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Disambiguating cartridge and ammo tags.

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BUR #28043 has been rejected.

mass update favgroup:22965 -> handgun_cartridge ammunition
create implication handgun_cartridge -> ammunition
deprecate cartridge

A remake of forum #22965.
We already have things like shotgun shell and rifle cartridge to describe distinct types of ammo cartridges. Why deprecate cartridge? Hear me out.

Proposed wiki for handgun_cartridge:

Ammunition for handguns and submachine guns. Distinguishable from rifle cartridge by its shorter size and rounded bullet tip. Common calibers are 9mm Parabellum, .45 ACP, .357 Magnum and more.

Albeit most handgun cartridges are straight-walled, few have bottlenecked casings, such as 7.62mm Tokarev.
This tag is also applicable to PDW rounds that resemble miniature rifle cartridges, such as FN 5.7×28mm (post #6173774).

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nonamethanks said:
What's the point of handgun cartridge when bullet exists?

Once again, we already have other types of ammo as well.
Saying bullet and ammunition are the same thing is a complete misnomer. The bullet is the separate projectile (post #6093657), the piece that leaves the barrel from the business end of the weapon. Ammunition or cartridge is the whole thing together. The shell or casing, with a primer to fire it, the powder, then the bullet is pressed in at the tip.

Tetramethylpyrazine said:

Once again, we already have other types of ammo as well.
Saying bullet and ammunition are the same thing is a complete misnomer. The bullet is the separate projectile (post #609365), the piece that leaves the barrel from the business end of the weapon. Ammunition or cartridge is the whole thing together. The shell or casing, with a primer to fire it, the powder, then the bullet is pressed in at the tip.

Look at bullet and tell me how many of our users care.

BUR #32949 is pending approval.

create implication rifle_cartridge -> ammunition
create implication shotgun_shell -> ammunition
create implication handgun_cartridge -> ammunition
deprecate cartridge

Third attempt. Handgun cartridge was eventually populated for good.
To the whole community out there - Please avoid using bullet or cartridge anymore to describe the whole unfired round. They are truly different objects colloquially mistaken.

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Red_Terror said:

Please avoid using bullet or cartridge anymore to describe the whole unfired round.

So avoid doing the common thing that most normal users would do because we have niche tags that only niche users would use? Sorry, that's simply not going to succeed and is a waste of time to spend maintaining.

What GreyOmega said, plus the fact that you're posting it in a niche topic nobody is ever going to look at. People don't even read the flagging rules which are pushed right into their face when flagging, don't expect them to ever read this.

Monkey see object that comes out of a gun, monkey tag bullet. I don't care about the semantics or intricacies on an anime board where most users are looking for anime and NSFW materials. So pointless, so meh.

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