The bulk update request #3327 is pending approval.

create implication striped_fur (49253) -> fur_markings (23997)
create implication spotted_fur (47134) -> fur_markings (23997)
create implication striped_scales (1821) -> scale_markings (1383)
create implication spotted_scales (1610) -> scale_markings (1383)
create implication striped_feathers (524) -> feather_markings (401)
create implication spotted_feathers (343) -> feather_markings (401)
create implication striped_exoskeleton (67) -> exoskeleton_markings (53)
create implication spotted_exoskeleton (109) -> exoskeleton_markings (53)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (53) -> exoskeleton (5108)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (53) -> markings (454397)
remove implication striped_body (65379) -> stripes (193693)
create implication striped_body (65379) -> striped_markings (47617)
remove implication spotted_body (59215) -> spots (104175)
create implication spotted_body (59215) -> spotted_markings (12932)

Reason: stripes and spots are markings (except i know what i’m doing this time) (hopefully)

This seems to me like an improvement over the existing organisation.

For consistency, I'd also suggest adding to this BUR:

create implication striped_exoskeleton (57) -> exoskeleton_markings (8)
create implication spotted_exoskeleton (85) -> exoskeleton_markings (8)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (8) -> markings (198399)
create implication exoskeleton_markings (8) -> exoskeleton (2497)

added!

say, what’s the difference between striped_body and striped_markings anyway? should they be merged?

cheshire3rd said:
added!

Fantastic!

cheshire3rd said:
say, what’s the difference between striped_body and striped_markings anyway? should they be merged?

The two would be identical 99.99% of the time, I imagine. However, images like post #3160292 would be an exception. This post depicts the painting of striped_markings with bodypaint, while the character -- a lion -- does not herself possess a striped_body. The whole thrust of the image is that she does not have a striped body and is thus painting on striped markings.

EDIT: One additional (though hypothetical) counter-example would be an animal-skin rug or a fur coat from a striped animal. The rug/coat is no longer a body, and thus should not be tagged as a striped body, but the object still possesses the striped markings of the animal from which the object has been produced.