@cbhl: "underpants" is probably not the word I would...

cbhl
2021-01-21T01:42:14-05:00

"underpants" is probably not the word I would have picked for such a unification effort. I believe that it has region-specific connotations in the different English-speaking regions.

Given the example of white_panties and white_briefs, I wonder whether we should not just redefine *_panties to include mens' underwear. (I looked at the ~3 images in each of plaid_briefs and plaid_boxers as a randomly-chosen example and was not at all convinced that they would be out of place in plaid_panties -- one image even had both tags, and was tagged as a female character!)

It wasn't clear from the orignal post whether there were technical reasons that prevented you from choosing _underwear over _underpants?

That said, I think Rignak brings up a good point. I agree that some users probably would like to (for example,) saved search images of male characters in underwear, and this is a distinct use-case specific that would be valuable use-case to preserve precisely because the tags are applied to a smaller subset of images. This is distinct from headwear, legwear, and footwear, which tend to be more unisex. (Ok, well at least hats and sneakers... less so for socks vs leggings.)