Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-1969141-20160509151208/@comment-366087-20160516204247

Spoken like someone who doesn't have to do the policing. The proper explanations are there. They are not following the distinctions. Not only that, they are ignoring the distinctions, adding ALL tags thought to be even slightly relevant. Such as Hate/Fear/Warmonger are often ALL tagged to a character. And when tags are removed, then they are put right back often within hours.

The only way to really get the point across is to take drastic steps such as locking pages and handing out series of escalating blocks. I'm sure no one really wants that. And locking pages can not be widespread, wholesale, or long-term without Staff taking notice.

So what is called for is a complete overhaul of the categories.

In addition, categories are being used instead of making actual good and informative pages. Many are the pages which are little more than…
 * "PageName" with about 8-10 sentences (if even that many) that says little more than "does BadThings to a whole lot of bad people who don't like it"  [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category] [Category]

…no clue as to where the character is from or much about their backstory or context.

More time and effort is being spent defending the categories and explaining what they mean and how they apply to characters than actually writing in the article.

"This shows what a vile villain they are!" No. The article tell us what a bad person they are. Least it should. Not categories tagged like endorsement logos on race cars.

There is no reason why the same articles on Villains has MORE category tags than as on other related wikias and Wikipedia for the same characters.