Tag discussion: Destruction

Destruction is currently used for both things being destroyed in the picture and for ruins, rubble and debris. I suggest that the destruction tag should only be used for ongoing destruction and that the tag debris is used for the aftermath of it.

Any other ideas?

ion288 said:
Destruction is currently used for both things being destroyed in the picture and for ruins, rubble and debris. I suggest that the destruction tag should only be used for ongoing destruction and that the tag debris is used for the aftermath of it.

Any other ideas?

I don't think there's much functional difference between rubble and debris, though what about things that explode without creating a ruin or rubble, but shrapnel and debris? (missiles, bombs, aircraft, ships, etc.)

A ruin is a free-standing structure that has succumbed much of its integrity to the elements for whatever reason. I certainly wouldn't call the various UNESCO World Heritage sites "debris", though they may have some around.

And yes, destruction would be the process of creating ruins and debris.

Rubble tends to be used for the destruction of buildings, and other structures, debris is more general.

Shrapnel is a better term for what is created in an explosion, since debris could be of any size, but shrapnel is generally small.

we could use instead, aftermath for images showing the result of destruction like after a natural disaster and such.

Destruction could include anything in the process of being destroyed, not the before or after aspect of it, like a wall being smashed through by a fist or a girl hugging a piller to the point of it breaking in 2.

I always thought like this:

Rubble - Mid-size to large, non-moving pieces of a destroyed building.

Debris - Small to mid-size pieces of a destroyed object, such as broken trees, furniture pieces, and small pieces of building structure.

Shrapnel - Small moving pieces of a destoyed object that can fit in your hand, such as flying pieces of rock or pebbles.

And Destruction does seem more like the "process of".

what about Entropy? It may be a technical term, but that is generally regarded as the cause for ruins.

Entropy is a rather abstract term that will be even harder to define.

Im starting a purge of the destruction tag.

Where did we decide a purge would be appropriate? Please don't unilaterally destroy information.

I meant that I would remove the destruction tag from posts where nothing is being destroyed, not that I would remove the tag entirely. Every one seems to agree on it only referring to ongoing destruction.

Sorry if I was unclear.

Ok, that's fine. I somehow read that as clearing the tag, since that's usually what's meant when we use "purge" here. I'd try to hang onto the posts you detag though, and move them to a more appropriate tag if possible (i.e. ruins, broken, etc).