Trollpasta Wiki:User blog:LOLSKELETONS/Category Reorganization Update

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I feel like I've been putting off my "Revamping the Category List" project for too long, so I've decided to start back up on it. I will try to keep you all updated (specifically my fellow admins) on my progress and I would like you (fellow admins) to help out and keep everyone updated on your progress.

UPDATE 1

A few ideas...

  • I've noticed that quite a few existing categories could be named better. I was thinking of migrating pages on these categories to ones with better names. For example:
    • "Call of Duty" should be renamed to something like "CAWL OF DOOTY". (baleeted)
    • "SEX" should (if we decide to keep it (see below)) be changed to "Secks", as it is funneher. (baleeted)
    • "Pages with grammar that doesn't suck" should be changed to something more encompassing, as it seems to be applied to pastas with good grammar/spelling/punctuation (so just good English in general). I know this might not seem that important, but it's something that's been bugging me for a while. If you have any ideas for better names for categories, please leave them in the comments below.
  • WE STILL HAVE WAY TOO MANY UNNECESSARY CATEGORIES. Here are some ideas to curb this problem:
    • ""SUPER ULTRA MEGA BUTTHURT" and "Category:Legendary Butthurt are far too similar for my taste. I think we should change the former simply to "Butthurt" and keep "Legendary Butthurt" for those special cases of butthurt.
    • There are way to many categories for pastas that have bad grammar/spelling/punctuation, and I think we need to completely reorganize them, getting rid of unnecessary ones and modifying the definitions of ones we want to keep. Here are some I can think of off the top of my head:
    • There are way to many "WTF" categories. Here are the ones I can think of:
    • "Fail" and "HA HA HA OH WOW" are too similar. One should either be deleted or "HA HA HA OH WOW" should (along with several other categories) be made a subcategory of "Fail". If we choose the latter, "Fail" would only serve as a super-category to "HA HA HA OH WOW" and several other subcategories (i.e. it cannot be added to pages).
    • "DEATH" is, all and all, not really a necessary category. "Im died" covers the whole "Death" thing pretty well; trollpastas, while frequently involving death in some laughably absurd manner (OMGZ I DIED AND THEN EVRYWUN EXPLODIED UMG!!!), are almost never about death. On the rare occasion that a pasta starts dipping into that subject matter, we always have "Actually Kind Of Serious".
    • Some of the subcategories of "Nsfw (such as "SEX") aren't really necessary in my opinion. We can keep some, but I think we should get rid of some.
    • ""MARY SUE ALERT" and "ORIGINAL CHARACTER DONUT STEEL" are too similar. One has to go.
    • There are way too many subcategories of "Vidya games". Here is a full list (the ones that we should NOT delete are bolded):

I will try to keep this updated. Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

UPDATE 2

Further revamping. Note: still incomplete and some categories do not yet exist.

  • ALL CAPS: CAUSE CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL SKERREKH
    • JEFFCAPS: ALL CAPS PASTAS ABOUT JEFF THE KILLER!!! IF A PASTA IS IN HERE, IT SHOULDN'T GO IN EITHER ALL CAPS OR JEFFERY. ALSO, GO TO SLEEP.
  • BATTELS: Pastas featuring epic battles and/or have the word "vs." somewhere in the title.
    • Jeff vs. X: JEFF VS. SLENDERMAN VS. JEFF VS. THE RAKE VS. JEFFERY VS. JANE VS. SMILEJEFF VS. JEFF THE KILLER VS. JEFF THE MURDERER VS. HIMSELF ZOMGONGMG
  • Beings: Pastas about creatures and entities. (NOTE: This category primarily serves as a super-category for all being-related categories. It should only be used on pastas involving beings that don't fit into any of the other categories.)
    • ALEINS: Pastas involving extraterrestrials.
    • Demins and Debbils: Pastas involving Satan or some of his minions.
    • Ghoooosts: Ghost, spectres, and spirits.
    • Gods: (PENDING DELETION)
    • Monsters (PENDING DELETION)
    • MONSTURZ: Pastas involving monsters.
    • Skeletons: Pastas involving all things skeletal (NOTE: just having a skeleton pop out at the end of the story doesn't mean it's about skeletons).
  • Chat Pastas: Pastas that originated as jokes in Creepypasta Wiki Chat.
  • Collab: Pastas created through collaboration between two or more users.
    • Spinoff Lists: Lists of possible spinoffs for famous creepypasta characters (and sometimes other things).
  • Dawls: Dolls, puppets, mannequins, and action figures.
  • Dreams: Pastas involving dreams and/or sleep.
  • Dubstep: WUBUWUUWUBUWUBUWUJBUBWUUWBUWUWBUW (PENDING DELETION)
  • English Class Failure: Pastas with horrible grammar/spelling/punctuation. Note that this is used primarily for Trollpastas.
    • ENGLISH, MUDDAFUGGA! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!: Stories that go beyond ECF and dive headfirst into incomprehensibility. Although this is primarily used for trollpastas, it can be applied to "trying to be good" pastas if the grammar/spelling/punctuation is horrible enough. If a "real" pasta is in this category, it is not to go in the below categories.
    • PTTBGWISETBAT: Grammar/spelling categories that are used primarily for pastas trying to be good when they suck enough to be a troll (or worse). Note that these categories can and will frequently overlap. Don't abuse them.
      • All lowercase: the antithesis of all caps. these pastas were written by people who obviously have never heard of a shift key.
      • Bad Spelling: Pastas with abysmal spelling.
      • Pages with horrible grammar: Pages with horrible grammar (what did you expect?)
        • Run-On Sentences: A specific form of horrible grammar where sentences just go on and on and on and on and on... If taken to the logical extreme, these pastas could end up being a sentence-long walls of text. NOTE: Since 99.9% of all pages with horrible grammar contain run-on sentences, only add this to pages where it particularly stands out.
      • Please Do Not Capitalize Every Word: Pastas That Capitalize Every Word Of Every Sentence.
      • Wall of Text: Pastas containing little to no paragraph breaks, making them impossible to read.
  • EVIL FOOD: Pastas involving food that is very evil.
  • Fill in the Blanks: Pastas where you ________ and then you ________ and then a ________ pops out. (PENDING DELETION)
  • FOTOGRAFY: Pastas involving photos or photography. (PENDING DELETION)
  • Good?: Pastas that would be great pastas... if they weren't trollpastas.
  • Im died: Pastas, usually told in the first person, where you (the narrator) DIE!!!11
    • Sucide: Pastas about or involving suicide.
  • Jornel: Pastas written in the form of a diary or journal.
  • Lost episudes: HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED HOW THEY HAVE A WEIRD WAY OF COUNTING EPISODES?!?/!1?/!1/@@
    • Spongeboob: R U REDDY KIDZ? NO?!?1/ WEL TWO BAD!!1!!1!111
  • Nsfw: Pastas you really wouldn't want to be caught reading.
    • Um, Ew?!: Pastas that are just plain gross.
  • Potty Humor: Pastas whose humor is scatological in nature.
  • Pre-Trollpasta: Trollpasta-like stories that were written before the genre was actually established.
  • Satire: Stories that make fun of creepypasta clichés (among other things).
  • So verreh skerreh: WARNING: THESE PASTAS ARE EXTREMELY SCARY. READING THEM WILL CAUSE YOU TO SHIT NUMEROUS BRIX. DO NOT READ THEM IF YOU HAVE HEART PROBLEMS OR A SENSITIVE ANUS.
  • TELAVISHUN: All things TV-related that aren't Lost Episodes.
  • Videos: Pastas with videos in them. If there is not a video on the page, it does not go in this category.
  • Wat: Basically, pastas that make no damn sense

Specific Rules

(IN PROGRESS)
  • If a page is in the "Vidya games" category, it is not to be tagged as "HAWNTD GAEMS", and vice versa.
  • If a page is in the "Paukymaun", "Mario", "Minecrap", "Zel-DUUHHH", "Benjamin", or "Sonic" categories, it is not to go in "Vidya games". Also, "Minecrap" pastas are not to go in "COMPUTERS AND INTERWEBZ".
  • The above rule does not apply, however, to "HAWNTD GAEMS". So if a page is tagged as "HAWNTD GAEMS", it can also be tagged as "Paukymaun", "Mario", etc.
  • "Benjamin" and "Zel-DUUHHH" cannot be added together.
  • "Lost episudes" and "TELAVISHUN" cannot be added together.
  • "Spongeboob" and "Lost episudes" cannot be added together.
  • "English Class Failure" and "ENGLISH, MUDDAFUGGA! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!" cannot be added together.
  • Also, "English Class Failure" is exclusively for trollpastas with deliberately awful grammar/spelling/punctuation.
  • "Bad Spelling" and "Pages with horrible grammar" are for pastas trying to be good when they suck enough to be a troll ONLY. They are not to go with "English Class Failure".
  • Pages in "ENGLISH, MUDDAFUGGA! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!" CANNOT BE ADDED TO ANY OTHER GRAMMAR/SPELLING-RELATED CATEGORY.
  • "Pages with horrible grammar" and "Pages with grammar that doesn't suck" cannot be added together.
  • If a page is marked as "Pages with grammar that doesn't suck", it must have PROPER GRAMMAR/SPELLING/PUNCTUATION (this includes having a properly capitalized/punctuated title). Any page in this category that does not meet this criterion will have the category removed after 3 (three) days (unless, pf course, it is edited to meet said criterion).
  • If a page is marked as "SUPER ULTRA MEGA BUTTHURT", it cannot be tagged as "Legendary Butthurt", and vice versa.
  • "If a page is marked as "Oh my goodness, this is AWFUL!", it cannot be tagged as "MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP!!!", and vice versa.