Qualify Single-Letter Tags Like "A"

BUR #7619 has been rejected.

create alias a -> a_(phrase)
create alias v -> v_sign
create alias w -> w_sign
create alias double_v -> double_v_sign
create alias double_w -> double_w_sign

I recently came across a post that warranted the tag "a". But when I checked the tag again, I saw several mistags on the first two pages alone. So I asked around at Discord, and looked like this was suggested by Travley before, but was forgotten. So I think this should be done.

I didn't add "x" because it's a mess, even the wiki doesn't help much.

Edit: If you have a better qualifier for those tags, feel free to suggest them here.

Edit2: Edited the BUR.

examples where a isn't used as a phrase: post #4701590 , post #2297929 , post #2256040

bipface said:

examples where a isn't used as a phrase: post #4701590 , post #2297929 , post #2256040

Well, that's why I asked there first. I don't know better name for that one. This BUR was purely based on Travley's old suggestion.

I'm with adding a qualifier to them because having single letters as tags is bound to attract a lot of accidental mistags, and I find those suggestions to be OK.

bipface said:

examples where a isn't used as a phrase: post #4701590 , post #2297929 , post #2256040

Needs a bit of gardening, could use maybe an a_(letter) tag?

Username_Hidden said:

...could use maybe an a_(letter) tag?

That could work.

bipface said:

examples where a isn't used as a phrase: post #4701590 , post #2297929 , post #2256040

I would argue that those post don’t even need to be tagged a. We don’t tag other letters (or numbers) either, so I suggest going with a_(phrase) and cleaning all randomly tagged occurrences of 'A' letters.

I'm a bit more on kittey's side here. If the "A" on any clothing has any specific meaning, like if it's connected to any kind of school or university, it should get its own tag or something else.

kittey said:

We don’t tag other letters (or numbers) either,

don't we? what about h

I also agree with kittey, a lot of these single letter tags is a bit sketchy in their usage and usefulness.

bipface said:

don't we? what about h

That used to be for the big H in many official Haruhi artworks, but then people started also using it for other things, just like the phrase a.

Yeah, stuff like that reminds me of people adding ? to posts where any speech bubble has a question. It's pedantic and makes no sense for us. Let "a" be specifically for the letter "a" being used by a character, and nuke the rest.

Why v_(gesture) instead of v_sign or w_sign? As for a, I agree. a_(phrase) should be fine and it should be removed from posts where that does not apply.

Talulah said:

Why v_(gesture) instead of v_sign or w_sign? As for a, I agree. a_(phrase) should be fine and it should be removed from posts where that does not apply.

Actually "v_sign" and "w_sign" were my alternatives beside the "*_(gesture)". If others prefer it too, I'll change them.

Seconding "v_sign", "w_sign" and "a_(phrase)".

I wish to obliterate the h tag off of so many arts tagged h that doesn't even have h in them...though the more I go through them, the more I think they're honest mis-tags than intentional.
e.g.:

• post #3653505
• post #4249599
• post #3234875
• post #3581346
• post #1157 (oldest h tag)

The "H for ecchi", which I thought the tag was for at first, should stay though, IMO. Prolly go for "h_(ecchi)" for this description?
Appropriately H-tagged in this context, e.g.:

• post #1200437 (spoken h; but pls no "spoken_h")
• post #3970214 (as a novelty censor)
• post #1031912 (notice_line-spoken H or something)
• arguably post #990552 (as part of a title depicting "ecchi")

Tagging one's initials written on any article (clothing, background, notebook, etc.) would kinda be silly too, in support to what Kittey mentioned, because by that reason everyone else's one-letter initials would be silly-ly tagged as such.
...Oh, apparently we have initial for that? But it looks messy atm, too, often mistakenly used for artist signature.
h-tagged, not Haruhi-related: post #2122806 (apron)
Non-h non-Haruhi, one-letter initial, e.g.:

• post #3626238 (bikini bling)
• post #3560517 & post #3560519
• post #2248385 (bag)
• post #1848427

h tag prolly just became a side-effect of not-even-stylized H being synonymous to its official pictures & title or Haruhi herself. Helipads (H in a circle) deserve that tag more.

post #1157 isn't the oldest h tag, it was added in 2020. post #484388 is the first instance of h being added that is still there (there is one older, but it was removed).

Anyway, I don't necessarily have an issue with keeping a tag for this sort of emphasis on a letter (though I don't know how useful having a specific H tag is), but it definitely cannot remain as a single-letter tag. That's way too prone to mistags. You're free to remove it from any posts where it looks like there's no reason for it to be there, as in the five ones you linked.

There's also double v and double w if we want those to remain consistent with v/w.

This bulk update request is pending automatic rejection in 5 days.

Ignoring the H debate which is not part of this BUR, everyone seems to be in agreement that this should go through. So why is it pending rejection?

This bulk update request has been rejected because it was not approved within 45 days.