Goodbye [plot-inconsistency], hello [movie-mistakes]!

Question

It has only been a few days since we declared plot-inconsistency as a synonym of plot-explanation, because it added no value at all:

Should plot-inconsistency be scrapped in favour of plot-explanation? [**VOTING CLOSED**]

Deeper discussion: Let's nuke [plot-inconsistency]!

Now there is already a new contestant to replace this useless tag since it has become unavailable.

This question was tagged movie-mistakes by the user. In fact it is however asking for an explanation of a plot point, so I retagged it as plot-explanation.

I am afraid people will just use movie-mistakes now that plot-inconsistency is gone, which undermines the very goal we were trying to reach by removing that tag.

There is exactly one question under that tag, which asks about a verified movie mistake and where to find it:

In which scene is the White Van in Braveheart?

I can see how the tag makes sense in this case, because the user is not asking if something is a mistake, but asking a valid question about the mistake itself.

However, it is only one question so far and the tag has a high potential for abusing it as a replacement for tag-inconsistency. I created a tag wiki that tries to discourage users from using it that way, but the question arises:

Do we need movie-mistakes at all and is the abuse risk worth the very few questions that fall under that category?

The one question that uses it could probably be retagged, for example with production.

Answer 1

I can see your point to a degree - people might resort to movie-mistake, and ignore plot-explanation when they are asking a question about an inconsistency rather than a production error.

However production mistakes are a legitimate interest of people - they are listed in IMDB.

Options include:

1. Making it a synonym of plot-explanation - as said above, I don't think this works as production mistakes are a legitimate use of that tag
2. Making it a synonym of a new tag production-mistake - clarifying that its production, not plot issues
3. Just relying on the tag wiki to point people in the right direction.

In the case of the last two - people are still going to abuse it, but I don't see how we can make this watertight.

I know that I've put options in this answer - but on reflection I favor option 2 - the creation of production-mistake and making movie-mistake a synonym of it. I'll treat a vote for this as a vote for that option - unless you make a contrary comment.

Update

Ok, I made the change production-mistakes is now a tag, and I've created a bunch of synonyms to direct people to use this take in preference to movie-mistake(s)

Answer 2

Oddly, I think it could be taken care of by scrapping all of them (or declaring them synonyms) of either plot-continuity or plot-sequence. This would include movie-mistakes, plot-explanation and plot-inconsistency.

My reasoning is that if it is a mistake/inconsistency, it interrupts the sequence and/or continuity of the film. If it is a deliberate mistake, it also needs explanation as to why it upholds the continuity of the film. For the explanation side of things, if it is something that you wonder about when watching the film, it takes you "out" of the experience and the flow of the film, thus interrupting the continuity.

Because of that, it would also encourage better answers, as you would need to explain why it is either a mistake, a turning point or a focus or...you get the idea.