The usefulness of combat_shotgun tag.

BUR #27518 has been rejected.

create alias combat_shotgun -> shotgun

According to Wikipedia, combat shotgun means any shotgun issued by militaries for warfare. This includes traditional-looking pump action shotguns with classic wooden furniture that most laws consider it civilian legal. Such as this Winchester Model 1897 (post #6524594).

While according to modern day standards, the term combat_shotgun commonly refers to those with modern-looking ones with features like all-black finish, picatinny rail or such. Something "assault-style weapons". In context of finding images, no other definitive trait beside external appearance and non-noticeable fire mode. Unlike the universally-recognized characteristics of an assault rifle. A rifle don't have to incorporate modern, polymer tacticool accessories in order to classify as such, just look at the original AKM and StG44. They can be semi auto only, pump action (i.e. SPAS-12) selective fire, or full auto.

If you think the alias does not worth it, feel free to submit an implication request to if you want this to stay or even nuking it. Still, there are no tags implicating this

BUR #27940 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

mass update combat_shotgun -> -combat_shotgun shotgun

Alternate option.

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Given the proliferation of combat gachas in recent years, the vast majority of shotgun posts are going to be of combat shotguns. This tag is pointless.

BUR #51177 has been rejected.

create alias combat_shotgun -> shotgun
create alias riot_shotgun -> shotgun

It got repopulated again.

nonamethanks said:
Given the proliferation of combat gachas in recent years, the vast majority of shotgun posts are going to be of combat shotguns. This tag is pointless.

Also, riot shotgun is basically any type of shotgun (pump action, mag-fed, semi-auto, full-length barrel or shortened, etc.) used for riot control, so I don't think this should exist. Same uselessness as the former.

BUR #51234 has been approved by @evazion.

deprecate combat_shotgun
deprecate riot_shotgun

I'll just deprecate them instead.

The bulk update request #51234 (forum #400628) has been approved by @evazion.

The bulk update request #51177 (forum #400474) has been rejected by @evazion.