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{{cquote|''It sure is hard to figure out exactly what constitutes trivia, isn’t it?''|cite=[[Masahiro Sakurai]] [http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/various/various38.html]|source=[[Smash Bros. DOJO!! (SSBB)|Smash Bros. DOJO!!]]}} | {{cquote|''It sure is hard to figure out exactly what constitutes trivia, isn’t it?''|cite=[[Masahiro Sakurai]] [http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/various/various38.html]|source=[[Smash Bros. DOJO!! (SSBB)|Smash Bros. DOJO!!]]}} | ||
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===What makes a bad piece of trivia - with examples=== | ===What makes a bad piece of trivia - with examples=== | ||
*'''Ambiguity.''' "The Ice Climbers' ice move can KO on occasion." Which ice move? [[Ice Shot]]? [[Blizzard]]? And what occasion? These need explaining, or else the line should be removed. | *'''Ambiguity.''' "The Ice Climbers' ice move can KO on occasion." Which ice move? [[Ice Shot]]? [[Blizzard]]? And what occasion? These need explaining, or else the line should be removed. | ||
*'''Complexity'''. "Roy is the only playable character who debuted in the [[Super Smash Bros. series]] worldwide, debuting in [[Melee]]. Outside Japan, though, he shares this distinction with [[Marth]] and [[Corrin]], which had their first games released overseas in 2009 and 2016 respectively, plus Lucas, that never had his game released outside Japan." Adding qualifiers to trivia points or adding sub-notes in brackets will only serve to dilute what constitutes notable trivia. Trivia needs to be detailed, but it also needs to be simple and easy to understand. | |||
*'''Irrelevance.''' "Despite moving like a human, Fox has a tail!" and the like should always be removed. | *'''Irrelevance.''' "Despite moving like a human, Fox has a tail!" and the like should always be removed. | ||
*'''Obvious.''' "Bowser has a hard head, which he uses for some moves." Anything that can be deduced from simple observation is interesting to no one, and will only serve to inflate a trivia section. | *'''Obvious.''' "Bowser has a hard head, which he uses for some moves." Anything that can be deduced from simple observation is interesting to no one, and will only serve to inflate a trivia section. | ||