A quick and illustrative example at [[Brian May]]
May is a vegetarian - ok, that could be put into another section. May is the tallest member of Queen - I don't see where else that would fit exactly. Some character in some computer game is *rumoured* to have been created after him - junk that deserves to be in the bin.
Personally I don't find much redeeming value in these "Character X in show/game Y was based on this person" references at all.
Steve
On 2/23/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Peter Mackay wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Alphax (Wikipedia email)
They look ugly and unprofessional. Can we get a policy or something to suggest that they be renamed "Miscellaneous information" or merged into the rest of the article?
I must respectfully disagree. To many readers, these little facts add colour and interest to the article and can tie the main subject to other, often unexpected subjects. Putting them all in one section at the end of the article is the best place for them, because otherwise we would have to find appropriate places for them in the main body of the text, and it may not always be easy (or concise) to do this.
"Trivia" is the accepted name for this sort of material. It is concise and descriptive.
Pray tell me how anything to do with (eg.) the Prime Minister of Britain is "trivial"???
Perhaps the question is just how trivial a factoid needs to be to be included. We don't need every little bit of blather.
So why can't it go into other sections of the article?
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