bad_stitch as a new meta tag

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I know it matches the naming convention of the bad_* tags, but I feel like it'd make more sense to match it more with the tag it's going to imply, so something like badly_stitched or poorly_stitched... wait, that's a tag already...

Beyond that though, good idea!

BUR #58319 is pending approval.

category bad_stitch -> general

if i remember correctly we don't make this kind of stuff a meta tag because we can actually see that it's a bad stitch

evazion said in forum #432633:

Most of these you can visually tell they're meant to be covers by the format and general style, so it's not meta knowledge to say they're covers. Youtube video thumbnail is an example of something that's purely meta - it's impossible to tell something is a Youtube thumbnail just by looking at it.

I generally think meta tags should be for things that you need external knowledge for. Stitched fits the bill as done well you may not know it comes from multiple source images. I can see the argument for making bad_stitch general because it becomes visually obvious and no longer requires external knowledge.

That said I can also see an argument for keeping it meta to match the type of stitched. It's similar to bleed through (which is visually apparant) needing to match scan (meta) for implication reasons.

This is mostly to incite other users to do a better job or look for alternatives

I better not see this tag on deleted anime screenshot stitches that I'll be helpless to fix without making more deleted posts.

PersonalFowl said in forum #435477:

It's possible that the author intentionally adds a visually apparent "bad stitch" (glitch art). The meta tag is supposed to be saying that the stitching in the image isn't from the original art, which is itself meta information.

If the author adds an intentional bad stitch, then that wouldn't be a bad stitch. That'd be its own tag.

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