Provence said:
But instead of stating our opinions just based on words, why not discuss about artworks, where one character wears one thighhigh but nothing else and another pic with a kneehigh and a thighhigh (asymmetrical legwear).
post #2312540 for example. I don't really get why this pic should get the thighhighs tag because there is only one visible in place. The other one is a kneehigh.
If it would bring noise to the legwear tags, ok. But then it's not the fault because of the deimplication but because of the implication that was made some years ago.
Except the problem is understanding of the definition of those words, so how can we properly say what is and isn't appropriate when our understanding of those words are not on the same page? It's quite clear that we're not on the same page on how these tags are being defined, which is why you view the de-implication as logical and I view it as illogical.
Tags like gloves are only covering the presence of the object. They are not bound by the quantity or state of the object, and are applicable as long one or more of the object is present in the image.
The plural naming is only because the objects come in natural pairs, and so we're more likely to see two (or more) of the object. Despite the naming being plural, the tag itself does cover single instances of the object.
The de-implication only makes sense if gloves, shoes, boots, socks, etc were defined to refer specifically to two (or more) of the object, but that isn't the way these tags are operating right now.
If those tags were redefined as plurals, then that kind of brings into question the necessity of having singular_<object> tags, because the singular word could (or more likely will have to) be un-aliased from the plural and could be used in a manner like fang and fangs. There isn't a need for a single_sock tag when you could simply just call it sock and have the tag defined as one instance of a sock present in the image.