Tag alias: chibi

jxh2154 said:
It's scary how this thread went from cute chibis to dickgirls in one page =P

The internet is amazing that way. I think it's actually some sort of anime version of Godwin's Law.

Anyway, I'm okay with changing chibi to SD due to past precedent since the alias is there to help me along.

But you don't have to rely on precedent, there isn't a strict protocol you're obliged to follow, the question is: Would you prefer super_deformed over chibi?
Since they're going to be aliases and therefore considered synonyms, we should use the term most users are familiar with, according to forum #7337 that would be chibi.

But if they're aliases, they'll both work.

Like you, I use, and will continue to use, chibi myself, but I think both tags are acceptable. And I'm not going to overturn another admin's decision when it doesn't negatively impact information retrieval. Unless albert chimes in I don't think I'll have anything else to say about this specific alias.

Super_deformed is the old timer's way of saying chibi. SD was used when I was younger, the newer anime fans typically use chibi.

Use of either means the same thing in my mind, when I personally talk about it, I use super_deformed, but I never "correct" anybody that uses chibi.

jxh2154 said:
But if they're aliases, they'll both work.

Like you, I use, and will continue to use, chibi myself, but I think both tags are acceptable. And I'm not going to overturn another admin's decision when it doesn't negatively impact information retrieval. Unless albert chimes in I don't think I'll have anything else to say about this specific alias.

See, but it doesn't work like that, a tag and a something aliased to that tag are not equal, one stays and becomes standard usage and the other disappears completely from the site, so why use a term that most users might not be familiar with instead a shorter term most are for no reason. The alias kemonomimi -> animal_ears makes sense because it's unlikely most users will know what kemonomimi means. At the same time, we don't alias paizuri or titfuck to mammary_intercourse or ass to buttocks just because they're more "correct" terms. Like I've said before, Danbooru is not an encyclopedia so we don't need to do that.

And also I'd like to think user input has some value, not just "memento mori said so, don't bother him about it".

memegui said: And also I'd like to think user input has some value, not just "memento mori said so, don't bother him about it".

User input matters (albert has reversed decisions countless times based on precisely that, and you know it), but it's not like he just randomly made up a term nobody has heard of. If he tried to alias it to "eggplant" then I'd echo your objections more.

Basically, I'm not sure what more you really want me to do. It seems like a done deal, and I'm of the opinion that it won't negatively impact the community, so at this point you'd have to appeal directly to memento or albert.

Then, to albert and memento mori, please consider changing the tag back to chibi.
An to the other users, if you'd prefer chibi over super_deformed please speak up now.

So since searching for chibi will still come up with the assortment of chibi pictures, I didn't quite notice right away that it had been changed to super_deformed. But since I finally did notice, I came to the forums to see what was going on and found this informative thread.

I hope its not too late for me to chime in, but I think that chibi is more suitable than super_deformed. Chibi has been used since forever on Danbooru, so why change it? People uploaded over 5000 chibi pictures, and then tag them as such. And there are those awesome and cute Chibi Miku-san 4komas, and it is rather weird to see them tagged as super_deformed instead of chibi now.

Change the tag back to chibi, not only for those who prefer chibi of super_deformed, but for Chibi Miku-san too.

FWIW, I also hate the alias. Chibi is more familiar and much easier to type, thus less likely to be omitted by users who don't know about the alias's existence. And given that the reason for the switchover is fairly frivolous anyway (really? Weaboos only? Someone should tell that to Chibi Miku's author then), I say the benefits of better tagging shouldn't be overlooked.

I too prefer chibi, I've never really liked the phrase "super deformed" it makes me think of genetic freaks with malformed arms and legs.

I guess it's mostly atheistics thanks to the alias, but I'd still like to chime in with another vote for chibi over SD here.

I vote for chibi over SD. It might be that I don't commute to the right places, but I've never heard anyone talk about "super deformed". It's always been called "chibi" as far as I know.

Chibi is more convenient.　BTW, デフォルメ is not "deformed", it's "déformer". It needs the accent because it's French.

Eh. Might as well cast my vote for chibi. Super Deformed Miku-san doesn't have the same ring to it.

To make it short and sweet, I've never had a problem with "Chibi."

If we are going for shortness, can't we just make it SD?

SD is completely non-intuitive. Personally, I would have to look up what it was if I saw an image tagged with it. I would say it was probably made as a shortcut.

I'd vote for chibi myself, with SD as an acceptable fallback.

If I remember correctly, SD is the original term for this style. Chibi is (in my experience) the more commonly used term in the Western-appreciation-of-anime-style-stuff-world. Either one has its own merits and neither one is "right".

I don't really care which it becomes as long as the other is aliased to it.

I prefer chibi first then SD only because it's shorter than super deformed.