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Riding deprecation

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BUR #34311 has been rejected.

deprecate riding
mass update riding ~broom_riding ~riding_dragon ~horseback_riding ~multiple_riders ~piggyback ~riding_animal ~riding_bicycle ~riding_pokemon -> -riding

The riding tag is an ambiguous name prone to mistagging, it often gets mistaken for cowgirl position or reverse cowgirl position by some people on the site, as seen on the tag history. I will be separating most instances of riding into their own separate tags.

Fenton said:

BUR #34314 has been rejected.

create alias riding_bicycle -> on_bicycle

Honestly, some posts with the tag also depict someone sitting on a stationary bicycle, I think the rename will also make the tag more consistent with the other on_* tags.

How would you distinguish someone on a bike as operator versus passenger, like say post #8228660 if you're deprecating the riding tag and aliasing riding bicycle? Finding an image like my example would be nearly impossible if that's done.

GreyOmega said:

How would you distinguish someone on a bike as operator versus passenger, like say post #8228660 if you're deprecating the riding tag and aliasing riding bicycle? Finding an image like my example would be nearly impossible if that's done.

I would personally create a new tag specifying someone sitting on the passenger seat of a bicycle or a motorcycle, but I'm not sure about a good name for this scenario.

Fenton said:

I would personally create a new tag specifying someone sitting on the passenger seat of a bicycle or a motorcycle, but I'm not sure about a good name for this scenario.

My take is that "on_bicycle"//"on_motorcycle" is already a decent tag name for those passenger/stationary instances in general.
If this option is made unavailable, then a better alternative has to be brought up before.
I can think of one alternative for stationary instances: stationary_riding as a general tag regardless of what the character is riding.
This means maybe something like passenger_riding for passenger instances, but i'm not sure how that sounds to other people.

GreyOmega said:

How would you distinguish someone on a bike as operator versus passenger, like say post #8228660 if you're deprecating the riding tag and aliasing riding bicycle? Finding an image like my example would be nearly impossible if that's done.

We do need a tag equivalent to driving. It's kinda silly how we can drive a car but not drive a bike. So I actually think riding tags are still needed.

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