User blog comment:LucidPigeons/Category Cleanup/@comment-1969141-20160310003030

There are some points I would like to discuss, if you guys don't mind.

We agreed to ax the faaar too many subcategories that are plaguing us and flooding the pages, okay. But, to keep on the ax metaphor, do we ax the branch but keep the trunk, or do we ax the entire tree?

In other words, we agree to ax all the "villains by weapon choice" but do we keep "Fighters" or do we ax it? Do we keep ax all the "whateverkinetics" but keep "Elementals"?

I feel that we should keep the categories that are not only about the villains' powers, but also about their occupation (say "Alchemists" for example), their nature ( say "Emotion Vampires"), and more importantly pivotal plot points ("Immortals", "Collector of Souls", "Corrupting Influence", "Deal Makers", "Curse Bearers", and to a lesser extent "Dream Masters" and "Life Drinker").

After all, the categories are not only about what makes a villain and what a villain does, there are also villainous archetypes, and more importantly their role in the story. As for one, I see the category list as a short summary of the article. Nothing that will ever replace a complete and precise article, but something that complements it.

What do you think?