The tag implication #33712 censor_bar -> censored has been rejected.

Reason: If a censor bar is being implemented, then by definition the image is being censored.

EDIT: The tag implication censor_bar -> censored (forum #295134) has been rejected by @Millcore.

A censor bar can be present without censoring anything:
post #11283 post #61983

Though looking through censor_bar -censored, it does seem as though a number of posts are missing censored that should have it.

Yeah, this has been rejected before - topic #26673. Unfortunately it's just going to be something that needs manual work occasionally.

watsit said:
A censor bar can be present without censoring anything:

IDK, this feels more like an exception to the rule than anything. More than that, it seems inconsistent with the ruling that any sheath is immediately explicit, because "where do we draw the line?" At what point is a censor bar censoring? Is it even a censor bar if it's not censoring anything?

faucet said:
Yeah, this has been rejected before - topic #26673.

For example, in the thread you linked, one of the offered pictures has censored bars over characters' eyes to hide their identity. Shouldn't that be censored, the bars are withholding their identity.

A quick glance at censor_bar -censored shows almost exclusively images that SHOULD have the tag censored.

cdpaliden said:
IDK, this feels more like an exception to the rule than anything.

Exception or not, it's possible, which would make the implication invalid. Those posts would be incorrectly tagged as censored despite not censoring anything.

cdpaliden said:
More than that, it seems inconsistent with the ruling that any sheath is immediately explicit, because "where do we draw the line?" At what point is a censor bar censoring? Is it even a censor bar if it's not censoring anything?

It's censored when it's (fully or partially) obstructing view of the genitals, anus, or nipples/breasts:
"Techniques in which genitals, anus and sometimes nipples or breasts are obscured by mosaics, black bars, and other type of censorships."

Not sure what sheaths being explicit has to do with anything. Being censored doesn't means it's not explicit, just that the aforementioned bits were purposefully obscured. There's also convenient_censorship for cases where the obstruction is an object or body part in the image, like a tail covering the crotch.

The tag implication censor_bar -> censored (forum #295134) has been rejected by @Millcore.