rename wake -> wake_(water)

BUR #29800 has been rejected.

rename wake -> wake_(water)

Adding qualifier to keep it from getting confused with waking up.

Perhaps the qualifier could be medium neutral like wake_(physics) or another name like ship's_wake instead? Mostly thinking hypothetically shouldn't this be equally applicable to say an airship leaving a wake in the clouds, a spaceship making a wake through something like a planet's rings, a sandship leaving a wake behind it going through a desert, etc.

wake_(liquid) would be better since wake_(water) wouldn't fit for boats sailing on liquids that aren't water, like a pool of blood or smth.

BUR #29807 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

rename wake -> wake_(wave)

I think making the tag medium neutral is a good idea, though _(physics) may make it less obvious what the tag is for. Instead, I propose we qualify it with the actual physical phenomenon.

Using _(water) is definitely too narrow and _(liquid) would be an improvement, but it would still exclude clouds, sand, and other non-liquid mediums.

I hadn't even though about sand. Yeah, it'd make sense for posts like these post #7153527 post #7153527

Note that for air/cloud disturbances there's also air current / distrails / contrails.

I think wake_(physics) that GreyOmega mentioned would be a better option, since not all wakes look like waves, they can also be plumes of upturned grains like dust, soil or sand (as seen in above posts).. If I'm understanding them correctly.

If it *has* to be qualified then I'd be for wave since, even though it doesn't technically have to be just for water, it at least tells you what it is. If I see wake_(physics) I wouldn't have the faintest idea what it means ("why do we have a tag for light waves?", for example).

I'm not a fan of qualifying basic concepts like this just because one or two people didn't bother looking at the tag before applying it though, we'll end up with every single tag being qualified that way.

The bulk update request #29807 (forum #297741) has been approved by @nonamethanks.

This definitely needs a qualifier, "wake" is just too generic and I would've assumed it was for someone waking up or for a ceremony/vigil, rather than for the wake left by water.

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The bulk update request #29800 (forum #297722) has been rejected by @nonamethanks.