User blog:EvilLamp/Category Suggestions

while we are trying to limit categories I have a suggestion for two categories that may aid our wiki, after much thought (as adding new categories is, at first, against what we're trying to do) - these are two I feel should be an exception and may add in lowering "category spam" and general misinformation.

The first is a "Jack of All Trades" or similar for characters that have been portrayed as every type of bad guy you could think of, usually in cartoons and comic books.. your average Looney Tunes villain or supervillain has played roles ranging from petty thief to deranged terrorist (granted Looney Tunes is much less into "terrorist", for obvious reasons).. I mean Bluto is forever changing names and even time-lines.. thus people add MANY categories to these characters, if we simplified it to a "Jack of All Trades" we could dramatically cut the big chunk of category text found in these articles - while still being true to being factual (we can't ignore that these character have had millions of guises, it is part of what makes them what they are and it is an undeniably common archetype).

my second suggestion is we rename "Homicidal Maniac" to "Thrill Killer" for several reasons, most important being that not all are actual maniacs.. plus the term "maniac" is hardly very professional, I know we're fiction but just because a character is known for enjoying killing people does not automatically mean they actually suffer from mental illness (as weird as it may sound).. it also means we can much more accurately tag characters like Alan Yates, who was the very definition of a "thrill killer".. I'm aware it can be seen as too close to a "spree killer" but there are several differences to be made.. one, the Thrill Killer values their own life and will often flee if they are in danger.. they love the suffering of others but are very cowardly in regards to their own safety and they often kill to feel powerful.. they don't always go on massive rampages either (like a spree-killer), they are also (by very definition) more dangerous than the relatively harmless "attention-seeker" or "thrill-seeker" (though it does often link with thrill-seeker and snuff filmer).

any opinions by admins, veterans and even users would be appreciated.