User blog comment:Aquamarinesandopals/new categories/@comment-4598697-20171102095458/@comment-26958589-20171102122503

no, dont feel guilty, please! youve been immensely helpful and, to be frank, arent one of the users of concern right now. we just need to put a hold on users creating categories so the admin team can unify and sort the system as its hard to keep a track of new categories when users are free to make them. please dont feel bad. this isnt a permanent change.

in regards to what name we pick, it depends and is chosen on a case by case basis. for series we often go by the common name for the whole series (Alice in Wonderland, rather than labelling the two books separately; Land of Oz, rather than each individual book). otherwise we might look at what the more common name is or what the actual name is. Peter and Wendy ocs are often put under Peter Pan but this a) isnt the correct name and b) ignores the fact wendy is the real main character which the admin team aint about. it just depends.

were aware there are many categories for the same thing which is part of why were putting this rule in place for the time being. its hard to edit them when new ocs are being put into these incorrect categories all the time.

in reference to your last point, the admin team will be sure to get rid of these categories are categories should only be used to categorize the page in line with our wiki rules. anything else is a rule break. thank you for letting us know.