tag projects
Searches for common tagging mistakes, for anyone who wants to help clean up tags. Every search here is only a starting point: look at each post before you edit it, because some results will be correct as tagged. While you're on a post, check its other tags too.
This list is preserved from e6ai's "Tag Projects" forum thread (e6ai forum topic 245, kept up by ListerTheSquirrel with help from other users), which itself drew on e621's tag projects thread (e621 forum topic 23571. Thanks to everyone who built it. Additions and corrections are welcome in the forum.
Also watch for tags copied and pasted from another post: an earlier post in the same pool, or a parent or child post.
General tags
| Search | What to check |
|---|---|
| humanoid anthro solo | A character can't be both anthro and humanoid. Most of these are anthro and should lose humanoid; some should be duo plus solo_focus. |
| faceless_male disembodied_penis | Usually shouldn't have both faceless_male and disembodied_penis. |
| flat_chested ~male ~maleherm ~andromorph | flat_chested isn't used for male, maleherm, andromorph or other masculine body types. |
| solo gynomorph female | A character with female traits and visible male genitalia is intersex (herm, andromorph or gynomorph), not female. |
| gynomorph female | Same as above, wider search. |
| bdsm rating:s | bdsm should be at least questionable. |
| bondage rating:s | Incorrect rating on bondage. |
| gore rating:s | Incorrect rating on gore. |
| riding rating:e | riding is for literally riding a non-anthro animal in a non-sexual context, not for cowgirl or similar positions. |
| description:story -story -story_in_description | Possibly missing story; often fine as is. |
| genitals -rating:e | Visible genitals should be rated explicit: fix the rating or the genital tags. |
| penis -rating:e | Incorrect rating with a visible penis. |
| anatomically_correct -rating:e | anatomically_correct refers to genitals, so it shouldn't be safe or questionable. |
| sheath -rating:e | sheath is always explicit. |
| cum -rating:e | Incorrect rating on cum. |
| sex -rating:e | Sex is explicit even with nothing visible, though some of these are mistags or come from implications. |
| side_by_side solo | side_by_side needs two or more characters, so it can't go with solo. |
| monochrome colored | monochrome and colored usually don't belong together. |
| anatomically_correct ~pokemon ~alien ~gryphon ~dragon ~monster | These creatures can't be anatomically_correct. |
| masturbation sex solo | masturbation isn't sex. |
| masturbation -solo | Stimulating someone else's penis by hand is handjob, not masturbation. |
| handjob -double_handjob -duo | One character with a penis in each hand is double_handjob. |
| penis -humanoid_penis -animal_penis | Missing the type of penis. |
| -male -female -intersex -ambiguous_gender -zero_pictured | Missing gender tags, or zero_pictured. |
| -none_pictured -solo -duo -group | Missing a character count. |
| solo -feral -anthro | Missing feral or anthro. |
| anthro -biped | Possibly missing biped. |
| feral -quadruped | Possibly missing quadruped. |
| ~anthro ~feral not_furry | These should never be on the same post as not_furry. |
| solo disembodied_penis -multiple_images -multiple_scenes -sketch_page -model_sheet | Possibly missing one of those tags. |
| solo duo -multiple_scenes -multi-image | Missing multiple_scenes or multiple_images. |
| solo group -multiple_scenes -multi-image | Same as above. |
| *(disambiguation) | Disambiguation tags should be replaced with a more precise tag. |
| -*_penetrating penetration | Missing "x penetrating" (and probably "x penetrated") tags. |
| forced* rating:e -rape | Possibly missing rape. |
| tagme | Possibly missing a few tags. |
| tagcount:<=15 | Possibly undertagged. |
| ~unknown_artist ~unknown_artist_signature | It may be possible to find the artist. |
| arttags:0 | Missing an artist tag, or unknown_artist. |
| spectags:0 -zero_pictured | Missing species. Even a broad tag like mammal or scalie helps. |
| patreon | Only for the Patreon logo or website visible in the image. A bare URL is url. |
| translation_request | Posts that could be translated, or were translated without removing the tag. |
| comic -one_panel_comic -one_page_comic inpool:false ischild:false isparent:false | Should be grouped with the rest of the comic, or tagged one_panel_comic / one_page_comic. |
| solo male ~female ~breasts ~intersex -transformation | Mistagged solo posts. |
| solo female ~penis ~intersex -transformation | Mistagged solo posts. |
| solo_focus -duo -group | solo_focus doesn't apply when only one character is present. |
| ambiguous_gender solo ~penis ~pussy ~balls ~breasts | The gender isn't ambiguous if specific genitalia are visible. |
| penis -male -maleherm -herm -gynomorph -disembodied_penis | A penis needs at least one of these tags too. |
| vagina -female -andromorph -herm -maleherm | A vagina needs at least one of these tags too. |
| breasts -female -gynomorph -herm | Breasts belong to female or herm characters. |
| -non-mammal_breasts breasts -mammal -humanoid -pokemon speciestags:>0 | Missing non-mammal_breasts. |
| -non-mammal_breasts breasts ~bird ~scalie ~marine | Same as above. |
| -non-mammal_breasts breasts ~flora_fauna ~insect | Same as above. |
| looking_back -rear_view | Probably missing rear_view. |
| female anthro -breasts -flat_chested -rear_view rating:e | Missing breasts, flat_chested or rear_view. |
| breasts -small_breasts -medium_breasts -big_breasts -breast_squish -rear_view | Breast size not tagged. |
| canine_penis -sheath -knot | Probably missing sheath or knot. |
| knot -knotted_penis -knotted_dildo | knot posts should have knotted_penis or knotted_dildo. |
| barazoku ~female ~herm | barazoku is a genre of gay-oriented porn. |
| cum_in_slit -cum_inside | Cum in a slit is cum inside. |
| hands-free -cum_while_penetrated | Should have spontaneous_orgasm where no anal, vaginal or penile stimulation is shown. |
| type:swf -flash | Missing flash. |
| -type:webm no_sound -flash | Incorrect no_sound (for example on GIFs). |
| ~sound ~sound_warning no_sound | A post can't have sound or sound_warning and no_sound at once. |
| pregnant sex -pregnant_sex | Missing pregnant_sex. |
| muscular ~slightly_chubby ~overweight male solo -musclegut | Possibly missing musclegut. |
| athletic muscular solo | A character is athletic (smaller muscles) or muscular (big muscles), not both. Add the matching athletic_* or muscular_* tags too. |
| athletic muscular -solo | Same as above, harder to spot. |
| solo older_* -multiple_scenes -multi-image | On solo posts, older_* should be mature_*. |
| solo younger_* -multiple_scenes -multi-image | On solo posts, younger_* should be removed. |
| solo ~grandmother ~grandfather ~age_difference -multiple_images -multiple_scenes | On solo posts, use mature_female / mature_male and remove age_difference. |
| incest straight -parent -sibling -cousin -aunt -uncle -grandparent | Possibly missing relationship tags. |
| incest gay -father -uncle -brother -cousin -grandfather | Possibly missing relationship tags. |
| incest lesbian -mother -sister -aunt -cousin -grandmother | Possibly missing relationship tags. |
| father -son -daughter -ambiguous_gender | Possibly incorrect relationship tags. |
| mother -son -daughter -ambiguous_gender | Possibly incorrect relationship tags. |
| brother -brothers -sister -ambiguous_gender | Possibly incorrect relationship tags. |
| sister -sisters -brother -ambiguous_gender | Possibly incorrect relationship tags. |
| backsack bulge | Balls seen from behind inside clothing are bulge_from_behind, not backsack. |
| balls bulge | Directly visible balls are balls; under clothing they're bulge (see its wiki for genital_outline). |
| rear_view balls -backsack | Balls visible from behind are probably backsack. |
| rear_view bulge -bulge_from_behind | A bulge seen from behind is probably bulge_from_behind. |
| ball balls | ball is the toy or sports ball; check that one is actually in the picture. |
| ball -rating:safe | Some of these show balls, not a ball. |
| kissing -kiss_on_lips | Mouth-to-mouth kissing should also have kiss_on_lips. |
| mostly_nude nude | A character is nude or mostly_nude, not both. |
| anthro -nude -clothed | Some nude anthros are missing nude. |
| casual_nudity bedroom_eyes | casual_nudity is for non-sexual nudity. Also check casual_nudity presenting, casual_nudity teasing and casual_nudity erection. |
| interspecies -human | Canine/canine and similar are intraspecies, not interspecies. |
| interspecies solo | interspecies needs two characters, so one of these tags is probably wrong. |
| muscular_sub | muscular_sub needs a domination scenario; otherwise it may be muscular_bottom. |
| small_dom_big_sub | Same idea: without domination it may be small_top_big_bottom. |
| anthrofied -pokemon | anthrofied only when the character is canonically feral. |
| perching_position -penetration | perching_position is a sex position; non-sexual ones are perching. |
| bird feral rating:safe -perching | Possibly missing perching. |
| cervid -antlers | Some cervids are missing antlers. |
| warhammer | warhammer is the weapon. Franchise posts belong under warhammer_fantasy or warhammer40k. |
Species tags
| Search | What to check |
|---|---|
| vampire_bat | Generic bats aren't automatically vampire bats. |
| grey_fox fox | fox means the Vulpes genus; a grey_fox isn't one. |
| grey_fox | A grey-colored fox isn't necessarily a grey_fox. |
| silver_fox | A grey-colored fox isn't a silver_fox either. |
| fox canis | Foxes aren't canis (nor are urocyon, false foxes or the maned wolf). |
| maned_wolf wolf | Maned wolves aren't wolves despite the name. |
| duck rubber_duck | A rubber_duck is an object, not a duck. |
| hyaenid canine | Hyenas aren't canines. |
| hyaenid -spotted_hyena -striped_hyena -brown_hyena -aardwolf -gnoll -pokemon_(species) -hyaenid_humanoid | Classify hyaenids by species. |
| mouse ~wood_mouse ~striped_grass_mouse | Murine, but not the Mus genus. |
| mouse ~dormouse ~heteromyid ~dipodid ~cricetid | These aren't mice. |
| ~pokemon_(species) ~digimon_(species) | General cleanup: remove the umbrella species tag where a specific one fits. |
| equine horn -wings -unicorn | Should be unicorn. |
| equine wings -horn -pegasus | Should be pegasus. |
| equine wings horn -winged_unicorn | Should be winged_unicorn. |
| earth_pony ~wings ~horn | Earth ponies have no wings or horns. |
| unicorn pony | Unicorns aren't ponies. |
| unicorn horse | Unicorns aren't horses. |
| unicorn pegasus | A unicorn with wings is a winged_unicorn. |
| unicorn winged_unicorn | Unicorns and winged unicorns are different. |
| pegasus pony | Pegasi aren't ponies. |
| pegasus horse | Pegasi aren't horses. |
| pegasus winged_unicorn | Pegasi aren't winged unicorns. |
| winged_unicorn pony | Winged unicorns aren't ponies. |
| winged_unicorn horse | Winged unicorns aren't horses. |
| dragon scalie | Not all dragons are scalie. |
| dragon -western_dragon -eastern_dragon -wingless_dragon -wyvern -furred_dragon | Probably missing the type of dragon. |
| argonian solo spectags:>=3 | argonian only implies scalie; extra species tags are probably wrong. |
Invalid tags
The site can't tell what an invalid tag was meant to be, so replace it with the correct tag and remove it.
| Search | What to check |
|---|---|
| invalid_tag | Incorrect tag. |
| invalid_color | Incorrect color tag. |
| invalid_color_(tan) | Incorrect color tag (tan). |
| invalid_background | Incorrect background tag. |
| invalid_taf | Incorrect tag. |
| invalid_metatag | A tag with a colon in it was read as an unknown metatag. Aspect-ratio tags like 16:9 do this here, so remove them. |
Resolution and file tags
These are exact, so they could be fixed by script.