The bulk update request #8157 is active.

create alias adult_male (12) -> male (2515912)
create alias adult_female (2) -> female (2558050)
create alias adult_gynomorph (17) -> gynomorph (194487)
create alias adult_andromorph (8) -> andromorph (23575)
create alias adult_herm (0) -> herm (27381)
create alias adult_maleherm (0) -> maleherm (4500)
create alias adult_ambiguous (0) -> ambiguous_gender (314501)
create alias adult_human (5) -> human (374349)
create alias adult_humanoid (3) -> humanoid (451171)
create alias adult_anthro (2) -> anthro (3348532)
create alias adult_feral (0) -> feral (619652)
create alias adult_taur (0) -> taur (18454)

Reason: Adult is the default state, the vast majority of characters are adults. These tags are not helpful.

These seem to be mostly used on adult on young posts, but in that case older_[gender/form] is what should be used to specify traits about the adult character. These tags do get used outside of that as well though (there's a whole page of "adult_male solo"), so unfortunately they can't be aliased more pointedly.

EDIT: The bulk update request #8157 (forum #405459) has been approved by @slyroon.

pleaseletmein said:
These seem to be mostly used on adult on young posts, but in that case older_[gender/form] is what should be used to specify traits about the adult character. These tags do get used outside of that as well though (there's a whole page of "adult_male solo"), so unfortunately they can't be aliased more pointedly.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I already added older_* in those cases, months ago. I'll go ahead and double check with a convenient check-through list. If they didn't get tagged younger_*, then older_* probably doesn't apply, either. :shrugs:

post #4733127 Even this case where both are adults but one is clearly far older... it would be found by using -young.

There's also the mature_* tags people began using to mean adult/non-young characters.

watsit said:
There's also the mature_* tags people began using to mean adult/non-young characters.

Well, like post #4733127, where she's blatantly at least twice his (physical) age. They actually mean mature in the elderly sense but not always all the way senior, most of the time? Can't read minds, though. Another one that I think was looked at in the last year or so in the tag questions forum.

It reminds me of the slang term 'MILF' or 'DILF' which in practice implies someone old enough to already have their own adult children or have grandkids.

A middle-aged female character. Well, I guess that makes sense. I wonder if it's supposed to automatically be implied by elderly tags. Haven't seen those used a hell of a lot, so not even sure if they still exist. They do still exist.
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The bulk update request #8157 (forum #405459) has been approved by @slyroon.