Keyword Policy

This Keyword Policy forms part of the site rules which all users of Inkbunny are expected to abide by.

Why Keywords are Important

Keywords are very important as an essential part of organising any large archive of artistic media.

They help users find your work when they are searching for it specifically or when searching for a general theme. Keywords also help users avoid your work when there is content they do not wish to see.

To promote the most useful and usable archive of artistic work, we insist on a minimum standard of keywording on every submission uploaded to Inkbunny.

Adding good keywords to your submissions takes just a few seconds per upload and adds value to both your collection and to the entire archive as a whole.

Joke keywords and abuse of the keywording system by posting deliberately nonsensical, incorrect or misleading keywords is not tolerated.

Adding Keywords as the Submission Owner

Minimum Required Keywords

As the submission owner your are obliged to add the following minimum of keywords to your uploads where applicable:

• Genders of individuals that appear in the submission. Eg: male, female, herm.

• Species of individuals that appear in the submission. Eg: fox, rabbit, raccoon.

• Keywords describing the essential themes portrayed in the image. Eg: macro, inflation, cub.

It is especially important that you add keywords describing themes that you think users would commonly use to find your submission or what they might commonly wish to avoid seeing.

If you disable "keyword suggestions" from other users, it is especially important you are careful to adhere to this minimum keywording requirement.

Please note that this minimum keywords policy does not apply to submissions uploaded before this policy was officially announced.

Further Keywording

You are not obliged to add more than the above described minimum keywords to an image but we suggest adding as many as you sensibly can if you have time to do so. We suggest considering keywords such as:

• Themes or objects in the image beyond the bare minimum required. Eg: sun, surf, waves, beach, sunset, sand, surf_board, life_jacket.

• Ages of characters. Eg: young, adult, old.

• Common abreviations for combinations of genders in a submission. Eg: M/F, F/F, M/M, M/H/H, F/b, b/g, etc.

• Art style or media used. Eg: traditional, charcoal, digital.

Please not that if you keep "keyword suggestions" enabled on your account, you give other Inkbunny community members a chance to help add these extra keywords to your uploads, which improves the value and usefulness of the entire archive as a whole.

Adding Keywords as Suggestions to Others

Inkbunny allows members to suggest keywords on any submission. You will find a "Suggest Keywords" box under the keyword listing on submissions. This will only appear when the owning artist has enabled keyword suggestions on their account.

The ability to suggest keywords on other people's accounts is a priviledge. All users start with this ability but it will be taken away if they are found to be abusing it. Please make sure your keyword suggestions are useful and that they enhance the Inkbunny archive. You are expected to be polite, respectful and helpful to the owner of the submission with your suggestions and discussions surrounding words they accept or reject.

The artist has the final say in what keywords apply to their image. Only in extreme cases will Inkbunny staff insist on particular keywords being applied to an upload.

Please note that there is a "cooldown" period of about 24 hours before new accounts gain the ability to suggest keywords.