@Tony
Just letting you know this has gained a lot more traction, up to +15 votes now!
Also, AliceShiki has informed me that you like to hear reasoning, so:
I think having a polyamory tag would be very useful, for the following reasons:
1. Polygamy, polygyny, harem and reverse harem are all about a certain type of relationship where one person is the center of many relationships. Polyamory is a much wider bubble that can also include:
- 3+ people all in a relationship together
- People with relationships who in turn have people in relationships with others
- People dating others while being married with the full consent of their spouse, I.E., without cheating being involved.
Unlike Polygamy and Polyandry, Polyamory does not imply marriage.
2. Polygamy/Polygyny/Harem/Reverse Harem, most by general terminology, but Polygamy by Scribblehub terminology specifically.
3. Having Polyamory as a tag helps people writing about polyamory and those searching for polyamory, obviously.
4. However: Having Polyamory as a tag also makes searches for people looking within those probably-more-common narrow categories such as Harem/Reverse Harem/Polygamy/Polygyny much easier by removing things that are the "closest tag" to it that people are forced to use to be searchable at all, even though it isn't quite correct.
In short, polyamory is a very efficient tag and would be generally useful both for those who wished to see it and those who wished to avoid it, so please consider adding it.
Thanks!
EDIT:
lacoff_mawning's question below made me realize I forgot to put a specific proposal for polyamory in, so I'd like to propose the following:
- Polyamory: A series involving someone being romantically or sexually involved with more than one person with the knowledge and consent of all parties.