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Silly buggers
[edit]Here's me finding and fixing all the places where "trivia" has been stacked with other templates... And it's been made special so that it won't stack! Lost for words. Rich Farmbrough, 11:12 25 September 2007 (GMT).
- Note, one of the reasons "trivia" stacks is when an "unref" or "unrefsect" is added to a trivia section, not uncommon. Rich Farmbrough, 11:21 25 September 2007 (GMT).
- Faith No More is the only article where stacking should've occurred. Chernabog (Fantasia) had its trivia tag at the top of the page, which is the wrong placement, so I moved the tag to the trivia section, where there are no other tags. In The Purple Testament, the other tag in the trivia section was {{inappropriate tone}}, which is redundant for a section tagged as trivia, so I removed it.
Useless direction to expected Help-text
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ResolvedI can read this in this aricle: Editors should not use this template to tag sections they consider trivial. In accordance with Wikipedia:Trivia sections, this template should only be placed at the top of sections that contain indiscriminate and unselective lists. Thanks.
Am I an edtor?
I cannot find the template-name I intend to use. And no suggestion, no link. Let alone the guidelines.
Ãnd ALWAYS links to another semi-like subject, without an answer.
Just delete irrelevant information
[edit] ResolvedWhy is this template locked? It desperately needs a "and delete all irrelevant information." added to the end of it. Just moving trivia to different sections doesn't solve the problem. DreamGuy (talk) 22:27, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
- There are other templates for that, e.g.
{{Reduce trivia}}, and more topically specific ones listed in the template documentation's "See also" section. This particular template is for reformatting salvageable information into coherent paragraphs that don't present factoids in a list. When the information is just plain irrelevant cruft, yes, it should be removed. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 13:01, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Edit request
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Could you change the template from this:
 | Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. |
to this:
 | Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles. |
207.6.121.132 (talk) 23:15, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
- I don't think that would be good, because it would look strange in places like Inertial_electrostatic_confinement#Devices. Stickee (talk) 00:49, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
- I enabled this as an option, since "contains trivia" is not a crucial WP:CORE matter, and in "busy" articles it may often be desirable to use the smaller size. This option only works if the template is set to apply to a section, not to the whole article. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 12:59, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Added parameter "to", for giving section/article name to which to move the relevant content
[edit]Seemed kind of an obvious omission.
|to=a.k.a.|2=Location of page or section to which suggest moving the relevant material, e.g.:|to=#Filmographyor|2=Nocturnal underwater basketweaving#Techniques
— SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 09:41, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 6 August 2026
[edit] | It is requested that an edit be made to the semi-protected template at Template:Trivia. (edit · history · last · links · sandbox · edit sandbox · sandbox history · sandbox last edit · sandbox diff · test cases · transclusion count · protection log) This template must be followed by a complete and specific description of the request, that is, specify what text should be removed and a verbatim copy of the text that should replace it. "Please change X" is not acceptable and will be rejected; the request must be of the form "please change X to Y".
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Please add an option such as |list=no that changes the wording of the template from "This article contains a list of miscellaneous information." to "This article contains a collection of miscellaneous information."
This is so an editor can tag "trivia sections" even when the miscellaneous information is not presented in list form. After all, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections discusses, my emphasis: "Whether presented in list format or embedded in regular prose, these risk becoming trivia magnets."
In other words, please enable editors to discuss and refer to trivia sections without mentioning or assuming the trivia is presented in list form.
As an alternative that would also be sufficient: please drop the piping of the link to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections so this link is referred to as a "trivia section" and not a "list of miscellaneous information". Again, because trivia isn't always presented as a list.
Best regards, CapnZapp (talk) 13:10, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
PS. Yes I am aware this page's protection doesn't stop me from editing it myself. However, I have no wish to edit wikimedia template code. Thank you for understanding. DS. CapnZapp (talk) 13:10, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
- @CapnZapp: hmm, it the template docs says (emphasis original):
Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 11:07, 7 August 2026 (UTC)This template is specific: it is only to be used for lists of trivia - its message is "This article contains a list of miscellaneous information", not "This article contains a collection of miscellaneous information" or similar. It is thus not to be used for general content considered trivial.