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This template sorts articles into Category:Articles with trivia sections.
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Placement
[edit]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
[edit]To help with the categorization of articles, please use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{trivia section|date=July 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=July 2024}}
Optional parameters
[edit]|date=July 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}}
Template Data
[edit]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 | required |
| 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 |
Closely related templates
[edit]- 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.{{Self-sourcing examples}}– 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
[edit]- 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