Talk:Lord Voldemort

Put Lord Voldemort in the Failure-Intolerant Villains category because he clearly killed death eaters who failed him. David M. Hallsen 18:45, July 27, 2012 (UTC) I definetly agree with that he is a perfect example of a failure intolerant villain, I can't add any categories or edit this page though so hopefully someone else will.

Spoilerz (talk) 12:59, August 17, 2012 (UTC) Spoilerz

he is an example of a Paranoid Villain yet I can't add to this article, someone should add this Betwixt (talk) 17:13, August 26, 2012 (UTC)

Yeah i mean this article has been locked too long please unlock it. put him under revived villains because he came back in the goblet of fire. Leafers4 (talk) 3:31 August 26 2012

I absolutely disagree that the page has been locked too long. It's locked because some people are very ignorant with category use. But I agree to put him under revived villains. Tremorfan94

When are you going to unlock it? Leafers4 (talk) 4:16 July 26 2012

Why is it locked again and will stay locked
This article is locked because it was one of the biggest and longest-running victims of the category abuse that plagues this wiki. Usually, when a page is locked it is for good, and when I read comments like "put it in X category" sounding like demands and not suggestion, I must admit that it makes me feel like the decision was right... And indeed it was.

I unlock it for what, two weeks and the plague of ridiculous categories restart as if it never ended. As such, and I profusely apologies to well-meaning users, without caring if I am loathed as a tyrant by the others, I lock it again and this time for good. Why would you ask? First because when I read the list I ask myself "Do some people even read the effing definition of a category before adding it?"

So to make it clear, and it goes for all the category-raped page in this wiki, categories are supposed to give a summary of the article by listing the featured villain's '''most defining characteristics: The media he is in, is personality, his powers, his fighting style... Not just one thing he did once at random or that anyone can do. '''Sounds obvious but it is apparently not since many categories in Voldemort's list contradict one another or does NOT correspond to the character AT ALL. Categories are not toy and just adding categories is frowned upon here.

Here is a list of the categories I removed and why: Balthus Dire (talk) 22:41, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Teleporters: Yes he can teleport. So does every adult wizard in the series. A commpon skill is not a characteristic.
 * Telepaths: He does not speak through minds, he reads them.
 * Torturer: He inflicts pain as a mere punishment. A real torturer would be Bellatrix Lestrange.
 * Sophisticated Villains: Just a facade, he is a "Faux Affably Evil" through and through, who throws far too many hissy fits to correspond.
 * Sociopaths: As stated in the category definition, a sociopath is unable to make a distinction between righ and wrong. Voldemort is just emotionless and egomaniac, he merely does not care about right and wrong and states it word for words in the first book.
 * Obsessed: He is only obsessed with power, which the category definition excludes.
 * Revived Villains: He never died to begin with, just lost his body.
 * Psychopath: He is rotten to the core but not mentally ill.
 * Murderer: He is a Mass Murderer which is the step above.
 * Brainwashers: He uses Impero merely for compulsion, the brainwashing is done by his goons.
 * God Wannabe: He wants to become immortal but not to become a god. He never states it.
 * Cult Leaders: The Death Eaters are not a cult, they are a terrorist group.
 * Extremists: The category definition states "supremacists who DO NOT resort to terrorism".
 * Control Freaks: He wants to dominate people, not to dictate every aspect of things.
 * Bullies: Bullying is picking on someone for petty satisfaction. He is a genocidal supremacist.
 * Chaotic Villains: He has a goal and he enforces it.
 * Warmongers: Waging war on Wizarding England does not mean causing wars and spreading discord for is own gain. He is a hatemonger, a fearmonger, a terrorist and a supremacist but not a warmonger.
 * Necromancers: Sure he does raise undeads but one spell of necromancy does not make you a practicioner of the "art".
 * Pyrotic Villain: A couple of fire spells here and there does not make him a master of the element who uses ot as his primary weapon.
 * Outcasts: He outcast himself by his own free will.
 * Illusionists: When does he casts an illusion to begin with? No manipulating Harry's dream does not count.
 * Cataclysms: He wants to TAKE OVER the world, not destroy it.