Donmai

Pointless Pools

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Type-kun said:

Better create a new one, this pool ID could already end up in bookmarks and search results.

Oh, alright. Then we can delete this one as I mentioned earlier that these pages are now from another pool which is a complete doujin.

Well ok, I think this pool is pretty pointless right now. But there is also no real point for purging this pool, when I think about it.
Besides, what if Dainamitee starts drawing different pictures that are not Nyankore? Then we have to add the posts back to the pool.

Saying that Nyancore thing shouldn't be in a pool due to lack of storyline is the same as saying pool #2849 shouldn't have been made a pool until the "plot arcs" started up on page 110 or that pool #10012 should either be deleted or be split up into about two pools per page.

Nyancore isn't its own copyright, isn't a character, and isn't something widespread (like a meme), so it shouldn't be a tag. It's a set of images relating to the same concept (animalized KanColle shipgirls drawn in colored pencil style by one artist) and are thus part of a collection even if they don't have some kind of solid storyline. Originally I converted a tag that was being used to the pool, and I assumed the artist themselves had some way of demarcating such images.

If you really wanted, I suppose it could be made a collection pool instead of a series one, though that would be kinda strange. Whether the artist has more images on the site isn't really relevant; rakurakutei_ramen -pool:2849 doesn't result in anything but side images to ones in the pool either.

Provence said:

Well ok, I think this pool is pretty pointless right now. But there is also no real point for purging this pool, when I think about it.
Besides, what if Dainamitee starts drawing different pictures that are not Nyankore? Then we have to add the posts back to the pool.

if that happens, you can undelete the pool

OOZ662 said:

Nyancore isn't its own copyright, isn't a character, and isn't something widespread (like a meme), so it shouldn't be a tag. It's a set of images relating to the same concept (animalized KanColle shipgirls drawn in colored pencil style by one artist) and are thus part of a collection even if they don't have some kind of solid storyline. Originally I converted a tag that was being used to the pool, and I assumed the artist themselves had some way of demarcating such images.

how is the animalization tag insufficient? That's all it is!

OOZ662 said:

Saying that Nyancore thing shouldn't be in a pool due to lack of storyline is the same as saying pool #2849 shouldn't have been made a pool until the "plot arcs" started up on page 110 or that pool #10012 should either be deleted or be split up into about two pools per page.

That is a structured comic, even if it doesn't have a storyline, it has the same basic setup and payoff for all of the actions. Dainamitee's things aren't even 1komas.

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I don't feel it's worth arguing so much over. I think there's a lot of precedent in other existing pools of images that have no sensible "story" or "setup" links between images that could be replaced even with just artist tag searches. If another mod or admin disagrees and deletes it, so be it.