SmashWiki talk:Trivia

Pass It's a great, striaghtforward policy. I see no reason to NOT pass it.L33t Silvie ^{I see wat u did thar...} 22:57, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Pass with caveat. Looks like it'll work good. However, there may need to be a specification on how long is "too long". Toomai Glittershine The Stats Guy cntrbs 23:03, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm the author, what do you think?

@Toomai: I'm wary of arbitrarily setting a maximum length, is all. Miles (talk) 03:10, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Pass This should help with stupid irrelavent trivia being added to articles. Y462 (T • C • E ) 03:18, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I think if the trivia section takes up a set fraction of the page, it can be deemed to be "too long" (i.e. no trivia section could constitute more than a third (for example) of the article). That would avoid "arbitrarily setting a maximum length" and would make each article's maximum trivia section length proportional to the article's length. It would also encourage people to remove related items of trivia from the list and combine them into a new paragraph on a new subject, and paragraphs look better than really long lists. Even if the wording of the policy isn't made to be more specific, it's so much common sense that I say pass anyway. PenguinofDeath 05:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Pass, plz? This will be a good help in cleaning up some pages with these problems. HavocReaper48 21:59, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

Not quite sure why everyone is voting, but...<br\> First, I don't quite see why this is a proposed policy instead of just a subsection of a more appropriate page such as a universal SmashWiki:Style and formatting page that could then have subpages such as character pages, items, etc. <br\> Second, regarding any sort of blanket rule that must always be enforced... I oppose such measures. If you see an unnecessary trivia or think a section is too long, either trim the section or discuss it on the talk page. The part detailing what makes for good/bad trivia is fine- any measure that arbitrarily removes valid content is not. Shadowcrest 22:49, December 8, 2009 (UTC)