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Tank tops are shirts

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AngryZapdos

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mass update camouflage_tank_top -tank_top -> tank_top
mass update print_tank_top -tank_top -> tank_top
mass update torn_tank_top -tank_top -> tank_top
mass update aqua_tank_top -tank_top -> tank_top
mass update ribbed_tank_top -tank_top -> tank_top
mass update multicolored_tank_top -tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication black_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication blue_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication brown_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication green_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication grey_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication orange_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication pink_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication purple_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication red_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication striped_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication white_tank_top -> tank_top
remove implication yellow_tank_top -> tank_top
create alias white_tank_top -> white_shirt
create alias black_tank_top -> black_shirt
create alias yellow_tank_top -> yellow_shirt
create alias blue_tank_top -> blue_shirt
create alias grey_tank_top -> grey_shirt
create alias red_tank_top -> red_shirt
create alias green_tank_top -> green_shirt
create alias pink_tank_top -> pink_shirt
create alias purple_tank_top -> purple_shirt
create alias orange_tank_top -> orange_shirt
create alias striped_tank_top -> striped_shirt
create alias brown_tank_top -> brown_shirt
create alias camouflage_tank_top -> camouflage_shirt
create alias print_tank_top -> print_shirt
create alias torn_tank_top -> torn_shirt
create alias aqua_tank_top -> aqua_shirt
create alias ribbed_tank_top -> ribbed_shirt
create alias multicolored_tank_top -> multicolored_shirt
create implication tank_top -> sleeveless_shirt

This couldn't be simpler. Tank tops are just sleeveless shirts, and as such we do not need specific color/type tags for them. It would be akin to making tags like blue t-shirt, print cropped shirt or torn see-through shirt.

Searching for sleeveless shirt and tank top in Google images gives identical results. Even the Wikipedia article for tank tops redirects to their article for sleeveless shirt. To the majority of the English-speaking world, tank tops are at most a subset of sleeveless shirts and to continue to distinguish between them would be to propagate a distinction that exists solely on Danbooru.

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Unbreakable said:

Tank tops aren't shirts no more than camisoles are, and the Wikipedia article doesn't really matter that much since we don't do everything the same as they do.

You're saying tank tops aren't shirts just because we don't copy Wikipedia? That has essentially zero relevance to whether or not they are shirts. Us inventing stupid definitions of tags that is opposed to how everyone else uses them has historically never worked.

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AngryZapdos

Unbreakable said:

Tank tops aren't shirts no more than camisoles are...

Do you have any actual reasoning or evidence behind this statement?

Unbreakable said:

...the Wikipedia article doesn't really matter that much since we don't do everything the same as they do.

Wikipedia is a particularly good metric when it comes to things commonplace in Western society, such as everyday clothing. My point was not that we should adopt Wikipedia's usage because that's what Wikipedia does, my point was that when you check both Wikipedia and Google (two of the most widely used information repositories on the Western internet) they both indicate in no uncertain terms that "tank top" and "sleeveless shirt" are used interchangeably by a majority of their English-speaking users.

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