Danbooru

starry_sky disambiguation

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BUR #28023 has been rejected.

create alias starry_background -> star_symbol_background
deprecate starry_background
deprecate star_background

This tag has long irked me, but I kept forgetting to do something about it. starry_background, the tag for backgrounds featuring star_(symbol), is ambiguous as it could very easily be referring to backgrounds featuring star_(sky). This is especially misleading when you consider that starry_sky, despite sharing the same nomenclature, is for skies featuring actual stars.

Included is a deprecation for star_background as well, as it's currently aliased to starry_background and just as ambiguous.

I don't know if one exists yet, but if not then a tag for star_(sky) backgrounds should be created. starry_sky_background comes to mind, but if you have a different idea, feel free to share it below.

BUR #29998 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

deprecate starry_background
deprecate star_background
mass update starry_background star_(symbol) -star_(sky) -> -starry_background star_symbol_background
mass update starry_background star_(sky) -star_(symbol) -> -starry_background starry_sky_background

nonamethanks said:

If starry sky backgrounds don't fall under starry background then most of the tag is wrong. I'd wager results for random star symbols that aren't actual stars would be the minority here.

59 pages of results for star_(symbol), only 5 pages for starry_sky. It's not even close.

Regardless, seeing as it's an ambiguous tag, this should have been the BUR from the start. My bad.

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