The meaning of the discussion is to find the essence of the tag and its necessity.
A short history (zip available):
13 years ago was used for direct links to the fate-extra domain.
Later gained popularity when the source page contains a link to download the archive.
I added the tag description based on current usage.
Questions that make sense
- Should we deprecate the use of the tag?
The tag has no apparent popularity and the current usage has two variations.
- Should the tag be expanded to "archive available" and filled in according to the current description?
post #4776252 and some other posts are related to another format (rar).
The site supports uploading zip, rar, 7z formats.
acceptedFiles: ".jpg,.jpeg,.png,.gif,.webp,.avif,.mp4,.webm,.zip,.rar,.7z",
Also, a source URL may contain another format unpacked manually.
- Should the tag be used only for direct links in the source field?
Source search is available source:http*.zip, but direct link search with format type includes other links. post #75
Searching for "filetype:" searches the site, not the source field.
Searching for the presence of a link somewhere else (in a comment, on the artist's website) looks redundant.
- Automatic addition, if used for direct links in the source field.
The site analyzes the source and determines the presence of the archive, including the process of downloading/uploading via a direct link.