Template talk:Trivia#Bot request for articles with template at top

{{Resolved|All these templates work with {{tlx|Multiple issues}} now.}}

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 {{tl|inappropriate tone}}, which is redundant for a section tagged as trivia, so I removed it.

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I 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.

Very disappointing. Very -DePiep (talk)

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Why 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. {{tlx|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 ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  13:01, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

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Could you change the template from this:

{{Ambox

| name = Trivia

| subst = {{subst:substcheck}}

| type = style

| issue = Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided.

| fix = Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles.

| date = {{{date|}}}

| cat = Articles with trivia sections

| all = All articles with trivia sections

}}

to this:

{{Ambox

| name = Trivia

| subst = {{subst:substcheck}}

| type = style

| small = left

| issue = Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles.

| date = {{{date|}}}

| cat = Articles with trivia sections

| all = All articles with trivia sections

}}

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 {{em|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 ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  12:59, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Seemed kind of an obvious omission.

• {{para|to}}   a.k.a. {{para|2}}   Location of page or section to which suggest moving the relevant material, e.g.: {{para|to|#Filmography}} or {{para|2|Nocturnal underwater basketweaving#Techniques}}

 — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  09:41, 7 September 2015 (UTC)