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create alias extra_mouth -> multiple_mouths
These are the same thing. Most other superfluous extra body parts tags seem to follow the "extra_" prefix but "extra mouth" is singular and implies it is only one extra mouth so the alias could really go either way.
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Following our typical naming convention for this kind of tags, multiple mouths is for any character with multiple mouths, while extra mouth is for any character with more mouths than usual. A character normally depicted without any mouth but having one in a specific post would qualify for extra mouth, but not multiple mouths. Likewise, the opposite would apply to a character that normally has more than one mouth and is depicted with the same amount of mouths they have canonically.
nonamethanks said:
Following our typical naming convention for this kind of tags, multiple mouths is for any character with multiple mouths, while extra mouth is for any character with more mouths than usual. A character normally depicted without any mouth but having one in a specific post would qualify for extra mouth, but not multiple mouths. Likewise, the opposite would apply to a character that normally has more than one mouth and is depicted with the same amount of mouths they have canonically.
I'm kinda lost here, because if "more mouths than usual" means "more mouths than they usually do", then no, that's not the usual tag usage, see extra ears, extra eyes, extra arms.. in fact, I think the only tag that follows this is extra tails
And if it means just more mouths than a usual human, then the second bur would be correct
Your point about drawing a mouthless character with a mouth being extra_mouth is valid, but these are more often than not a stylistic choice.
Plus the term extra almost implies plurality (Oxford defines it as "added to an existing or usual amount or number").
One wouldn't tag extra_tail on a post with a character that doesn't have one usually (i.e. kemomimi mode), same with extra arms on a usually armless character
Shibi said:
I'm kinda lost here, because if "more mouths than usual" means "more mouths than they usually do", then no, that's not the usual tag usage, see extra ears, extra eyes, extra arms.. in fact, I think the only tag that follows this is extra tails
That's because people have multiple ears, eyes and arms by default, so multiple eyes would not make any sense. As a matter of fact we used to have multiple arms for characters that naturally have more than two arms, to distinguish extra arms that could also include characters like Machamp being drawn with more than four arms, but the two tags were aliased together in topic #16352.
In practice, people don't really care about this distinction and just use extra_* or multiple_* depending on their personal preference, which is why some of these have been aliased together. We should still figure out a way to search for this kind of thing though.
Shibi said:
One wouldn't tag extra_tail on a post with a character that doesn't have one usually (i.e. kemomimi mode), same with extra arms on a usually armless character
kemonomimi mode IS our "extra ears/tail for characters that don't usually have any"
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The bulk update request #30462 (forum #300126) has been rejected by @DanbooruBot.
The bulk update request #30463 (forum #300127) has been rejected by @DanbooruBot.
The bulk update request #30463 (forum #300127) has been approved by @nonamethanks.
