Category talk:Rodents

Rename to Category:Rats
If the categories of Canines and Felines is now Cats and Dogs respectively now, this should be simplified to rats so people can easily understand it.

Proposer: (banned) Deadline: October 1, 2013, 23:59 GMT

Oppose

 * 1) Rats aren't the only rodents, there's mice, capybaras, hamsters, squirrels, and chipmunks, those are ALL rodents.
 * 2) All rats are rodents but not all rodents are rats. The term "rodent" describes exactly as Randombomb-omb has said, it's a category. Rats are much more specific than rodents therefore it doesn't merit a change.
 * 3) I wouldn't categorize Gnawties, Conker, Ms. Mowz, Flurl the Squirrel, and Fuzz under rats because that's an insult to them.
 * 4) - Per my comment, and the other voters who have pointed out that "rat" is not actually an accepted umbrella term for Rodentia as a whole.
 * 5) - Per Walkazo.
 * 6) Per all
 * 7) Nope. Per all.
 * 8) Per Walkazo.
 * 9) But there's mice and things, and they are rodents, right?
 * 10) Per all.
 * 11) - Per Walkazo.

Comments
For consistency this could probably just be moved, rather than going through the process of another drawn-out TPP.

08:13, 17 September 2013 (EDT)
 * I agree with YoshiKong.

-- 17:59, 17 September 2013 (EDT)


 * Except this proposed name isn't consistent with the other ones. "Cat", "dog" and "pig" all work as casual umbrella terms, but "rat" is not a proper way to refer to rodents as a whole. Given how Rodentia includes such non-rat-like critters as beavers and porcupines, it's not intuitive at all and would just confuse people. - 23:29, 17 September 2013 (EDT)