Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-1682045-20170221180018/@comment-1969141-20170223183546

I still repeat that putting two or three categories in the "Type of Villain" is putting one or three too many. Categories belong to the category list and nowhere else. There should be ONE simple, clear and concise wording: One that puts the villain pmain characteristic. If the villains are sorcerers, put "dark wizard"/"evil sorcerer"/"mage" or whatever. If the villains are dark lord put "Evil Overlord"/"Dark Lord"/"Tyrant" or you name it. And so on and so forth.

If the wording uses the title of a trope or a category title "Eldritch Abomination"/"Lovecraftian Horror"/"Deity"/"Supreme Being"/"Mad Scientist"/"Evil Genius"/"Traitor" yadda yadda, I see no trouble, but if we put even two categories in the "Type of Villain" you can bet that someone will wonder "why not more" and whaaaam!! Return to square one.

To answer a few comments: If all villains in a setting are Super Villains, and one is X, the other is Y... Then put "X" or "Y" in the "Type of villain". "Type of villain" is different than "Occupation" for the former is what the villain IS and the latter what the villain DOES. Mozenrath and Sauron are both Evil Overlords, with the variation of it in "Type", but "ruler of their domain" or a more precise description in "Occupation". Simple as that

I shall sum up the problem thusly and bluntly: If the villain is both a X and a Y and a Z, don't put it in the infobox/category list, and EXPAND THE ARTICLE. People come here to read good articles and learn about villains, not to scroll through tedious lists.