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Old 09-24-2012, 09:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Lightbulb Request: Additional Character Search Tags

Can anyone add these tags to the Character Search Thingy on the website?:

Kidnapper
Criminal
Villain
Villainess
Gun Moll
Boss
Leader
Gang Leader
Mafia Member
Crook
Bad Guy
Bad Girl

That would be great. :)

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Old 10-01-2012, 03:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I don't expect those to appear on the site, but we do have a gangster tag.
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:25 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Well, I know.

But how about the other tags? You wanna know who's a hero, villain or neutral, right?
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Old 10-02-2012, 10:34 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: Request: Additional Character Search Tags

the majority of those are completely subjective - what would the exact definition be for 'bad guy'? what about 'villain'? characters arent always cut and dry, and they sound like they'd be very difficult to tag consistently
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Old 10-02-2012, 11:45 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Not to mention spoiler villians/good guys.
And something like "Leader" is a bit too vague to be useful.
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Old 10-02-2012, 11:56 AM   #6 (permalink)
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of all of those, the only two that i think could be considered are kidnapper and criminal.

criminal is pretty useful as we have the prisoner tag but you have to be locked up for that - then again it would be very very difficult to write guidelines for so i don't see it happening. we have the 'thief' tag, if there are other major crimes (for example, murderer) that would be a good one, but there's a massive chance that it would be a spoiler

kidnapper would be easy to write guidelines for, but i cant think of many chars like this (so its already very niche), which is fine, but the problem is it's most likely going to be a spoiler

char mods feel free to chime in with your opinions, otherwise ill move this to denied
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Old 10-02-2012, 01:29 PM   #7 (permalink)
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The only time I ever really see kidnapper being used is for a Character of the Day. I don't think there are many "professional" kidnappers in the world of anime.
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Old 10-02-2012, 02:28 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of any of these either, for the reasons already outlined. Subjective and spoiler being the big ones.
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Old 10-02-2012, 08:44 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Well... ^^; Could you at least add these two tags to the search?:

Criminal

Kidnapper
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Old 10-02-2012, 08:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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it seems like you aren't reading what we've been saying
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