Thread:Mediawatcher/@comment-3581997-20140826160532/@comment-3581997-20140831232157

No argument, category abuse is a major issue on both wikis, it boils down to simple psychological baggage. User wants to add to, or even annex work on a character they like, but that requires work and few like to write, so User just adds categories, feeling like they made a real contribution when all they did was scroll down a list, this is furthered by adding a "controversial" category, making them feel important like they have something important to say and furthering their illusion. This is all well and good and can be corrected by concerned attentive users, but then that one User feels their opinion is being ignored because that one change they made was shoved aside, they re-add said category and feverishly defend it, the page becomes less a collection of information for others and instead turns into a vanity shrine. I try to remind people when it comes up, both here and on Villains Wiki that these are not person websites, it is a wiki, a collection of information ideally to inform inquisitive.

On Villains Wiki the problem is quickly becoming Fandom, or rather Fandumb and the above phenomena. Here the admins know what to look out for and nip it in the bud when we see it, but that slows up the clean up process and vice versa.