Tag Implication: *phone -> phone

These don't have a particularly large number of tags, but I think an implication of this sort might be useful a la the turntable decision:

cellphone -> phone (636 posts)
corded_phone -> phone (89 posts)
cordless_phone -> phone (24 posts)
phone_booth -> phone (12 posts)
iphone -> cellphone -> phone (10 posts)
payphone -> phone (8 posts)
string_phone -> phone (6 posts) (maybe)

The last few have next to nothing, but I could see all but the last easily growing (there have to be at least several instances untagged uploaded already). The implications would allow for easy searching of a more general concept without convoluted queries, and encourage more descriptive tagging without increasing fragmentation.

Is that correct that post #269558 is a field telephone? I thought that was actually what really was a "walkie-talkie," versus the hand-held model which was originally called a "handie-talkie."

I didn't tag it, so I don't know. Also, what is the thing in post #139370 it looks like a phone, but I'm pretty sure it's a radio.

post #269558: I've only heard ones like that called "field radios". They're radios, they just have a microphone and speaker put in a telephone-like handset.

post #139370: It's a radio. Those are high-endurance waterproof-type walkie-talkies. They only look like the old brick-sized cell phones of yesteryear.

sgcdonmai said:
post #269558: I've only heard ones like that called "field radios". They're radios, they just have a microphone and speaker put in a telephone-like handset.

Yeah they're field radios, though I've been told and it is mentioned on wikipedia that the backpack mounted ones were originally nicknamed "walkie-talkies." I'd imagine that any intended for field use would have the label "field radio," so using that term would include a few other style of two-way radio transceivers.

Anyways, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to use field_radio to label those kinds of radios. Not sure if it would be a good idea or not to put them also under the radio tag. I guess it depends on if we're using it for the music playing only kind or for any type of radio.

I've updated the post counts, and went ahead and added corded_phone.

Hmm, this sort of died with nothing happening, so I'm resurrecting it. It's also in the same vein as forum #22970.

All done except phone_booth. You can't see the phone in post #287879 or post #373633, for example.

I would have gone through and verified that everything tagged phone is also tagged something else before completely overwhelming what little isn't tagged that way with cellphone but that might just be me. :I

I did that myself a month ago. But I probably could have done it again prior to bumping.

Edit: I've gone through all of phone date:2009-06-01.. and verified that they were using a more specific tag in addition to phone itself.