Swimwear tag - nuke?

What's the purpose of the swimwear tag? It looks like padding at this point. The fact that 水着 was added to its translated tags means it's getting used by blind uploaders for bikini too. Should it just be nuked? We already have swimsuit and male_swimwear.

If I had to guess, it was likely intended to be an umbrella tag for all kinds of aquatic attire, including those that may not traditionally be considered swimsuits like wetsuits, rash guards, board shorts, etc. In its current state though, it seems pretty useless.

BUR #5476 has been approved by @evazion.

remove implication male_swimwear -> swimwear
nuke swimwear

If we want a tag for unconventional swimwear it should be called unconventional swimwear. Unless we want an umbrella tag for all things swimwear, this is just padding.

I'm in favor of aliasing swimwear to male_swimwear, but I'm also fine with nuking it.

Is swimsuit the umbrella tag for all swimsuit-y things? Should swimwear be aliased to swimsuit, because there's a lot there without the swimsuit tag.

heartattack said:

Is swimsuit the umbrella tag for all swimsuit-y things? Should swimwear be aliased to swimsuit, because there's a lot there without the swimsuit tag.

From a glance at the tags implicated to swimsuits seems swimsuit is for female swimwear, while male swimwear is for the male ones. The list in the wiki was made 10 years ago according to the history, so I wouldn't take it into account.

The bulk update request #5476 (forum #185718) has been approved by @evazion.

It looks like this tag was left over from topic #12742, where some swimsuit tags were moved around and it was ultimately decided to keep male and female swimsuits separate. Which I guess makes sense, although practically speaking, male swimwear is so heavily outnumbered by female swimwear (3.4k posts vs 340k posts) that implying male swimwear to swimsuit wouldn't really pollute the tag that much.