Thread:Lyons.Brian/@comment-366087-20160603174012/@comment-366087-20160606035415

First, simply removing a template is not how you go about "saving" something. That is done by discussion the reason of it being there. That is done by following the instructions on the template banner.

In this case, however, the discussion has been had and is long past over. The decision is that "dead is dead" and that the default death for villains is "in disgrace" unless they died with some form of redemption. The former then does not need a separate category from Category:Deceased ("villains" is being dropped from most categories as redundant, all characters here are villains), and the latter can be indicated by adding a tag for Category:Redeemed Villains (it too will soon be renamed without "villains").