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Upload guidelines

[i]These guidelines are based on the SuBooru tagging rules: https://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki_pages/howto:tag[/i]

Big Rules
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"Tag what you see, not what you know"
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Tag only everything that's visible in the image, within a reasonable level of detail. The goal is to have every image be uniquely searchable without creating too much of a tagging burden.

[s]Sometimes this rule is broken when it's convenient to have a category for known associations, for example certain memes associated with 4chan boards (Baneposting + '/tv/'). ~~This rule is not applied anymore~~
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Try to use only one tag to describe each characteristic,

The above two rules do not apply to parent category tags ('fruit' + 'food').

Avoid subjective tags ('nas', 'gem', 'faggot'). These examples are valid tags when referring to an object or text in the image.

Always use the 'tagme' tag if you are unsure if you put enough tags. It's ugly but without it poorly tagged images disappear into the database forever.

Prefer existing tags over creating new ones.
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Search for synonyms before creating a new tag. We try to autocorrect common mistakes but would like to minimize aliases in case a word is needed to describe text in an image.

The database is always improving. Some tags may violate the guidelines below either as mod-created exceptions or work-in-progress changes.
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Other Rules
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Always include at least one variant, or 'variant:unknown'.

Any drawn or traced variant should have the 'soyjak' tag, except 'variant:wojak'.

The amount of faces in the image determines the use of the '[2-5]soyjaks' tags. Use 'multiple_soyjaks' for 5+ soyjaks.

Images that include real-life elements should use the 'irl' or 'irl_background' tags.

Special Tags
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'merge' means an uncommon mix of two variants. This should not be used for commonly reused elements (wholesomejak's smile).

'redraw' describes any re-drawing or tracing of a variant without substantial changes.

'oekaki' effectively describes a poorly-done 'redraw'. This may be removed in the future.

'subvariant'/'alternate' [TBA]
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Use negative tags ('no_eyes', 'no_mouth') for rarely missing characteristics when no other positive tag is accurate.

Colors
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Many common characteristics have color versions ('blue_eyes', 'yellow_skin').

In ambiguous situations prefer red, green, blue, yellow, black and white.

'white_skin' refers to the skin color, not the color white.

For simplicity hair does not have its own colors ('blonde_hair' -> 'yellow_hair').

Use the generic color tags ('red', 'green') only when a more specific color tag can't be applied to the image.
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Head Parts
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Prefer 'stubble' over 'beard'. The latter describes fuller facial hair (see 'variant:science_lover').

'open_mouth' (the classic) and 'half_open_mouth' (see 'variant:nojak') refer to states of the mouth when the back of the mouth is visible. 'closed_mouth' refers to when the lips are entirely closed.

Do not use the '*_mouth' tags when teeth or foreign object(s) are completely covering the back of the mouth.

'smile', 'frown', and similar tags should be used whenever applicable.

Don't forget the 'ear' tag.
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Body Parts
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Non-head body parts are less important and are kept limited. The most common are 'arm', 'hand', 'leg', and 'foot'.

'full_body' specifies a complete body from head to toe that is not covered or cut off. When using this tag leave out the other body parts unless they're especially significant to the image.
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New Tags
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Tags should only contain Latin characters, numbers, underscores, parentheses, and forward slashes [A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, (, ), /]. Sometimes underscores are displayed as spaces. Use underscores to replace disallowed characters such as apostrophes, dashes, and pound signs.

Use singular nouns ('ears' -> 'ear').

~~Prefer American English spelling for English words ('sceptre' -> 'scepter').~~seething amerimutt wrote this rule

Use parentheses to clarify ambiguous tags ('nas_(rapper)').

Names
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Use the full name of the character or franchise.

[s]Asian names use '[lastname]_[firstname]' order, this is for compatibility with other boorus. Refer to DanBooru for new character names.[/s] We aren't aiming for booru compatibility.

All other names use '[firstname]_[lastname]' order.

Include "the" if it's part of the official name ('the_lawnmower_man'), unless it's rarely referred to that way ('the_lord_of_the_rings' -> 'lord_of_the_rings').

Mods may shorten obnoxiously long names ('satanichia_kurumizawa_mcdowell' -> 'satania').
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Common Clarifications
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The difference between 'variant:wholesome_soyjak' and 'variant:gapejak' is the stubble.

'bloodshot_eyes' supersedes the 'red_eyes' tag.

'badge' is the tag for any award ribbon, pin, clothing sticker, or other wearable badge.

~~'fruitjak' refers to any soyjak with a food item for a hat.~~

'anime' is the category tag for anything drawn in Japanese cartoon style, including 'manga', 'touhou' and visual novels.
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Major changes from Booru.soy
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'stretched_mouth' replaces of 'screaming' for a larger-than-usual mouth. Use 'screaming' only when the character is visibly screaming.

[s](todo) No longer using 'gif', 'webm' or other filename tags. Use 'ext=[extension]' ('ext=gif') to search for file extensions.[/s]
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[s]Unfinished major tasks
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'pointy_teeth' tag

'closed_mouth' and 'half_open_mouth' tags

Make 'variant:two_pointing_soyjaks' count as two soyjaks in '*soyjaks' tags

'animated' and 'sound' for unsearchable metadata
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