I'd like to at the very least keep tags of holding_x for things that often appear in images without being held (including with something else being held) like holding book, holding hat (and all other individual holding clothing tags - the different ones do serve a purpose as both wearing the clothing while holding something else and having the clothing removed while holding something else are more common), holding glasses, holding plate, holding leaf etc.
I've got rid of holding girl (replaced with holding person), holding sakazuki (replaced with holding cup) and holding blouse (replaced with holding shirt) as starters.
The tags that might be safely scrappable:
covered by holding food + x:
*holding meat
*holding doughnut
*holding cookie
*holding cake
*holding candy
*holding chocolate
*holding candy cane
*holding lollipop
*holding pizza
*holding fruit
covered by holding weapon + x:
*holding polearm
*holding dagger
*holding spear
*holding sword
*(holding axe?)
*(holding bow (weapon)? - rather different from many other weapons so...)
*(holding gun? - again, rather different to most other weapons)
covered by holding phone + x:
*holding cellphone
covered by holding animal + x:
*holding cat
Other:
*holding lighter - almost all pictures of lighter are of it being held.
*holding oar - the vast majority of oar pictures fall into this.
*holding shower head - almost all holding shower_head are and always will be this and that would substitute nicely.
*holding cigar/holding pipe - almost all cigar/pipe pictures are either holding or mouth hold. holding cigarette is similar but there are considerably more pictures of the cigarette not being held so I'm unsure on it.
*holding whip - almost all whip pictures are of the whip being held, and those that aren't are usually implied.
*holding stuffed toy or holding stuffed animal. The latter is currently larger, and has implications, but the former is probably better to keep.
*holding leaves - there's a much bigger tag for holding leaf, and leaves is aliased to leaf.
*holding holly - every single one of these seem to be holding holly leaves + berries. We have a tag for holding leaf so couldn't they go in there?
*holding paintbrush - there's holding brush - do we need individual types?
*holding glass - I think all of these belong in holding drinking glass. Don't alias it, though, as it could potentially be useful for something else in the future.
That would be 27-31 of the current holding_x tags removed (30-34 if you include the ones I already got rid of).
A lot of the rest aren't actually holding_x tags (like holding hands, holding above head or holding breath), or not of the sort that would warrant the holding tag*. And the remainder are things that serve a function in their existance that would be lost if they were removed.
*I note there is a holding tail, holding own tail and holding another's tail, though. Why?
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