Donmai

helix cuff piercings

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BUR #27294 has been rejected.

mass update favgroup:33010 -> helix_cuff
create implication helix_cuff -> ear_piercing

I was doing some tag gardening for topic #27628 and noticed an interesting type of jewelry worn on the helix being tagged as ear bar (post #7544159, post #7179434 for reference). I collected mistags with this type of jewelry into favgroup #33010, but I wonder if a separate tag should be made for it. I have never seen jewelry like this in real life, and the design resembles a clip-on more closely than a piercing. I was only able to find one real-world example of this type of jewelry, a clip-on piece called a helix cuff which seems like a good name. I don't think we should make a distinction between clip-ons and actual piercings for tagging because they can be visually identical, so I suggest implying to ear piercing.

The reason this is a BUR and not just me unilaterally making the tag is if a) there's something I don't know about this type of jewelry or b) it's not noteworthy enough to have its own tag.

I've mostly seen this type of piercing tagged as earclip. The wiki defines it as an ear ornament that doesn't require piercing, but in practice almost all posts under it are that type of tubular piercing (of varying lengths), so maybe that tag could do with a redefined wiki and some gardening.

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