User blog:Henry Hudson GC/A Request from Henry

Hello, this is Henry Hudson.

The other day I was browsing the Big Nate wiki, and there was one thing I noticed about every page.

There was not a single page with useless categories. Each page had around 5 categories, and all of them were completely relevant to the page. Then I went back to this wiki......

We are completely abusing the category feature on Fandom, honestly. I mean, is there any point in adding "Wiki Page" spelled SIX different ways? Is there any point in adding a separate category for EVERY user that's ever edited the page? THIS IS INSANE.

My request is for everyone to stop adding categories for one week. Instead of adding categories, we are going to delete them (only the useless ones though). An exception to this is if a new page is created, then a few RELEVANT categories can be added.

Why do I ask this? I am now a content moderator, and my job is now to actually care about this stuff.

Examples of Useless Categories (Feel free to add more)
[Any existing category spelled in a different way]

Wiki Page (Um, last time I checked every page on this wiki is a page on this wiki)

[Username] (We don't need a category for each user that contributes to a page

[Any category that is too specific] For example, "TV shows" is a category way too specific that can be added to a TV survey page.

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[One time categories]

GiantNate91: See comment below