On the topic of more controversial tags (i.e. ebony/black/brown/indian/native_american/etcetera) - Would love some input on this from the user/contributor base
I'm starting this thread as a continuation of the conversation from this post (thanks to aPM for being so understanding). I'm currently of the opinion that most users/contributors on here couldn't care less one way or the other so this discussion is only really for those that are at least somewhat bothered by the usage of these tags:
http://illusioncards.booru.org/i...st&s=view&id=4416
So what I'm curious about is whether tags like "ebony" or "dark_skin" or "black" offends some of the users on this site and whether we should use alternative tags. Obviously this discussion extends to other ethnic groups that are bothered by other tags that are currently in use/could potentially be used in the future.
There's a couple of reasons I want to address the usage:
1) as this booru grows, we're going to see an increase in traffic. I feel that someone somewhere is eventually going to feel a little bothered by some/all of these tags. So if possible, I want to nip the potential problem in the bud (i.e. correcting 131 ebony tags now is a lot easier than correcting 300+ ebony tags down the road).
2) for the same reasons we don't use the tags "Jap" or "Whitey/cracker/white" or "Chink" or "spic" to denote race. It's offensive and/or unnecessary.
3) cards featuring black people are the most common at the moment. Let's start from here. Considering creativity is the crux of this site, I'm sure we can pool together resources to come up with a majority's vote on the best/least offensive tags to use for each race.
Of course, we can always avoid tagging by race, but then we have the issue of tags like "white_skin" and "pale_skin" being in use and the tag "black_skin" is often not quite accurate for characters that have neither white nor black skin (hence the "dark_skin" tag - but that's also up for discussion).
http://illusioncards.booru.org/i...st&s=view&id=4416
So what I'm curious about is whether tags like "ebony" or "dark_skin" or "black" offends some of the users on this site and whether we should use alternative tags. Obviously this discussion extends to other ethnic groups that are bothered by other tags that are currently in use/could potentially be used in the future.
There's a couple of reasons I want to address the usage:
1) as this booru grows, we're going to see an increase in traffic. I feel that someone somewhere is eventually going to feel a little bothered by some/all of these tags. So if possible, I want to nip the potential problem in the bud (i.e. correcting 131 ebony tags now is a lot easier than correcting 300+ ebony tags down the road).
2) for the same reasons we don't use the tags "Jap" or "Whitey/cracker/white" or "Chink" or "spic" to denote race. It's offensive and/or unnecessary.
3) cards featuring black people are the most common at the moment. Let's start from here. Considering creativity is the crux of this site, I'm sure we can pool together resources to come up with a majority's vote on the best/least offensive tags to use for each race.
Of course, we can always avoid tagging by race, but then we have the issue of tags like "white_skin" and "pale_skin" being in use and the tag "black_skin" is often not quite accurate for characters that have neither white nor black skin (hence the "dark_skin" tag - but that's also up for discussion).