User blog:FreeSpirit98/Pointers of What Trivia is and What Trivia isn't

Hello, I'm here to discuss about something that is what I believe should have been stated before. It's about Trivia sections in articles. From last month, I had a roundtable discussion with a few users in Discord about cleaning up the redundant and pointless trivial facts. The reason being is that some trivia points aren't really that trivial nor necessary to be on the article. With that being said, there are a couple of pointers I can think of what is trivia and what isn't trivia. I'm seeing that people try to make trivia into a big bulk section but to me, trivia matters of the quality rather than the quantity. I rather accept a relatively small quality trivia other a big bulk of trivia that is not much in quality.

From Google search: Trivia: details, considerations, or pieces of information of little importance or value.

Disputing with Trivia
This is often the disputed part of writing articles. Trivia can be difficult to write as it varies from article to article. Some trivia sections can be as short as or they can be lengthy. The general rule for writing trivia on the wiki is to firstly consider is the fact notable? Would this fact be asked in a quiz? In general, consider common sense and logic when writing these trivial factoids and try to make sentences clear and straight to point without any fluff.

Some things to avoid when writing trivia:
 * Stating the obvious: Assume that everyone has eyes to see the show and saw every frame of the episode. An example of stating the obvious would be that: "Lincoln changed his clothes in this episode". Not only that is too obvious but that's for plot-wise sections.


 * Go off at a tangent: This can be problematic as the more you add secondary bullet points, sometimes, the conversation gets to nowhere. Best way to avoid going off at a tangent is try to reduce the use of secondary bullet points or use them in moderation. Some trivia pieces can only be fitted to one bullet and not all trivia main bullets has to have a secondary one. Just stay on topic with the secondary bullet points.


 * Being speculative, theoretical, hypothetical, etc…: As the trivia section builds on, there are some cases where stuffs may be explainable, however, it's usually a case where not everything has to be explainable, that's where people would speculate about something happening due to a "scenario". Some words can be used in a rare occasion if things actually happened without the speculation mess, " it is possible", "it is hinted". Generally, keep trivia points away from disputes without being hypothetical or theoretical.


 * Counting times of something that is occurring or somewhat occurring frequently. There are few examples of counting trivia points that really aren't necessary to note like "This is the [x] time Lincoln doesn't break in the fourth wall" or "This is the [x] time that [x] storyboards/writes an episode that [x] didn't direct." The problem with these is that they can be listed in their respective articles like Lincoln Loud/Fourth Wall Breaks and the storyboarder, writer, or director's pages. If they are listed in bullets from those pages, it's not quite necessary to readd them to an episode page or something similar in a manner.


 * Adding you or I perspectives: Make the trivia in a neutral point of view, don't say that you are the only one if you see something happening or whatever.

I try to be clear and short with these trivia pointers, if there's a pointer that you think is good to be considered what is trivia or not, write in the comments below.