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post #463132

they're kind of a cross between beggar and street_performer I'd say

I can't think of a good way to combine the two into one

there aren't any posts with beggar and street_performer BTW

or do we already have tags for these things?

I'd say that those two would fall under street_performer. a beggar is someone who is doing nothing for something, while the performer is trying to earn their keep by entertaining pedestrians.

Roarchu said:
post #613789
post #463132

they're kind of a cross between beggar and street_performer I'd say

I can't think of a good way to combine the two into one

there aren't any posts with beggar and street_performer BTW

or do we already have tags for these things?

"Busker" in Canada, I don't know if that applies elsewhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busking

Looks like it is universal.

I don't think she's begging, she' only unsuccessful in her street performing business.

yeah, they're street performers, but street performers don't always do it for money

I know, it was wrong for me to call them beggars. That's why I said kind of

I like busker

I'd rather go with street_performer, so +1 for that.

There would be either no difference or too little of a difference between what would go under a busker tag and what would go under the street_performer tag, so we'd need to alias one to the other regardless of which is chosen.

NWF_Renim said:
I'd rather go with street_performer, so +1 for that.

There would be either no difference or too little of a difference between what would go under a busker tag and what would go under the street_performer tag, so we'd need to alias one to the other regardless of which is chosen.

but buskers specifically do it for money like in the above posts

I think rather we should say busker implies street_performer

NWF_Renim said:
I'd rather go with street_performer, so +1 for that.

There would be either no difference or too little of a difference between what would go under a busker tag and what would go under the street_performer tag, so we'd need to alias one to the other regardless of which is chosen.

I dunno, I think there is enough of a distinction there.

A busker is a performer that plays for tips. They always have the ubiquitous can/case. They also play anywhere there is an audience.

A street performer does not play for tips and generally I have only ever seen them on streets (unlike buskers).

post #613789 Busker
post #463132 Street Performer

As I say I think playing for tips or not makes each a unique entry.

Street performer for me.

Well the thing is, is that appearance-wise they're too similar to be completely separate. If one was searching for one, they'd likely want to come across images of the other without having to perform an entirely separate search or using up a 2nd tag slot to cover the second tag in a search.

In my opinion it'd be better to have them both together under one tag, and then you can either have another tag that can be added to differentiate between the two or have one as a sub-tag of the other.

For example, street_performer can be for used for all of them, regardless of the presence of tips. You could then use busker then as an additional tag then to divide the images between those without the tips and those with, if it was deemed necessary.

NWF_Renim said:
Well the thing is, is that appearance-wise they're too similar to be completely separate. If one was searching for one, they'd likely want to come across images of the other without having to perform an entirely separate search or using up a 2nd tag slot to cover the second tag in a search.

In my opinion it'd be better to have them both together under one tag, and then you can either have another tag that can be added to differentiate between the two or have one as a sub-tag of the other.

For example, street_performer can be for used for all of them, regardless of the presence of tips. You could then use busker then as an additional tag then to divide the images between those without the tips and those with, if it was deemed necessary.

alright, I like this

If you were searching for a busker, couldn't you just add money or coin alongside street_performer?

That's assuming the busker is getting money.

Indeed, money may be in a hat, can or other receptacle but not in plain sight.

I'm for the two separate tags, with implication ->street_performer as well as an alias busking<->busker.

NWF_Renim said:

For example, street_performer can be for used for all of them, regardless of the presence of tips. You could then use busker then as an additional tag then to divide the images between those without the tips and those with, if it was deemed necessary.

Ya good way of doing it.

Stick with one tag. Whether they have a tip jar nearby really is not a meaningful enough distinction.

Go with street_performer.