tag:danbooru.me,2005:/forum_topics/5914water pipes2011-02-23T14:53:50-05:00tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/576342011-02-23T14:53:50-05:002011-02-23T14:53:50-05:00@sgcdonmai: I'd prefer pipes → plumbing, myself. More...<p>I'd prefer <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipes">pipes</a> → <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-does-not-exist" href="/wiki_pages/plumbing" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">plumbing</a>, myself. More specific.</p>sgcdonmai/users/21085tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/576332011-02-23T14:52:01-05:002011-02-23T14:52:01-05:00@jxh2154: > Shinjidude said: It seems like it would be...<blockquote><p>Shinjidude said: It seems like it would be best to move <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipe">pipe</a> to <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/smoking_pipe" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">smoking_pipe</a> or something like that and move <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipes">pipes</a> to <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/piping" title="This wiki page does not exist">piping</a> or something like that, which would make things clear and unambiguous.</p></blockquote><p>This sounds like easily the best solution to me.</p>jxh2154/users/1309tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/575862011-02-23T06:27:53-05:002011-02-23T06:27:53-05:00@Shinjidude: > S1eth said:
> I know that there is no...<blockquote><p>S1eth said:<br>I know that there is no distinction between pipe (smoking) and pipe (tube-like) in English. See also <a class="dtext-link dtext-id-link dtext-forum-post-id-link" href="/forum_posts/54061">forum #54061</a><br>Here, <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipe">pipe</a> (singular) refers to the one you smoke, and <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipes">pipes</a> (plural) is used the others.</p></blockquote><p>This actually somehow seems backwards to me, a "smoking pipe" is a countable noun capable of being pluralized, whereas "pipe (for transporting fluid)" is often used as a mass noun without a plural form: "We installed 100 feet of pipe in the new building".</p><p>Even that doesn't work though since neither smoking pipes nor fluid pipes make natural pairs or sets so they should both be kept singular.</p><p>It seems like it would be best to move <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipe">pipe</a> to <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/smoking_pipe" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">smoking_pipe</a> or something like that and move <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipes">pipes</a> to <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/piping" title="This wiki page does not exist">piping</a> or something like that, which would make things clear and unambiguous.</p><p>As for <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/water_pipe">water_pipe</a>, in my mind that would normally mean "water piping for transporting water". "Water smoking pipe" sounds clumsy and unintuitive. Perhaps with the qualifier at the end <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-empty" href="/wiki_pages/water_pipe_%28smoking%29" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">water_pipe_(smoking)</a>?</p>Shinjidude/users/1002tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/575682011-02-23T02:14:26-05:002011-02-23T02:14:26-05:00@S1eth: Bong and Hookah are definitely different enough...<p>Bong and Hookah are definitely different enough to have their own tags.<br><a rel="external nofollow noreferrer" class="dtext-link dtext-external-link dtext-named-external-link" href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=bong&um=1&ie=UTF-8&biw=1680&bih=838">Bong Google Image Search</a> <br><a rel="external nofollow noreferrer" class="dtext-link dtext-external-link dtext-named-external-link" href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=hookah&um=1&ie=UTF-8&biw=1680&bih=838">Hookah Google Image Search</a> </p><p>An umbrella tag isn't that important (yet) with only 24 water pipe images, but would nonetheless be convenient.</p>S1eth/users/53985tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/575162011-02-22T14:09:51-05:002011-02-22T14:09:51-05:00@psich: There's also lead_pipe as well, which is more...<p>There's also <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/lead_pipe">lead_pipe</a> as well, which is more for weaponized purposes.<br>Possibly related <a rel="external nofollow noreferrer" class="dtext-link dtext-external-link dtext-named-external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pipe">wiki</a> on municipal water pipes.</p>psich/users/307587tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/575032011-02-22T13:53:13-05:002011-02-22T13:53:13-05:00@葉月: That's rather... nonintuitive. How about making...<p>That's rather... nonintuitive. How about making either of <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-does-not-exist" href="/wiki_pages/shisha" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">shisha</a>/<a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/hookah">hookah</a>/<a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/bong">bong</a> the canonical tag to which <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/water_pipe">water_pipe</a> is aliased, just to make it clear and unambiguous?</p>葉月/users/615tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/575012011-02-22T13:50:50-05:002011-02-22T13:51:28-05:00@S1eth: I know that there is no distinction between...<p>I know that there is no distinction between pipe (smoking) and pipe (tube-like) in English. See also <a class="dtext-link dtext-id-link dtext-forum-post-id-link" href="/forum_posts/54061">forum #54061</a><br>Here, <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipe">pipe</a> (singular) refers to the one you smoke, and <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/pipes">pipes</a> (plural) is used the others.</p>S1eth/users/53985tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/574932011-02-22T13:43:10-05:002011-02-22T13:43:10-05:00@葉月: But "water pipe" (and even more so "waterpipe")...<p>But "water pipe" (and even more so "waterpipe") sorta suggests <a rel="external nofollow noreferrer" class="dtext-link dtext-external-link dtext-named-external-link" href="http://plumcots.com/metal-water-pipe.jpg">something like this</a>.</p>葉月/users/615tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/574892011-02-22T13:36:55-05:002011-02-22T13:36:55-05:00@NWF_Renim: That's really not the first thing I'd think of...<p>That's really not the first thing I'd think of when seeing "water pipe," but then again I also admit my lack of knowledge of those devices.</p><p>Some sources seem to indicate that it's one word "waterpipe," instead of two words. One such source is the World Health Organization.</p>NWF_Renim/users/13392tag:danbooru.me,2005:ForumPost/574852011-02-22T13:29:01-05:002011-02-23T14:53:51-05:00@S1eth: Implication:
hookah -> water_pipe
bong ->...<p>Implication:<br><a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/hookah">hookah</a> -> <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/water_pipe">water_pipe</a><br><a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/bong">bong</a> -> <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/water_pipe">water_pipe</a></p><p>Alias:<br><a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-does-not-exist" href="/wiki_pages/shisha" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">shisha</a> -> <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/hookah">hookah</a><br>edit: <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link dtext-wiki-does-not-exist dtext-tag-does-not-exist" href="/wiki_pages/nargile" title="This wiki page does not have a tag">nargile</a> -> <a class="dtext-link dtext-wiki-link tag-type-0" href="/wiki_pages/hookah">hookah</a><br>Reason: another common name for hookah used in Europe and the Middle East</p>S1eth/users/53985