Editing Category talk:Hostages
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<s>IMO the term hostage is too dark.</s>I haven't seen the term hostage officially used whereas kidnapped has been. | <s>IMO the term hostage is too dark.</s>I haven't seen the term hostage officially used whereas kidnapped has been. | ||
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Beyond the fact that characters get kidnapped more often than they get to go out for dinner, the fact that a character gets kidnapped is not important to the character themselves. Unlike a category that relates to their abilities or their occupation, being kidnapped is something that happens by outside circumstances and has next to nothing to do with the character. Unless we're talking about Princess Peach, none of these characters are known for being kidnapped. There's also nothing tying all of these characters together beyond a (usually) one-off event. All of these characters have been taken hostage for wildly different reasons, and they all have wildly different appearances, skills, and roles, but a singular event is apparently enough to string all of these characters together. [[MarioWiki:Categories#Size and scope|MarioWiki:Categories]] even covers this: "offbeat connections might be interesting [...], but they are often tenuous or of little functional use to wiki navigation." I contend that this category is one of those offbeat connections. | Beyond the fact that characters get kidnapped more often than they get to go out for dinner, the fact that a character gets kidnapped is not important to the character themselves. Unlike a category that relates to their abilities or their occupation, being kidnapped is something that happens by outside circumstances and has next to nothing to do with the character. Unless we're talking about Princess Peach, none of these characters are known for being kidnapped. There's also nothing tying all of these characters together beyond a (usually) one-off event. All of these characters have been taken hostage for wildly different reasons, and they all have wildly different appearances, skills, and roles, but a singular event is apparently enough to string all of these characters together. [[MarioWiki:Categories#Size and scope|MarioWiki:Categories]] even covers this: "offbeat connections might be interesting [...], but they are often tenuous or of little functional use to wiki navigation." I contend that this category is one of those offbeat connections. | ||
