Stab Alias.

BUR #4008 has been approved by @evazion.

remove alias stab -> stabbing

The question about the difference between stabbed and stabbing was brought up on Discord which lead me to find topic #11000 where evazion suggested we alias them both to stab instead which I agree with (I asked him and he still supports this as well). But first we need to remove the existing alias.

EDIT: The bulk update request #4008 (forum #176418) has been approved by @evazion.

The bulk update request #4008 (forum #176418) has been approved by @evazion.

This is what I wrote when I tried to figure out the difference between stabbed and stabbing last time:

I already retagged stabbed/stabbing yesterday according to these criteria:

• stabbed -stabbing: Something has been stabbed but no one is actively stabbing.
• The blade may not be stuck in (post #1523658), still stuck in (post #1520986), or stuck all the way through (impaled).
• The thing stabbed might be an inanimate object (post #1213195, post #81148).
• The stab wound might not be visible (post #1523658, post #333316).
• They might be stabbed but the wound is out of frame (post #67042).
• stabbing stabbed: Something has been stabbed and someone is actively stabbing.
• Sometimes it's unclear whether someone is actively stabbing or just holding the blade (post #1624522)
• Sometimes it's unclear whether someone is actively stabbing because it's happening out of frame (post #1354455).
• Sometimes it's out of frame but is clear (post #67042).
• Sometimes the stabbing is for comedic purposes (post #1045817, post #1775674).
• Sometimes a person is being stabbed but there is no wound (post #1579322, post #1293806).
• stabbing -stabbed: Someone is making a stabbing motion but a person isn't visibly stabbed.
• They could be about to stab something (post #1550946).
• They could be stabbing an inanimate object (post #30977, post #1562028).
• They could be stabbing someone out of frame (post #534573)
• They could be nonviolently stabbing something (post #1280075).

I still think it's easier to alias stabbed & stabbing to stab. There are a lot of subtle corner cases and I don't expect taggers to keep the difference straight. Separating the tags forces you to search ~stabbed ~stabbing to find everything.

Nowadays I don't have the patience to even read all this shit. I really, really don't want to have to go through these tags again and figure out what the difference is supposed to be, or try to explain it in the wiki in a way that normal people can understand.

BUR #4013 has been approved by @evazion.

create alias stabbed -> stab
create alias stabbing -> stab

As above.

EDIT: The bulk update request #4013 (forum #176452) has been approved by @evazion.

The bulk update request #4013 (forum #176452) has been approved by @evazion.