User blog comment:Unrulyruby100/Character category and potential category change/@comment-16533050-20140212080918

To me, Enemies, Allies, and Neutral characters aren't that difficult to decide... especially if at least a little thought is put behind each character, though I can see the inherent confusion that may occur with two protagonists in the game. I trust the judgment of most of the big contributors (and many of the smaller ones as well) such that a discussion can be brought up if there is a disagreement concerning what categories each fit into.

If nothing else, there is always the chatroom where we can meet up and discuss issues.

As to the concept of dropping the Minor Character category, I firmly disagree. Geoff Curnow, for example, is not a major character of the game, yet... his presence in-game is much more than say a Watch Lower Guardsman by the name of Hackworth, who I would categorize as a minor character.

As I stated, I trust the judgment of my fellow editors to use common sense when creating or editing a page. And if not them, then those who regularly check over the edits here will surely make corrections.

As to the remark about dropping female/male character categories... AGAIN I disagree. A good amount of characters in the game are known only by one name such as Boo, Jelly, or Pratchett. Those three names alone tell me nothing about the characters. And what about Test Subject 312 (a female)... or better yet the Propaganda Officer who is a male, unless you kill him in the mission, Return to the Tower, when he is replaced by... a female.

Heck the first time I saw Billie Lurk's name I thought it was referencing a guy.

This weird desire to suddenly need to purge things without giving proper thought to it is, quite honestly, baffling.