and probably something most people couldn't easily differentiate. To say nothing of art that has oddities like the live birth of a baby instead of a newborn.

faucet

Member

The bulk update request #7999 is active.

create alias newborn (9) -> baby (5443)

Reason: I really wasn't expecting this one to be so controversial - third option it is. Per Watsit's argument.

Obviously the request in the OP needs to be rejected before this can be accepted, but it should be good for voting either way.

EDIT: The bulk update request #7999 (forum #404164) has been approved by @spe.

Updated by auto moderator

happydance

Member

I am someone who is very peculiar about details (to an annoying degree), so I would personally consider newborns and typical babies notably different - admittedly, in little ways that likely don't matter to most people lol. Most artists probably draw babies and newborns near the exact same, so I'd feel pretty neutral on the change either way... Not the end of the world for sure... But I *would* still like a way to filter out newborns specifically, even for posts unrelated to birthing. I enjoy cute chunky babies, ugly wrinkly newborns not so much.

Truthfully I think as far as tags go, age is a pretty fundamental thing to associate with an artwork, which is to say I do believe having separate tags for specific stages in development (as minuscule as they may be) is worth it - even if for the simply sake of accuracy. Aka I think the age tags in their current state are perfectly fine. Not sure how to word it without sounding crazy.... I just feel like seeing a newborn in place of a typical baby, even within some of my fave art pieces, would evoke a completely different reaction out of me. (think emoji). But I am one of a million users to take that with a grain of salt....

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