Category talk:Eerie

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These are similar tags. Do you think any can be combined or are they used differently? Kelli (talk/contribs) 18:41, June 12, 2008 (AKDT)

• Category:Spooky (Suggestive of ghosts or a ghost; eerie. [1])
• Category:Eerie (a. Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening. b. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious. See Synonyms at weird. [2])

Well, I think they're two separate things. Eerie is more creepy than spooky. Oh, oh! Did I just get "creepy" in trouble too? Seriously, though, that's like saying "spooky" and "haunting" are the same, and they're not either, are they? Cater (talk/contribs) 19:17, June 12, 2008 (AKDT)

I almost added haunting and then thought better of it. I agree it's a different thing. Luckily we don't have a creepy. Kelli (talk/contribs)

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Yeah. Cater is probably right but I'll never remember two terms. And I'd be more likely to remember Spooky. But I'd forget it too. I'd never remember Eerie. But it doesn't matter to me. Maybe we should just merge them both into Weird? (kidding) Jim (talk/contribs) 19:33, June 12, 2008 (AKDT)

I vote to merge all tags into weird. I think I'd like to see these two merge since neither has been used that much (spooky has only been used 4 times and eerie 11 times). Kelli (talk/contribs) 20:42, June 12, 2008 (AKDT)

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I requested several songs in both categories and now believe neither tag is useful. The songs have been tagged with enough other moods (adjectives) that they should be covered and most of the songs don't sound eerie or spooky. Kelli (talk/contribs) 22:04, June 15, 2008 (AKDT)

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It's been a while, but I remember these tags were handy on Halloween for finding requests. Denali (talk/contribs) 22:18, June 18, 2008 (AKDT)

Maybe those songs have been pulled. I'll be sure to check them all but none I've listened to sound particularly spooky/eerie. Kelli (talk/contribs) 06:08, June 19, 2008 (AKDT)

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Update: I merged into Eerie for now since there were so few Spooky. Please vote on whether you want to keep or delete. Kelli (talk/contribs) 07:43, June 19, 2008 (AKDT)

Voting

Keep

• Cater (talk/contribs) 07:44, June 19, 2008 (AKDT)

Delete

• Kelli (talk/contribs)
• sparx (talk/contribs) 20:55, June 18, 2008 (AKDT)

I'm going to postpone this discussion and see if the tag starts being used more. Kelli (talk/contribs) 09:03, June 20, 2008 (AKDT)