Board Thread:Site News and Announcements/@comment-24486926-20131127040859

So, we've all noticed the Creepypasta Wiki's category cleaning thing. Thinking about it, it would be a good idea here. It may be inconvient, but nonetheless.

Please refrain from using these categories:

Death

Shock Ending

People

Places

The issue here is that these categories are far too broad because of how we have defined them. Either that, or they're used incorrectly. Death is far too broad since we've said "Oh, somepony died, better add that category!" The issue is that it completely defies the point of the categories: To assist in the tracking of pastas for users who don't want to sort around everything. Same with People and Places.

Death should focus around Death. Literally. People should focus around a group of people. Places should focus on a specific place, not be put on because you have a setting.

Shock Ending. First, let's define that: Shock Ending-An ending you didn't see coming, didn't think was going to happen, etc. My pasta Tear Waster is a good example of a Shock Ending. Many for some reason think of it in other ways. An ending that you could see coming even though statistically it wouldn't is not a shock ending.

I'll be scheduling all of these categories for clean-up on the RCaDC tasks page. But in the meantime, please refrain from adding them- in fact, take them off where you can. 