At some point, all tags that amount to “partially clothed” were aggressively aliased to “nudity”, making that tag rather less useful, as a lot of characters where no genitals at all are visible ended up in it. On the other hand, all clothes are currently aliased to “clothed”, which may prove to be a problem. What should count as nudity? Here’s a VERY tentative proposal. Pup obviously has final decision!

First: I’m assuming pup is not a fan of “partially clothed”, so this entire discussion assumes an equivalent will not be created

Includes:

Whatever definition of “nude” is decided, it would be applied to nude/clothed pairs like “clothed man/nude cub” (if such tags are used)

Aliased (possibly restored): mostly nude
Not aliased: bottomless, topless
Not implied: skimpy

Question: Should bottomless and topless imply “nudity”?
Question: Should “Full frontal nudity” and “mostly nude” be tags at all?
Question: Should there be a tag for characters whose nudity is not merely casual but normal, like digimon and pokemon?

#Clothed
Personally, I would alias or imply all tags about partial nudity to “clothed”, not “nudity”.

However, unless we expect future users to know about “discarded *” tags, I believe clothing item tags should not alias to “clothed”.

Implied by: Skimpy, bottomless, topless, mostly nude (if restored), undressing

Question: Should partial nudity tags other than “mostly nude” alias to “clothed” or to something like “invalid tag”?

I’m going to keep my opinion quiet on this as it’s not that strong, and I’m curious what others may think. Aliasing clothed and clothing can be un-aliased it’s just I didn’t see any consistency in e621 and other boorus about it.

For further clarification, I think if you could answer these questions, it would help others.

There are some tags that maybe they should be kept or not, such as “collar only” or “chastity cage only” or “underwear only” or “hat only.” I’ve also been known to put “collar only” and nude together. To me, they’re still “nude” even if they’re wearing accessories. Should we keep those * only tags? It gets stupid if you get into “shirt only” or “swimsuit only.” To me, the only tag that should apply is if it’s not actual clothing and they’re still fully exposed.

If a picture is waist up and they’re topless, should it be tagged as topless or nude if you can’t tell if they’re wearing pants or not?

How about ferals, such as Pokémon, as you suggested, be listed? Should a fox be tagged nude if it’s feral? Technically, that is their default state, but there are some ferals that wear clothing.

How would you tag this?

Would this be bottomless, like I tagged, or should it be “cape only” or “skimpy outfit?” I honestly don’t know.

I love that you have joined the team and you can bring your experience from e621. This site needs some OCD tag management.

I don’t know how other people feel, but some tags aren’t needed, such as “bird” then “avian” if you can barely see a bird in the distance. Also, I hate tags like “wall” or “floor” or “tiled wall” like… that doesn’t matter. I’m not sure what you think of that.