[WikiEN-l] "Trivia" sections in articles

[Ilya N.]

I agree that Trivia is ugly and needs to be merged into the article or
deleted.

As far as 'x in Popular Culture' I would keep it if they are notable
references.

On 2/23/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ray Saintonge wrote:
> > Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Ray Saintonge wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>They look ugly and unprofessional.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Have you forgotten that most of us are not being paid to edit?  That
> >>>makes looking unprofessional quite natural. :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>So, you're suggesting we should leave the vandalism *in* because we're
> >>not being paid to remove it?
> >>
> >
> > Vandalism??  Please review the subject line; it's about trivia.   Your
> > reference to vandalism is a non-sequitur.
> >
>
> Vandalism is ugly and unprofessional, and we're not being paid to edit,
> but we fix it anyway. Why should "Trivia" sections in articles be any
> different?
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