Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-5825217-20131020030042/@comment-4849011-20131020230646

~tips hat~ Hello! Now that I'm here, here are some comments. Let's start out with things I said on the previous thread.
 * A story with an element doesn't mean that it's about that element. For instance, I mentioned the Army in my story "The Binding Mask", but that doesn't mean it belongs in the Military section.


 * A new category might be Hallucinations. A pro would be that several existing stories could fit in this category. A con would be that it might not be needed. For instance, a hallucination that's a one-time thing (like a drug-induced hallucination or a fever-induced hallucination) could fit in the Dreams/Sleep category while frequent hallucinations could fit in the Mental Illness category. Also, people might add the Hallucinations tag to stories that aren't supposed to involve hallucinations. [This is the post referenced to and expanded on above]


 * I knew what a cryptid was, but I didn't know prior to this thread [the previous thread, that is] if it would be okay to create a cryptid out of whole cloth or if it had to be an already existing cryptid. Regardless of what categories are deleted, merged, created, or altered, I agree that more detailed descriptions should be posted so there's less risk of people misunderstanding what goes in which categories.

Now for the new comments.


 * How about merging Animals with Nature? A pro is, well, it just kinda makes sense. A con would be that people might go overboard and want to merge other things into the Nature category too (for instance, someone might want to add People, Gods, Monsters, Cryptids, etc. to Nature). Also, there are stories that involve animals, but not necessarily nature (such as Poe's "The Black Cat").


 * Concerning Dismemberment, what if someone just loses a limb or a hand instead of ending up like a dismantled Mr. Potato Head? Should there be something like a Maiming sub-category?


 * More than one person has said that the SpongeBob category has too few entries, but I'm worried that if it's eliminated, people will say, "Oh, there are a lot of SpongeBob-related stories! Why don't they have a category of their own?" I think the way to settle this would be to determine a minimum number for stories to form a category. For example, let's say fifty. If there are 27 stories with a certain theme, then don't have a subcategory. However, if there are 54 stories with a certain theme, have a subcategory. I think it's pretty fair, though you run the risk of people writing bad stories simply to run up the count and get a category.


 * What about a Disease category for non-mental illnesses like plagues and the like?

I have nothing more to add at this point because, like I said on the previous thread, A-Lord-Over-Birds made some good points. Let's see where this goes and I'll see if I have anything else to add later on. Raidra (talk) 23:06, October 20, 2013 (UTC)