Template:Trivia section
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This template sorts articles into Category:Articles with trivia sections.
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This template should only be substituted if you want it to be automatically dated. |
Placement
[kulemba source]Editors should not use this template to tag sections they consider trivial (i.e., which topically address something the editor does not think should be covered). In accordance with Wikipedia:Trivia sections, this template should only be placed at the top of sections that contain indiscriminate and unselective lists.
Usage
[kulemba source]To help with the categorization of articles, please use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{trivia section|date=Novembala 2024}}. Sections tagged with this template without the parameter will eventually be given the parameter by a bot.
The simplest way to add this template to an article section is to copy and paste {{trivia section|date=Novembala 2024}}
Optional parameters
[kulemba source]|date=Novembala 2024Please help with the categorization of articles for cleanup by using this parameter. You can use|date={{subst:DATE}}as a shorthand to enter this parameter. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will eventually be given the parameter by a bot, but it may not reflect the correct month of tagging.|to=Location of page or section to which to suggest moving the relevant material, e.g.:|to=#Filmographyor|to=Nocturnal underwater basketweaving#Techniques. If the|small=option is turned on, this information does not display, but may still be useful to editors.|small=yIf given a positive value (y, yes, 1, true), makes the template into a smaller box, instead of a banner. Requires explicit definition of the template as applying not to the entire article:{{trivia|sect=y|small=y}}or{{trivia|table|small=yes}}or{{trivia|section="In popular culture" material|small=1}}
Closely related templates
[kulemba source]- General trivia
- {{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).
- {{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.
- Relevance and importance
- {{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article
- {{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.
- {{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.
- {{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.
- {{Refexample}} – For an article or section with poorly cited examples.
- {{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.
- {{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.
- {{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.
- Excessive detail
- {{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.
- {{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.
- {{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples.
- {{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.
- Topical trivia
- {{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.
- {{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).
- {{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.
- {{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).
- {{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia.
- {{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order
- {{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.
- {{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.
- {{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.
- List cleanup
- {{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.
- {{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.
- {{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.
See also
[kulemba source]- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trivia sections)
- Wikipedia:Handling trivia – Essay on trivia in Wikipedia, what it is and how it should be handled
- Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content – Essay on "popular culture"-types articles and sections
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Trivia Cleanup – Wikiproject designed to clean up long lists of trivia in articles
- Template:Example farm – For articles or sections with too many examples
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup – Index of cleanup templates
In accordance with [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trivia sections)|Wikipedia:Trivia sections]], this template should only be placed at the top of sections that contain ''indiscriminate'' and ''unselective'' lists.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Please help with the categorization of articles for cleanup by using this parameter.
| Unknown | optional |
| Suggested relocation destination | to | Location of page or section to which to suggest moving the relevant material | Unknown | optional |
| Make template small | small | If given a positive value (y, yes, 1, true), makes the template into a smaller box, instead of a banner. | Unknown | optional |