Board Thread:Manual of Style/@comment-1259419-20140714075418

I would like to discuss what to do with the categories "Herbivores" and "Carnivores". I think we should not use them.

Usefulness

Categories are supposed to group related topics. "Carnivore" and "Herbivore" both cover half of the animal kingdom. I think that is too general to be usefull. Carnivores will contain Megalodon, Tyrannosaurus rex, Sea Scorpion and Thylacosmilus. These animals have close to nothing in common.

If we use these categories the "Read more"-thumbnails at the bottem of the articles will not show similar topics. If I read the Sea Scotpion article, it will recomment Velociraptor. I do not think that is usefull.

For dinosaurs we already have the categories Theropods, Sauropods, Ornithischia. All carnivores belong to Theropods, and all herbivores belong to Sauropods and Ornithischia; with a few exceptions. So, I don't think that "Carnivore" and "Herbivore" really adds something. 