User blog:AgentMuffin/How NOT to Trivia

Trivia sections are… not our strong suit here. Looking through some pages, there are several things we should improve on in regards to this Trivia section stuff. So yeah. Let's fix that trash. If it's misplaced, repeated, irrelevant, illogical, speculative, and/or just plain random, edit it or just get rid of it! Thanks.  ˜ AgentMuffin ”
 * Info that should be (or is) further up:Some stuff just makes you ask why this was put in the Trivia section in the first place, and whether the person who added it knows what the word "trivia" means at all. For instance, the Yoshi article's Trivia oh-so-helpfully states that "Yoshi is a dinosaur (obviously)." Well first off, no need to be so rude, sirrah! People come to wikis for information, and we should provide that info without making the reader feel stupid for not knowing such an "obvious" thing. Second, and back on topic, why is this in the Trivia section at all? This seems like an important detail for the intro paragraph. Oh wait, it's listed there too. Then why repeat yourself with something, something that isn't trivia, in the Trivia section?
 * Irrelevant material and canonicity:This shiz is just so dumb. Look at our wordmark. Now back to me. What does the wordmark say? No, it's not diamonds! This is the SMG4 Wiki, where people expect to read up on info on SMG4—that's explicitly why this wikia exists in the first place, or it should've been that reason, anyway. So why then do so many Trivia sections feel the need to state information about the "official Mario games", or point out facts from others' videos? Heck, in the worst cases, a few bullet points will be prefaced with "In SMG4's bloopers," which is wrong for a number of reasons. First, it sets up the expectation that other points aren't at all relevant to SMG4, which is true. It shouldn't be, though! Second, it doesn't make any sense, does it? You don't see Wikipedia reiterating for real-life subjects that this information is true in real life specifically! That's the focus of the article. In our case, this is even the focus of this wikia! Stay on-topic, and stay in the right canon! Oh, and do not be the Trivia section of Sonic's article!
 * Leaps of logic and pure speculation:We don't host fan stuff—or we shouldn't—and this is to say, if it's purely fan theories, we shouldn't have it. There's a good example of what I mean in the page for Queen Stephe, where one bullet states, "She may be Steve's sister." Whhhh…? Where did you even get that from?! Now I'll admit to something, and you might think it's a narcissistic double standard at first. Look at Time Travel Tells ' Errors section. I'll admit, I put some speculation in there a while ago when I was writing it. You want to know why I think that's okay? Because it's based on existing errors and fridge logic, rather than being pulled out of nowhere. As for Stephe, what evidence do we have that she's Steve's sister? Because they're both Minecraftians? By that logic, Notch is in an incestuous relationship with his dead brother Herobrine. Or something. You know what, I think I've made my point; let's move on.
 * Small details that don't warrant a point:Find one of those blooper articles a rather large Trivia section, bonus points if the Plot section is blank or nonexistent. Most of those bullet points will just be restatements of minor details from the blooper, details that are largely unimportant in the long run. Oftentimes these minute details could be in the blooper's Plot section if we had one! For instance, describing how a blooper "proves" someone is "gay" (when in reality they were just the subject of a gay joke that most viewers laughed at and subsequently forgot about). Then again, blooper articles aren't the only victims of this. Look at our good buddy Sonic's page again. Though after peeking around a bit, I've uncovered a much worse example of this… example. Just look at the page for The Land that Never Was. There's no Plot section. Many of the bullet points try to tell us about events and locations from the blooper, and yet also make zero sense out of context. And the page should provide context anyway, just in case readers don't have the time or ability to watch the actual video. One editor even asked a question in the Trivia section because he couldn't remember a scene. The other few points involve other, even more minute details from the story, and random extraneous information about Koopa the Quick's dialogue being different. The latter of which has no actual impact on anything, and no one cares. At all. It's not just that only a few people care; it's that nobody does. So it's not really trivia, now is it! Sigh… Okay, moving on again.
 * ????????????????:This is the stuff that just makes no sense, is useless, et cetera. If I had a good example for this one, I've forgotten it. But toy around with the Random Page for a short while and you'll most likely see my point.