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I know of /tg/booru, which is an image repository mostly for things found on the 4chan imageboard /tg/. It's generally safe for work, and general content is things related to roleplaying. It's one of the better boorus to search western artwork in.
As for general description, I think a modified version of the original Danbooru intro page would be satisfactory. Reposting it, for reference.
edited 7th May '12 2:15:08 PM by Raidouthe21st
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Naming the unified page Booru seems a bit awkward to me, since I don't think it's a term very many people use (and I believe there are some that don't put -booru in their name, like the Rule34 one.)
But I can't think of any better name, so...
edited 7th May '12 4:59:11 PM by Aquillion
Can't we just link to the other wiki or something, so we can focus on tropes in works of fiction?
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Well, we could. But if it brings people to the site, is that such a bad thing?
I think Eddie, it's the fact that these are large media repositories and thus are tangentially on mission. At least as far as terms that will come up when researching media. I think what we need is a quick definition like it's a fanspeak term, and then point them at the other wiki.
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Until further notice
Actually, come to think about it - our Imageboards article refers exclusively to the Chan-type boards, but a Booru is simply another kind of imageboard, isn't it? (At least, that's what experience and The Other Wiki tell me.) Could a case be made for just lumping everything together under that page, or will that bloat it excessively?
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Not really. The Danbooru type sites are just where images are hosted, not a place for discussion. People can comment and add translations on said images, but that's it.
Come to think of it, that does still fit under the TV Tropes definition of Image Board. The first paragraph anyway. All the other paragraphs refer to chan boards.
edited 8th May '12 9:30:55 AM by encrypted12345
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Until further notice
Like I was saying, The Other Wiki
divides imageboards into Chans and Boorus, which was the basis for that last post of mine. If it's meant to be a limited discussion of the Chan-style imageboards, then the title should reflect that (but calling it "Chan" is about as bad as calling the other page "Booru"), while if it's supposed to be a summary of imageboards in general, a case could be made for combining the two.
Just a thought, really.
edited 8th May '12 4:07:29 PM by Pyrite
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I think that both on one page, but softsplit might work.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
So, two or three options here apart from just leaving it as is. One, we make a general Image Booru page with whatever name and redirect the likes of Ponibooru and Danbooru there to save inbounds and then give examples. This was the first suggestion. Second, just redirect them all to Image Boards. After doing that, we could softsplit the page or not. Are there any other suggestions? I personally favor option one. The current Image Boards page already looks pretty crammed and is mostly talking about 4chan.
If there are no other suggestions we might as well vote on which solution we prefer.
edited 9th May '12 5:37:38 PM by Arha
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I don't get it. Why would we rename this of all things? We'd be calling these websites something other than what they call themselves.
I agree with the above. We need to stick with the pre-existing terms here.
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Someone who I know is a stickler for clarity in troponymy apparently added an option without reading thread or crowner. Should we just remove it?
Yeah. Assuming people don't know what a booru is, we can add a "don't mistake for Image Board" warning or something on the pages.
Fair enough. A short 1-2 sentence description on both the ImageBooru and ImageBoard pages explaining the difference between Boorus and Chans seems all that's really necessary.
The option for a rename can be scrapped.
Until further notice
There was a "rename" option? I must've missed it, but the "separate pages, brief description" option should work. No strong opinion on this one way or another.
(But I still think a Booru is an imageboard...)
edited 10th May '12 5:44:52 PM by Pyrite
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Okay, this looks like consensus to me. It hasn't been three days but one option has near unanimous agreement while the other is in the red.
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Why would we even need articles for Booru boards? They art is just re-hosted, not created by the community (With perhaps very, very few exception). Makes about as much sense as making a page for Photobucket.
edited 11th May '12 7:07:54 PM by ThatHuman
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I agree with this, but then I've never liked how we have articles about websites (except in those cases where the website is identical with a work, like That Guy With The Glasses or various narrative blogs). That's just my opinion, man.
edited 12th May '12 1:06:32 AM by DoktorvonEurotrash
We have an page on the Chan style boards and the booru boards are a host for a lot of Fanfiction Recs. Besides, Sankaku Complex (somehow) got away with a stub, and none of the booru boards are that bad.
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Calling crowner.
Decide on a name for and make main booru page and redirect Ponibooru and Danbooru to it.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
Well, thread, Image Booru and Booru would both work. The former is probably more indicative. Shall we go with that?
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Currently, there are (or were) several pages for all the various booru pages, which led to the suggestion they should all be merged. The point was brought up that other image boards already have their own article, which led to the alternate suggestion that they should all be combined instead of leaving Boorus and Image Boards separate.
As decided in the content violations forum, we don't really need an individual page for all the different boorus as they are all basically the same thing. The idea came up that they should all be merged into one with the original pages redirecting to the general Booru page, which does not exist yet. As this is not a trope, it does not need examples but will consist merely of a description of what a booru is (a site for hosting various images, often pertaining to a certain theme) and a listing of various popular booru sites.
Currently, Danbooru has been cut on allegations of pedo pandering and not really being a trope or work in the first place. Thus, it was proposed that rather than lose it entirely, we would merely redirect it to this general page.
Currently, we need a description for the general booru page and a listing of various popular sites for it. I only know of Safebooru, Ponibooru, Gelbooru and Danbooru itself, so input on this would be welcome.
edited 7th May '12 2:00:55 PM by Arha