Steve Bennett wrote:
On 7/20/06, ScottL scott@mu.org wrote:
My impression of the trivia sections is that they serve a very important purpose. They are the compromise that keeps the trivia out of the rest of the article. Now I am not saying I like them, but if you remove them then the contents of the section will work its way back into the article. It will be spread out where readers will find it and it will reflect poorly on us. Now if its keep in a trivia section the blow to our image is less or possibly totally mitigated, and I admit sometimes I am in the mood for a bit of trivia.
They should be flagged with a big TRIVIA WARNING template.
Steve
Probably though most the time I see them under there own level 2 or 3 heading of Trivia. I think an actual "OMG TRIVIA WATCH OUT!" kinda box would disrupt the flow of the article. Heck I don't much care for the spoiler warning templates though obviously they are necessary.
The best solution is to teach editors not to want to include trivia to begin with.
SKL