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BUR #60090 is pending approval.
deprecate fuse
The wiki already stated that it is ambiguous and alternatives for following examples exist, such as:
World_Funeral said in forum #441725:
- post #9631085 - Nothing at all.
I guess this one is referring to that lit fuse bomb pattern on apron...
That wiki entry is a bit of a mess in terms of readability. I think it is saying something different to what you think though, mostly because of that poor readability.
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A potentially ambiguous name that could refer to either an electrical fuse (a sacrificial device to prevent excessive current in a circuit) and a explosives fuse. For tagging purposes this tag refers specifically to the explosive variety of fuse, used to initiate the ignition of explosives and pyrotechnics.
It says the term is ambiguous, but that the tag itself is unambiguous. If someone tags a circuit breaker "fuse" then that's a mistag according to that wiki.
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Given their visual similarity, they're occasionally referred to as a wick (such as those those used in candles and oil lamps).
This says that if you see someone using the term "wick" they might actually mean "fuse". It is not saying that fuses can be tagged as wicks. The fuses on top of those Mario bombs are not wicks.
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Instead of deprecating "fuse" I think it should instead be disambiguated from circuit breakers, and the cruft in that wiki should be removed. It is trying to be helpful, but it's just confusing. It should at least go at the end of the entry and be cleaned up.
As far as the relationship with lit_fuse, I think a lit fuse is a distinct enough subject that one could definitely want to see only lit fuses. I suggest we imply lit_fuse -> fuse.
As for the unambiguous name, I would personally call it "matchcord", but I think a clearer name that more people would understand is "explosives_fuse" or possibly "fuse_(explosives)".
Updated by CrossbowArcanePlus
