Board Thread:Manual of Style/@comment-1259419-20150524103542

I think the Villains category is very misused at the moment. Look here for a recent discussion about it.

I am gonna propose a set of rules for the category, and you can all just vote if you support it or not.

Only humans. I am not saying animals can't have an evil nature. However, I think it is better that the categories' meanings are as intuitive as possible. Most people would not classify animals as villains. Furthermore, I do not want to have endless discussions about what carnivore can or can't be classified as a villain.

Only obvious villains. I think it is best if we only include people that have a very obvious evil nature and/or intentions. For example, Billy Yoder (wanted to kill Gerry and Jess), Lewis Dodgson (attempts to kill Sarah twice in the novel) etc. Ofcourse, you can make a case that the actions of Laura Sorkin or Peter Ludlow caused much suffering. However, if we include these kind of "big picture" villains it could include any antagonist and even nice characters. I think we prevent a lot of discussion if we just include the very obvious villains.

Who is with me. 