Topic: Fixing some organ tags BUR

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

The bulk update request #9418 is pending approval.

remove implication guts (2893) -> organs (9912)
remove implication intestines (2100) -> guts (2893)
remove alias viscera (0) -> intestines (2100)

Reason: Followup:

imply intestines -> organs
alias guts -> organs
alias viscera -> organs
alias entrails -> organs

For some reason guts is currently set up as an intermediate tag between organs and intestines. The wiki page defines it as: "Most frequently, 'guts' refers to the digestive tract--stomach and intestines, though other internal organs may be featured as well. Generally speaking, the guts are what is normally hidden inside of a person." This makes it essentially the same as organs. I could see an argument for keeping it and implying stomach to it as well, but I don't really see there being that much utility.

Similarly weird, viscera is aliased to intestines when its really just another term for internal organs in general, from Wikipedia: "In the study of anatomy, viscera refers to the internal organs of the abdominal, thoracic, and pelvic cavities" [i.e. everything except the head and limbs].

(also aliasing entrails, another synonym)

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