For example: https://e621.net/wiki_pages/43237 and all the ones linked in the bulleted list.

I was under the impression that 3D models of avatars should be "General", but it seems that someone keeps changing these to "Species". See https://e621.net/tag_type_versions?search%5Btag%5D=da%27vali and https://e621.net/tag_type_versions?commit=Search&search%5Btag%5D=spiri%27vali

I'm fine either way, but I just want it to be consistent, and I don't like how currently some tags are "General" and some are "Species". Instead of having an edit war, I'd like to get a consensus on the forums before I take further action.

IMO, it should be a character tag, or not at all. Just as we shouldn't be tagging salazzle_(valorlynz), we don't tag individual designs/models of species or characters. So a general/generic avali model should just be tagged avali, while an avali model that depicts a specific character should be tagged avali and the character name (along with the modeler, if known).

if it's a unique enough design to be recognized as a unique character it should be a character tag.