User blog:VertexArray/Can We PLEASE Stop Using the Word "Anomaly"?

'''  I know this word does fit in in certain places, such as the Spawn Area Sinkage. But the fact people use the word to random things is the thing I dislike. '''

An anomaly is defined as "something that deviates from what is standard". I personally don't see how a cave (The Swamp Cave or The Boulder Cave, etc.) which is embedded in a cliff, is unusual, I'm quite sure that's where you find caves..

Also, Fog is classified as an anomaly, why is it so? I've seen fog before, I don't see fog and say to myself, "Why is that there, that's unusual".

The wikia goes on to mention how certain Rocks and Cliffs are anomalies, some are rightly classed so, like the Sinkage and the Safari Hole, but it also tells us how a rock is seen as 'unusual', a cave is 'unusual' and a tunnel which was eroded by a river is 'unusual'.

These are some of the most ridiculous things classed as anomalies:
 * The dock.
 * A Meadow.
 * Numerous Caves(Caves are wierd)
 * The January Mega Update
 * Rocks and Cliffs (Yeah, because rocks are wierd)
 * The Sand Islands (I'm quite sure I've seen an Island before, and nevertheless, we all live on one)

To me, the category of "Anomalies" is mostly just for people who want the badges for Adding Categories.

I think the word is heavily over-used and we ought to find a different word.

Thanks for reading

- VertexArray