Topic: Tag Alias: offscreen_male -> off-screen_male

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

off-screen_male

isn't tagged on anything.
If they're an unseen_character they probably shouldn't be tagged as a gender seeing as they're not actually in the image...

Updated by anonymous

bitWolfy

Former Staff

What a weird tag.

After looking at the posts, this tag seems to cover 3 separate concepts.
1. The character is actually off-screen, not appearing in the image at all. In this case, the gender could not be determined by TWYS, and thus the male part of this tag is incorrect.
2. The character is partially off-screen, but it's not possible to tell the gender (ex. just the hands are visible). Same as before, but now both male and offscreen parts are incorrect.
3. The character is partially off-screen, and gender can be determined from the image (ex. by the genitals). But the offscreen part is still not applicable.

(Also see offscreen_character for reference)

It seems to me like invalidating the tag would be the best option, after sorting through the posts.
Any opinions?

If a character is offscreen, you can't see their gender. This tag is invalid no matter how many hyphens it has, not that I'm going to let that stop me from passing comment on how this alias is the wrong way around anyway.