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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 | *'''Complexity'''. "Roy is the only playable character who debuted in the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series worldwide, debuting in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 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. | ||
*'''Opinion.''' "Falcon Punch is the most epic move ever." Your opinion can be whatever you want it to be, but it doesn't belong in the mainspace of this wiki. | *'''Opinion.''' "[[Falcon Punch]] is the most epic move ever." Your opinion can be whatever you want it to be, but it doesn't belong in the mainspace of this wiki. | ||
*'''Speculative.''' "Donkey Kong's white costume may be a reference to some minor side character no one remembers in his short lived TV series." If it "might be" or "possibly is", it doesn't belong. [[SmashWiki is not speculative]]. | *'''Speculative.''' "[[Donkey Kong]]'s white costume may be a reference to some minor side character no one remembers in his short lived TV series." If it "might be" or "possibly is", it doesn't belong. [[SmashWiki is not speculative]]. | ||
*'''Falsehoods.''' "Sonic can be unlocked in ''Melee'', it just hasn't been done yet." Straightforward; if it's not true, take it down. | *'''Falsehoods.''' "[[Sonic]] can be unlocked in ''Melee'', it just hasn't been done yet." Straightforward; if it's not true, take it down. | ||
*'''Volatility.''' "Sakurai confirmed Skull Kid as an Assist Trophy, this means Zelda is the only universe along with Mario to have more than one assist trophy." Information that is based on incomplete information (such as information from an unreleased game) and is likely to change or be rendered non-notable in the near future should not be added as trivia. Trivia based on other temporary information that is subject to change should also not be added. | *'''Volatility.''' "Sakurai confirmed [[Skull Kid]] as an [[Assist Trophy]], this means {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}} is the only universe along with {{uv|Mario}} to have more than one assist trophy." Information that is based on incomplete information (such as information from an unreleased game) and is likely to change or be rendered non-notable in the near future should not be added as trivia. Trivia based on other temporary information that is subject to change should also not be added. | ||
*'''Repetition.''' Check to make sure your fact isn't already somewhere in the article before adding it. | *'''Repetition.''' Check to make sure your fact isn't already somewhere in the article before adding it. | ||
*'''Uninteresting.''' "Despite being very weak, Diddy Kong's up smash in Brawl can KO in Sudden Death." Even if a piece of trivia doesn't fall under any of the above, it still shouldn't be added if it's just plain uninteresting. While it is subjective what constitutes as "uninteresting", as a general rule of thumb, avoid adding any observations of the banal, or stating some minor fact that's not at all unique to the fact's subject (such as the example used here). | *'''Uninteresting.''' "Despite being very weak, [[Diddy Kong]]'s up smash in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' can KO in [[Sudden Death]]." Even if a piece of trivia doesn't fall under any of the above, it still shouldn't be added if it's just plain uninteresting. While it is subjective what constitutes as "uninteresting", as a general rule of thumb, avoid adding any observations of the banal, or stating some minor fact that's not at all unique to the fact's subject (such as the example used here). | ||
===Other guidelines=== | ===Other guidelines=== | ||