The tag alias #76244 joi -> masturbation_encouragement is pending approval.

Reason: We don't need both, and the latter is more transparently understandable.

There are a couple of posts under masturbation_encouragement that are encouraging another character, not the viewer. If there's another tag for it between two characters, I'd be on board.

This alias likely makes sense, but I'm a bit conflicted. How does masturbation_request fit into all of this?
There is masturbation_encouragement that's just a simple masturbation_request:
post #3935218 "Jerk it for me. I know you want to"
And then there's masturbation_encouragement with more specific "instructions", making the term "jerk off instructions" feel more appropriate:
post #4487709 "Ruin for puppy! Let it all go! Arf! Thank you NOW KEEP PUMPING!>:3"
But I suppose even the first one is still "instructions" of sorts. Perhaps there's no meaningful distinction to be made here? At any rate, should masturbation_request imply masturbation_encouragement, be aliased to masturbation_encouragement, or neither?

EDIT: Also, what I'veSeenSoMuch said. I did not refresh the page in the last 24 minutes and did not see that.

i'veseensomuch said:
There are a couple of posts under masturbation_encouragement that are encouraging another character, not the viewer. If there's another tag for it between two characters, I'd be on board.

Personally I would still consider that jerk-off instruction.

crocogator said:
This alias likely makes sense, but I'm a bit conflicted. How does masturbation_request fit into all of this?
There is masturbation_encouragement that's just a simple masturbation_request:
post #3935218 "Jerk it for me. I know you want to"
And then there's masturbation_encouragement with more specific "instructions", making the term "jerk off instructions" feel more appropriate:
post #4487709 "Ruin for puppy! Let it all go! Arf! Thank you NOW KEEP PUMPING!>:3"
But I suppose even the first one is still "instructions" of sorts. Perhaps there's no meaningful distinction to be made here? At any rate, should masturbation_request imply masturbation_encouragement, be aliased to masturbation_encouragement, or neither?

EDIT: Also, what I'veSeenSoMuch said. I did not refresh the page in the last 24 minutes and did not see that.

Part of me wants to merge them all into a single tag, since none of them are particularly populated and they're very closely related. I hesitate mainly because it's possible one or more of them would get more popular in the future.

crocogator said:
This alias likely makes sense, but I'm a bit conflicted. How does masturbation_request fit into all of this?
There is masturbation_encouragement that's just a simple masturbation_request:
post #3935218 "Jerk it for me. I know you want to"
And then there's masturbation_encouragement with more specific "instructions", making the term "jerk off instructions" feel more appropriate:
post #4487709 "Ruin for puppy! Let it all go! Arf! Thank you NOW KEEP PUMPING!>:3"
But I suppose even the first one is still "instructions" of sorts. Perhaps there's no meaningful distinction to be made here? At any rate, should masturbation_request imply masturbation_encouragement, be aliased to masturbation_encouragement, or neither?

EDIT: Also, what I'veSeenSoMuch said. I did not refresh the page in the last 24 minutes and did not see that.

That first one doesn't even count, it's asking for another character to give them a handjob, which isn't masturbation. There seems to be a few uses like that, where it's asking for or demanding sex, not masturbation.
post #1100400

And there are some that are ambiguous.
post #5120464
"pumping" can also refer to thrusting and penetration, not masturbation, and her position makes it seem like she could be riding someone.

This is why the meaning of text/dialog is generally kept out of TWYS, it's possible for different people to read things differently and be open to interpretation.