Rob wrote:
On 7/8/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
At various points in history it _has_ been, but [[Optimus Prime]] is a very large article. Very large articles tend to be split into sub-articles like this.
On 7/8/07, John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
Including trivia like this in other articles would result in it being removed due to WP:TRIVIA. Keeping it separate means that readers wont find it unless they are searching for more obscure information or browsing out of interest.
If is important enough to be its own article, then its inclusion in [[Optimus Prime]] certainly can be justified.
If it's important enough to be its own article, why not just make it its own article?
And, unfortunately, that's how articles on every sub-subject get created, because people often don't want to slog through editing down an overly large article. It's easier to go off and create a little article on your own, that way you get all the pride of ownership and creation and none of the hassle of editing conflicts.
That's a bit of an assumption of bad faith there and doesn't match my own experiences. When I create sub-articles it's usually by splitting pieces off of an existing article, I don't often write the material from scratch.