Thread:The Zog./@comment-90.3.168.100-20141110202104/@comment-25653892-20141111015130

I actually just came across this post by Neilstar007 which has a slightly different viewpoint on why many of the categories should be deleted:

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'''"Yea so I see there's this new thing going where people add a billion random categories to pages for  no reason... I think it's to get badges but I've seen contributors do it so idek. I think some dicks are doing it just to troll by putting really really long categories like 'Guys who are sometimes good but are sometimes bad but technically-- who wants icecream' or 'YOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'. I'm asking nicely please stop it guys :/. I don't want to block people for something as stupid as "Excessive Category Usage". That being said, I know some people like EmigaRaptor and that orange guy are trying to stop this as much as they can, which we really appreciate, but you guys are kinda taking away too many categories. I think I talked to Emiga about this and idk if he stopped or not but I'm still seeing it.. Can you please do me a favor and just remove the useless ones and not all of them? At least keep the ones that are on the navigational bar and afew other unique ones like "Dinos" or "Teletubbies" or whatever? We really thank you for all the effort you spend helping the wiki. Thanks in advance. "'''

I feel like I am trying to do exactly what this post has requested, despite not having read it until now. I'm getting rid of the billions of random categories that people add for no reason. Unlike the creators of these categories, I'm not editing in deletion tags for acheivements, edit counts, or for the lulz. It turns out that I'm not the only one trying to get rid of these excessive categories. And yes, I am keeping the good and important categories because I am trying to help this wikia, not go on a deletion rampage. :Þ

Becuase now that I know that there are others aware of this problem, I just want to help solve it even more.

Most of the categories that I am marking are apparently jokes or random ones that have no purpose here and are, in fact, relatively useless. You can definitely move content to other pages, or even edit the categories so that they are actually good. However, please ask yourself whether these categories should be here in the first place.

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