Sam Korn wrote:
On 11/15/05, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
If popular culture/Trivia are so important why does [[Hurricane Katrina]] (to chose a random example) not include either word?
Lets consdir the situation:
The problem: This article is to big and there is no obvious split Solution. Remove stuff while doing the minium posible damage to the article.
That tends to result in the popular culture/trivia section being the first to go.
Trivia sections should not exist for their own sake. If there is no way to work the facts into the text of the article, it is likely enough the writer showing off that they knew something or a newbie thinking this is a fan site. The details are usually irrelevant (cf. edit war over mention of Abraham Lincoln in [[Charles Darwin]]), and it improves the quality of the articles to take them out.
There's certainly nothing wrong with mentioning the birthday co-incidence in the article, but then there's no shortage of anal idiots who have no appreciation for the lighter side of things.
Ec